This in-person event will feature multi-disciplinary talks including a poster session with prizes (see below) and drinks reception.
Our Keynote speaker will be Dr Sophie Bradley, Associate Director in Translational Neuroscience at Sosei-Heptares.
Please note this event is open to members of Imperial College London only.
Our launch event will be on the 12th floor of the Sir Michael Uren Hub, White City Campus.
Places are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please see below the current programme for the day (subject to change):
PROGRAMME
14:00: Dr Alejandra Tomas & Dr Aylin Hanyaloglu – Dept. Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Network Leads “Introduction to the Network”
14:10: Prof Ed Tate & Dr Maria Shchepinova – Dept. Chemistry “Chemical biological and proteomic platforms”
14:35: Prof Bernadette Byrne – Dept. Life Sciences “Structure-function approaches to study membrane proteins”
14:55: Dr Birgit Leitinger – National Heart and Lung Institute “Matrix receptor signalling”
15:15: Coffee/Tea Break & Poster viewing
15:45: Dr Andrew Shevchuk – Dept. Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction “Correlative live imaging for membrane transport research”
16:05: Dr Ali Abbara – Dept. Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction “Targeting kisspeptin receptor signalling to treat patients with reproductive disorders”
16:25: Keynote Presentation: Dr Sophie Bradley – Sosei-Heptares. “Industry-Academic collaborations to promote UK bioscience”
16.55: Dr Alejandra Tomas & Dr Aylin Hanyaloglu – Thanks and wrap up
17:00: Drinks Reception & Poster viewing
Call for Posters
The Imperial Membrane Receptor Network is delighted to invite you to submit a poster for presentation at the Launch Event Poster Session. This Network Launch event and poster session aims to celebrate and foster cross-faculty collaborations and spark new ideas for ground-breaking research.
Your poster can highlight your current research or a platform to communicate how your research may benefit from cross-faculty collaborations in the future.
If you wish to present a poster please email us at receptor@imperial.ac.uk by the 5th July 2022.
There will be a prize for the best poster presentation!