1st ITN Training School and Kick-Off Meeting

Venue - Institute of Biomedical Research Seminar Room (N143)

9:00-9:10
Welcome from Prof Eric Jenkinson, Head of the College of Medical and Dental Sciences and Pro-Vice Chancellor

9:10-9:20
Welcome by Dr Geoffrey Brown

9:20-10:30
Project Management for International Science: The DECIDE Project
Martin Smith, Commercial and Legal Director, High Point-Rendel Ltd., London

10-30-10-50 Coffee break

10:50-12:00
"Technology Transfer"
Dr Francesco Maria Colacino, Research Support Officer, University of Birmingham

12:00-13:00 Lunch break

13:00-14:00
"Fundamentals of Intellectual Property"
Dr Francesco Maria Colacino

14:00-15:20
Workshop – Unveiling the unforeseen – Collaborative Risk Management of the DECIDE Project
Martin Smith

15:20-15:40 Coffee break

15:40-17:00
Workshop continued

Marie Curie Fellows Night Out with Ciaran, Laura and Pawel

Parallel sessions

Training School for Marie Curie Fellows

Venue - Institute of Biomedical Research Seminar Room (N143)

8-30 – 9-30
Immunity and Infection Breakfast Seminar
Thomas Jackson (PhD student)
“Delirium in general hospitals as a marker of unrecognised dementia and inflammation”
Seminar Chairperson: Emily Halford

9:30 – 10:30
“Leukaemia”
Prof. Paul Moss, University of Birmingham

10.30 – 11.00
Coffee

11.00 – 12:00
GRSC3 Research Ethics

12:00 – 13-00
Lunch in the Stanley Barnes Room

13:00 - 17:00
GRSC3 Research Ethics
Dr June Jones, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Ethics, University of Birmingham
Christiane Neumann, Former Chair of the Local Research Ethics Committee, Birmingham

Management Meeting for Partners

Venue - Stanley Barnes Room

9:00 -10:00
“Management, and time for discussion”
Caroline Marshall, University of Birmingham

10:00 – 11:00
“Finances, and time for discussion” 
Parminder Kaur, University of Birmingham

11:00 – 12:00
“The use and development of the DECIDE web-site”
Shawn Mayall, University of Birmingham

12:00 – 13:00
Lunch (for Partners and Fellows in the Stanley Barnes Room)

13:00 – 14:30
Discussion about WP1 led by Prof Ton Rolink and Dr Geoffrey Brown

14:30 – 16:00
Discussion about WP2 led by Prof Nick Barnes and Prof Andrew Kutner

18:30 for 19:00
Civic Reception at Birmingham City Council House

Venue - Institute of Biomedical Research Seminar Room (N143)

Chair: Dr Geoffrey Brown

9:00-9:45
“Blood cells”
Prof. Rhodri Ceredig, National University of Ireland

9:45-10:30
“Haematopoiesis”
Dr Geoffrey Brown, University of Birmingham

Coffee break

Chair: Prof Rhodri Ceredig

11:00-11:45
“Cellular signaling”
Prof. Bob Michell, University of Birmingham

11:45-12:30
“Chemokines and cytokines”
Prof. Antal Rot, University of Birmingham

12:30-13:30
Lunch break (for partners and Fellows in the IBR Common Room)

Chair: Prof Ewa Marcinkowska

13:30 - 14:15 “Pre-clinical development of novel therapeutic strategies” Dr Kevin Petrie, Institute of Cancer Research, London

14:15 - 15:00 "Retinoids and embryonic development" Dr Eustace Johnson, Aston University

15:00 – 15:45 GRSC4 “Drug manufacturing practice” Prof. Andrzej Kutner, Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Warsaw

Coffee break

Chair: Prof Andrew Kutner

16:00 - 16:30
GRSC4 “Development of active vitamin D analogues”
Prof. Antonio Mourino, Santiago de Compostela, Santiago

16:30 - 17:15
GRSC4 “Drug discovery process”
Prof. Nick Barnes, Celentyx, Birmingham

19:15 Kick-Off Dinner at the Pushkar Indian Restaurant

Venue – Institute of Biomedical Research Seminar Room (N143)

Chair: Andreia Ribeiro

9:00 - 9:15
Ciaran Mooney- The haematopoietic repertoire: Chemokine involvement and interplay

9:15 - 9:30
Laura Garcia Ibanez – Decision-making in germinal centers

9:30 - 9:45
Irene Calvo Asensio – Understanding the DNA damage response of haematopoietic and bone marrow stromal cells

9:45 – 10:00
Andreia Ribeiro - Mesenchymal stem cell diversity and support to haematopoiesis

10:00 – 10:15
Audrey Lilly von Munchow - Early events in haematopoietic progenitor cell specification

10:15 – 10:30
Llucia Alberti Servera - Lineage-affiliated specification events

Coffee break

Chair: Ciaran Mooney

11:00 – 11:15
Eva Camarillo Retamosa - Stromal cells: their roles in haematopoiesis

11:15 – 11:30
Zuzanna Maria Urban – Discovering new targets for retinoid-based therapy in high-risk paediatric cancer

11:30 – 11: 45
Aoife Corcoran - Why do only some acute myeloid leukaemia patient’s cells respond to vitamin D3?

11: 45 – 12:00
Aleksandra Marchwicka – The regulation of vitamin D receptor expression by retinoids

12:00 – 12:45 Lunch break

12:45-14:00
John Squire Seminar – Professor David Hume, FRSE, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh,
“Functional genomics of macrophages”

Chair: Bolla Narasimha Rao

14:30-14:45
Sharmin Nadkarni - Design and synthesis of vitamin D analogs with anti-cancer potential

14:45-15:00
Bolla Narasimha Rao - Synthesis and evaluation of vitamin D analogs for anti-cancer combination therapy

15:00-15:15
Pawel Kozielewicz – TPP: Target Product Profile

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00
Group discussion with ESRs

19:30
Frankfurt Christmas Market – Meet at the Council House