On September 3, 28 ROTA members and friends attended the Royal Children’s Hospital for the annual presentation of the work of the Neurology department, and more specifically, the Fellows of the Rats of Tobruk Royal Children’s Hospital Fellowship. This year we were privileged to also receive a guided tour of the RCH archives. Ryan Brown, CEO of the RCH Foundation welcomed everyone and referred to the very moving experience of attending the special service at the Shrine the week before. He introduced Associate Professor Mark Mackay who reminded us of the history of the Fellowship. 2025 Fellow Dr Nardia Truong explained the work she had been doing, including on the groundbreaking gene substitution technology, where the RCH is leading the world. There were numerous questions about the new gene technology and Mark promised us it would be the lead topic for our next get together at the hospital next year.