Gerald Kerkut Trust Symposium
17th July 2014
Winchester College
This was a day-long symposium during which postgraduates funded by the trust gave talks on their work. More images.
Programme
 Arrival and registration (coffee and biscuits available) |
08:45 - 09:15 |
| Welcome and introduction from Prof. Robert Walker |
09:15 - 09:30 |
| Giulia Lioi (1) (Simpson/Smith/Bell) Developing a clinical measurement of depth of anaesthesia using brain connectivity |
09:30 - 09:45 |
| Juan Nunez (1) (Clarkin/Sinclair) High resolution imaging to interrogate blood vessel and bone cell interactions |
09:45 - 10:00 |
| Chrysia-Maria Pegasiou (1) (Vargas-Caballero/Perry) Synaptic signalling in Alzheimer's disease models |
10:00 - 10:15 |
| Megan Sealey (Mudher/Proud/Boche/Parkerg) Using a Drosophila model to investigate how ageing increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease |
10:15 - 10:30 |
| Przemek Ociepa (Marchant) WallNet - Synthesis and modifications of the primary cell wall during root development |
10:30 - 10:45 |
| Matthew Davies(O'Connor/Perry) Neurodegeneration associated stress responses in an in vivo model of experimentally induced prion disease |
10:45 - 11:00 |
| Coffee | 11:00 - 11:30 |
| Claire Simner (Cleal/Harvey/Lillycrop) The regulation of placental amino acid transport. |
11:30 - 11:45 |
| Mel Jannaway (Sampson/Warner/Torrens) Resolvin D1 inhibits LTD4-induced constriction of isolated rat and human bronchioles |
11:45 - 12:00 |
| James Schofield (Coldwell/O'Kelly) A predicted G-quadruplex within the 5' UTR of the acid-sensitive potassium leak channel, TASK-3, determines mRNA fate and membrane expression of the channel. |
12:00 - 12:15 |
| Jessica Rajaram (Warner/Andrews/Torrens) The renin angiotensin aldosterone system and its role in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
12:15 - 12:30 |
| Katy Stubbs (Mudher/Perry) Can WldS protect in a Drosophila model of tauopathy? |
12:30 - 12:45 |
| Lunch | 12:45 - 14.00 |
| Andrew Hutton (Warner/Wilkinson) Do lung fibroblasts interact with the immune system? |
14:00 - 14:15 |
| Nicolas Dalliere (Holden-Dye/O'Connor) The pumping off food phenotype (PoffF): a neuroadaptive response to chronic food deprivation in Caenorhabditis elegans |
14:15 - 14:30 |
| Christine Reitmeyer (Newman/Girling) Glial cell response in the brain of the honey bee after diesel exhaust exposure |
14:30 - 14:45 |
| Ali Yeomans (Coldwell/Packham) The regulation of translation by Phenethyl Isothiocyanate |
14:45 - 15:00 |
| Charlotte Lawrence (Townsend/Tavassoli) Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Tumour Hypoxia Response Network |
15:00 - 15:15 |
| Tea | 15:15 - 15:45 |
| Emma Lofthouse (Lewis/Hanson/Poore) Is the placental glutamate gradient driving the uptake of other nutrients? |
15:45 - 16:00 |
| Sarah Williams(O'Kelly/Bateman) Role of acid-sensitive two-pore domain (K2P) potassium channels in cancer progression |
16:00 - 16:15 |
| Nancy Wong (Williams/Terry/Smyth) Is there a conserved function for the GTG family of membrane proteins? |
16:15 - 16:30 |
| Raffaella Petruzelli (Houghton) Environmental oxygen regulates human embryonic stem cell self-renewal |
16:30 - 16:45 |
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