Gerald Kerkut Trust Symposium
21st July 2011
Marwell Zoo

This was a day-long symposium during which postgraduates funded by the trust gave talks on their work. More images.

Programme

Arrival and registration	09:00
Welcome and introduction	09:20 - 09:30
James Atherton (1)  Phenotyping and quantifying endothelial microparticles	09:30 - 09:45
Alison Donlevy (1)  Regulation of Angiogenesis by Phenethyl Isothiocyanates.	09:45 - 10:00
Emma Field (1)  Unanswered questions surrounding placental amino acid transport	10:00 - 10:15
Charlotte Lawrence (1)  Dimerisation of bacterially produced HIF-1α and HIF-1β truncated proteins	10:15 - 10:30
Rafaella Petruzelli (1)  Hypoxic regulation of hES cell maintenance	10:30 - 10:45
Coffee	10:45 - 11:15
Sebastien Pollet(1)  Cortical activity changes among stroke patients following robotic upper limb rehabilitation as measured by EEG during reaching movements	11:15 - 11:30
Elizabeth Robertson (1)  Does parasitisation by Asobara tabida affect the dietary choices of Drosophila melanogaster larvae?	11:30 - 11:45
Sarah Louise Williams (1)  Role of TASK3 in Cancer Cell Proliferation	11:45 - 12:00
Nancy Wong (1)  Is there a conserved function for the GTG family of membrane proteins?	12:00 - 12:15
Lunch	12:15 - 14:00
Louise Fairless  Ecophysiology of two sympatric Vesper bats	14:00 - 14:20
Sam Collins  Down-Regulation of DNA Mismatch Repair Enhances Initiation and Growth of Multicellular Tumour Spheroids	14:20 - 14:40
Piia Keskivali  Vascular function in maternally protein restricted rat offspring and effects of short term statin treatment	14:40 - 15:00
Nola Pickard )  Cardioprotection mediated through green tea: Synthesis and biological evaluations of modified epicatechin and epicatechin-3-gallate analogues	15:00 - 15:20
Tea	15:20 - 16:00
Laura Roncoroni  K2P15.1- a study to determine its physiological role	16:00 - 16:20
Rebecca Stead  A New Job for the Mnks - Modulation of Insulin Signalling	16:20 - 16:40
Kirstin Williamson  Using Drosophila melanogaster to Investigate the Impact of Immunity on Ageing	16:40 - 17:00
General Discussion (Plans for Future)	17:00-17:15