Futures 2024 Research Conference 12th Dec 2024, Western Gateway Building, UCC
Programme of Events 08:00 – 08:50 09:00 – 09:10
Arrival and poster setup Professor Helen Whelton, Head of College of Medicine and Health and Chief Academic Officer to the HSE South West Region
09:10 – 10:30
Session 1 CoMH Futures Co-Chaired by Prof. Yvonne Nolan and Dr Piotr Kowalski
09:10 – 09:35
Professor Ken O’Halloran Department of Physiology, UCC.
Adaptive homeostasis in the lab, the clinic, and our institution! 09:35 – 10:15
Latest Advances 1 (8 minute research talks with questions) Prof. Sarah Kittel-Schneider 1
Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioural Science, 2 Cork University Hospital, 3 APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Revealing pathomechanims in neurodevelopmental and mental disorders by using human derived cellular models. Dr Cristina Rosell-Cardona APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Acute stress, microbial metabolites, and the microbiota-gut-brain axis: focus on microbial regulation of barrier function and hippocampal plasticity. Dr Edward Fahy Dental School and Hospital, College of Medicine & Health, UCC.
Spectroscopy of oral potentially malignant disorders - towards a protocol for its use. Dr Michelle O’Driscoll 1 National Suicide Research Foundation and 2School of Pharmacy, UCC. The implementation and evaluation of a suicide prevention module for undergraduate health and social care students. 10:15 – 10:30
Elevator Pitches 1 (3 min elevator pitch style talks, 1 question) Minoo Ashoori 1
Department of Physiology and 2INFANT Research Centre
PREMI-NIRS: advanced NIRS signal analysis and machine learning for extremely preterm infants. Melanie Depret 1
Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and 2APC Microbiome Ireland
Functional mapping of brain pathways involved in the gut microbial modulation of social behaviour. James V. Harte 1School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and 2Department of Haematology, CUH. SARS_COV-2-induced syncytia have enhanced procoagulant activity. Miguel Ramôa School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine & Health, UCC.
Development of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Oral Delivery of RNA as a Treatment for Ileal Crohn’s Disease 10:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Networking (Poster session from 10:50 - 11:50)