2021
2021 Oxford-MRC DTP Symposium took place online on 24th June 2021.
Time | Title |
10:00 |
Welcome by the DTP Director Short presentation by Peer Supporters |
10:15 |
Student talks - Session 1 Claire Blacklock - The social ties of hospital staff: a realist synthesis Karen Wendt - Developing an enhanced transcranial magnetic stimulator Imran H. Yusuf - Gene therapy rescues cone and rod photoreceptor function in a pre-clinical model of CDHR1-associated retinal degeneration through restoration of outer segments |
11:15 | Tea/Coffee break |
11:30 |
Student talks - Session 2 Barnabas Williams - Investigation of the Plasmodium falciparum RH5-Interacting Protein (PfRIPR) as a blood-stage malaria vaccine target Cornelia Heuberger - Antigen presentation and T cell regulation by intestinal epithelial cells Caitlin O'Brien-Ball - The Role of T-cell Receptor Expression and Signalling in Early Contact Formation by T Cells |
12:30 | Lunch break |
13:15 |
Keynote panel - Developing a vaccine during an ongoing pandemic Prof Sarah Gilbert, Dr Tess Lambe and Dr Cath Green |
14:15 |
'3MRC' (3-Minute Research Competition) Maisha Jabeen - Application of Modern Molecular Microbiological Techniques to Identify Treatable Chronic Bacterial Airway Infection in Severe Asthma Adam Bush - Oxygen Microbubbles to Relieve Tissue Hypoxia in Cancer Therapy Sara Bandiera - Characterization of the earliest thalamocortical interactions in the human fetal brain Alice Brankin - Predicting fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rishi Anand - Glycine reduces evoked striatal dopamine release in a region-dependent manner Bethany Charlton - Immunological and genetic correlates of delayed HIV-1 disease |
15:00 |
Daniele Corridoni (Kymab Ltd, Oxford) - Translating precision immunology into novel therapeutics: drug discovery without borders |
15:25 | Alison Murphy (Oxford Pharmagenesis) - My journey from academia to medical communications |
c. 15:50 |
Conclusion & prizes |
For further details please browse the Symposium Brochure.
SPONSORS
MRC Units | Industrial Partners |
MRC Molecular Haematology Unit
MRC Population Health Research Unit
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Thank you to the Student Organising Committee:
Jan Boehning
Athena Cavounidis
Katarzyna Chwalenia
Delaney Dominey-Foy
Cornelia Heuberger
Wojciech Lason
Magda Mareckova
Louisa Zolkiewski