Programme & Events
Conference Venue & Programme
Young Life Scientists' Symposium 2013
Venue: Western Gateway Building Room 107 and Atrium for poster display, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Programme
| 08:00-08:30 |
Delegates arrive, time to put posters up |
| 08:30-08:35 |
Welcome note by Dr Eoin Fleming, secretary of the Irish Area Section of the Biochemical Society (IASBS) |
| 08:35-08:40 |
Introduction to the day by Prof Anita Maguire, Vice president for Research & Innovation, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork. |
| SESSION 1: Cell signalling across brain and gut Chaired by: Harri毛t Schellekens and Rachel Moloney |
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| 08:40-09:30 |
Key note talk 1 鈥� Prof Timothy G Dinan, Department of Psychiatry, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork. 鈥淕ut microbiota on brain and behaviour鈥� |
| 09:30-09:45 |
Selected speaker 1 - Gerard Moloney, UCC 鈥淪timulation of T-cells in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) mucosal biopsy tissue releases cytokines which selectively activate mucosal neurons鈥� |
| 09:45-10:00 |
Selected speaker 2 鈥� Yuliya Borre, UCC 鈥淭he Olfactory Bulbectomy in Rats: Towards a Model for Brain Axis Dysfunction鈥� |
| 10:00-10:40 |
Speaker Microbiota 鈥� Prof Catherine Stanton, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co.Cork. 鈥淢ICROBIOTA-Probiotics targeting obesity and metabolic health鈥� |
| 10:40-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| SESSION 2: Cell signalling in diseases of protein misfolding Chaired by: Louise Aileen Foley and Caitr铆ona Long-Smith |
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| 11.00-11:50 |
Key note talk 2鈥� Prof David Ron, Institute of Metabolic Science, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Cambridge, UK. 鈥淧rotein Folding Homeostasis in the Endoplasmic Reticulum鈥� |
| 11:50-12:05 |
Selected speaker 3 鈥� Vishal Agrawal, UCC 鈥淎 central role for Presenilin2 in determining lipopolysaccharide-induced TLR4 innate immune responsiveness鈥� |
| 12:05-12:20 |
Selected speaker 4 鈥� Michelle Naughton, NUIG 鈥�Increased Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Signalling in White Matter Development in the Rat Cerebellum鈥� |
| 12.20-12.35 |
Selected speaker 5 鈥� Selina Lam, UCC Increased 鈥淪teady state expression of the human ubiquitin conjugating enzyme Ubc6 (UBE2J2) is regulated by JNK and P38 MAP kinase signalling pathways鈥� |
| 12:35-13:30 |
Lunch and poster viewing |
| SESSION 3: Cell signalling in neurodegeneration Chaired by: Caitr铆ona Long-Smith and Ciara O鈥橣lanagan |
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| 13:30-14:25 |
Key note talk 3 鈥� Prof Marina Lynch, Department of Physiology, Trinity College Dublin, Co. Dublin. 鈥淣euroglia, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration.鈥� The Irish Area Section of the Biochemical Society (IASBS) Medal Lecture. Medalwill be awarded by Dr Gary Jones, Chair of the Irish Area Section of the Biochemical Society (IASBS), National 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Ireland, Maynooth. |
| 14:25-14:40 |
Selected speaker 6 鈥� Shane Hegarty, UCC 鈥�BMP2 and GDF5 induce neuronal differentiationthrough a SMAD dependant pathway in a model of human midbrain dopaminergic neurons鈥� |
| 14:40-14:55 |
Selected speaker 7 鈥� Barry McGuinness, TCD 鈥淪ystemic administration of IL-6 induces time dpendent IL-6 related signalling in the brain鈥� |
| SESSION 4: Cell signalling in cancer Chaired by: Ciara O鈥橣lanagan and Louise Aileen Foley |
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| 14:55-15:45 |
Key note talk 4鈥� Prof. Antoine Karnoub, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 鈥�Tumor-associated mesenchymal stem cells and cancer malignancy 鈥� PhD Scholars鈥� Programme in Cancer Biology sponsored lecture |
| 15.45-16:00 |
Selected speaker 8 鈥� Grace O鈥機allaghan, UCC/Harvard Medical School 鈥淭he EP1 Receptor 鈥� a new therapeutic target in the fight against colon cancer?鈥� |
| 16:00-16:15 |
Selected speaker 9 鈥� Abrar Ahmed, UCC/深夜亚洲福利久久 of Glasgow 鈥淧ML-RAR伪 inhibits PML 鈥� dependent NF-魏B phosphorylation and transcriptional activity鈥� |
| 16:15-16:30 |
Selected speaker 10 鈥� David Croucher, UCD 鈥淢odelling of JNK network dynamics as a novel prognostic biomarker in Neuroblastoma鈥� |
| 16:30-16:45 |
Coffee Break |
| SESSION 5: Career talks Chaired by: Harri毛t Schellekens and Caitr铆ona Long-Smith |
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| 16.45-17.15 |
Siobhan Cusack, Research officer at 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork 鈥淕rant Writing/ Research in Academia鈥� |
| 17.15-17:45 |
Dr. Deirdre Buckley, Bioprocess Chemist, Eli Lilly 鈥淟ife Scientist Career in the Biotech Industry鈥� |
| 17:45-18:05 |
Prize awarding and closing remarks |
| 19:00-Late |
Social event: Fingerfood in the Franciscan Well & Brewery 鈥淣etworking & Local Beer Tasting鈥� |
Socialising and Networking Events
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Our social event is a night in the with Fingerfood (鈧� 7.50 pp payable on the day). A Unique Cork experience for the finest selection of beer, lager and stout in Cork!