Research in progress Sept-Dec 2017
Latest talks by staff and students in the CIR
These talks take place in the Wellcome Auditorium at 4pm and are not open to the general public.
| Date | Speaker | Group | Title |
| 1 September 2017 | Cathy Hawley (Final) | Dr Steve Jenkins | ‘The origin of Kupffer Cells in homeostasis and liver damage’ |
| 8 September 2017 |
Duanduan Cong (Final) |
'Identification of functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in High Risk-Human Papillomavirus (HR-HPV) related diseases' |
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| 22 September 2017 |
Valentina Rausch Dyana Markose |
'The Hippo Pathway and mechanotransduction' 'Investigating Immune Cell Heterogeneity and Function During Liver Regeneration' |
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| 29 September 2017 |
Sheonagh Law Sam Benson |
Dr Robert Gray |
'The Pro-inflammatory role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease' 'The Development of Novel Theranostic Agents for the Treatment of Cervical Cancer' |
| 6 October 2017 |
Philip Emmanuel Dominic Norberg |
Professor Kev Dhaliwal |
'Visualising neutrophil-mediated alveolar epithelial injury and senescence' ''Optimisation of Fibre-based Optical Imaging and Sensing' |
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13 October 2017 |
Lisa Kelly Antonio Maglitto |
'An investigation of metabolic reprogramming during tumour initiation' 'Hematopoietic development: from Gata2 to Gpr56 to hematopoietic stem cells' |
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| 20 October 2017 |
No RIP (October Holiday) |
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| 27 October 2017 | Alastair Hayes (Final) | Mr Damian Mole | 'Investigating the role of Kynurenine-3-monooxygenase inhibition in the resolution of experimental acute pancreatitis' |
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3 November 2017 |
Isabel Ribeiro Bravo (Final) |
‘Role of Myd88-NFkB Signaling in the Mechanisms that Regulate Inflammatory Response to the Emerging Preneoplastic Cell’ |
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| 10 November 2017 |
Yang Zhang |
Dr Adam Hill |
'Haemophilus species and bronchiectasis' |
| 17 November 2017 | Annemarie Docherty (Final) | Professor Tim Walsh | 'Myocardial injury in critically ill patients with cardiovascular disease' |
| 24 November 2017 |
Tom Speight Helen Parker |
Professor Kev Dhaliwal |
'Optical profiling of human macrophage activity' 'Multispectral Fibre Endoscope Imaging System for Enhanced Visualisation of SmartProbes' |
| 1 December 2017 |
Joanna Long Jamie Scott |
'Optically Sensing Tuberculosis' 'Fluorogenic substrate based probes for detection of granzyme B activity: Application in CD8+ T cells' |
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8 December 2017 |
Victoria Banwell Gavin Birch |
'Investigating the role of MicroRNA-214 in Chronic Allograft Damage' 'Optical Medical Imaging of the Alveolar Epithelium and Macrophages with Smartprobes' |
Organiser: Karen Colvin (Karen.Colvin@ed.ac.uk)