10th UK & Ireland Early Career
BBB Symposium Programme
22nd November - Pre-meeting
(for UK Dementia Research Institute Members only)
1.00 – 2.30 pm Light microscopy hands on workshop
Courtesy of Zeiss
2.30 – 3.00 pm Coffee break
3.00 – 5.00 pm UK DRI Vascular Theme Early Career Researcher open discussion
23th November 2020 - Day 1
9.00 – 9.30 am Registration, coffee, poster set-up
9.30 – 9.40 am Welcome and Introduction
Dr Blanca Diaz-Castro and Dr Jill Fowler (University of Edinburgh)
9.40 – 10.30 am Keynote Speaker
Dr David Attwell (University College London)
"The role of capillary pericytes in stroke and Alzheimer's disease"
10.30 – 11.00 am Coffee break
Session 1: Development of the BBB (Session Chair TBC)
11.00 – 11.15 pm ECR talk 1 (selected from abstracts)
11.15 – 11.30 pm ECR talk 2 (selected from abstracts)
11.30 – 11.45 pm ECR talk 3 (selected from abstracts)
11.45 – 12.00 pm ECR talk 4 (selected from abstracts)
12.00 – 12.30 pm Poster blitz
12.30 – 2.00 pm Lunch and poster session 1
2.00 – 2.45 pm Keynote Speaker
Dr Michael Thrippleton (University of Edinburgh)
“Probing the blood-brain barrier with MRI”
Session 2: The BBB in health (Session Chair TBC)
2.45 – 3.00 pm ECR talk 1 (selected from abstracts)
3.00 – 3.15 pm ECR talk 2 (selected from abstracts)
3.15 – 3.30 pm ECR talk 3 (selected from abstracts)
3.30 – 4.00 pm Coffee break
4.00 – 4.45 pm Keynote Speaker
Dr Britta Engelhardt (University of Bern)
“The brain barriers maintain CNS immune privilege”
4.45 – 5.00 pm ECR talk 4 (selected from abstracts)
5.00 – 5.15 pm ECR talk 5 (selected from abstracts)
5.15 – 5.30 pm ECR talk 6 (selected from abstracts)
5.30 pm Wine reception and poster session 2
24th November 2020 - Day 2
9.00 – 9.30 am Coffee
9.30 – 10.15 am Keynote Speaker
Dr Catherine Hall (University of Sussex)
“Neurovascular coupling differences between brain regions”
Session 3: The BBB in disease (Session Chair TBC)
10.15 – 10.30 am ECR talk 1 (selected from abstracts)
10.30 – 10.45 am ECR talk 2 (selected from abstracts)
10.45 – 11.15 am Coffee and poster session 2
11.15 – 11.30 am ECR talk 3 (selected from abstracts)
11.30 – 11.45 am ECR talk 4 (selected from abstracts)
11.45 – 12.00 pm ECR talk 5 (selected from abstracts)
12.00 – 12.15 pm ECR talk 6 (selected from abstracts)
12.15 – 12.30 pm Closing remarks, announcement of poster and ECR prize winners
Dr Blanca Diaz-Castro and Dr Jill Fowler (University of Edinburgh)
12.30 pm Conference Close
