Programme: Friday 21st April 2023 (9am -5.00pm), Durkan Lecture Theatre, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute.
08.30	REGISTRATION & COFFEE
08.55	WELCOME	Prof. Aideen Long - Director of Trinity Translational Medicine Institute
09.00	SESSION 1	Chair: Prof. Jacintha O'Sullivan, Prof. in Translational Oncology, TCD Prof. Athanasios (Sakis) Mantalaris Don Panoz Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, TCD 'Metabolism-driven cellular biomanufacturing'
09.30		Dr. Aideen Ryan, Associate Professor in Tumour Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Galway 'The role of stromal cells in immunosuppression in the colorectal tumour microenvironment'
10.00	SESSION 2	Chair: Dr. Conor Finlay, Senior Research Fellow, Clinical Medicine, TCD Dr. Shigeki Nakagome , Ussher Assistant Professor in Genomic Medicine, School of Medicine, TCD 'Genomic insights into human past and health from a study of insular East Asia'
10.30	BREAK
11.00		Dr. Pilib Ó Broin, Asst. Professor in Bioinformatics, University of Galway 'Single-cell characterisation of the hematopoietic bone marrow interactome in AML'
11.30	SESSION 3	Chair: Dr. Nollaig Bourke, Ussher Assistant Prof., Medical Gerontology, TCD Prof. Johannes Wagener, Associate Professor Consultant, Clinical Microbiology, TCD 'The fungal cell wall - a key interaction domain for antifungal therapies, fungal diagnostics and innate immunity'
12.00		Dr. Adam Dyer, Clinical Lecturer, Medical Gerontology, TCD 'What Geriatricians can Bring to Immunology: Towards Understanding the Role of Inter-Individual Immune Variability in Age-Related 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:  Prof. Derek Doherty, Professor In / Head of Immunology (Immunology), TCD Dr. Laura Gleeson, Associate Professor Consultant (Clinical Medicine), TCD 'Manipulating macrophage bioenergetics to improve the innate immune response to infection'
15.00		Dr. Adriele Prina Mello, Ussher Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, TCD 'Translational Nanomedicine towards the next generation cancer therapeutics'
15.30	SESSION 6	Chair: Prof. Jacintha O'Sullivan, Prof. in Translational Oncology, TCD Post-Doctoral Research blitz
16.15	KEYNOTE	Chair: Prof. Athanasios (Sakis) Mantalaris Dr. Kostas Drosatos, Professor Pharmacology & Systems Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati 'Managing cardiac metabolic pathways to treat cardiomyopathy'
17.00		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.