ECTS PhD TRAINING 2-5 July 2016
Thank you to all speakers and delegates who attended the ECTS PhD Training Course in Oxford and contributed to another successful event.
PROGRAMME
SPEAKER PROFILES: PhD TRAINING, MolPharm
| SATURDAY JULY 2 | |
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| 11:30 | REGISTRATION OPEN – Mary Sunley Building |
| 12:45 | Lunch – Dining Hall |
| 13:30-13:45 | Introduction – Astrid Bakker (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| 13:45-14:30 | Cell biology of bone – Gudrun Stenbeck (London, UK) |
| 14:30-15:15 | Clinical aspects of bone biology – Bente Langdahl (Aarhus, Denmark) |
| 15:15-15:30 | Break |
| 15:30-16:15 | The Wnt pathway – Astrid Bakker (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| 16:15-17:00 | Creating a good research question – Kassim Javaid (Oxford, UK) |
| 17:00-17:10 | Break and move to Bernard Sunley Building |
| 17:10-18:10 |
JOINTLY WITH MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY WORKSHOPBernard Sunley Building |
| 17:10 | Musculoskeletal research in Oxford – Graham Russell (Oxford, UK) |
| 17:15 | Changing paradigms in osteoarthritis – Tonia Vincent (Oxford, UK) |
| 17:30 | Keynote lecture |
| Rare diseases: the scope, opportunities and regulatory aspects – Matt Warman (Boston, USA) | |
| 19:00 | Dinner – Dining Hall |
| 20:00 | Speed mentoring |
| SUNDAY JULY 3 | |
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| 8.00 | Breakfast – Dining Hall |
| PhD Sessions – Mary Sunley Building | |
| 9:15-10:00 | Role of inflammation in tendinopathies – Stephanie Dakin (Oxford, UK) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-11:00 | Analysis of bone phenotypes in mouse models of skeletal disease, Duncan Bassett (London, UK) |
| 11:00-11:45 | SEM/TEM in bone – Miep Helfrich (Aberdeen, UK) |
| 11:45-12:45 | Optimizing data analysis – Kassim Javaid (Oxford, UK) |
| 12:45-13.30 | Lunch – Dining Hall |
| 13:30-15:00 | Facilitated student group workshop: applying lectures to your own research plan (3 groups: basic, cellular, clinical) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Break – Move to Bernard Sunley Building |
| 15:30 – 18.00 |
JOINTLY WITH MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY WORKSHOPBernard Sunley Building |
| THERAPEUTIC DIRECTIONS IN RARE GENETIC DISEASES | |
| 15.30 | Introduction and update on osteogenesis imperfecta – Francis Glorieux (Montreal, Canada) |
| 15.50 | Genetic approaches to identifying drug targets: ENU mutagenesis in skeletal research – Paul Potter (Harwell, UK) |
| 16.10 | Enzyme replacement therapy: lessons from hypophosphatasia in childhood – Michael Whyte (St Louis, USA) |
| 16.30 | Mineralization defects in neurofibromatosis type 1 and therapeutic implications – Florent Elefteriou (Houston, USA) |
| 16.50 | Novel approaches to treating rare bone diseases – Melita Irving (London, UK) |
| 17.10 | Break |
| 17.20 | Keynote lecture |
| Oxygen sensing in animal cells: a new therapeutic opportunity? – Peter Ratcliffe (Oxford) | |
| 18:00-19:00 | Poster viewing – Junior common room bar annex |
| PRESENTATIONS – ODD NUMBERS | |
| 19:00 | Dinner – Dining Hall |
| MONDAY JULY 4 | |
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| 08:00 | Breakfast – Dining Hall |
| PhD Sessions – Mary Sunley Building | |
| 8:45-9:30 | Cancer and bone – Larry Suva (Little Rock, USA) |
| 9:30-10:15 | The hypoxic cancer secretome – Alison Gartland (Sheffield, UK) |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-13:00 | Student presentations (final year) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch – Dining Hall |
| 14:00-15:00 | Facilitated student group workshop: data presentation: clinical versus basic with Q/A |
| 15:10-15:30 | Break – move to Bernard Sunley Building |
| 15:30-17:10 |
JOINTLY WITH MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY WORKSHOPBernard Sunley Building |
| HIGHLIGHTS IN BONE BIOLOGY AND DISEASEDISEASES | |
| 15:30 | Introduction: historical perspective – John Potts (Boston, USA) |
| 15:40 | Recent insights into PTH action and therapeutic potential – Hank Kronenberg (Boston, USA) |
| 16:10 | Update on paget’s disease: genetics and treatments – Stuart Ralston (Edinburgh, UK) |
| 16:40 | Challenges in pain research: angiotensin ii type 2 receptor antagonists: pain relief & beyond – Tom McCarthy (Oxford, UK) |
| 17:00 | Break |
| 17:05 | Keynote lectures:
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| 18:00-19:00 | Poster viewing – Junior common room bar annexPRESENTATIONS – EVEN NUMBERS |
| 19:00 | Dinner – Dining Hall |
| 20:15 | Oxford by night – Informal Walking Tour – meet at Porters Lodge |
| TUESDAY JULY 5 | |
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| 08:00 | Breakfast – Dining Hall |
| 9:00– 10:30 | Student group presentations of research projects developed during the course |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:45 | Student group presentations of research projects developed during the course (continued) |
| 11:45-12:00 | Concluding remarks – Astrid Bakker (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| 12:00 | End of course |
| 12:55 | Lunch for pre-booked students who are joining the Molecular Pharmacology Workshop |
| 14:00 | Molecular Pharmacology Workshop Sessions – Bernard Sunley Building |