Today we were looking back at the 7 years of Genetics Matters and recording a little soundbite to say thank you to the Tilly Hale Awards for continuing to support Genetics Matters over the years. It is a great event that brings together scientists, health care professionals, rare disease patients and members of the public, and raises awareness of rare disease research in Newcastle.

Here’s a collage of our event’s posters to date:

We had 100 people with us yesterday, despite Newcastle United playing at Wembley, raising awareness of rare diseases and rare disease research, chatting about science, performing experiments, and discussing aspects of medical research at Newcastle.

The room was buzzing with interesting conversation, and we have already had a lot of good feedback. Thank you to all the presenters and scientists, patient organisations and patients for participating, and thank you to everyone for coming and spending a Sunday afternoon with us. We really enjoyed the event and we hope that you did too.

See you next year!

Photos by Rachel Richman

Registration is now open for our FREE Genetics Matters event! Go to http://tinyurl.com/4rs83jbr to book, or scan the QR code on the poster. Hands-on research tables, friendly scientists and yummy cake, organised as part of the International Rare Disease Day. Please share!