IRDG 214 (2 day)

Theme: 
14th Martin & Willis Prize Meeting & IRDG 214
Date: 
Thursday, 8 September 2016, 11.00am
Meeting number: 
214
Venue: 
Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
Programme: 

DAY 1: 14th Martin & Willis Student Meeting

10:30 Arrival and Coffee
11:00 Welcome and Introduction
11:10 Student Presentations
12:45 Lunch and Poster Session
14:30 Student Presentations
15:45 Tea and Coffee
16:00 Student Presentations
17:30 Prize Giving
19:00 Dinner

  • Oral Prize: Sian Sloan-Dennison (University of Strathclyde)
    • Detecting specific antigens using the peroxidase-like activity of silver nanoparticles combined with SE(R)RS detection
  • Poster Prize: Calum Welsh (University of Nottingham)
    • Biopolymer interactions with ice and water

Day 2 - IRDG 214

10:30 Arrival and Coffee

11:00 "Using vibrational spectroscopy to probe the underlying differences between control and 'normal' white matter in multiple sclerosis brain" Ines Ramos (Sheffield Hallam University)

11:40 "Raman microscopy for time-course molecular studies of single live cells."
Dr Ioan Notingher (University of Nottingham)

12:20 "Residence time distribution analysis for a hot melt granulation process using positron emission particle tracking and NIR and Raman spectroscopic probes",
Dr Patrick Wray (Bristol-Myers Squibb)

13:00 Buffet Lunch

14:00 "Raman spectroscopy for biomedical cell and tissue imaging", Dr Mads Bergholt (Imperial College London)

14:40 "Heeding Cassandra: Early Warning of the Trojan Horse", Dr Andrew McLauchlin (University of Exeter)

15:20 TBA

16:00 Closing comments plus Tea and Biscuits.

View original IRDG agenda here and Martin & Willis agenda here.