Convener: Hugh Watkins

09:30 Dr. Kar-Lai Pang, Postdoctoral researcher, Tzima group, “Mechanotransduction in Cardiovascular Disease”

10:00 Dr. Mark Crabtree, University Research Lecturer & RDM PI, Channon group, “Novel approaches to discover new NO-redox signaling targets in cardiovascular disease”

10:30 Dr. Ricardo Carnicer, University Research Lecturer & RDM PI, Casadei group, “Modifying NO to treat Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction”

Break

Convener: Martin Farrall

11:15 Dr. Sevasti Zervou, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Lygate group, “Screening for small molecule regulators of the SLC6A8 creatine transporter”

11:45 Dr. Gopala Krishna Yakala, Postdoctoral researcher, Bhattacharya group, “Development of peptide therapeutics in animal models”