We had a great turnout for this month’s coffee and chat with fifteen of us coming along. We were delighted to welcome another new member to the group too.

This month we were also joined by Dr Sandra Sacre and her PhD student Ryan Thwaites from Brighton and Sussex Medical School. They explained to us the work that they’ve been doing on Lupus SLE and Rheumatoid Arthritis, using blood samples you may well have donated at one of your visits to the Royal Sussex Infirmary (you’ll know if you have because you will have signed consent forms with a nurse).

Sandra and Ryan explained to us some of the interesting findings they’ve already made in their study- The AIM (Auto Inflammatory Mechanisms) study.

We all found the talk very interesting and were all able to ask lots of questions at the end. We’d like to thank Sandra and Ryan for coming and look forward to hearing more about their research next year.