RDM Annual Symposium 2022
Tuesday, 05 April 2022
In-person (Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6GG) or online.
Join us in-person or online for this year's RDM symposium on Tuesday 5 April 2022 - all staff (academic and PSS) and students are encouraged to attend!
RDM Annual Symposium
Tuesday 5 April 2022
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG
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08.50 – 09.10 Registration
09.10 – 09.20 Welcome from Professor Hugh Watkins, CVM (Outgoing Head of RDM)
09.20 – 10.30 Session One
Chair: Prof Barbara Casadei, CVM
09.20 – 09.40 Dr Adam Wilkinson, MRC MHU/MRC WIMM/NDCLS
Ex vivo haematopoietic stem cell expansion technologies
09.40 – 10.00 Professor Leanne Hodson, OCDEM
The ins and outs of liver fat metabolism
10.00 – 10.20 Dr Qiang Zhang, OCMR/CVM
AI virtual native enhancement to replace gadolinium contrast agent for faster, cheaper and needle-free cardiovascular MRI scans
10.20 – 10.30 Overview of RDM initiatives
10.30 – 11.40 Break and Poster Session Number One
11.40 – 12.40 Session Two
Chair: Professor Alastair Buchan, IMD
11.40 – 12.00 Professor Keith Channon, CVM (New Head of RDM)
Opportunities for RDM – building for the next 10 years
12.00– 12.20 Professor Hugh Watkins, CVM
Prospects for genetic cures in inherited cardiomyopathies
12.20 – 12.40 Professor Alison Simmons, MRC HIU/MRC WIMM/IMD
Human intestinal cell circuits linked to health and inflammation
12.40 – 14.00 Lunch and Poster Session Number Two
14.00 – 15.15 Session Three
Chair: Associate Professor Tom Milne, MRC MHU/MRC WIMM/NDCLS
14.00 – 14.20 Dr Betty Raman, OCMR/CVM
Unlocking the mysteries of Long COVID
14.20 – 14.40 Associate Professor Ross Chapman, MRC MHU/MRC WIMM/NDCLS
Mechanisms governing the fate of DNA breaks
14.40 – 15.00 Dr Noelia Martinez Sanchez, OCDEM
Bud23: a novel regulator of cellular and systemic energy balance
RDM Graduate Prize talk
15.00 – 15.15 Dr Joe Frost, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York (previously MRC HIU/MRC WIMM/IMD)
Control of immunity by serum iron availability
15.15 – 15.45 Break and Poster Session Number Three
15.45 – 16.45 Session Four
Chair: Professor Amanda Adler, OCDEM
15.45 – 16.05 Associate Professor Nicola Curry, NDCLS
The coagulopathy of trauma haemorrhage
16.05 – 16.25 Professor David Hodson, OCDEM
Visualizing and interrogating expression of type 2 diabetes and obesity drug targets in the periphery and brain
16.25 – 16.45 Dr Mira Kassouf, WIMM/NDCLS
Super-enhancers; new genome regulatory elements defying an old enhancer paradigm
16.45 – 16.55 Prof Keith Channon
Concluding remarks and presentation of poster prizes & the Excellent Supervisor Award
16.55 – 18.00 Drinks reception & discussion time