12:00 - 13:30 | Registration & Lunch |
13:30 - 14:40 | Session 1 - Flash Presentations |
13:30 - 13:40 | Welcome | Dr Xenia Sawkulycz & Dr Amanda Unsworth |
13:40 - 14:40 | Flash presentations from ECRs | Chairs: Dr Amelia Drysdale & Dr Jocelyn Auger |
| FP1 | Platelet hyperactivity in Diabetes Mellitus patients: a potential role of platelet-derived extracellular vesicles | Chris Sennett: University of Hull |
| FP2 | Generation and testing of Novel PROTAC Tools For Targeting Protein Kinase Degradation in Human Platelets | Hetty Walker: University of Bristol |
| FP3 | Platelet-derived serotonin drives lung immunopathology in aged SARS-CoV-2 infected mice | Davide Marotta: Italy |
| FP4 | Cryopreservation of fluorescently labelled platelets for remote platelet function analysis | Maria Diaz Alonso: University of Reading |
| FP5 | Endothelial BACE1 regulates platelet activity in haemostasis and thrombosis | Beth Webb: University of Leeds |
| FP6 | Development of novel, small-scale blood sampling for platelet function analysis | Abhishek Sadhu: University of Reading |
| FP7 | Impact of the Prohibitin 1 rs2233667 variant on Megakaryocyte and Platelet Biology | Charlotte Aubin: Montreal |
| FP8 | Semi-automated analysis of single platelet calcium signalling dynamics using CalPeaks | Abbie Louise: University of Reading |
| FP9 | In vitro generation and in vivo validation of functional VEGFA-supercharged platelets for promoting cardiac repair | Aramis Khorchidian: Cambridge University |
| FP10 | LifeAct-encapsulated fusogenic liposomes: an innovative approach to enable dynamic imaging of the human platelet actin cytoskeleton | Yan Wu: University of Reading |
| FP11 | Investigating the effects of platelet microparticle derived cargo in chronic kidney disease responses | James Salt: Leeds Beckett |
| FP12 | Supercharged platelets as a novel therapy for reducing blood loss | Alexi Crosby: Cambridge University |
14:40 - 15:00 | Coffee |
15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2 - Welbeing | Chair: Bismah Mateen |
| | Workshop on Positive Psychology and Stress Management | We are wellbeing |
16:00 - 17:00 | Session 3 - Breakout Sessions | Dr Xenia Sawkulycz & Tudor Dimofte |
| Table 1 | Getting involved in Teaching | Matt Hindle |
| Table 2 | Taking a career break | Jocelyn Auger |
| Table 3 | Recruiter | Hyper Recruitment Solutions |
| Table 4 | Postdocs & training opportunities abroad | Beth Webb & Julia Sandrin-Gauer |
17:00 - 18:00 | Free Time / Hotel check in |
18:00 - 20:00 | ECR networking & social session | Dalton Building |
20:00 - 23:00 | Visit to local pub |