Gerald Kerkut Trust Symposium
13th July 2022
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 - 09:15 |
| Welcome and introduction from Prof. Robert Walker | 09:15 - 09:30 |
 Amber Cooper (1) (Amrit Mudher, Herman Wijnen, Katrin Deinhardt)How do genetic variations of the MAPT gene influence tau-mediated degeneration in a D.melanogaster model? |
09:30 - 09:50 |
| Christina Georgiadou (1) (Jessica Teeling, Phil Williamson) The interaction of FcγRIIb with αSN conformers and the implications in Parkinson’s Disease |
09:50 - 10:10 |
| Ellie Seaby (2) (Sarah Ennis, Heidi Rehm) Discovering novel disease genes using constraint metrics |
10:10 - 10:30 |
| Coffee | 10:30 - 11:00 |
| Chair Dr Niall Horn | |
| Brad Richardson (2) (Amrit Mudher, Herman Wijnen) How do neuronal microtubules age and do these changes confer an increased vulnerability to disease? |
11:00 - 11:20 |
| Naomi Thorne (2) (David Tumbarello, Roxana Carare) Investigating mitochondrial quality control and its relationship to Parkinson’s pathology. |
11:20 - 11:40 |
| Jacob Trend (3) (Claire Clarkin, Katrin Deinhardt, Phillip Schneider) Assessment of bone microstructure during progressive neurodegeneration |
11:40 - 12:00 |
| Lunch | 12:00 - 13:30 |
| Chair Dr Alan Thomas | |
| Michael Price (3) (Herman Wijnen, Mariana Vargas-Caballero) Light mediated switching of circadian pacemaker function across the neural clock circuit of Drosophila |
13:30 - 13:50 |
| Kathryn Hussey (3) (Hannah Siddle, Edd James, Emma Reeves) The evolution of immune evasion in a newly-emerged contagious cancer |
13:50 - 14:10 |
| Lloyd Steele-Nicholson (3)(Melissa Andrews, David Tumbarello) Microvesicular delivery of alpha9 integrin stimulates neurite outgrowth. |
14:10 - 14:30 |
| Tea | 14:30 - 15:00 |
| Laura Cooke (3) (Jane Cleal, Jaswinder Sethi, Pam Mahon, Nicholas Harvey) Mechanisms of cellular vitamin D uptake |
15:00 - 15:20 |
| Steve John (4) (Matthias Baud, Rob Ewing, Graham Packham, Paul Skipp) Characterising the B-catenin interactome using inhibitor screens and novel interaction proteomics techniques |
15:20 - 15:40 |
| Brief discussion concerning the Trust’s future activities | 15:45 |
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