Gerald Kerkut Trust Symposium
12th July 2024
Carey’s Manor Hotel
This was a day-long symposium during which postgraduates funded by the trust gave talks on their work. More images.
Programme
| Coffee | 08:45 - 09:15 |
| Welcome and introduction from Prof. Robert Walker | 09:15 - 09:30 |
| Session 1 - Chair Prof. Robert Walker | |
 Júlia Escarrabill (1) (Emily Brookes, Mariana Vargas-Caballero)Investigating BDNF in Rett Syndrome |
09:30 - 09:45 |
| Mengyang Gou (1)(Salah Elias, Nicole Prior) Uncovering the contribution of Annexin A1 expressing stem cells to mammary gland organogenesis and function using novel mouse models |
09:45 - 10:00 |
| Sam Hodgkinson (1)(Daniel Stabler, Emily Gwyer Findlay) The physiology of macronutrient-dependent immunity in bumblebees |
10:00 - 10:15 |
| Daniel Adenisimi (1)(Jessica Teeling, Sofia Michopoulou, Rahman Attar) IMPACT: Immune Markers of Progression of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) for Clinical Translation - An Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled approach |
10:15 - 10:30 |
| Coffee | 10:30 - 11:00 |
| Session 2 - Chair Dr Niall Horn | |
| Christina Georgiadou (3)(Jessica Teeling, Phil Williamson) The interaction of FcγRIIb with alpha-synuclein conformers and the implications in Parkinson’s disease. |
11:00 - 11:15 |
| Ayesha Mohuid Din (2) (Herman Wijnen, Marc Dumont) Mechanisms underlying environmental control of oviposition in Drosophila |
11:15 - 11:30 |
| Shane Johnson (2) (Karen Lillycrop, Keith Godfrey, Emma Garratt) Investigating the molecular mechanisms of sarcopenia and muscle aging within satellite cells |
11:30 - 11:45 |
| Joshua Green Jenkinson (2)(Nicole Prior, Jonathan Swan) Investigating the regulatory role of central carbon metabolism on cell fate decisions during liver development and regeneration |
11:45 - 12:00 |
| Suzanne Buss (2)(Diego Gomez-Nicola. Mariana Vargos-Caballero) Phenotyping microglia and mapping the infiltrating immune cell populations in human Alzheimer's disease |
12:00 - 12:15 |
| Lunch | 12:15 - 14:00 |
| Session 3 - Chair Dr Alan Thomas | |
| Jiaoqi Cheng (2) (Salah Elias, Stephen Beers) Investigating human breast tissue heterogeneity through multiplex imaging and artificial intelligence. |
14:00 - 14:15 |
| Daisy Bown (2) (Lorraine Williams, Matthew Terry) The role of TaPIF3 in regulating growth and development of hexaploid wheat |
14:15 - 14:30 | James Lamb (2)(James Dillon, Katrin Deinhardt, Vincent O'Connor) Developing a pipeline to characterise ASD-associated epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of sensory processing in C. elegans |
14:30 - 14:45 |
| Stephanie Turner (2)(Arjuna Ratnayaka, Andrew Lotery, David Tumbarello) Induction of lysosomal biogenesis in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) as a novel treatment for Stargardt disease. |
14:45 - 15:00 |
| Tea | 15:00 - 15:30 | Sonakshi Gehlot (2) (Marcin Przewloka, Nullin Divecha) SRSF2 – Guiding PI(4,5)P2 to Nuclear Speckles |
15:30 - 15:45 |
| Lucy Scullard (Vincent O'Connor, Katrin Deinhardt) Investigating the interactome of SNAP-25 in a chaperone deficient environment |
15:45 - 16:00 |
| Amber Cooper (3)(Amrit Mudher, Herman Wijnen, Katrin Deinhardt) How do Genetic Variations in the Tau Gene MAPT Influence Tau-Mediated Degeneration? |
16:00 - 16:15 |
| Naziah Choudhury (1)(David Tumbarello, Arjuna Ratnayaka) Defining links between the mitochondrial stress response and inflammation. |
16:15 - 16:30 |
| Brief general discussion of the Trust’s activities | 16:30 |
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