“Stronger Together” – ME/CFS Alliance 20th Anniversary event The Pavilion, Winchester Cathedral

4th March 2026: 10.00-4.30 info@mecfsalliance.org.uk

The Winchester-based ME/CFS Alliance, in collaboration with Professor Sir Stephen Holgate, is spearheading a symposium of UK and international scientists, clinicians, stakeholders, ME charities, ME/CFS patients, their families and supporters, to discuss the next strategic steps of ME research.

Last August, DeCodeME published ground-breaking results identifying eight genetic markers in ME sufferers that are a roadmap to the next level of research that could finally uncover the biomedical causes of the disease.

This event aims to bring together those at the forefront of ME research and build a network that can accelerate making ME and Long Covid a strategic priority in the UK.

Through presentations, discussion and workshops, we will look at the vital work being done right now, and the next steps needed to urge the UK government to fund further research into this debilitating condition.

We are delighted to have presentations from:-

Prof. Sir Stephen Holgate, Professor of Immunopharmacology, University of Southampton Prof. Chris Ponting, Chair of Medical Bioinformatics, University of Edinburgh Prof. Danny Altmann, Professor of Immunology, Imperial College London Prof. Nisreen Alwen, Professor of Public Health, University of Southampton Dr. Stephen Gardener, CEO of Precision Life

Dr. Karl Morten – Oxford University

Dr Carmen Scheibenbogen, Immunologist at the University of Berlin

Dr Rob Wust, from the Netherlands, presenting his research on mitochondria

Dr Nancy Klimas, Director of Neuro Immune Medicine and Clinical Research Miami

Ticket price (including lunch & prize draw) £25 Concessions £20 (disabled & low income)

For tickets & further information please email info@mecfsalliance.org.uk

 

Kindest regards

Opal Webster-Philp (Chair)