Session 2: Basic Sciences 2 and Cancer

Chair and Introduction: Professor Daniel Chambers, Associate Professor Victoria Atkinson

1.10pm

Short term intraperitoneal administration of mammalian cell derived human soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (SRAGE) prevents Type I diabetes onset in mice

S Le Bagge, RO Whiddett, AK Fotheringham, DA McCarthy, P Chandrashekar, E Tejo, MA Sullivan, S Leung, CB Howard, JM Forbes

1.19pm

Premature birth and postnatal growth of different renal compartments

Joan Li, Michael Guandalini, Helena Mcinnes,  Yogavijayan Kandasamy, Peter Trnka, Karen Moritz

1.28pm

Complement in COVID-19

Martin W Lo, Alberto A Oritz, John D Lee, Eduardo A Albornoz, Alexander A Khromykh, Daviel Watterson, Trent M Woodruff

1.37pm

A Novel Role for Endogenous Interleukin-22 as a Regulator of Pancreatic and Hepatic Homeostasis

Haressh Sajiir, Sahar Keshvari, Kuan Yau Wong, Amelia Fotheringhan, Ran Wang,Percival Wiid, Jack Lockett, Grant Ramm, Graeme Macdonald, John Prins, Michael A.McGuckin, Sumaira Z. Hasnain

1.46pm

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy to profile the spectrum of progression in chronic kidney disease patients

Tyrone LR Humphries, Glenda C Gobe, Aaron J Urquhart, Graham J Galloway, Carolyn Mountford, David A Vesey, Ross S Francis

1.55pm

Molecular testing of small bronchoscopy specimens in non-small cell lung cancer using nanostring technology

Brielle Parris, IA Yang, RV Bowman, KM Fong

2.04pm

Kidney Cancer Subtyping using Two Dimensional Correlated Spectroscopy

Aaron J Urquhart, Sharon J Del Vecchio, Xin Dong, Robert J Ellis, Keng Lim Ng, Hemamali Samaratunga, Sonia Gustafson, Graham J Galloway, Glenda C Gobe, Simon Wood, Carolyn E Mountford

2.13pm

L1 Vertebral attenuation accurately screens for occult osteoporosis compared to fracture risk prediction tools in lung cancer screenees

Nikkita Botadra, Katrina Hopcraft, Rachael O’Rourke, Anne Williamson, Paraskevi Georgiou, Ian Yang, Kwun Fong and Henry Marshall

2.22pm

Dual targeting of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and immune checkpoint molecules re-sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma to sorafenib treatment

Ritu Shrestha, Prashanth Prithviraj, Kim R. Bridle, Darrell H. G. Crawford, and Aparna Jayachandran

2.31pm

Braf mutation induces rapid neoplastic transformation in the aged and aberrantly methylated intestinal epithelium

Lochlan Fennell, Alexandra Kane, Cheng Liu, Diane McKeone, Gunter Hartel, Chang Su, Catherine Bond, Mark Bettington, Barbara Leggett and Vicki Whitehall

2.40pm

Understanding how azithromycin reduces asthma exacerbations and the underlying mechanisms of macrolides

Lisa M Jurak, Ian A Yang, Jodie L Simpson, Michelle M Hill, and John W Upham