Gerald Kerkut Trust Symposium
13th July 2018
Beaulieu Motor Museum
This was a day-long symposium during which postgraduates funded by the trust gave talks on their work. More images.
Programme
| Coffee | 08:30 - 09:00 |
| Welcome and introduction from Prof. Robert Walker | 09:00 - 09:15 |
 Jessica Bampton (i) (Matthew Terry, Haruko Okamoto)SOS for plant stress: singlet oxygen signalling pathways mediating chloroplast development in plants |
09:15 - 09:30 |
| Evelin Szalai (i) (Marcin Przewloka, Paul Skipp) Mechanistic insight into the regulatory role of the key kinetochore protein Spc105/KNL1 |
09:30 - 09:45 |
| Monica Guerrero-Carrasco (i) (Diego Gomez-Nicola, Mariana Vargas-Caballero) Understanding the role of early-life inflammation on the incidence of Alzheimer's Disease |
09:45 - 10:00 |
| Maria Fankhaenel (i) (Salah Elias, Keith Jones) The genetics and developmental biology of cell division in mammary stem cells |
10:00 - 10:15 |
| Matthew Nichols (i) (Melissa Andrews, David Tumbarello) Using Exosomes to Promote Neurite Outgrowth in the CNS |
10:15 - 10:30 |
| Coffee | 10:30 - 11:00 |
| Chair Professor Walker | |
| Helena Rawsthorne (i) (James Dillon, Lindy Holden-Dye) Modelling decision making in C. elegans, a platform to investigate genes associated with autism spectrum disorder |
11:00 - 11:15 |
| Iytzia Castaneda-Davalos (i) (Marc Dumont, Haruko Okamoto) Disentangling contribution of light and beneficial bacteria on the nutritional value of Brassica plants |
11:15 - 11:30 |
| Stephanie Robinson (i) (Peter Lackie, Tina Roose) 3D Imaging and Image-based Modelling of Human Pulmonary Lymphatics |
11:30 - 11:45 |
| Tania Garcia-Becerra (ii) (Lorraine Williams, Matthew Terry) The role of GTG in rice |
11:45 - 12:00 |
| Devon Lewis (ii) (Phil Newland, David Simpson, Liudi Jiang) Reflex dynamics during walking |
12:00 - 12:15 |
| Lunch | 12:15 - 13.45 |
| Chair Dr Alan Thomas | |
| Charlotte Hill (ii) (Yihua Wang) Autophagy inhibition specifically promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and invasion in RAS- mutated cancer cells |
13:45 - 14:00 |
| Jemma Paterson (ii) (Tim Millar) Lipid regulated angiogenesis: the role of oxLDL and sphingosine 1 phosphate |
14:00 - 14:15 |
| Connor Maltby (ii) (Mark Coldwell, Katrin Deinhardt) Regulation of Neuronal mRNA Transport & Translation Initiation by G-Quadruplex Structures |
14:15 - 14:30 |
| Emilia Assar (iii) (David Tumbarello, Katrin Deinhardt) The role of autophagy during cell spreading and motility: a specific function for FIP200? |
14:30 - 14:45 |
| Tea | 14:45 - 15:15 |
| Chair Dr Alan Thomas | |
| Bradleigh Whitton (iii) (Haruko Okamato, Simon Crabb) Vacuolar-ATPase E subunit somatic missense mutations contribute to increased enzyme activity |
15:15 - 15:30 |
| Monika Kudelska (iii) (Declan Doyle, Lindy Holden-Dye, Vincent O'Connor) Effects of neonicotinoids on the behaviour and development of the model nematode C.elegans |
15:30 - 15:45 |
| Eleni Palaiologou (iii) (Rohan Lewis, Jane Cleal, Christopher Torrens) Three dimensional imaging of placental perivascular cell populations and their function |
15:45 - 16:00 |
| Charlie Hurdle (iii) (Herman Wijnen, Chris Jackson) Light-induced plasticity of Drosophila central and peripheral clock function |
16:00 - 16:15 |
| Kerry Gove (iii) (Tom Wilkinson, Peter Howarth) Physiological phenotyping of small airways in COPD |
16:15 - 16:30 |
| Short General Discussion about Trust activities | 16:30 |
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