Programme

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Registration
Welcome and Opening Remarks Prof.
D avid
Finn

00:45
00:05

Session 1 A Careers in Academia

09:00:00

09:35:00

Reaching PI status, Dr. Maeve Caldwell, Bristol

00:35

09:35:00
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10:20:00
09:50:00

PhD Oral Presentations

Donna Cosgrove, NUI Galway.

00:45

09:50:00

10:05:00

10:05:00

10:20:00

09:35:00

10:20:00

'Polygenic scores from the miR-137 pathway explain variability in cognitive performance in patients with schizophrenia and controls',
Sile Griffin, Keele University
Accelerated and efficient neuronal differentiation of Sox1GFP mouse embryonic stem cells in vitro using nicotinamide'

Emma Yhnell, Cardiff University

A longitudinal behavioural characterisation of the HdhQ111 mouse model of Huntingtons disease'

Session 1 B Workshop Session Funding and Grants

10:20:00

11:00:00

00:40
Getting your research off the ground, Dr. Aideen Sullivan, UCC
Ingredients for successful grant applications, Prof David Finn, NUI Galway
Funding opportunities, Dr. Ann Ryan, Research Office, NUI Galway

11:00:00
11:30:00
Coffee

00:30

Session 2 Science Communication

11:30:00
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12:15:00
11:45:00

11:45:00

12:00:00

12:00:00

12:15:00

12:15:00
12:35:00

PhD and Post-doc oral presentations

Shane Hegarty, UCC
Neurotrophic effects of GDF5 and BMP2 on cultured midbrain dopaminergic neurons are mediated by the canonical
Smad 1/5/8 signalling pathway
John Kealy, NUI Maynooth
Real-time acquisition of tissue oxygen levels and neuronal activation using electrochemical sensors in freely-moving rats
Jonathan Niclis, University of Melbourne
Improved ventral midbrain differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells for cellular replacement therapy'

00:45

12:35:00

Science Journalism, Cormac Sheridan, Science Journalist, Dublin.

00:20

13:35:00

Lunch and Poster Session

01:00

Session 5
13:35:00

Academia vs. Industry

14:10:00

Careers in Academia vs. Industry, Prof. John Cryan, UCC, Cork.

00:35

Session 4 Alternative Careers Session

14:10:00
14:30:00 Clinical Project Manager Grinne Gannon, Novartis, Ireland
14:30:00
14:50:00 Technology Transfer Officer - Gary Lupton, Commercialisation Executive, NUI Galway
14:50:00
15:10:00 Scientific Program Officer - Dara Dunican, Science Foundation Ireland

00:20
00:20
00:20

15:10:00

00:10

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Break

Session6 Industry Session

15:20:00
15:45:00
16:15:00

15:45:00
16:15:00
17:00:00

Scientist-Entrepreneur, Prof. William OConnor, UL, Limerick

Neuroscience in Industry, Dr. Max Bianchi, Transpharmation Ltd, Ireland
Careers in Industry on an international level, Prof. Dr. Markus von Kielin, Hoffman-La Roche, Switzerland

17:00:00

17:15:00

Prize giving and closing comments

17:15:00

18:15:00

Meet the Professionals session - wine reception

00:25
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00:45

01:00

20:00 Social Event in Galway City!

09:50