Oral presentation programme
9.00am - 9.20am, IBRB: Registration
9.20am - 9.35am, IBR0.01: Welcome and introduction
Prof Andrew McAinsh - WMS Deputy Dean and Pro-Dean (Research)
Dr Claire Bastie - WMS Director of Postgraduate Research Programmes
Matthew Randell, WMS PGR Student Staff Liaison Committee
Mechanisms of Human Disease - Session 1
Location: IBR0.01, IBRB
Chair – Dr Aparna Ratheesh
Session time: 09.45am -10.30am
- 09.45: Nimo Abdullah - Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen to identify novel genetic modifiers of Aurora B kinase
- 10.00: Mary Fesenko – Classifying the subtypes of Intracellular Nanovesicles
- 10.15: Lea Denker - Altering cellular architecture – the role of coronavirus non-structural proteins 3 and 4 in membrane deformation and DMV formation
Global Health
Location: MD0.01, Medical Teaching Centre
Chair – Dr Bronwyn Harris
Session time: 09.45am -10.30am
- 09.45: Ruoxi Pan - Understanding the utilisation of health services by older people in China
- 10.00: Golden Mwinsa - Indigenous bioethics in Post-Colonial Africa’s Healthcare system: An exploration of how Community Health Workers in Zambia resolve moral conflicts created by the confluence of international and indigenous bioethical principles.
- 10.15: Rusiati - Stakeholders' views on nutrition in-school programs in Indonesia to alleviate anaemia in adolescent girls
Host-pathogen interactions & Immunity - Session 1
Location: GLT 1, Medical School Building
Chair – Prof Chris Corre
Session time: 09.45am -10.30am
10.30am - 11.10am, IBRB: Poster presentations/ Marketing stands/ Refreshments
Population and Health Data Science - Session 1
Location:IBR0.01, IBRB
Chair - Dr Lazaros Andronis
Session time:11.15am-12.00pm
- 11.15: Abdulkarim Almazrua - Qualitative interview study using reflexive thematic analysis of paramedics’ experiences whilst treating out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- 11.30: Janette Parr - Public Health Intelligence Challenges for Local Authorities Responding to COVID-19
- 11.45: Waseem Karsan - The effects of immunomodulatory therapies vs standard of care on adverse kidney outcomes in patients hospitalised with COVID-19
Reproductive Biology
Location: MD0.01, Medical Teaching Centre
Chair - Dr Wolfram Gruhn
Session time: 11.15am-12.15pm
- 11.15: Emma Braybrook - Dissecting Biomarker Signatures of Inflammation
- 11.30: Aleksandra Byrska - Cas9-based chromosome labelling reveals large-scale age-dependent centromere reorganisation in human oocytes
- 11.45: Sophie Orton - Investigating the Role of Asprosin in Women's Reproductive Function
- 12.00: Nishanthi Periyathambi – Maternal serum folate status during early pregnancy: Sex-specific association with neonatal adiposity and interaction of gestational diabetes mellitus
Host-pathogen interactions & Immunity - Session 2
Location: GLT 1, Medical School Building
Chairs – Dr Nicole Robb & Dr Craig Thompson
Session time: 11.15am -12.00pm
- 11.15: Lucia Gaetani - Towards detection of structurally-diverse glycated epitopes in native proteins: scFv antibody directed to non-A1c epitope in human haemoglobin
- 11.30: Danielle Groves – Mechanistic single-molecule studies of coronavirus replication and assembly
- 11.45: Lucas Stolle - From Code to Clinic: leveraging low variability antigenic sites for a novel H3 influenza vaccine
12.15pm - 1.15pm, IBRB: Lunch / Poster presentations/ Marketing stands
Mechanisms of Human Disease - Session 2
Location:IBR0.01, IBRB
Chair - Prof Tim Saunders
Session time: 01.25pm-02.25pm
- 1.25pm: Sissi Spiritosanto - Identifying mechanisms regulating mesendoderm collective cell migration in zebrafish
- 1.40pm: Julia Saez-Conde - SHIPPO proteins: Microtubule Associated Proteins with essential roles in ciliary function and morphogenesis
- 1.55pm: Jasmine Stanley-Ahmed - Understanding nuclear mechanics during cell migration in vivo
- 2.10pm: Shambhawee Neupane - A Multi-Dimensional Species Space analysis of the Pfam database Identifies Conserved Ciliary Protein Families with Important Roles in Ciliary Functions and Diseases
Population and Health Data Science - Session 2
Location: MD0.01, Medical Teaching Centre
Chair - Dr Beck Taylor
Session time: 01.25pm-02.25pm
- 01.25pm: Emily Ahmed - Experiences of power and power sharing in the co-production of health research
- 01.40pm: Eleanor Hoverd - Understanding the inclusion and participation of adults from Black African Diaspora Communities (BAFDC) in health and social care research : a rapid realist review
- 01.55pm: Jade Jordan – Exploring Black Perspectives on the Impact of Patient and Public Involvement and its Evaluation (The ELEVATE Study)
- 02.10pm: Mohamed Elsadig Gabir - An exploratory study of serum proteomics comparing subjects with treatment-resistant hypertension to controlled hypertension
Mental Health
Location: GLT 1, Medical School Building
Chairs – Dr Sagar Jilka and Dr Carla Toro
Session time: 01.25pm -02.40pm
- 01.25: Emily Thelwell - Understanding the role and impact of online social networking in the social networks of young people with psychosis
- 01.40: Colin Palmer - The acceptability of universal screening in Schools and the impact of identification on young people
- 01.55: Kayla Smith - Characterising and disentangling profiles of social anxiety and social motivation in fragile X syndrome
- 02.10: Adeola Afolayan - Experiences, Wellbeing and Needs of Children of Persons with Serious Mental Illness in Slum Communities in Low and Middle-Income Countries
- 02.25: Tolulope Bella-Awusah - Stress, coping and mental health of young people living in urban slums of Ibadan, Nigeria
2.25pm - 3.15pm, IBRB: Poster presentations / Marketing stands/ Refreshments
3.15pm - 03.40pm: Voting decisions made
Please note all the voting forms will close promptly at 03.15pm to allow the votes to be counted ahead of the prize giving.
This year prizes will be voted for by those in attendance. Prizes will be awarded to PGR students in the following categories:
- Best Oral Presentation (Biomedical Sciences)
- Best Oral Presentation (Health Sciences/Clinical Trials Unit)
- Best Poster Presentation (Biomedical Sciences)
- Best Poster Presentation (Health Sciences/Clinical Trials Unit)
- WMS "Blue Sky" Award
3.45pm - 4.30pm, IBRB
Prizegiving & Close to Day - Professor Gavin Perkins, Dean of Warwick Medical School
Additional prizes for 'Best Team Player' and 'Best Mentor' will be sponsored and presented by the ABRC (Ambassadors for Better Research Culture)