Irish Network for Biomarkers in Neurodegeneration Symposium
IN-BIND symposium, 6th June, 2014, University College Cork, Ireland
The Irish Network for Biomarkers in Neurodegeneration (IN-BIND) are hosting a one-day meeting in University College Cork (UCC) on Friday, June 6th, 2014.
This meeting is aimed at strengthening research collaborations both within and outside Ireland. We also hope to raise awareness of IN-BIND’s mission to foster a collaborative translational research culture in Ireland, where clinicians and scientists who are collecting biosamples from patients with neurodegenerative diseases, can share their resources to maximise research findings.
The program for the day, includes guest speakers from national and international institutions. We are fortunate to have presentations spanning a broad range of disciplines: from academic, clinical, industry, charity and government funding organisations. We therefore anticipate an interesting days events, which we hope will lead to productive collaborations in the future.
Please contact Dr. Barry Boland (Event Organiser) at barry.boland@ucc.ie or Dr. Anne-Marie Miller at milleram@tcd.ie for further details
Meeting Programme
Welcome |
Dr. Barry Boland (Event Organiser) |
University College Cork |
Session 1 |
Topic: Biomarker Research in Ireland |
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Chair: | Prof. Brian Lawlor, MIRA, St. James's Hospital, Dublin | |
Speaker 1 | Dr. Anne-Marie Miller, IN-BIND and BiomarkAPD | IN-BIND and BiomarkAPD: Harmonizing the application of biomarkers in neurodegenerative disease |
Speaker 2 |
Diarmuid Cahalane, Open Innovation Partners, Cork | Translation of biomarkers from lab to clinic |
Speaker 3 | David Beechinor, HRB Clinical Research Facility, Cork | HRB Clinical Research Facility, Cork: Supporting Research |
Speaker 4 | Dr. Caitriona Creely, Health Research Board | HRB support and approach to biomarker research |
Speaker 5 | Eileen Keary, Saoirse Foundation and Bee for Batten's | Rare disease research in Ireland |
Session 2 |
Topic: Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid |
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Chair: | Dr. Sean O'Sullivan, Cork Unversity Hospital and UCC | |
Speaker 1 | Prof. Brian Lawlor, MIRA, St. James's Hospital, Dublin | Biomarkers in practice: A memory clinic perspective |
Speaker 2 |
Dr. Steve Meaney, Dublin Institute of Technology | Diagnostic potential of non-cholesterol sterols in CSF |
Speaker 3 | Dr. Aideen Sullivan and Dr. Sean O'Sullivan, UCC | Neurotrophic factors as potential biomarkers for Parkinson's disease |
Speaker 4 | Dr. Yaroslau Compta, University of Barcelona, Spain | CSF biomarkers of Parkinson's disease: alpha-synuclein and beyond |
Speaker 5 | Prof. Pieter Jelle Visser, Maastricht University and VU Amsterdam | CSF markers in multi centered studies: Descripa, EDAR, BiomarkAPD and EMIF-AD |
Session 3 |
Topic: Cell based biomarkers |
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Chair: | Dr. Barry Boland, UCC | |
Speaker 1 | Dr. Deirdre Murray, Dept. of Paediatrics and Child Health, UCC | Biomarkers of neonatal brain injury |
Speaker 2 |
Dr. Cora O'Neill and Dr. Suzanne Timmons, UCC | Translating brain biomakers to blood biomarkers for Parkinson's disease diagnosis: focus on the Akt system |
Speaker 3 | Prof. Frances Platt, University of Oxford, UK | Cellular biomarkers for lysosomal diseases |
Speaker 4 | Prof. Paul O'Toole, Dept. of Microbiology, UCC | Microbiome and metabalome signatures of healthy aging |
Session 4 |
Topic: Biomarkers in Brain Tissue |
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Chair: | Dr. Cora O'Neill, Dept. of Biochemistry, UCC | |
Speaker 1 | Dr. Gregory Pastores, Mater Miscordiae University Hospital, Dublin | Gaucher disease and Parkinsonism |
Speaker 2 |
Prof. Seth Love, University of Bristol, UK | Brain banks and biomarkers |
Speaker 3 | Teresa Loftus, Dublin Brain Bank, RCSI | Brain banking in Ireland |
Session 5 |
Open Forum |
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Chairs: | Prof. Brian Lawlor, Dr. Sean O'Sullivan, Dr. Cora O'Neill, Dr. Barry Boland |