Researching into sticky blood
Sunday 7th November 2010
2010 Supper Quiz - Bigger and better than ever!
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Sunday 23rd May 2010
Sponsored Walkers raise £2,217
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
BBC News Report on Louise Gergel & Hughes Syndrome
Doctor claims test could prevent miscarriages
A British doctor is claiming that a test which costs just a few pounds, could prevent many miscarriages and save hundreds of lives.
Professor Graham Hughes, the man who discovered Hughes syndrome otherwise known as "sticky blood", is calling for more testing on the NHS.
Nov 2009
Record breaking Supper Quiz brings in over £8500
We were delighted to have the Louise Gergel Fellow, Dr Laura Bertolaccini taking part in our latest supper quiz on the 8th November. There was a thankyou speech by Dr Munter Khamashta, the head of the Hughes Syndrome Team at St. Thomas' Hospital as well as moving speeches by Max and Laurence Gergel. The evening raised a record total of over £8,500 profit. Thanks once again to everyone who helped produce this record breaking evening.
Nov 2008
Supper Quiz raises over £5000
On 9th November, we held another hugely successful quiz in Borehamwood. Over 200 people came for the evening and their generosity has enabled us to raise over £5000 to support Hughes Syndrome research. Thanks once again to the team for all their hard work.
Jul 2008
Comedy Store evening raises £2768
On Monday 14th we hosted another very successful evening at the comdey store in Covent Garden, London. Thanks to all the comedians; Pete Johansson, Carl Donnelly, Marty McLean, Matt Read, Mark Maier and the MC Greg Burns for a memorable night. The total raised for the LGF was almost £3000.
Nov 2007
Supper Quiz raises £5520 profit
The third LGF Supper quiz was held on Sunday 18th November 2008 in Borehamwood, Herts. It was once again a great success and all credit is due to the quizmaster and the sub-committee members who carried out the detailed planning and preparation.
Oct 2007
CMS Cameron McKenna dress down day
Law firm CMS Cameron McKenna has raised £1218.38 for the LGF from their October dress down day. Many thanks to all the lawyers and other employees for their generous support and to Louise's sister Claire Saffer for suggesting the charity as their cause for the month.
Sep 2007
First Bridge Evening raises £1600
On 9th September, the LGF held their first bridge evening in Mill Hill and raised the fantastic sum of £1600 to help in future research into Hughes Syndrome.
June 2007
Comedy Store Evening raises £4500
Many thanks to everyone who came to the Comedy Store on 11th June and especially to the comedians, Paul Thorne, Sugar Sammy, Matt Kirshen and John Fothergill who helped raise over £4,000. The evening was another great success with well over 300 people attending.
November 2006
Supper Quiz - Another great success
The annual LGF supper quiz on Sunday 19th November, 2006 in North London raised well over £5000 for the second year running. It was well attended, with over 200 people taking part in a fun evening of stomach and brain stimulation. Thanks to quizmaster David, Joanna for an impassioned appeal and to all the organisers for another great evening.
June 2006
Comedy Store Evening raises £4000
On Monday June 6th, hundreds of people attended an extremely funny and enjoyable evening at the comedy store, Covent Garden, London. Our thanks go to the MC Mark Maier and comedians including Sean Collins and Adam Bloom for, once again, making this a hugely successful evening.
May 2006
Official Launch of the Louise Gergel Fellowship
On Thursday May 11th, Professor Graham Hughes (right), Dr Munther Khamashta and Dr Laura Bertolaccini attended the official launch of the Louise Gergel Fellowship at their research laboratory in St Thomas' Hospital, London. Laurence Gergel and Dr John Wolffe spoke on behalf of the LGF and the medical team updated the audience on the symptoms associated with Hughes Syndrome and the latest research taking place in their laboratory and elsewhere around the world. Afterwards they conducted a tour of the laboratory. We would like to thank all our supporters who attended for sparing their time and for their generous donations.
Some of the photos of the evening are shown below.
Laurence Gergel & The First Louise Gergel Fellow - Dr Laura Bertolacini
Dr Munther Khamashta
Dr John Wolffe, Linda Wolffe & Dr Munther Khamashta
May 2006
First research paper published
In conjunction with Dr Munther Khamashta, Dr Bertolaccini published her first research paper as the Louise Gergel Fellow in the Lupus Journal on 3rd April 2006. This paper discusses some of the practical issues involved in laboratory testing and diagnosis of Hughes Syndrome. For more information see the Research page
November 2005
Louise Gergel Fellow Appointed
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Maria Laura Bertolaccini as the first Louise Gergel Fellow.
Dr Bertolaccini's is an extremely accomplished researcher at the Lupus Research Institute at St Thomas' Hospital. She has many years' experience in the study of Hughes' Syndrome, working with Dr Hughes, Dr Khamashta and Dr D'Cruz.
We wish to thank all our supporters who have enabled us to reach this important milestone in the history of the LGF.
We intend to keep supporters up to date with Dr Bertolaccini's work on our "Research" page.
