Physics of Medicine Roadshow


2008-02-22 09:00: Registration at CIMR reception (.)

2008-02-22 09:10: Introduction (Professor Paul Luzio, Director of CIMR)

2008-02-22 09:15: Cells and gels - questions a physicist asks (Professor Athene Donald, Director, Physics of Medicine, Cavendish Laboratory)

2008-02-22 09:25: Antitrypsin deficiency and the serpinopathies (Professor David A Lomas, CIMR)

2008-02-22 09:35: Soft Matters - biomechanics in cancer diagnosis and nerve regeneration (Dr. Jochen Guck, Cavendish Laboratory (University of Cambridge))

2008-02-22 09:45: Autophagy upregulation - a possible therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative conditions like Huntington's disease (Professor David Rubinsztein, CIMR)

2008-02-22 09:55: Discussion (All)

2008-02-22 10:05: Cell fate in the mammalian epidermis (Ben Simons (University of Cambridge))

2008-02-22 10:15: Incretin secretion - small currents matter. (Dr Frank Reimann, CIMR)

2008-02-22 10:25: Nucleic acid structures - predicting formation and function (Julian Huppert, Cavendish Laboratory (University of Cambridge))

2008-02-22 10:35: Discussion (All)

2008-02-22 10:45: Coffee Break (All)

2008-02-22 11:00: Intracellular function and motor properties of myosin VI (Dr Folma Buss, CIMR)

2008-02-22 11:10: Optical micromanipulation and quantifying Images (Dr Pietro Cicuta, Cavendish Laboratory (University of Cambridge))

2008-02-22 11:20: Investigating incretin hormone secretion by single cell dynamic fluorescence imaging. (Dr Fiona Gribble, CIMR)

2008-02-22 11:30: Modelling semiflexible chains, filaments, and their networks (Professor Eugene Terentjev, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge)

2008-02-22 11:40: Discussion (All)

2008-02-22 11:50: Serpin metastability and protease inhibition (Dr James Huntington)

2008-02-22 12:00: Statistical methods in X-ray crystallography (Professor Randy Read, CIMR)

2008-02-22 12:10: Molecular dynamics simulations of protein-surface interactions (Daniel Cole, Cavendish Laboratory)

2008-02-22 12:20: Discussion (ALL)

2008-02-22 12:30: Discussion over lunch (All Invited (please let me know for numbers))

2008-07-29 14:30: Welcome and Introduction (Professor Jim Smith, (Director, Gurdon Institute))

2008-07-29 14:40: Different ways to look at Cells (Professor Athene Donald ( Director, Physics of Medicine, Cavendish Laboratory))

2008-07-29 14:55: Looking for morphogenetic mechanisms (Dr Richard Adams (Physiology, Development and Neuroscience))

2008-07-29 15:10: Soft Matters (Dr. Jochen Guck (Cavendish Laboratory))

2008-07-29 15:25: Force sensing protein complexes in the developing animal (Dr Nick Brown, (Gurdon Institute))

2008-07-29 15:40: Bioimaging using atomic force microscopy (Dr Mike Edwardson, (Department of Pharmacology))

2008-07-29 15:55: Coffee Break (Coffee Break)

2008-07-29 16:15: Molecular motors at work (Masanori Mishima, (Gurdon Institute))

2008-07-29 16:30: Physiological effects of four-stranded G-quadruplex DNA (Dr Julian Huppert (Cavendish Laboratory))

2008-07-29 16:45: Analysing protein kinase activity and proteolysis in dividing cells (Dr Jonathon Pines (Gurdon Institute))

2008-07-29 17:00: Patterns of stem and progenitor cell fate in adult tissues (Professor Ben Simons (Cavendish Laboratory))

2008-07-29 17:15: Self-renewal and differentiation in the nervous system (Professor Andrea Brand  (Gurdon Institute))

2008-07-29 17:30: Glass of Wine (Glass of Wine)