Institute of Ageing & Chronic Disease seminar series
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What makes cartilage break down in osteoarthritis and how can we stop it?
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 20th April 2016
Dr Pedro Machado: Targeting protein homeostasis as a novel therapeutic approach in sporadic inclusion body myositis
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 1st June 2016
Institute meeting and seminar with Professor Udo Oppermann: Epigenetic mechanisms regulating mesenchymal stem cell properties and differentiation
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 8th June 2016
Dr Kai Hoettges, University of Liverpool: Electrophysiology is everywhere
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 6th July 2016
University Mentoring Network: Helping individuals at all levels to become their best self.
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 20th July 2016
Clinical evaluation of aortic aneurysm treatments: Introduction to current research portfolio
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 7th September 2016
Use of selenium in the design of medical devices and anti-cancer, anti-microbial and anti-viral drugs
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 23rd September 2016
Professor Jonathan Jones, Washington. Title tba
12:45pm - 2:00pm / Friday 7th October 2016
Postponed to 25 January 2017 Orthopaedic Biobank Seminar
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 12th October 2016
Postgraduate Research Student Presentations: James Anderson, Ryan Marek and Harry Carslake
12:45pm - 2:00pm / Friday 14th October 2016
Mr Geraint Williams, University of Birmingham. 'Investigating the role of the immune system in chronic ocular surface disease.'
12:45pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 19th October 2016
Postgraduate Research Student Presentations: Ifigeneia Giakoumaki, Jessica Eyre, Rhiannon Morgan and Harry Pratt
12:45pm - 2:00pm / Friday 21st October 2016
IACD Institute meeting & Seminar: The RLUH Clinical Research Unit, Phase 1 Clinical Trials and the IACD: Past, present and future
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Thursday 27th October 2016
Postgraduate Research Student Presentations: Rhamat Sam Mohd, Michele Scotto di Mase, Gareth Jones and Francesca Brito
12:45pm - 2:00pm / Friday 28th October 2016
Institute meeting & Seminar Richard Faragher, Professor of Biological Gerontology, University of Brighton
12:45pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Postgraduate Research Student Presentations: Eve Rogers, Megan Barrow, Harry Pratt and Brendan Norman
12:45pm - 2:00pm / Friday 4th November 2016
Postponed - Professor Kim Midwood, seminar 'Unusual immune triggers: creating a pro-inflammatory microenvironment during tissue injury and infection.’
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 30th November 2016
Obesity research in Liverpool: past, present and future
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 9th December 2016
IACD Postgraduate Research Student Presentations: Rosemary Lyne and Surya Rajeev
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 16th December 2016
Emerging molecules for biological regeneration of cartilage: New faces from old families
12:45pm - 2:00pm / Friday 20th January 2017
Institute meeting & Seminar with Simon Frostick 'A service to the University - the Liverpool Musculoskeletal BioBank.'
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 25th January 2017
IACD Institute meeting & seminar: Walking along curved trajectories: A new approach to characterising human gait during turning manoeuvres
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 27th January 2017
Institute meeting & Seminar Mr Adnan Saithna, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon. 'Translational research in orthopaedic sports medicine.'
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 3rd February 2017
IACD Institute meeting & Seminar. Dr Matthew Lancaster. 'Getting old at heart: How microstructural changes can lead to big problems.' Host: Anne McArdle
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 8th February 2017
Institute meeting & Seminar with Yoshifumi Itoh. 'MT1-MMP: Membrane-anchored metalloproteinase that promotes cellular invasion and inflammation.'
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 10th February 2017
IACD Institute meeting & seminar: Helping your research create an impact
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 15th February 2017
IACD Institute meeting & seminar. Dr Alun Hughes: Can exercise fix a broken clock?
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 17th February 2017
PDRA presentation, Lyn Wang 'Title to be announced.' and PGR student presentation, Stephanie Frost 'Transcriptional regulation of CCN2 in chondrocytes.'
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 24th February 2017
IACD Institute meeting & seminar: Roy Quinlan, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham. 'How to make and maintain the lens and its optical functions
1:15pm - 2:15pm / Wednesday 1st March 2017
IACD Postgraduate Research student presentations: Sam Srivastava, Iain Roy and Stephen Duffield
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 24th March 2017
IACD Institute meeting & Seminar with Dr Joanna Bowtell, University of Exeter: Polyphenols: Panacea or Pariah for Human Health and Performance
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 31st March 2017
IACD Institute meeting & seminar with Dr habil Julia Reichelt, Salzburg, Austria: Gene editing as a therapeutic approach for epidermolysis bullosa
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 12th April 2017
POSTPONED IACD Seminar with Dr Simon Moxon, University of East Anglia NEW DATE 26 MAY
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 12th May 2017
IACD meeting & seminar. Dr Prajna Namperumalsamy Venkatesh Host: Rachel Williams
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Monday 15th May 2017
IACD meeting & Seminar. Kim Midwood: Unusual immune triggers: Creating a pro-inflammatory microenvironment during tissue injury and infection
1:05pm - 2:05pm / Wednesday 17th May 2017
David Steel 'Stem cell therapies for retinal diseases'
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 24th May 2017
IACD Institute of Ageing & Chronic Disease meeting & seminar. Dr Simon Moxon, University of East Anglia. Host: Kasia Whysall NEW DATE
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 26th May 2017
Institute meeting & seminar Dr Joanna Bowtel: Polyphenols: Panacea or pariah for human health and performance
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 31st May 2017
Postgraduate Research Student Pre Viva Presentation - Valentina Iorio
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Thursday 1st June 2017
IACD meeting & seminar. Dr Tracy Kivell: Evolution of the human hand: How can biomechanics help us address the big question?
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 2nd June 2017
POSTPONED - CIMA MRes Presentations Teneya Alvarado ‘How do epigenetic factors affect osteoclasts during ageing?’and Philip Ryan ‘Effect of inflammation on the neuromuscular junction in old age – lessons from neuromuscular diseases.' Hosts: James Henstock and Vanja Pekovic-Vaughan
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 14th June 2017
Seminar Dr Geeta Vemuganti, Hyderabad, India. 'Cancer stem cells in ocular tumours.' Host: Professor Sarah Coupland
12:00pm - 1:00pm / Wednesday 21st June 2017
IACD meeting & Seminar. Dr Paul L Chazot, Associate Professor in Pharmacology, Durham University. 'Revisiting histamine in diabetic nephropathy.'
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 30th June 2017
IACD Institute meeting & seminar Dr Lee Hamilton, Lecturer in Sport, Health & Exercise Sci, University of Stirling 'Muscle biologist's guide to mTORC1 signalling.'
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Thursday 6th July 2017
IACD Institute of Ageing & Chronic Disease Professor Emily Rayfield, Bristol. 'Biomechanical insights into the origin of mammals.' Host: Karl Bates
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Thursday 13th July 2017
James E Morgan, Professor in Ophthalmology, University of Cardiff. 'Retinal ganglion cell degeneration in glaucoma.' Host: Colin Willoughby
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 19th July 2017
IACD meeting & Seminar. University of Liverpool Teaching Recognition & Accreditation (ULTRA) Workshop
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 21st July 2017
Postgraduate Research Student Talks: Andrew Davison, Nathalie Dowgray & Deepa Beehary
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 26th July 2017
Seminar Dr Joseph Burgoyne, St Thomas' Hospital, London. 'A novel redox-dependent mechanism for regulating autophagy.' Host: Malcolm Jackson
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 4th August 2017
Seminar Dr Madhusudhan Venkadesan, Assistant Professor Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science. 'Form and function of the human foot.' Host: Kris D'Aout
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 30th August 2017
Professor Cosimo De Bari, Aberdeen. 'The Synovium as a stem cell niche for joint repair.' Host: George Bou-Gharios
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 1st September 2017
Dr Tom J MacGillivray, University of Edinburgh. 'Retinal imaging – on the cusp of vascular and neurological diseases.' Host: Yalin Zheng
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 6th September 2017
Dr Jamie Gardiner 'Walking on scales and puppy dog tales: On-going projects in Liverpool’s gait lab.'
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 8th September 2017
1st Year Postgraduate Research Student talks: Lina Abdul, Eman Alawadhi, David Bardell and John Knox
12:45am - 1:45pm / Friday 13th October 2017
IACD Postgraduate Research Student 1st Year Talks - Ian Richards, Jacqueline Lim, Shah Shigdar and Juliette Hughes
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 3rd November 2017
Seminar Dr Jayashree Sahni 'Early drug development: An exciting area for research(ers).'
1:10pm - 2:10pm / Wednesday 8th November 2017
Seminar Helmut Sies, Emeritus Professor, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 10th November 2017
Nathaniel J Szewczyk, Nottingham. 'C. elegans as a model for muscle biology, spaceflight, dystrophies, and ageing.' Host: Joao Pedro de Magalhaes
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Seminar Nachiappan Chockalingam, Staffordshire
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 20th December 2017
IACD Postgraduate Research Student 1st YearTalks Host: Simon Tew
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 2nd February 2018
Postgraduate Research Student 1st Year Talks: Sahem Alkharabsheh, Nihad Dawood and Mattia Scalabrin
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 9th February 2018
Dr Jane Rees, Research Policy. 'Publishing in high impact journals.'
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Thursday 1st March 2018
Fethallah Benmansour, Roche, Basal
1:30pm - 2:30pm / Wednesday 7th March 2018
POSTPONED - Dr Joao Passos, Reader in Biology of Ageing, Newcastle University
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 9th March 2018
Ariel Camp 'Do fish have necks? How muscles of the body can power feeding behaviors.' Host: Kris D'Aout
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 20th April 2018
Mona Dvir-Ginzberg, Associate Professor Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 'Sirt1 Cleavage: From Cartilage Degeneration to a Novel Osteoarthritic Biomarker.'
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Tuesday 24th April 2018
Professor Frank Beier, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, Canada. 'Context-specific roles of Pannexin 3 in osteoarthritis.' Host: Blandine Poulet
3:00pm - 4:00pm / Wednesday 25th April 2018
Hattie Pearsey, University of Leicester. 'Zinc-alpha2-glycoprotein: a driver or a consequence of type 2 diabetes?' Host: Dan Cuthbertson
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 18th May 2018
Dr Luke Mortensen, University of Georgina, Athens, USA. 'Intravital imaging of mesenchymal stem cells and bone regeneration.'
1:05pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Stephanie Dakin, Associate Professor, NDORMS, University of Oxford. 'Resolving the problem of tendon inflammation.' Host: Mandy Peffers
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 15th June 2018
Brian Lane, Molecular & Clinical Cancer 'Mining bioinformatics data sets to improve outcomes.' Host: George Bou-Gharios
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Monday 25th June 2018
Jane Cloke and Lucy Frith 'Patient Involvement.'
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 3rd October 2018
1st Year IACD Postgraduate Research Student talks
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Friday 5th October 2018
1st Year IACD Postgraduate Research Student talks - Host: Simon Tew
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 19th October 2018
Eleanor Farnworth, Research Policy, UoL 'Developing more ambitious grant proposals.' Host Professor Rachel Williams
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 31st October 2018
Laura Kelly, Strategic Projects Coordinator, UoL. 'Cohort approach to ECR fellowship support.'
1:15pm - 2:15pm / Wednesday 21st November 2018
Artificial Intelligence in Digital Health - Frans Coenen and Harry Pratt
12:00pm - 2:00pm / Friday 30th November 2018
1st Year IACD Postgraduate Research Student talks: Abdulhadi Al Duhneen, Mohamed Barkat and Damilola Sarumi
12:45pm - 2:00pm / Friday 7th December 2018
Professor Dieter Bromme, University of British Colombia, Canada.
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Thursday 13th December 2018
POSTPONED new date to be announced -,EDWInA Seminar - Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Wednesday 30th January 2019
EDWInA Seminar - Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, Staffordshire
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 1st February 2019
Patient Involvement Seminar - Bethan Jones & Andrew Hunt
1:05pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 13th February 2019
Bethan Jones & Andrew Hunt. '‘Working with patient research partners: mutual benefits and considerations.’
1:05pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 13th February 2019
Dr Simon J Clark, 'Molecular mechanisms driving Age-related Macular Degeneration: Understanding the role of complement.'
12:00pm - 12:45pm / Friday 15th February 2019
1st Year IACD Postgraduate Research Student talks: Wenyu Zhu and Kasit Chatsirisupachai
12:45pm - 1:45pm / Friday 8th March 2019
Dr David Blakey. 'Small activating RNA - from bench to bedside.'
12:00pm - 1:00pm / Thursday 14th March 2019
Linda Troeberg, Oxford. ‘Cartilage biology, metalloproteinases and their inhibitors, function of glycosaminoglycans.’
11:00am - 12:00pm / Friday 22nd March 2019
1st Year IACD Postgraduate Research Student talks - Host: Simon Tew. Amy Manson, Barbara Grant, Lewis Guest and Emily Brown
12:30pm - 1:45pm / Friday 5th April 2019
Dr Giuseppe Tronci, Lecturer in Healthcare Materials, University of Leeds. 'Fibre-assisted multifunctional systems for wound theranostics.'
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 10th April 2019
Dr Joanna Bridger, Reader in Chromosome Biology and Head of Genome Engineering & Maintenance Network (GEMN).
12:00pm - 1:00pm / Wednesday 1st May 2019
Tracy Ellis, University of Liverpool. 'Why Mentoring Matters.'
1:00pm - 1:50pm / Friday 3rd May 2019
Maria Balda, Professor of Cell Biology, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London
2:15pm - 3:15pm / Friday 17th May 2019
1st Year IACD Postgraduate Research Student talks - Host: Simon Tew
12:30pm - 2:00pm / Friday 24th May 2019
'Biofabrication in orthopaedics and burns.' Professor Mia Woodruff, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Eye & Vision Science seminar.
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Brian Johnstone, Professor & Director of Research in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Oregon Health & Science University.
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 10th July 2019
'Dying or surviving the PERP way: Unexpected facets of apoptosis mechanisms.'
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Friday 19th July 2019
Dr Saaeha Rauz, Reader in Translational Ophthalmology, Birmingham. Host: Stephen Kaye
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 24th July 2019
Dr Peter Bishop, Royal Veterinary College
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Friday 30th August 2019
Professor Junbia Gao, Sydney
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Friday 6th September 2019
Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Grants Scheme 2018-2019 - IACD case study - Big Bang North West 2019
2:00pm - 3:00pm / Tuesday 17th September 2019
Professor Deborah Ferrington, University of Minnesota.
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 18th September 2019
Professor Tatjana Potpara ‘Contemporary management of patients with atrial fibrillation: The known knowns, and known unknowns.’
1:30pm - 2:30pm / Tuesday 8th October 2019
Ryo Torii, Associate Professor in UCL Department of Mechanical Engineering. ‘Application of computational modelling to healthcare problems in ageing society.’
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 16th October 2019
Welcome Seminar - short introduction and presentation from our new Tenure Track Fellows.
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Friday 18th October 2019
Prof Jamie McPhee, Manchester Mewtropolitan University. 'Human Neuromuscular Function in Old Age: An in vivo approach to the study of sarcopenia.’ Host: Kasia Whysall
12:00pm - 1:00pm / Tuesday 29th October 2019
Deborah Guest, Animal Health Trust. 'Pluripotent stem cells: Could they be used to aid tendon repair?' Host: Mandy Peffers
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 13th November 2019
Dr Chris Wincup, UCL. 'Going viral in rheumatology - Role of social media in medicine.'
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 20th November 2019
Postponed Louise Goff, King's College London. '‘Ethnic differences in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes: A focus on African-Caribbean populations.’
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Friday 29th November 2019
Seminar Verena Prokosch-Willing. 'Laboratory and clinical research in adult and paediatric glaucoma.'
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Friday 3rd January 2020
'Introducing SPARK: Single Point of Access to Research & Knowledge.' Liverpool Health Partners (LHP)
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Thursday 9th January 2020
Alan Stitt, Belfast. ‘New therapeutic options for diabetic retinopathy.’ Host: Luminita Paraoan
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Friday 24th January 2020
Paul Knox, Eye & Vision Sciences, 'Macular disease detection : The good, the bad and the ugly.'
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 29th January 2020
Dr Catherine Willems, School of Arts, Ghent University College, Belgium 'Future footprint.'
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Tuesday 11th February 2020
University Human Material HTA training
11:00am - 12:00pm / Thursday 27th February 2020
Clinical Research Network (CRN) North West Coast - Sarah Dyas & Asan Akpan: 'What is it, what do we do and how can we help you to conduct research.'
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Friday 28th February 2020
POSTPONED to a new date in the future- 'Endogenous fibrinolysis - a new, detectable determinant of arterial thrombosis.' Prof Diana Gorog
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 18th March 2020
POSTPONED to MAY 2020 - ‘Biomarker driven –omics data integration for translational medicine.’ Dr Animesh Acharjee, Birmingham. Hosts: Kasia Whysall and Ana Soriano
1:00pm - 2:00pm / Wednesday 25th March 2020
