Scottish Society for Experimental Medicine

The keynote speaker will be Professor Siddharthan Chandran, MacDonald Professor of Neurology, who will talk on "Neurodegeneration and the promise of brain repair"

Meeting on Wednesday 25th May 2011

• Time: 9.45am - 4.30pm
• Venue: Auditorium B, Chancellor’s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh

Programme

09:45 – 10:15

Coffee & Registration

Session 1

10:15 – 10:30

Hyperinsulinemia in Fat-specific Androgen Receptor Knockout Mice is Associated with Elevated Retinol-Binding Protein-4 Levels. * McInnes KJ, Hunger NI, Smith LB, Saunders PTK, Andrew R, Walker BR (EDINBURGH)

10:30 – 10:45

Neuronal immunoreactivity to beta-amyloid precursor protein in the hippocampus and temporal lobe following traumatic brain injury * Smith DW, Johnson VE, Stewart JE, Smith DH, Stewart (GLASGOW)

10:45 – 11:00

Endothelin-1 stimualtes human podocyte Endothelilin-1 & pro-inflammatory cytokine production & induces structural alterations * Owen EL, Dhaun N, Mathieson PW, Saleem M, Webb DJ, Kluth DC (EDINBURGH)

11:00 – 11:15

Macrophage therapy for experimental liver fibrosis recruits host effector cells improving fibrosis, regeneration and function * Thomas JA, Pope C, Wojtacha D, Gordon-Walker T, Robson A, Hartland S, Ramachandran P, Hume D, Iredale JP, Forbes SJ (EDINBURGH)

11:15 – 11:30

Enhanced resolution of established neutrophilic inflammation in the lung by a novel cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor * Lucas CD, Duffin R, Hasslett C, Rossi AG (EDINBURGH)

11:30 – 12:15

Keynote Lecture: Neurodegeneration and the promise of brain repair Siddharthan Chandran, MacDonald Professor of Neurology (EDINBURGH)

12:15 – 13:45

Lunch & Posters

Session 2

13:45 – 14:00

Health Behaviours in Severely Obese Women Prior to Conception and During Pregnancy * Duthie L, Mohd-Shukri N, Forbes S, Dension FC, Norman JE, Reynolds RM (EDINBURGH)

14:00 – 14:15

High prevalence of sleep disorderd breathing among pregnancies associated with obesity * Haywood MJ, Rich SH, Rhia RL, Hill EA, Forbes S, Dension FC, Norman JE, Reynolds RM (EDINBURGH)

14:15 – 14:30

 

14:30 – 14:45

Left Ventricular Strain Measured by Displacement Encoded Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Initial Validation Against the Transmural Extent of Infarct Scar * Smith C, McComb C, Payne A, Foster J, Steedman T, Barrett R, Gao H, Woodward R, Gilchrist J, Saul A, Clark C, Oldroyd KG, Tzemos N, Berry C (ABERDEEN)

14:45 – 15:15

Coffee & Business Meeting Members of the SSEM to attend Business Meeting

Session3

15:15 – 15:30

The use of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) to identify silent pancardiac target organ damage in patients requiring primary prevention * Nadir MA, Rekhraj S, Lim TK, Wei L, Davidson J, Lang CC, MacDonald TM, Struthers AD (DUNDEE)

15:30 – 15:45

Impaired Cardiac Development in the Absence of Glucocorticoids Rog-Zielinska EA, Thomson A, Moran C, Brownstein DG, Kenyon CJ, Michailidou Z, Szumska D, Bhattacharya S, Richardson J, Owen E, Watt A, Forrester L, Holmes MC, Chapman KE (EDINBURGH)

15:45 – 16:00

Anti-inflammatory properties of 5α-Reduced Glucocorticoids: Potential Dissociated Steroids * Nixon M, Duffin R, Rossi AG, Walker BR, Andrew R (EDINBURGH)

16:00

Presentation of Prizes & Close of Meeting

To register to attend the meeting, please email indicating any special dietary requirements before the deadline of 11th May, 2011. There is no registration fee.