4th September – ECR meeting
Time (BST) | Activity | Title | Speaker | Room |
09:30 | ECR meeting registration & coffee | |
Morning ECR Session |
10:30 - 12:00 | Welcome and 7 Flash Poster Presentations | Session Chairs - Hetty Walker (Bristol) & Rachel Lamerton (Bham) |
| | Multivalent Nanobodies : Novel Agonists for Platelet Activation | Eleyna Slater - University of Birmingham | |
| | Time- and distance-resolved robotic imaging of fluid flow in vertical microfluidic strips: a new technique for quantitative, multiparameter global measure of haemostasis | Ruya Sariyer - University of Reading | |
| | Pim kinase: A novel regulator of Thromboxane A2 receptor signalling and platelet function | Sophie Nock - Manchester Metropolitan University | |
| | Effects of the venom of a spitting elapid snake, Hemachatus haemachatus on the modulation of platelet reactivity and blood clotting | Pradeep Vijayakumar - University of Reading | |
| | Chemical degradation of Focal Adhesion Kinase utilising PROTACs with different linker lengths; effect on human platelet function. | Justin Trory - University of Bristol | |
| | Thyroid hormones and analogues promote the acute release of platelets from megakaryocytes: from blood donor biology to the production of platelets in vitro | Holly Foster - University of Cambridge | |
| | Clinical, phenotypic and genetic overview of inherited platelet disorders diagnosed in a single Portuguese reference centre for Congenital Coagulopathies. | Catarina Monteiro - University of Porto | |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch and networking/poster session | |
Afternoon ECR Session: Careers 13:00 - 16:00
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13:00 - 14:00 | Science and Career Talks from newly appointed PIs | Session Chairs - Connor Webb (Bristol) & Harriet Allan (QMU) |
13:00 - 13:30 | | Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies a critical role of G6b-B in regulating megakaryocyte maturation | Zoltan Nagy | |
13:30 - 14:00 | | Real-time assessment of inter-platelet communication and regulation of thrombus
structure by connexin gap junctions | Kirk Taylor | |
14:00 - 14:30 | Flash talk prizes and coffee break | |
14:30 - 16:00 | Career Breakout Rooms (20 min for discussion and 10 min for transition/coffee)
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| Room 1 - Academia, research and lectureships | B.H05 Lecture Theatre |
| | Lecturer - University of Bristol | Dr Chris Williams | |
| | Senior Research Fellow - University of Reading | Dr Kirk Taylor | |
| Room 2 - Industry | G.H01 Cinema Room |
| | Technical sales specialist and former Field application scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific | Dr Sezin Gunaltay-Schenk | |
| | Company Director, Science-Supplies Limited | Dr Mohsin Amin | |
| Room 3 - Funding bodies | G.H04 Seminar Room |
| | Programme Manager at Medical Research Council | Dr Samantha Moore | |
| Room 4 - Consultancy | G.H03 Cinema Room |
| | Senior Consultant, Putnam | Dr Andreas Wersäll | |
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16:20 | Main EUPLAN meeting starts | |