SCBM 2025 Programme

09:00-09:30 - Arrival, Registration & Coffee.

09:30-09:40 - Welcome from Organisers
Professor Sir Michael Ferguson to Introduce Keynote Speaker.

09:40-10:10 - Keynote Lecture
Professor Ian Ganley, 2025 Hooke Medal Recipient. 

10:10-10:55 - Session 1

10:10-10:25 Lukas Tamayo Orrego, University of Edinburgh
CDK4 Loss-of-Function Mutations Impair the G1/S Transition, Causing Microcephaly and Short Stature

10:25-10:40 Wenjing Huang, University of Glasgow
Targeting KDM4A 9-gene Signature Products with Repurposed Drugs Combined with DDR Inhibitors against AML Cells in Different Model Environments

10:40-10:55 Jessie Woon, University of St Andrews
The TGF-β Regulated Cell Surface Antigen, LRRC15, in Cancer Progression

10:55-11:05 - Flash Talks:

Ricardo Moreno Ballesteros, University of Dundee

Paris Kalli, University of Glasgow

Caitlin Reid, University of Edinburgh

Oluwajuwonlo Justina Ogungbemi, University of St Andrews 

11:05-12:00 - Coffee break and Poster Session

12:00-12:45 - Session 2 

12:00-12:15 Shumei Wang, University of Dundee
RXLR-EER Motifs Determine an Unconventional Secretion Pathway Associated with Extracellular Vesicle Production

12:15-12:30 Thomas Tan, University of Edinburgh
RNA-Protein Interaction and Translation in Ageing Immune Functions

12:30-12:45 Arrosan Ranjalingam - University of Aberdeen
Meiosis-Specific Interaction Between Cohesin and Chromosome Axis Proteins Regulates Recombination Initiation

12:45-12:55 - Flash Talks:

James Gray, University of Dundee

Destiny Dalseno, University of Glasgow

Rhea Couper, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Iain Harley, University of Glasgow

13:00-14:00 - Buffet Lunch and Poster Session.

14:00-14:45 - Session 3 

14:00-14:15 Yi Zhao, University of Glasgow
HSP20 regulates PARP1 function and DNA repair: a novel therapeutic axis in cancer

14:15-14:30 Shannan Foylan, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
GLUT4 in Motion: Fluorescence Methods for Studying Glucose Transporters in Situ in Live Fat Cells

14:30-14:45 Hannah Glover, University of Glasgow
Non-Lethal Apoptotic Stress - an Oncogenic Consequence of a High Fat Diet?

14:45-14:55 - Flash Talks:

Melpi Platani, Univeristy of Dundee

Qin Rong Lee, University of Glasgow

Madihah Hussain, Univeristy of Glasgow

Dana Cheung, University of Dundee

15:00-16:00 - Coffee Break and Poster Session

16:00-16:45 - Session 4

16:00-16:15 Matthew Watt, University of Dundee
Regulation of Polarised Trafficking Machinery in  TGF-β Induced Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition

16:15-16:30 Louise Stephen, University of Edinburgh
Shedding Light on Matrix Vesicle Biogenesis

16:30-16:45 Christa Baker, University of Dundee
Muffled Immunity: How Candida Infection Suppresses Macrophage Bacterial Responses

16:45-17:00 - Concluding Remarks & Prize Giving.

17:00 Onwards - Social Event
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