2024

Student Talks – Session 1

Daniele Cotton (NDORMS)

"Single-Cell Functional Biology in the Tumour-Bone Microenvironment:identification of individual prostate cancer cells with high metastatic potential"

Cameron Lang (Oncology)
“Starving tumours of IGF-1; investigating anti-cancer immunity in men with prostate cancer"

Grace Meaker (RDM - MRC WIMM)
"The Novel Role of Runx Factors: Regulating Haematopoietic Stem Cell Expansion"

Wojciech Lason (NDM)
"Single cell analysis of upper and lower respiratory tract reveals novel mechanism"

Keynote Speaker

Associate Prof Lisa Hinton

“The Importance of Science Communication & Outreach”

Lunch

3-Minute Research Competition (3-MRC)

Anne De Bray (RDM, OCDEM)
“Developing a promising, novel fluorescent probe for diabetes research”

Alexander Hasson (Oncology & Mathematical Institute)
“Mechanistic Modelling of Multitargeted Therapeutics”

Benjamin Keedwell (NDCN)
“Evaluation of MRI methods to estimate pulse transit time for the assessment of intracranial vessel stiffness”

Isaac Walton (RDM - MRC WIMM)
“Unravelling the pathogenesis of ZIC1-associated craniosynostosis with clinically relevant mouse modelling”

Mary-Anne Durin (RDM - MHU, MRC WIMM)

“The multifaceted nucleosome reader functions of the BRCA1-BARD1 complex in DNA repair and meiosis”

Rahul Ravindran (NDORMS - KIR)
“Tissue folds enriched in lymphatics and lymphoid follicles orchestrate interstitial outflow from the colon”

Student Talks - Session 2

Konstantinos Lekkos (DPAG)
“Oxidative phosphorylation is required for cardiomyocyte re-differentiation and long-term fish heart regeneration”

Shamsideen Yusuf (RDM)
“Iron Deficiency and Acquired Immunity: Novel Perspectives on the Effects of Iron Restriction on Immunological Memory and Protective Immune Responses”

Amy McCall (Psychiatry, Experimental Psychology)
“Cognitive and Behavioural Processes in Adolescent Panic Disorder”

Khuluud Hussein (NDM)
“Modulating T cell activation thresholds using engineered co-receptors with distinct affinities
and signalling domains”

Poster presentations (even numbers) & Coffee/Tea Break

Panel Discussion with MRC Alumni on Career Insights & the Importance of Science Communication
in Different Industries

Closing Remarks and Awards Ceremony

Drinks Reception