1St School of Medicine Postgraduate Research Day
2ndSchool of Medicine Postgraduate Research Day
Thursday 11th December 2008
Education Centre, Adelaide & Meath Hospital Dublin, Incorporating the National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght
Programme
9.00amRegistration,
Foyer, Education Centre
9.30amIntroduction & Welcome
Dr. Thomas Connor,Director of Postgraduate Teaching & Learning
9.35amResearch in the School of Medicine
Dr. Aiden Corvin, Director of Research
SESSION ONE
Chair:Dr. Thomas Connor, Department of Physiology
Dr. Aideen Long, Department of Clinical Medicine
9.45amTranslational Research in Ireland
Dr. Ruth Barrington, CEO, Molecular Medicine Ireland
10.15amThe flaky tail phenotype (ft) is caused by a homozygous frameshift mutation in the murine filaggrin gene and lead to enhanced cutaneous allergen priming
Sean Saunders, Department of Clinical Medicine
10.30amNuclear receptor-mediated expression of CYP3A4 and CYP2B6 by antiretrovirals - implications for prediction of drug interaction potential and genetic variability in PXR, MDR-1, CYP3A4 and CYP2B6 in HIV infected Caucasian and Sub-Saharan African patients - benefits from a cohort approach
Jenny Svard, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
10.45amHepatic inflammatory gene expression and the development of obesity-induced insulin resistance in IL-1R1 knock out mice
Orla Finucane, Department of Clinical Medicine
11.00amCOFFEE BREAK/POSTER DISPLAY
SESSION TWO
Chair:Professor Des O’Neill, Department of Medical Gerontology
Professor Marina Lynch, Department of Physiology
11.30amThe β2-adrenoceptor agonist clenbuterol activates astrocytes and reduces amyloid-β concentrations and RAGE expression in rat cortex and hippocampus
Karen Ryan, Department of Physiology
11.45amShort-term environmental enrichment enhances object recognition memory and increases the concentration of nerve growth factor, but not brain derived neurotrophic factor, in the dentate gyrus of male Wistar rats
Amy Birch, Department of Physiology
12.00pmAn Investigation into the Effects of Ursodeoxycholic acid on the Golgi Apparatus
Ruchika Sharma, Department of Clinical Medicine
12.15pmEndocannabinoids prevent lysosomal membrane destabilisation evoked by treatment with β-amyloid
Janis Noonan, Department of Physiology
12.30pmABCD scoring by non-vascular neurologists for risk stratification following suspected TIA is frequently inappropriate and inaccurable
Justin Kinsella, Department of Clinical Medicine
12.45pmIL-1 receptor type 1 knockout mice fed a high-fat diet are partially protected from an obesity-induced insulin resistance state
Elizabeth Oliver, Department of Clinical Medicine
1.00pmLUNCH/POSTER DISPLAY
SESSION THREE
Chair:Dr. John Gormley, Department of Physiotherapy
Dr. Aine Kelly, Department of Physiology
2.00pmAutonomic dysfunction: A biomarker of cognitive decline/dementia?
Orla Collins, Department of Medical Gerontology
2.15pmAntimicrobial resistance mechanisms in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Sarah Molan, Department of Clinical Microbiology
2.30pmThe use of novel fluorescent magnetic nanocomposites for biomedical applications
Joseph Gallagher, Department of Physiology
2.45pmMolecular characterisation of antimicrobial resistant bacteraemic Escherichia coli isolates from an Irish hospital
Niamh Cooke, Department of Clinical Microbiology
3.00pmIdentifying Blood Pressure Response Subtypes Following Orthostatis Using Pattern Recognition Techniques
Ciaran Finucane, Department of Medical Gerontology
3.15pmPolymorphisms in Oxytocin Receptor and CD38 genes and Autism: Association and Functional Studies
Katherine Tansey, Department of Psychiatry
3.30pmCOFFEE BREAK/POSTER DISPLAY
SESSION FOUR
Chair:Dr. Joe Barry, Department of Public Health & Primary Care
Ms. Eilish McAuliffe, Health Policy & Management
4.00pmEffects of carbohydrate versus carbohydrate protein ingestion on subsequent resistance training performance in male rugby players
Colin Coyle, Department of Physiology
4.15pmChanging illness beliefs in poorly controlled Type 2 Diabetes: RCT of a psychological, family-based intervention
Karen Keogh, Department of Public Health & Primary Care
4.30pmDevelopment of Neural Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
Dr. Maeve Caldwell, School of Medicine, University of Bristol
5.00pmWINE RECEPTION