Gerald Kerkut Trust Symposium
23rd July 2010
This was a day-long symposium during which postgraduates funded by the trust gave talks on their work.
Programme
 Arrival and registration (coffee and biscuits available) | 09:00 - 09:25 |
| Welcome and introduction | 09:25 - 09:30 |
| Ben Ient (School of Biological Sciences) Caenorhabditis elegans and ethanol | 09:30 - 10:00 |
| Laura Roncoroni (School of Medicine) Binding partners for hK2P15.1, a background potassium channel | 10:00 - 10:30 |
| Helga Groll (School of Biological Sciences) How does the brain smell - A calcium imaging study in parasitoids | 10:30 - 11:00 |
| Coffee | 11:00 - 11:30 |
| Priscilla Day (School of Medicine) Amino acid metabolism in the human placenta and environmental influences on placental genes | 11:30 - 12:00 |
| Angela Cheung (School of Biological Sciences) Mechanisms underlying neuropeptide Y-mediated neuroproliferation | 12:00 - 12:30 |
| Neil Roberts (School of Medicine, Manchester) The role of SOX9 in human pancreas development | 12:30 - 13:00 |
| Lunch | 13.00 - 14.00 |
| Sam Collins (School of Biological Sciences) The role of hypoxia and DNA mismatch repair in neuroblastoma multicellular tumour spheroid formation | 14:00 - 14:30 |
| Pia Keskivali (School of Medicine) Priming of cardiovascular disease; oxidative stress and statins | 14:30 - 14:50 |
| Rebecca Stead (School of Biological Sciences) Investigation into the Emerging and Established Roles of the Mnks | 14:50 - 15:10 |
| Kirstin Williamson (School of Biological Sciences) Investigating the impact of immunity on senescence and neurodegeneration | 15:10 - 15:30 |
| Tea | 15:30 - 16:00 |
| Anita Rybka (School of Medicine) HDAC1 ... a role in cardiac hypertrophy | 16:00 - 16:30 |
| Sally Curtis (School of Health Sciences) Neck Muscle Synergy During Arm Raise Exercises in Individuals With Chronic Neck Pain of a Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Onset | 16:30 - 17:00 |
| General discussion | 17:00 - 17:30 |