This event features talks from researchers at different stages of their research careers. We will also pay tribute to Prof Mark Dunne, our much-loved and respected colleague, who sadly passed away at the end of last year. Prof Indi Bannerjee will talk about Mark's research on Congenital Hyperinsulinism, before passing over to our keynote speaker, Prof Frances Ashcroft.

10.30 – 10.35: Welcome

10.35 – 11.00: Cath Lawrence (UoM) - Co-morbidity and its impact on brain disease

11.00 – 11.25: Matthew Smith (UoM) – Extracellular Matrix Remodelling in Ageing-related Sinus Node Dysfunction

11.25- 11.50: Amy Foster (UoS) – The effects of anthracyclines on calcium handling and contractility in sheep ventricular myocytes

11.50 – 12.15: Kelly Bowden-Davies (MMU) - Understanding the cardiometabolic implications of physical inactivity

12.15 - 13:15: Lunch

13.15 – 13.40: Mark Dilworth (UoM) – Placental dysfunction in advanced maternal age- mechanisms and interventions

13.40 – 14.05: Rehan Junejo (MMU) – Cerebrovascular dysfunction in atrial fibrillation

14.05 – 14.30: Eduardo Pena Alarcon (UoM) – Hyaluronic acid in pancreatic cancer cells

14.30 – 14.55: Sarah Withers (UoS) - Adipose tissue crosstalk in health and disease

14.55 – 15.10: Coffee

In memory of Prof Mark Dunne:

15.10 – 15.30: Prof Indi Bannerjee (UoM) – Mark Dunne: understanding Congenital Hyperinsulinism

15.30 – 16.30: Prof Frances Ashcroft (University of Oxford): Metabolic regulation of insulin secretion in health and disease

16.30 – 17.30: Wine and socializing

Liam Bagley (MMU), David Greensmith (UoS) and Tristan Pocock (UoM) - Physiological Society reps

Greater Manchester Physiology Symposium