SESSION 3 15.00

Programme: Friday 11th March 2022 (9am -5.30pm), Durkan Lecture Theatre, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute. Virtually: https://tcd-ie.zoom.us/j/93938876866
08.30	REGISTRATION & COFFEE
08.55	WELCOME	Prof. Aideen Long - Director of Trinity Translational Medicine Institute
09.00	SESSION 1	Chair(s): Mary Day, Chief Executive Officer, St. James’s Hospital Prof. Eleanor Molloy Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, TCD 'Targeting inflammation to prevent persistent brain injury in children'
09.30		Prof. Mark Lawler, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Digital Health, Queens University Belfast 'Big Data for Better Health - primed for primetime'
10.00	SESSION 2	Chair: Prof. Karen Cadoo, consultant Cancer Geneticist and Medical Oncologist, St. James's Hospital Dr. Paul Leonard, Co-Founder and CSO - RemedyBio 'RemedyBio’s approach to Functionally Designed Personalised TIL Therapy (FIDELITY)'
10.30	BREAK
11.00		Dr. Joanne Lysaght, Associate Professor, Surgery, TCD 'Shaping successful cancer immunotherapy outcomes; the role of the tumour microenvironment and traditional cancer treatments'
11.30	SESSION 3	Chair: Dr. Gareth Brady, Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine, TCD Prof. Cliona O'Farrelly, Chair in Comparative Immunology, Clinical Medicine, TCD 'Forget Why, Let's Discuss Why Not: Why No Infection in the Context of Viral Exposure in Some Individuals?'
12.00		Prof. Derek Doherty, Professor In / Head of Immunology (Immunology), TCD 'Targeting innate T cells for the treatment of infectious disease'
12.30	LUNCH
13.45	SESSION 4	Chair(s): Dr. Daniela Tropea, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, TCD Post-Graduate Research blitz
14.30	SESSION 5	Chair: Dr. Shigeki Nakagome, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, TCD Prof. Stephen Finn, Consultant Pathologist, St. James's Hospital, 'Developments in Digital Pathology'
15.00		Prof Aedín Culhane, Professor of Biomedical Sciences (Cancer Genomics), School of Medicine, UL 'Single cell genomics in immune-oncology'
15.30		Dr. Conor Finlay, Research Fellow, Clinical Medicine, TCD 'Myeloid Cells in the Pleural Cavity: Insights from a tissue-dwelling nematode'
16.00	SESSION 6	Chair: Prof. Jacintha O'Sullivan, Prof. in Translational Oncology, TCD Post-Doctoral Research blitz
16.45	KEYNOTE	Chair: Prof. Derek Doherty, Professor In / Head of Immunology, TCD Dr. Julie Déchanet-Merville, Director of Research Lab ImmunoConcEpT - Bordeaux University 'Deciphering γδ TCR ligands to understand the immune response to CMV and tumors'
17.15		Awards Presentation

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 registration on the morning of the event.