BSRA Annual Scientific Meeting 2007

Start: 17/07/2007 09:30

End: 17/07/2007 18:30

Summary:

To be held in conjunction with:

PRACTICAL WORKSHOP ON THE DETECTION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS) IN CELLS AND TISSUES.

Location:

Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool

Main Body:

9.30	Registration and Poster set-up. Tea/coffee will be available upon arrival.
10.20 - 10.30	Professor Janet Lord. Introduction and Welcome.
10.30 - 11.10	Dr Christine Seehuus, Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Bees as a model for social aspects of ageing.
11.10 - 11.50	Lynne Cox, University of Oxford. Modelling genomic instability of Werner's syndrome in the fruit fly.
11.50 - 12.30	Holly Van Remmen, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA. The role of superoxide - induced oxidative stress and mitochondria in age-related muscle atrophy.
12.30 - 13.00	Two presentations selected from submitted abstracts.
13.00 - 14.30	Lunch, Poster viewing and AGM
14.30 - 15.00	Two presentations selected from submitted abstracts
15.00 - 15.40	David Wong. St Paul's Eye Hospital, Liverpool. Surgery for macular degeneration: a proof of principle or a practical treatment?
15.40 - 16.20	Martin Bennett. Addenbrooke's Centre for Clinical Investigation Ageing and atherosclerosis.
16.20 - 16.45	Coffee
16.45 - 17.30	Nick Lane. Writer and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University College London. Life, Death and Mitochondria
17.30 - 18.30	Lord Cohen Medal lecture. Professor Raymond Tallis. University of Manchester. Ageing Research: Makropoulitan and other Reflections

Presentations will take place in the Gallery and posters displays and lunch will be in the Chapel. The AGM will take place in the Gallery.

Evening: Social at ASK Italian Restaurant (5 minute walk from Lime Street Train Station).

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