Lizzie Burns

Congratulations to Puravi, who won the Best Speaker Award for her presentation, titled ‘Involvement of the lysosome in the inflammatory response in Niemann-Pick disease type C’ at the Oxford University Personalised Medicine Symposium.

Fran, Maria, Reuben and Puravi participated at the Gordon Research Conference on Lysosomal Diseases in Pomona, California, USA. During the GRC, Fran gave a talk and Maria, Reuben and Puravi presented posters. Besides gaining insights from leading experts in the lysosomal diseases field, we were able to take a walk at the California Botanical Garden and enjoy Cuban food!

Back in July members of the Platt Lab in the University of Oxford and colleagues from University College London raised over £2,000 for Niemann-Pick UK (NPUK). Together we cycled over 110 miles from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford to the Thames Barrier in east London.

Sandhoff disease (SD) is a progressive neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder which leads to inflammation in the central and peripheral nervous system. Our group has just published findings in the Journal 'Cells' that we have found blocking a receptor (IL-1β) could bring benefits to patients.

This year the Platt lab joined in with festivities on the 6th December in the Department of Pharmacology. Secret Santa tombola was followed by delicious food and festive lunch in our cafe.