Past Meeting.

3rd February 2011:

Infectious Diseases Symposium

Thursday 3rd February, 9.30 a.m. – 3.40 p.m, Tapestry Room, Firth Court

09.15 Tea/coffee (Tapestry Room)

09.40 Introduction – Professor Rod Smallwood
Director of Research and Innovation: (Healthcare across the Disciplines)

Session 1 (Chaired by Rob Read)

09.50 Graham Stafford (Clinical Dentistry)
Utilisation, uptake and acquisition of sialic acid by a periodontal pathogen
10.10 Ann Chapman (Infectious Diseases, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals)
Unmet needs in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
10.30 Dave Kelly (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)
Campylobacter: A pain in the butt
10.50 Pete Monk (Infection and Immunity)
Tetraspanins: gateways for infection

11.10 Tea/coffee (Tapestry Room)

Session 2 (Chaired by Rob Read)

11.40 Mike Siva-Jothy (Animal and Plant Sciences)
Behaviour, circadian rhythms and defence against opportunist pathogens
12.00 Jim Chilcott (Health and Related Research)
Infectious disease modelling at ScHARR
12.20 Mark Thomas (Infection and Immunity)
Title: to be confirmed
12.40 Jeff Green (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)
cAMP- and NO responsive gene regulatory circuits involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis dormancy and reactivation

13.00 Lunch in the Tapestry Room

Session 3 (Chaired by Simon Foster)

14.00 Ian Sabroe (Respiratory Medicine)
Infection and Mechanisms of Airway Inflammation
14.20 Steve Goodacre (Health Sciences Research)
The PAINTED study: Pandemic Influenza Triage in the Emergency Department
14.40 Lisa Ridgway (Lab Medicine & Medical Microbiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals)
Diagnosis and infection control challenges in Clinical Microbiology
15.00 Pete Artymiuk (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)
Structural studies on the ClyA family of pore-forming toxins
15.20 Discussion
Future perspectives and opportunities

15.40 End of symposium