FMS PostdocCommittee

The Post-Doctoral Committee for Newcastle University's Faculty of Medical Sciences.

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Thanks everyone for attending the symposium today and the networking event after! It was fantastic to hear the breadth of world leading research being carried out by post docs in FMS! Until next year …

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@Nehal_Hassan_ @NCL_Pharmacy Delighted to have you as part of the symposium! Enjoyed hearing about your exciting work!

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Finally we have Matthew Cooper ‘ Social prescribing . The good, the bad, and the potentially harmful’ @NCL_medscience

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Penultimate talk by Curtis Cottam ‘Investigating the role of novel transcription factors involved in the virulence of Uropathogenic E. cool’
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Next talk is Sara Pretorius on’Taking multiple long-term conditions into account in single-condition diagnosis and management guidance: guidelines review and analysis’ @NCL_medscience

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Our next speaker is Devashish Ray on ‘the falsification of home rapid antigen lateral flow tests during the covid-19 pandemic @NCL_medscience

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Final session starts with Ben Raymond talking about ‘Identification of CD97 as a novel apoptotic cell sensing receptor involved in the regulation of the innate immune responses’ @NCL_medscience

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Next we have the winner of the David Shaw best paper prize, Augustinas Silale with his paper entitled ‘Dual function of OmpM as outer membrane tether and nutrient uptake channel in diderm Firmicutes @NCL_medscience

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We are delighted to introduce Dr Eugene Berezikov from University Medical Centre, Groningen, with the talk ‘Developing flatworm Macrosromum lignano as a model organism to study stem cells, regeneration, and ageing’

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Next up is Meenakshi Sharma from Parse biosciences with an introduction to Evercode technology and latest research highlights

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Kicking off the afternoon with Nicola Simcock with an overview of research culture

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Now the second round of flash talks, please check the posters over lunch @NCL_medscience

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The final speaker for this session is Birthe Dorgau ‘Spatiotemporal single cell analyses reveal transient population of retinal progenitor cells in the ciliary margin of developing human retina’ @NCL_medscience

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Our next talk is from Calum Hamilton ‘Changing tides and stormy seas: how does low mood impact on cognitive function on people at risk of dementia?’ @NCL_medscience

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Next up is Julija Simpson ‘Do longer job hours matter for maternal mental health? A longitudinal analysis of single vs partnered mothers’ @NCL_medscience

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Start of the second session with Benjamin Wetherall taking on the ‘Application of Imaging Mass Cytometry to Reveal Networks in Competent and non-Competent Meiosis I Oocytes’

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Next up is Hilmar Sigurdsson ‘Evaluating the feasibility, acceptability and safety of vagus nerve stimulation in Parkinson’s disease’

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The third speaker of the session is Chloe Hinchliffe talking about ‘ Real world measures of cardiorespiratory function can stratify primary Sjögren’s syndrome participants with persistent fatigue’

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Next up is Riona McArdle ‘Exploring the relationship between ambulatory activity and falls in older adults’

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First up we have David Sinclair taking about ‘Disability Free Life Expectancy:Narrowing the Gap’