Gerald Kerkut Trust Symposium
16th July 2015
Bartley Lodge Hotel
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 |
| Adam Dorey (1) (Lorraine Williams, Ita O'Kelly, Matthew Terry) Are GTGs a new class of plant anion channels regulating pH in the endomembrane system? | 09:30 - 09:45 |
| Prutha Patel (1) (Katrin Deinhardt, Jonathan West) Does BDNF signalling change in neurodegeneration? | 09:45 - 10:00 |
| Lindert Mercken (1) (Christopher Torrens, Katharine Pike, John Holloway) Maternal obesity and the development of lung disease. | 10:00 - 10:15 |
| Giedo Elamin (1) (Nicola Englyst, John Holloway, Judith Holloway) The role of blood microvesicles in coagulation | 10:15 - 10:30 |
| Coffee | 10:30 - 11:00 |
| Alison Caldwell (1) (Hannah Siddle, Tim Elliott) The immunology and immune evasion of a contagious cancer | 11:00 - 11:15 |
| Sophia Sander (2)(Franchesca Houghton, Tilman Sanchez-Elsner) Role of miRNAs in the physiological regulation of human embryonic stem cells | 11:15-11:30 |
| Alison Hill (2) (Christopher Grainge, Emily Swindle, Donna Davies) Role for IL-1 alpha in viral-induced inflammatory responses in a co-culture model of the airway mucosa | 11:30 - 11:45 |
| Alex Colcutt (2)(Ayodeji Asuni, Jessica Teeling, Amrit Mudher) The effect of systemic inflammation on neuroinflammation and tau pathology: repeated LPS versus bacterial infection | 11:45 - 12:00 |
| Juan Nunez (2) (Claire Clarkin, Ian Sinclair) Utilising High Resolution Imaging to Interrogate Blood Vessel and Bone Cell Interactions | 12:00 - 12:15 |
| Lunch | 12:15 - 14.00 |
| Chrysia Pegasiou (2) (Maria Vargas-Caballero, Hugh Perry) Need and opportunity for the analysis of adult human cortical excitatory synapses | 14:00 - 14:15 |
| Miguel Moreno (2) (Herman Wijnen) Role of Rho1-signalling in Drosophila circadian rest/activity cycles | 14:15 - 14:30 |
| Guilia Lioi (2) (Steven Bell, David Smith, David Simpson) Developing a clinical measurement of depth of anaesthesia using brain connectivity measures | 14:30 - 14:45 |
| Jim Coates (3)(Andy Chipperfield, Geraldine Clough, John Tudor) Bioimpedance for monitoring living tissues | 14:45 - 15:05 |
| Tea | 15:05 - 15:35 |
| Gaia Andreoletti (3) (Sarah Ennis, Andrew Collins, Mark Beattie) Update of NGS studies in Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease | 15:35 - 15:55 |
| Emily Farthing (3)(Lorraine Williams) Metal Tolerance Proteins play Key Roles in Heavy Metal Homeostasis of Higher Plants | 15:55 - 16:15 |
| Mel Jannaway (3) (Tony Sampson, Jane Warner, Christopher Torrens) Resolvins inhibit agonist-induced constriction of rat and human arteries | 16:15 - 16:35 |
| Megan Sealey (3) (Amrit Mudher, Delphine Boche) How does ageing contribute to Alzheimer's Disease? | 16:35 - 16:55 |
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