Anglia Ruskin University Medical Technology Research Centre Inaugural Annual Conference
posted 5th July 2022
Anglia Ruskin University
Medical Technology Research Centre
Inaugural Annual Conference
7th September 2022
- 9:00-9:30 Arrivals, registration, and refreshments
- 9:30-9:40 Welcome addresses – DVC, Prof Yvonne Barnett + MTRC Director, Prof Graham Ball
- 9:40-10:25 Applications of Machine Learning to Drug Discovery; Prof Graham Ball
- 10:25-10:45 Joined at the Hip: Advances and Opportunities; Dr Vikas Khanduja
- 10:45-11:30 Keynote speaker – Prof Sir Tom Blundell, University of Cambridge: “Structural Biology, Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery: From Cancer to Mycobacterial Infections & Covid-19”
- 11:30-11:50 Introduction to Biomechanics, Optics, Robotics and Imaging Research Group; Dr Dan Robbins
- 11:50-12:10 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Group; Dr Jennifer Martay
- 12:10-13:20 Buffet lunch and poster viewing
- 13:20-13:40 Understanding Cellular DNA Repair Pathways Upon Introduction of Targeted DNA Damage; Michaela Bruntraeger
- 13:40-14:00 Introduction to the Biomedical Informatics Group; Dr Silvia Cirstea
- 14:00-14:20 Circulatory health research at ARU in 2022 and beyond; Dr Tom Keeble
- 14:20-14:40 Drug discovery at ARU; Prof Selim Cellek
- 14:40-15:00 Diagnostic and biomarker research at ARU; Prof Stephen Bustin
- 15:00-15:30 Refreshments and poster viewing
- 15:30-15:50 Introduction to Musculoskeletal and Developmental Biology Research Group; Dr Jasmine Samvelyan
- 15:50-16:10 Introduction to Pharmaceutical Research Group; Prof Mohammad Najlah
- 16:10-16:30 Clinical Entrepreneurs Programme (a brief introduction from Prof Tony Young and a case study from Ash Kalraiya, Founder of MediShout)
- 16:30-17:00 Closing remarks (Prof Barbara Pierscionek, Deputy Dean HEMS)
Michael Salmon Building, Chelmsford Campus, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1SQ