The Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences Graduate School and Graduate Society are delighted to announce the second annual Postgraduate Research (PGR) Showcase event, taking place on the 11th of September 2014 from 9am to 5pm. Open to all postgraduates and academics, the Showcase provides an opportunity to find out more about the pioneering research being conducted by PGR students across the Faculty, with oral and poster presentations representing all of the Faculty's Schools and Institutes.

Expert review panels will provide feedback to support and develop the presentation skills of the oral presensters, whilst peer review opportunities will develop the assessment skills of postgraduates in attendance. Prizes will be awarded for both oral and poster presentations. Our network of Postgraduate Directors, Tutors and Skills Trainers will be on hand to offer further advice to those planning poster or oral presentations at future events.

The event includes lunch and coffee breaks, during which there will be opportunities for students to network with other postgraduates and to visit our sponsor stalls.

Whether you are just beginning your postgraduate degree, or are due to make the leap into your first postdoctoral position, or are an academic involved in postgraduate supervision, the Showcase promises to be an invaluable day.

Programme:

9:00

Registration and poster set-up

9:30

Welcome and Introduction

Prof Pamela Vallely

10.00

Session 1

10:00

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work - The development of an activity pacing questionnaire for chronic pain and/or fatigue

Deborah Antcliff

10:15

Manchester Pharmacy School - Analysing the effects of radiotherapy on the metastatic phenotype: A role for combined therapeutic approaches incorporating Src and PI3K targeting

Emily Rowling

10:30

Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences - Differential regulation of vascular calcification by neutral and acid sphingomyelinases

Thomas Morris

10.45

The CRUK Manchester Institute – Defining the role of FOXC1 in acute myeloid leukaemia

Tim Somerville

11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

Session 2

11:30

Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health - The role of moral cognition and emotions in remitted major depressive disorder

Clifford Workman

11:45

School of Dentistry - Enhancing repair and regeneration of the cornea with dental pulp stem cells

Evgeny Kushnerev

12:00

Institute of Population Health - The long-term effect of hospital pay-for-performance on mortality in England

Rachel Meacock

12:15

Institute of Cancer Sciences – Improving adoptive immunotherapy through generation of less differentiated gene modified T cells

Hannah Gornall

12:30

Lunch and poster session

14:00

Session 3

14:00

Institute of Human Development - Defining the glomerular matrisome

Michael Randles

14:15

Institute of Inflammation Repair - Production of a safer, osteogenic, tissue engineered bone allograft

Chris Smith

14:30

School of Psychological Sciences - The parenting challenges and needs of refugees of war

Aala El-Khani

14:45

Graduate Society Presentation

Russell Craddock

15:00

Coffee break

15:30

Session 4

15:30

Keynote Speaker - Lab Coats in Hollywood: Exploring Scientists’ Backstage Role in Film and Television Production

Dr David Kirby

16:00

Prize Giving

16:15

Closing Statements