4th Platelet Summer School: Hillscourt Conference Centre, Birmingham
Conference Hall
18 – 20th July 2011
SCHEDULE
Monday 18th July
Session I Introduction
10.00 Introductory remarks
10.10 – 11.00 Introduction and historical overview of platelet research
Steve Watson, University of Birmingham
Session II Functional assay
11.00 – 12.00 Platelet preparation, aggregation and secretion
Gavin Jarvis, Queens University, Belfast
12.00 – 1.00 Specialist platelet testing assays
Paul Harrison, University of Oxford
1.00 Lunch
Session II Functional assay contd…
2.00 – 3.10 In vitro flow models of platelet activation
Gerard Nash, University of Birmingham
3.10 – 4.20 Platelets and coagulation
Johan Heemskerk, Unversity of Maastricht
4.20 – 4.40 Coffee
Session III Platelet receptors and their signalling pathways
4.40 – 5.50 Stimulatory G protein-coupled receptors
Alastair Poole, University of Bristol
Dinner
8.00 – 10.00 Posters and wine
Tuesday 19TH July
Session III Platelet receptors and their signalling pathways
9.00 – 10.10 Tyrosine kinase-linked receptors
Yotis Senis, University of Birmingham
10.10 – 11.20 Inhibitory receptors
Jon Gibbins, University of Reading
11.20 Coffee
Session IV Platelets in disease
11.50 – 1.00 Platelets in thrombotic diseases
Will Lester, University of Birmingham
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch
2.00 – 3.10 Current anti-platelet drugs
Marie Lordkipanidzé, University of Birmingham
3.10 – 4.20 Development of new anti-platelet drugs
Sven Nylander, AstraZeneca
4.20 – 4.40 Coffee
4.40 – 5.40 Specialist Discussion Groups –
5.40 – 6.40 Specialist Discussion Groups –
Topics will include: how to build a career in science; grant writing; careers in industry; speaking to schools; speaking to the media; as well as research based topics such as: proteomics; genomics; rheology, use of mouse platelets; platelet function testing etc.
7.15 Celebration Dinner
Wednesday 20th July
Session V Platelet bleeding
9.00 – 10.10 Acquired and inherited bleeding disorders
Jonathan Wilde, University of Birmingham
10.10 – 11.20 Megakaryocytes and myeloproliferative disorders
Cedric Ghevaert, University of Cambridge
11.20 Coffee
11.50 – 1.00 Platelet genomics
Alison Goodall, University of Leicester
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch
Session VI Megakaryocytes and genomics
2.00 – 3.10 Animal models of haemostasis and thrombosis
Neena Kalia
3.10 – 4.20 Other physiological and pathological roles of platelets
Brenda Finney, University of Birmingham
4.20 Concluding remarks
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