Oxford Events, the new replacement for OxTalks, will launch on 16th March. The two-week OxTalks freeze period starts on Monday 2nd March. During this time, there will be no facility to publish or edit events. The existing OxTalks site will remain available to view during this period. Once Oxford Events launches, you will need a Halo login to submit events. Full details are available on the Staff Gateway.
08.30 Registration – Tea & Coffee available
09.00 Welcome & Introduction from Professor Paul Riley
09.10 Guest Speaker: Prof. Ellie Tzima (RDM): “Mechanosensing in Endothelial Cells”
09.40 Dr Auguste Vadisiute (Molnar Group) “The Role of Microglia in Activity-Dependant Neuronal Network Maturation and Maintenance”
10.05 Assoc. Prof. Nicola Smart (Smart Group) “Maintaining Smooth Muscle Differentiation to Protect Against Vascular Disease”
10.30 Tea / Coffee break
11.10 Preman Singh (Wilson Group) “Probing the Physiology of Amyloidogenesis in the Drosophila Repoductive System: A
New Model for Alzheimer’s and Other Degenerative Disorders”
11.40 Dr Jacinta Kalisch-Smith (Sparrow Group) “Maternal Iron Deficiency Causes Congenital Heart Defects”
12:10 Athena SWAN – Louise Cotterell & Sarah De Val
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Poster Session
13.55 Dr Alice Neal (De Val Group) “Transcriptional Regulation of Blood Vessel Patterning in the Embryo”
14.25 Dr Irina-Elena Lupu (Stone Group) “Developmental Origins of Lymphatic Endothelial Cells”
14.55 Afternoon Tea / Coffee
15.25 Dr Luana Soares (Szele Group) “Recapitulating Corical Development with 3D Printing”
15.55 Keynote Speaker: TBC
16:55 Closing Remarks from Professor Paul Riley
17:00 Drinks Reception
