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BioConcepts Technology Showcase

12 May 2006

09:30 - 13:00
 

Many bio-science companies are failing to benefit from the range of opportunities on offer to them at the universities and research institutes in the East of England. This is partly due to a lack of understanding of what these opportunities are, how to identify the opportunities that are particularly relevant to you, and how to access them quickly and easily.

 

ERBI's first BioConcepts Technology Showcase is a rare opportunity for you to meet representatives from the region's leading universities and research institutes, all under one roof, in one day. They will   be on hand to discuss how you can interface with the academics and technicians they represent. They are keen to talk to both small and large companies, and emphasise that there are many different ways for companies to interact with their academic centres, ranging from sourcing technical services, to long term collaborative research. The key message is that they are “open for business”. 

 

To give you a flavour of some of the research taking place at various departments in the region that has good commercial potential, the event will include 25 presentations by research group leaders on a wide range of innovative technologies, products and services.  Each presentation will last 10 minutes followed by Q&A.  The event will start with a presentation by Tim Sparey of Merck Sharp & Dohme who will share his thoughts on academic-industry research alliances.

 

ERBI’s first BioConcepts Technology Showcase is taking place on the third day of our annual BioPartnering Exchange at the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus at Hinxton. The event has been sponsored by FRAS. Attendance is open to everyone, not just delegates registered for the BioPartnering Exchange, and is free of charge.

  

To register for the BioConcepts Technology Showcase ONLY please CLICK HERE

 

Please note registration for BioConcepts does not allow access to the main BioPartnering Exchange. You must register separately from the link on the left.

BioConcepts Technology Showcase is sponsored by FRAS.

 

LEADING RESEARCH INSTITUTES

Babraham Institute

www.babraham.ac.uk

Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair

www.brc.cam.ac.uk

Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

http://asp2.miuk.com/stemcells

European Bioinformatics Institute

www.ebi.ac.uk

Rothamsted Research

www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/iacr/tiacrhome.html

Institute of Food Research

www.ifr.ac.uk

John Innes Centre

www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

MRC Biostatistics Unit

www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk

MRC Centre for Protein Engineering

www.mrc-cpe.cam.ac.uk

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk

 

MRC Collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition

www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk

MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit

www.mrc-dunn.cam.ac.uk

MRC Epidemiology Unit

www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk

National Institute of Agricultural Botany

www.niab.com

Sanger Institute

www.sanger.ac.uk

The Hutchison/MRC Research Centre

www.hutchison-mrc.cam.ac.uk

The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology  

www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk

 

UK Stem Cell Bank

www.ukstemcellbank.org.uk

Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre

www.wbic.cam.ac.uk

UNIVERSITIES

Anglia Polytechnic University

www.anglia.ac.uk

Cranfield University

www.cranfield.ac.uk

University of Cambridge

www.cam.ac.uk

University of East Anglia

www.uea.ac.uk

University of Essex

www.essex.ac.uk

Uinversity of Luton

www.luton.ac.uk

University of Hertfordshire

www.herts.ac.uk

TEACHING HOSPITALS

Addenbrooke’s Hospital

www.addenbrookes.org.uk

Papworth Hospital

www.papworthpeople.com

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust

www.nnuh.nhs.uk

 

MAIN AUDITORIUM

Session 1

Chaired by Dr David Hardman
CEO Babraham Bioscience Technologies

TIME

#

PRESENTER

ORGANISATION

TITLE

09.30

1

Dr Klaus Okkenhaug

The Babraham Institute

Targeting PI3-kinases in the Immune System

09.45

2

Dr Mike Clark

University of Cambridge

Engineered Fc Regions for Use in Therapeutic Antibody Based Applications

10.00

3

Dr Su Metcalfe

University of Cambridge

What Regulates Immunity?

10.15

4

Dr Caroline Pennington

University of East Anglia

Profiling the Degradome: Proteases as Targets and Anti-targets in Cancer

10.30

5

Dr Anthony Davenport

University of Cambridge

Discovery and function of novel G-protein coupled receptors and their chemical messengers in human disease

10.45

6

Dr Philip Reeves &
Professor Chris Reynolds

University of Essex

GPCR Structure and Function

11.00

7

Dr Bazbek Davletov

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

A Neuronal Growth Kit

11.15

8

Professor Keith Kendrick

The Babraham Institute

Discovering How Brain Neural Networks Process Information

11.30

9

Dr Jeff Dalley

University of Cambridge

Translational Models of Impulsivity and Drug Addiction

11.45

10

Professor Peter McNaughton

University of Cambridge

New Avenues in Pain Research

12.00

11

Dr Areles Molleman

University of Hertfordshire

The Body’s Cannabinoid System

12.15

12

Gunnar Thieman

University of Hertfordshire

Cannabinoids and Reward-related Processes

12.30

13

Dr Mark Williams

University of East Anglia

Intestinal Stem Cell Biology and Physiological Function of the Human Colonic Epithelium in Health and Disease

12.45

 

Lunch

 

 


JAMES WATSON ROOM

Session 2

Chaired by Dr Belinda Clarke
Regional International Trade Advisor, East of England International

TIME

#

PRESENTER

ORGANISATION

TITLE

09.30

1

Dr Conrad Bessant

Cranfield University

Post Genomic Bioinformatics

09.45

2

Dr George Follows

University of Cambridge

Identifying Gene Regulatory Elements by Genomic Microarray Mapping of DNaseI Hypersensitive Sites

10.00

3

Dr David Klenerman

University of Cambridge

High Resolution Imaging and Nanoscale Functional Mapping of Living Cells

10.15

4

Dr Richard Bowater

University of East Anglia

Novel High-Throughput Assays of DNA Ligases and Nucleases with Potential for Clinical and Pharmacological Screening

10.30

5

Dr Steven Setford

Cranfield University

Tandem Breath Analyser

10.45

6

Dr Martin Wickham

Institute of Food Research

The Model Gut – A New Technology for Drug Development

11.00

7

Mr Norbert Kang

Mount Vernon Hospital

Use of Ear Scaffold to Correct Prominent Ear Deformity

11.15

8

Dr Emmanuelle Astoul

The Babraham Institute

Novel Cell Selection Tool Based on Modified Cadherin Molecules

11.30

9

Dr Richard Farndale

University of Cambridge

Collagen-Mimetic Peptides for Cell Attachment and Activation

11.45

10

Dr Ian Clark

University of East Anglia

HDACs as New Drug Targets in the Treatment of Arthritis

12.00

11

Professor John Turner

University of East Anglia

Technology to Confer Broad Spectrum Disease Resistance in Agricultural Crops

12.15

12

Dr Andrew Walsh

University of Cambridge

A Novel Therapeutic and Drug Screening Approach for HIV

12.30

 

Lunch