Development and Cell Biology Theme Away Day
Registration deadline: Friday 29 October.
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
Date:
17 November 2021, 8:30
Venue:
St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Speakers:
Professor Paul Riley (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Professor Ellie Tzima (Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford),
Dr Alice Neal (Ludwig Cancer Institute, University of Oxford),
Dr Auguste Vadisiute (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Nicola Smart (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Professor Sarah De Val (LICR, University of Oxford),
Dr Jacinta Kalisch-Smith (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Dr Luana Campos Soares (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Preman Singh (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Dr Irina-Elena Lupu (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Organisers:
Professor Paul Riley (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Prof Shankar Srinivas (Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics)
Organiser contact email address:
rileypa@dpag.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Professor Paul Riley (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Part of:
Development & Cell Biology Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.cardioscience.ox.ac.uk/forms/developmental-and-cell-biology-theme-day-wednesday-17th-november-2021
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Talitha Smith
