{"id":964,"date":"2015-07-15T13:55:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T12:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/?p=964"},"modified":"2015-08-11T14:18:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T13:18:17","slug":"programme-for-stacey-symposium-on-alumni-weekend-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2015\/07\/15\/programme-for-stacey-symposium-on-alumni-weekend-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme for Stacey Symposium on Alumni weekend released"},"content":{"rendered":"

The programme is now finalised for the 4th<\/sup> Stacey Symposium, taking place over the 50th Anniversary Alumni weekend on 4 September 2015.\u00a0The programme features presentations from new members of academic staff, including a former undergraduate, and students representing Kent in in the global iGEM competition.\u00a0To attend, please email Professor Mick Tuite (M.F.Tuite@kent.ac.uk) and join with us as we look ahead to the next 50 years in the School of Biosciences.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong><\/strong>Biological sciences at Kent: the next 50 years\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

School of Biosciences, Stacey Lecture Theatre 1<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

13:30 <\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction and welcome: Martin Warren (Head of School)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

13:40 \u2013 15:00<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Session 1: Microbiology & Infectious Diseases <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

13:40\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Rossman <\/em>“Filamentous influenza viruses: the shape of things to come?”<\/p>\n

14:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tasos Tsaousis<\/em> \u201cInvestigations on the evolution of parasites”<\/p>\n

14:20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Shepherd \u201c<\/em>New strategies to combat infectious diseases\u201d<\/p>\n

14:40 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colin Robinson <\/em>‘New platforms for the production of biopharmaceuticals in bacteria and microalgae’<\/p>\n

15:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steffi Frank<\/em> (Research Fellow) \u201cBacterial nanofactories – from nature to bioengineering\u201d<\/p>\n

15:20 – 15:50<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tea\/coffee in the Stacey Building foyer <\/strong><\/strong>(or outside weather permitting)<\/p>\n

15:50 \u2013 17:10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Session 2: Biomedical Sciences<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

15:50\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jenny Tullet <\/em>Understanding the building blocks\u00a0of the fountain of youth<\/p>\n

16:10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Peter Ellis <\/em>“Reproduction on the farm and in the clinic”<\/p>\n

16:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ben Goult <\/em>“Stretching single molecules to understand how cancer cells move.”<\/p>\n

16:50\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Michelle Garrett<\/em> \u201cNew drugs for cancer treatment\u201d<\/p>\n

17:10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Wass \u201c<\/em>Tackling acquired drug resistance in cancer\u201d<\/p>\n

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17:30 \u2013 18:00<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Session 3: The future…. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

17:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wei-feng Xue<\/em> and the iGEM team<\/p>\n

17:45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Philippe de Wilde <\/em>(Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research) \u201cClosing comments\u201d<\/p>\n

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18:00 – 19:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Drinks reception (Stacey Foyer\/Howard Rogers Room)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n