Title: | 8th Annual UCD Conway Institue Festival of Research |
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Date: | Thursday 25 September 2008 |
Organiser: | UCD Conway Institute |
Location: | O’Reilly Hall |
Contact: | T: +353.1.716.6720 E: conway.festival@ucd.ie |
Website: | http://www.ucd.ie/conway |
8th Annual UCD Conway Institue Festival of Research
The annual Festival of Research showcases research carried out at the UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research. It is an opportunity for researchers to present their work to the wider UCD audience.
Over 160 scientific posters will be on display. While some researchers will give short oral presentations of their work, others will take part in ‘moderated poster sessions’, where they will discuss their research among smaller, more informal groups. Prizes will be awarded in each of the poster categories at the end of the day, and the proceedings will close with a wine reception.
The UCD Conway Institute Seminar Committee has always been successful in attracting international keynote speakers to the Festival, and 2008 is no exception. This year the three plenary lectures will be delivered by Professor Nicholas Turner of the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, Professor Ralf Baumeister of Freiburg University and Professor Denis Noble CBE of University of Oxford. For further details on each of the speakers and their areas of research, see below. Dr Hugh Brady, President of UCD will open the 2008 Festival.
Festival Programme | |
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09.00 – 09.15 |
Registration |
09.15 – 09.30 |
Welcome |
09.30 – 10.30 |
Plenary Lecture |
10.30 - 11.30 |
Session 1:
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11.30 – 12.30 |
Moderated Poster viewing session A Infection, Immunity & Inflammation; Chemical and Structural Biology; |
12.30 - 13.30 |
Plenary Lecture “Systems Biology of Ageing and Age-Related Disorders” - Professor Ralf Baumeister, ZBSA Center for Systems Biology, Bioinformatics & Mol. Genetics, Freiburg. |
13.30 - 14.30 |
Poster viewing |
14.30 - 15.30 |
Session 2:
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15.30 - 16.45 |
Moderated Poster viewing session B Cell Biology and Neuroscience; Mechanisms of Disease, including diabetes, vascular biology & cancer |
17.00 - 18.00 |
Plenary Lecture “The Music of Life: Principles of Systems Biology” - Professor Denis Noble CBE FRS, Balliol College, Oxford and Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics. |
18.00 |
Presentation of prizes Conclusion and reception |