Blerim Myftiu, neurolog

25/03/2026

18/03/2026

🎓 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬

As part of , we are highlighting the important work being done by the Supporting Partners of ECTRIMS Patient Community Day.

Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, a Supporting Partner of 𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲, is holding a 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 designed to help people better understand multiple sclerosis.

Developed by the Menzies Institute for Medical Research in collaboration with MSIF for World MS Day, the course Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms and Diagnosis explores key topics including:

• The biology and pathology of MS
• MS symptoms and how diagnosis is made
• The impact of receiving an MS diagnosis
• Global barriers to MS diagnosis and possible solutions

The course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about MS, including people newly diagnosed with MS, their families and carers, healthcare professionals who do not specialise in MS, and MS advocates and educators.

📅 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 1 May – 15 June 2026

This course forms part of the My MS Diagnosis campaign, which calls for earlier and more accurate diagnosis for everyone living with MS worldwide.

📝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: https://bit.ly/43uYehx

This post is part of our MS Awareness Month initiative highlighting the work of more than 40 Supporting Partners of ECTRIMS Patient Community Day, who are advancing education, advocacy, and support for people living with MS around the world.

04/03/2026

On this day in 1928, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman discovered the Raman effect.

The Raman effect is the change in the wavelength of light that occurs when a light beam is deflected by molecules. The phenomenon is named after the Indian physicist, who led experiments on the scattering of light.

When light meets particles that are smaller than the light's wavelength, the light spreads in different directions. This occurs, for example, when light packets – photons – encounter molecules in a gas. Raman discovered that a small portion of the scattered light acquires other wavelengths than that of the original light. This is because some of the incoming photons' energy can be transferred to a molecule, giving it a higher level of energy. Among other things, the phenomenon is used to analyse different types of material.

Read more about Raman: https://bit.ly/2tqCvFA

04/03/2026

Maria Goeppert Mayer was the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, following in Marie Skłodowska Curie’s footsteps.

She won it for her discovery of the nuclear shell structure in 1963.

Having worked for the Manhattan Project – first, on isotope separation at Columbia University and, later, with Edward Teller at Los Alamos Laboratory – Goeppert Mayer focused her interests on nuclear physics after World War II.

From 1948 to 1949 Mayer published a number of papers about the stability and configurations of protons and neutrons that make up the atomic nucleus. She came up with a theory that the nucleus consists of several shells and the way the protons and neutrons are distributed among them produces the degree of stability for each type of nucleus.

Hans Jensen developed a similar theory in West Germany, and they collaborated on ‘Elementary Theory of Nuclear Shell Structure’ (1955) for which they received the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Learn more: https://www.nobelprize.org/stories/women-who-changed-science/maria-goeppert-mayer/

04/03/2026

"The identified variants predominantly involve genes encoding sodium, potassium, and GABA receptors that result in ion channel dysfunction and neurotransmitter imbalance. These findings highlight shared molecular pathways contributing to the pathogenesis of epilepsy, migraine, and their comorbidity. The convergence of genetic factors suggests potential avenues for the development of unified therapeutic strategies."

Read this original article from Epileptic Disorders at doi.org/10.1002/epd2.70147.