School of Life Sciences
Postgraduate Research Colloquium
8 and 9 September 2014
Fulton B Lecture Theatre and Foyer
Programme: 8 September (Monday)
Welcome: Professor Laurence Pearl (Head of School)
Adam Close
Regioselective Routes to Tetrasubstituted Aromatics
Nicola Allen
Damage Repair Mechanisms in Sensory Hair Cells
First session
9.00 – 10.30
Wei Cheat Lee
Hybrid ZnO Nanorods on TiO2 Hollow Hemispheres Produced High Photoelectrochemical Water
Splitting Efficiency
Chair:
Prof. G. Kemenes
Mansi Garg
Role of SUMOylation in regulating telomere length in fission yeast
Ali Shahroozi
Synthesis of Novel Porous Nanostructures via Template-Directed Methods and Their Applications
in PEC Water Splitting and Dye Sensitised Solar cells
Sunny Sun
Understanding the post translational regulation of Synaptonemal complex proteins throughout
meiosis
10.30-10.45
Tea/Coffee break
Ioanna Ntai
TDP2 as a biomarker of sensitivity to Top2 targeting agents and as a novel therapeutic target
Second session
10.45- 12.15
Chair:
Dr J. Spencer
Muhammad Mumtaz (Ali)
High Throughput Assessment of Small Open Reading Frame Translation in Drosophila
melanogaster
Oran O’Doherty
Towards Novel therapeutics for African Trypanosomiasis
Sarah Parry-Morris
Structural and functional studies of human Claspin
Tanya Pennell
Exploring the Genetic Basis of Intralocus Sexual Conflict in Drosophila
12.15 – 1.30
Wan Liu
The regulation of Hox genes by microRNAs during Drosophila development
Lunch
Ben Keen
The molecular dissection of the domain architecture and catalytic activities of PrimPol, a novel
primase-polymerase.
Third session
1.30-2.45
Chair:
Prof. F. Ratnieks
Jasmine Parkinson
Short-term heat stress results in diminution of bacterial symbiont but little effect on blife-history in
adult female citrus mealybugs
Xiaofei Li
Calcium-sensitive fluorescent lifetime imaging using wide field time-resolved detection of
emission from optical sections excited by light sheet illumination
Alexander Kilpatrick (Sandy)
Titanium 'Double-Sandwich' Complexes for the Activation of CO and CO2
Simon Cooper
The role of mRNP-associated proteins FMRP and Sra1 in migrating fibroblasts
2.45 – 3.00
Tea/Coffee break
Alex Dewar
How do complex visual behaviours emerge from simple nervous systems in insects?
Fourth session
3.00- 4.00
Chair:
Prof. A. Doherty
Nicholas Balfour
Do bumble bees (Bombus spp.) deter honey bees (Apis mellifera) from foraging on lavender?
Andrew Chi-Ho Chan
Smc5/6 maintains genome stability and integrity by mediating joint molecule resolution
Unum Amin
Functional characterization of small Open Reading Frame genes in Drosophila melanogaster S2
cells
Programme: 9th September (Tuesday)
Alicia Elhigazi
Which regions of the Bt Cry41Aa toxin are responsible for its activity against human cancer cells?
Grace Solomon-Wisdom
Improved estimation of plant uptake of Pb in soil by two Brassica species using a more realistic
simulation of in situ heterogeneity.
First session
9.00 – 10.30
Chair:
Dr T.Morrow
Peter Hornyak
Small molecule inhibitors of 5'-tyrosyl DNA phosphodiesterase-2
Andrew King
Understanding The Stability Of Coulombic Three Body Systems
Chris Tranter
Threat detection: contextual recognition and response to parasites by ants
10.30-10.45
Mark Whelan
Studies of the Phase Change Between High-Density Amorphous Ice and Low-Density Amorphous
Ice
Tea/Coffee break
Shih-Chieh Chiang
The anti-oxidative role of DNA repair enzyme Tyrosyl-DNA Phosphodiesterase 1
Rachel Kahan
Investigating the Steric and Electronic Effects of Low-Valent Uranium Complexes on the
Activation of Small Molecules
Second session
10.45- 12.15
Chair:
Prof. L. Serpell
Bilge Argunhan
Interplay between Dbf4-dependent Cdc7 Kinase and Polo-like Kinase unshackles mitotic
recombination mechanisms by promoting Synaptonemal Complex disassembly in Budding Yeast
Laurence Humphrey
CarD and RbpA are essential regulators of transcription in Streptomyces coelicolor
Jirapas Jongjitwimol
Investigating the Role of Sumoylation on Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor
Brnyia Alwhshe
Synthesis And Applications Of Metal Oxide Nanostructure Films
12.15 – 1.30
Lunch
Thomas Etheridge
Visualising DNA bound replication proteins using single-molecule super resolution microscopy
Third session
1.30-2.45
Chair:
Prof. L. Lagnado
Julia Shearman
The Regulation of Respiration on Plant Growth and Development of Japanese knotweed, Fallopia
japonica
Sarah Phelps
Investigation into the Ies6 subunit of the INO80 chromatin remodeling complex
Jonathan Katz
An NMR Investigation into the Small Molecule--Aggregate Interaction Phenomena
2.45-3.00
Paul Davison
Latitudinal size variation in socially polymorphic sweat bees (Halictidae)
Tea/Coffee break
Fourth session
3.00-3.45
Chair:
Dr O.Navarro
Chris Traylen
To Elucidate The Assembly Of The Epstein-Barr Virus Replisome
Andrew Chetwynd
Unraveling the urinary metabolome
Lenzie Ford
Amyloid beta’s effect on long term memory: A top-down approach in Lymnaea stagnalis
3.45-5.00
Prize distribution and Wine Reception