Gerald Kerkut Trust Symposium
19th July 2019
Beaulieu Hotel
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 |
 Steve John (i) (Matthias Baud, Rob Ewing, Graham Packham, Paul Skipp)Small molecule modulation of the Wnt Pathway: Protein-protein interaction networks and therapeutic outlook |
09:15 - 09:30 |
| Dawn Cooper (i) (Matthew Loxham, Emily Swindle, Damon Teagle) Interactions between airborne triggers of asthma |
09:30 - 09:45 |
| Dianne Lopez (i) (Katrin Deinhardt, Mark Coldwell, Jonathan West) What is the limiting step in pathogenic tau transmission along neuronal networks? |
09:45 - 10:00 |
| Hannah Warming (i) (Mariana Vargas-Cabalerro, Ian Galea, Diederik Bulters) Haemoglobin toxicity and synaptic recovery in subarachnoid haemorrhage stroke |
10:00 - 10:15 |
| Lauren McNicholas (i) (Katrin Deinhardt, Mariana Vargas-Caballero) Ups and downs of NMDAR phosphorylation by Fyn kinase: relevance for synaptic function in Alzheimer's Disease |
10:15 - 10:30 |
| Coffee | 10:30 - 11:00 |
| Chair Dr Niall Horn | |
| Ben Bachelor (i) (Amrit Mudher) How Aβ42 influences Tau phenotypes in a Drosophila model |
11:00 - 11:15 |
| Evelin Szalai (ii) (Marcin Przewloka, Paul Skipp) Mechanistic insight into the regulatory role of the key Drosophila kinetochore protein Spc105/KNL1 |
11:15 - 11:30 |
| Helena Rawsthorne (ii) (Lindy Holden-Dye, James Dillon) Using C. elegans social behaviour to investigate genes associated with autism spectrum disorder |
11:30 - 11:45 |
| Iytzia Castenada-Davalos (ii) (Marc Dumont, Haruko Okamoto, Guy Poppy, Marcela Hernandez-Garcia) Disentangling contributions of light and beneficial bacteria on the nutritional value of Brassica plants |
11:45 - 12:00 |
| Jessica Bampton (ii) (Matthew Terry, Haruko Okamoto) SOS for plant stress: the role of singlet oxygen in chloroplast development |
12:00 - 12:15 |
| Lunch | 12:15 - 13.45 |
| Chair Dr Alan Thomas | |
| Maria Fankhaenel (ii) (Salah Elias, Keith Jones) Uncovering the mechanisms of oriented cell divisions in the mammary epithelium |
13:45 - 14:00 |
| Monica Guerrero-Carrasco (ii) (Diego Gomez-Nicola, Mariana Vargas-Cabalerro) Understanding the role of early-life inflammation on the incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease |
14:00 - 14:15 |
| Stephanie Robinson (ii) (Peter Lackie, Tina Roose) 3D imaging and microfluidic modelling of human pulmonary lymphatics |
14:15 - 14:30 |
| Charlotte Hill (iii) (Yihua Wang) Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in pulmonary fibrosis: More complex than you can imagine |
14:30 - 14:50 |
| Tea | 14:50 - 15:20 |
| Chair Dr Alan Thomas | |
| Connor Maltby (iii) (Mark Coldwell, Katrin Deinhardt) Regulation of neuronal mRNA transport & translation initiation by G-Quadruplex structures |
15:20 - 15:40 |
| Jemma Paterson (iii) (Tim Millar) Lipid regulated angiogenesis: the role of oxLDL and sphingosine-1-phosphate |
15:40 - 16:00 |
| Tania Garcia-Becerra (iii) (Lorraine Williams, Matthew Terry) The physiological role of GTG in rice |
16:00 - 16:20 |
| Rebecca Carter (i) (Lorraine Williams) Investigating zinc regulation in the crop plant barley |
16:20 - 16:35 |
| Short General Discussion about Trust activities | 16:35 |
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