Gerald Kerkut Trust Symposium
14th July 2017
Rhinefield House
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) | 08:30 - 09:00 |
| Welcome and introduction from Prof. Robert Walker | 09:00 - 09:15 |
 Prutha Patel (3) (Deinhardt, West)Does TauP301L mutation alter long-distance BDNF growth factor signalling? |
09:15 - 09:35 |
| Charles Hurdle (2) (Wijnen, Jackson) Multi-functional Environmental sensing by CRYPTOCHROME in a Drosophila model |
09:35 - 09:50 |
| Charlotte Hill(1) (Wang) Autophagy inhibition promotes Ras-induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition: Implications in IPF and tumour invasion |
09:50 - 10:05 |
| Jemma Paterson (1) (Millar) Not just skin deep: circulating lipids in a "localised" disease |
10:05 - 10:20 |
| Connor Maltby (1) (Coldwell, Deinhardt) A 5'UTR G-rich sequence controls translation initiation and potential dendritic targeting of the potassium leak channel Task3 mRNA |
10:20 - 10:35 |
| Coffee | 10:35 - 11:15 |
| Chair Dr Niall Horn | |
| Devon Lewis (1) (Newland, Simpson, Jiang) Interfaces with the nervous system for the control of neuroprostheses |
11:15 - 11:30 |
| Tania Garcia Becarra (1) (Williams, Terry) The physiological role of GTGs under stress in plants |
11:30 - 11:45 |
| Bradleigh Whitton (2) (Okamoto, Crabb) Investigating the interactions between vacuolar ATPase proton pumps and androgen receptor signalling in prostate cancer |
11:45 - 12:00 |
| Monika Kudelska (2) (Doyle, Holden-Dye) Effects of neonicotinoids on the behaviour and development of the model nematode C.elegans |
12:00 - 12:15 |
| Eleni Palaiologou (2) (Lewis, Cleal, Torrens) 3D imaging of placental villous cell populations. |
12:15 - 12:30 |
| Lunch | 12:30 - 14.00 |
| Chair Dr Alan Thomas | |
| Charlene Sibbons (2) (Burdge, Lillycrop, Fielding, Umpleby) Activation of lymphocytes involves changing transcription control in genes involved in n-3 PUFA synthesis |
14:00 - 14:15 |
| Emilia Assar (2) (Tumbarello, Deinhardt) Investigating the role of an essential autophagy regulator in focal adhesion turnover |
14:15 - 14:30 |
| Kerry Gove (2)(Wilkinson, Howarth, Thompson) Physiological phenotyping in COPD. |
14:30 - 14:45 |
| Alison Caldwell (3) (Hannah Siddle, Tim Elliott) Investigation of the molecular mechanisms behind immune escape and recognition of contagious cancers |
14:45 - 15:05 |
| Tea | 15:05 - 15:35 |
| Chair Dr Alan Thomas | |
| Adam Dorey (3) (Williams, Kelly, Terry) A role for Arabidopsis and C.elegans GTGs as anion channels |
15:35 - 15:55 |
| Giedo Elamin (3) (Englyst, Holloway, Holloway, Williamson) The link between endothelial microvesicles and activated protein C in thrombus formation |
15:55 - 16:15 |
| Pooja Khurana (1) (Fleming) Mouse embryonic stem cell lines as models for periconceptional developmental programming |
16:15 - 16:35 |
| Short General Discussion about Trust activities | 16:40 |
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