RDM Annual Symposium 2018
Department
Monday, 19 March 2018, 9am to 5pm
Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6GG
Join us for this year’s symposium on Monday 19 March. This annual event is a wonderful opportunity to bring all members of the department together to celebrate and share cutting edge research.
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John Cairns
Speaker programme
| 8.50-9.10am | Registration | |
| 9.10-9.20am | Welcome from Professor Hugh Watkins, Head of RDM | |
| 9.20-10.45am | Session One (Chair: Professor Hugh Watkins, RDM) |
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| 9.20-9.40am | Craniosynostosis - pathology and diagnosis in the era of whole genome sequencing | |
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9.40-10.25am |
Keynote Lecture: Professor Fiona Powrie, Director of the Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford | Gut reactions: Immune pathways in the intestine in health and disease |
| 10.25-10.45am | The metabolic consequences of fructose in adipose tissue: rogue or innocent bystander? | |
| 10.45-11.50am |
Break and Poster Session Number One |
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| 11.50-1.10pm | Session Two (Chair: Associate Professor Catherine Porcher) | |
| 11.50am-12.10pm | Unravelling mechanisms for Diabetes from GWAS: From Bench to Bedside | |
| 12.10-12.25pm | RDM Graduate Prize Winner: Dr Huw Colin York | Biophysical control of the immune response |
| 12.25-12.40pm | RDM Graduate Prize Winner: Dr Thomas Riffelmacher |
Autophagy is Essential for Neutrophil Differentiation - Guiding an Energy-Metabolic Switch |
| 12.40-12.55pm | RDM Graduate Prize Winner: Dr Quentin Ferry |
In situ functional dissection of RNA cis-regulatory elements by multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering |
| 12.55-1.05pm | An update on RDM initiatives | |
| 1.05-2.20pm |
Lunch and Poster Session Number Two |
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| 2.20-3.30pm | Session Three (Chair: Associate Professor Jan Rehwinkel) | |
| 2.20-2.40pm | Professor Hugh Watkins | Genetic diagnosis in practice |
| 2.40-3pm | Dr Danuta Jeziorska | Changes in real-time dynamics of the alpha globin transcription during erythropoiesis |
| 3-3.30pm |
Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts |
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| 3-3.15pm | Dr Clare Hardman | Cutaneous bacterial sensing through ILC2 presentation of endogenous CD1a lipid antigens |
| 3.15-3.30pm | Mr Mike Bogetofte Barnkob |
Tumour-derived semaphorin inhibit tumour-specific T cells by affecting migration and the immunological synapse |
| 3.30-4pm | Break | |
| 4-5pm | Session Four (Chair: Associate Professor Ellie Tzima) | |
| 4-4.20pm | Professor Graham Ogg |
Translational impact of lipid-specific T cells and the skin |
| 4.20-4.40pm | Dr Eileen McNeill | Regulation of Mycobacterial Infection by Macrophage Gch1 and Tetrahydrobiopterin |
| 4.40-5pm | Professor David Roberts | The INTERVAL trial: from an RCT to genomics and personalised medicine |
| 5-5.15pm | Concluding remarks, presentation of the poster prizes and the RDM Award for Excellent Supervision |
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| 5.15-6pm | Drinks reception and discussion | |
You can download the programme here.
abstracts for poster presentations
The deadline for submitting an abstract for the RDM Symposium has now passed. Any questions should be directed to Ruth McCaffrey (ruth.mccaffrey@rdm.ox.ac.uk or (2)34649).
You will be notified if your abstract has been selected two weeks before the symposium. The top two abstracts will be selected for oral presentations at the symposium. There will be a prize for the best student poster and the best postdoc/fellow (non-student) poster.