Centre for Biodiscovery July Symposium 2015
Centre for Biodiscovery July Symposium 2015
Date: 2 July 2015 Time: 9.00 am
9:00am
| Distinguished Professor Margaret Brimble, Chair of Organic Chemistry and Director of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland: "Synthesis of natural products containing spiroketals" Dr Simon Hinkley, Ferrier Research Institute: "Enhanced bone repair from natural sulfated polysaccharides" |
10:00am | Morning tea |
10:30am
| Professor Richard Taylor, Associate Vice President for Research; Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry; Interim Director, Warren Family Research Centre for Drug Discovery & Development; University of Notre Dame: "Chemical and biological synthesis of polyketides regulators of proteostasis" Maurice Wilkins Centre Visiting Speaker Sophie Geyrhofer, VUW: "(-)-Zampanolide as an anti-cancer lead towards the synthesis of zampanalogues" Kristiana Santoso, VUW: "The synthesis of carbohydrate probes for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis" |
Midday | Lunch |
1:00pm
| Professor Antony Braithwaite, Department of Pathology, University of Otago: "p53 variants in inflammation and cancer" Dr Melanie McConnell, VUW: "Mitochondrial injury and inter-cellular mitochondrial transfer" Professor Cristin Print, Department of Molecular Medicine & Pathology, University of Auckland: TBC |
2:30pm | Afternoon tea |
3:00pm | Professor Richard Beasley, Director, Medical Research Institute of New Zealand: "Towards a new taxonomy for obstructive airways disease" Associate Professor Jeremy Krebs, CCDHB; Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington: "Novel strategies for preventing type 2 diabetes" Professor Jackie Cumming, Director, Health Services Research Centre, School of Government, VUW: "From science to services: health systems research as the 'brains' of the health system" |
4:30pm | Mixer |
All welcome to attend!
Please RSVP to Charlotte Ansell by Monday 29 June at Charlotte.Ansell@vuw.ac.nz