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Programme: Friday 23rd March 2018 (9am -5pm), Durkan Lecture Theatre, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute
08.30	REGISTRATION & COFFEE
09.00	WELCOME
09.15	SESSION 1	Co-Chairs: Prof. Mary Horgan, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland & Prof. Rachel McLoughlin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, TCD Dr. Cliona Ni Cheallaigh Senior Lecturer/Consultant, Centre for Medical Gerontology, St. James’s Hospital & TCD. Inflammageing: Clinical Perspectives
09.45		Dr. Cara Martin Asst. Prof. in Molecular Pathology and Tumour Biology, Department of Pathology, the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital & TCD Molecular Biomarker Approaches to Cervical Cancer Screening for Improved Outcomes
10.00		Dr. Henry Windle Asst. Prof. in Molecular Medicine (Clinical Medicine), TCD Oncogenic bacteria and their extracellular vesicles
10.15	SESSION 2	Chair: Prof. David MacHugh, UCD Conway Dr. Tom Ryan Consultant in Intensive Care and Anesthesia, St James’s Hospital Immunosuppression in sepsis
10.45	BREAK
11.00		Prof. Joseph Keane Prof. in Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Medicine St. James’s Hospital and TCD Training Macrophages when vaccines fail
11.30	SESSION 3	Chair: Prof. Aiden Corvin, Prof. Consultant/Head of Discipline (Psychiatry), Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, TCD Dr. Sean Ennis Lecturer at the School of Medicine & Medical Sciences at UCD, Investigator with the National Centre for Medical Genetics and National Children’s Research Centre. Director of the UCD Academic Centre of Rare Diseases (ACoRD) Irish genome initiative
12.00		Dr. Elaine Kenny Director of TrinSeq, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, TCD The impact and promise of genomics in the TTMI setting, harnessing the power of research for translation
12.30	SESSION 4	Chair: Prof. Orla Sheils, Prof. of Molecular Diagnostics, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, TCD Post-Doctoral Research blitz
13.15	LUNCH - Networking
14.15	SESSION 5	Chair: Prof. Tom Rogers, Chair in Clinical Microbiology/Head of, Clinical Microbiology Assoc. Prof. Maziar Divangahi Assoc. Director, Meakins-Christie Laboratories Assoc. Director, Program for Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases RI-MUHC, Centre for Translational Biology McGill University Reprogramming Stem Cells for Vaccine against TB
14.45		Dr. Simone Günther General manager EMC2; Business Consultant & Executive Coach ‘‘Lost in Translation” – how Gender-, Leadership- & Body-Language can lead from diversity to profit
15.15	SESSION 6	Chair: Dr. Stephen Smith, Associate Professor Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, TCD Post-Graduate Research blitz
16.00	KEYNOTE	Chair: Prof. Mark Little, Professor/Consultant of Nephrology, TCD Prof. Ulrich Schaible, Director of the Priority Area Infections of the Research Centre Borstel, Head of the research group Cellular Microbiology, and Professor of Biochemical Microbiology and Immunochemistry of the University Lübeck Host-pathogen interaction in Tuberculosis to identify targets for host directed therapy
16.40		Awards Presentation

• Prof. Mary Horgan President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
• Prof. Rachel McLoughlin Prof. in Immunology at Trinity College Dublin
• Dr. Clíona Ní Cheallaigh Senior Lecturer/Consultant, Centre for Medical Gerontology, S.J.H.
• Dr. Cara Martin Asst. Prof. in Molecular Pathology & Tumour Biology, the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital & TCD
• Dr. Tom Ryan Consultant in Intensive Care and Anesthesia, St James’s Hospital
• Asst. Prof. Henry Windle Asst. Prof. in Molecular Medicine (Clinical Medicine), TCD
• Prof. David MacHugh Assoc. Dean for Research, Innovation and Impact, UCD
• Prof. Joseph Keane Prof. in Clinical Medicine S.J.H., TTMI, TCD
• Prof. Aiden Corvin Prof. Consultant/Head of Discipline (Psychiatry) - TTMI, TCD
• Prof. Orla Sheils Prof. of Molecular Diagnostics - TTMI, TCD
• Dr. Sean Ennis Lecturer at the School of Medicine & Medical Sciences at UCD; Chief Scientific Officer, Founder
• Dr. Simone Günther General Manager EMC²; Business Consultant & Executive Coach
• Prof. Thomas Rogers Chair in Clinical Microbiology/Head of, Clinical Microbiology, TCD
• Prof. Ulrich Schaible Director of the Priority Area Infections of the Research Centre Borstel
• Dr. Stephen Smith Assoc. Professor Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, TCD
• Prof. Mark Little Professor/Consultant of Nephrology, TCD
• Dr. Elaine Kenny Director of TrinSeq, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, TCD
• Assoc. Prof. Maziar Divangahi Centre for Translational Biology McGill University

Getting Here:

Transport

Car Parking

Parking in the hospital grounds is extremely limited. The following link facilitates an oversight of parking facilities within the hospital: click here. 

Dublin Bus Transport

The Trinity Translational Medicine Institute within the grounds of St. James’s Hospital is serviced by a number of bus routes from Dublin city centre:

• Bus Route No. 123 travels through the hospital grounds and stops midway as indicated in the map (PDF 293 kB). 
• Bus Route No. 40 & 13 stop at the hospital entrance on James’s Street as highlighted in the map (PDF 293 kB).

Fares:

Please note that Dublin Bus accepts exact change only for payment of Fares in cash.
Alternatively you can buy a Leap Card or Bus Passes, for more details visit www.dublinbus.ie  or call +353 (0)1 873 4222 for more information on local Dublin Bus routes.

Luas

The Luas provides fast, safe and reliable transfers from Dublin City Centre to the Trinity Translational Medicine Institute within the grounds of St. James’s Hospital via the Red Line. This line also serves Heuston and Connolly Stations.

Luas Stop: James’s Stop – see map (PDF 293 kB).

Tram Times:

Monday – Friday: 5.40 am to 11.50 pm Saturday: 6.40 am to 11.50 pm Sunday & Bank Holidays: 7.10 am to 10.50 pm.

Tram Frequency:

Peak Times: Every 9 – 10 minutes
Off-Peak Times: Every 10 – 15 minutes

For full service details please visit www.luas.ie

Train Services

Dublin is served by two main railway stations: Connolly Station and Heuston Stations. It is recommend that you take the Luas red line from these stations in the direction of ‘Tallaght’ or ‘Saggart’ to the James’s Luas stop – see map (PDF 293 kB)
For more information visit www.irishrail.ie; and refer to the ‘Luas’ section for further details on the service provided.

Taxi

The hospital main concourse, discharge lounge area and Emergency Department have courtesy phones to facilitate calling local taxis. This services is available on a 24/7 basis with no call out charge.

Dublin Bike

There are 40 Dublin Bikes stations distributed throughout the city centre to enable easy access and optimal use. Located in close proximity to each other, every station has a minimum of 15 stands in place.
One station is located in the Hospital Grounds as indicated on the map (PDF 293 kB)

For a list of bike stations and information on subscriptions click here.

Trinity Translational Medicine Institute,
Trinity Centre for Health Sciences,
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin,
St. James’s Hospital,
Dublin 8,
Ireland.
T: +353 1 896 3268
E: ttmi@tcd.ie
W: www.tcd.ie/ttmi

Online registration is now closed.

We will facilitate limited registration on the morning of the event.