Oxford Life Science Alliance (OLSA) Academic Symposium 2023 will be held on Monday 27th February 2023, at Richard Doll Lecture Theatre & Atrium, Oxford.
This year’s symposium consists of three sessions: DNA Repair and Oncology, Infection and Immunity, and Big Data. In addition to the fantastic talks, there will be in-person networking opportunities. OLSA cordially invites you to participate in the symposium to exchange ideas and expertise with leading scientists in this endeavour.
We warmly welcome anyone interested in life sciences to join our symposium – it is completely free, with refreshments and lunch provided!
Monday 27th February 2023, 09:30 - 18:00 BST
Old Road Campus
Oxford OX3 7LF
Agenda
9:30 - 10:00
Reception refreshments
10:00 - 10:10
Welcome speech
10:00 - 10:05
Greetings from local organiser
10:05 - 10:10
Opening speech
Session I: 10:10 - 11:50
DNA Repair and Oncology
Chair: Dr Geng Liu
10:10
Plenary Speech: A role for homologous recombination repair in suppressing chromosomal instability
10:40
Studying the human genome instability syndrome Fanconi Anemia
11:00
Mutagenic effects of epigenetic marks
11:20
Epigenetic technologies to advance cancer detection and cancer biology
11:40
Sponsor: Novogene
11:45
Sponsor: Vazyme
11:50
Group photo
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch and Poster
13:00 - 13:40
Flash Talks
Chair: Siwei Deng
Circadian regulation of viruses: The clock is ticking for HIV
Helene Borrmann (DPhil Student)
Apoptosis-induced loss of CD43 promotes T cells efferocytosis
Shengpan Zhang (DPhil Student)
Molecular signatures of vaccine induced humoral responses against typhoid fever
Henderson Zhu (DPhil Student)
National, regional and provincial pneumococcal disease burden and cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination among Chinese children: a modelling analysis
Xiaozhen Lai (DPhil Student)
TBK1 and IKKe act like a master break to limit premature inflammatory cell death pathways in activated macrophages
Fabian Fischer (DPhil Student)
Utilising real-world data in vaccine safety study: the comparative risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome or thromboembolic events after COVID-19 vaccines
Xintong Li (DPhil Student)
Engineering T cells with enhanced ligand discriminatory powers
Jose Cabezas Caballero (DPhil Student)
Session II: 13:40 - 15:00
Infection and Immunity
Chair: Dr Peter Wing
13:40
Plenary Speech: Hypoxia and respiratory viruses
14:10
Exploring TCR and co-receptor signalling in T cells
14:30
Oxygen-dependent histone lysine demethylase 4 restricts hepatitis B virus replication
14:40
Invasive meningococcal disease In China and beyond
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break and Poster
Session III: 15:30 - 17:00
Big Data
Chair: Dr Wei Gan
15:30
Plenary Speech: Large-scale proteomic profiling for discovery research
16:00
Dairy consumption and risks of total and site-specific cancers in Chinese adults: an 11-year prospective study of 0.5 million people
16:20
Characterising the role of HLA in immune-mediated traits
16:40
Genomics-driven drug discovery and development
17:00
Sponsor: MCE
17:05
Sponsor: CGC
Dr Pingfan Song
Session IV: 17:10 - 18:00
Career Panel Discussion
Chair: Dr Liu Shi and Zhihan Bo
Speakers
Prof Martin Maiden
Professor of Molecular Epidemiology
Prof Xin Lu
Director, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Oxford Branch
Prof Zhengming Chen
Richard Peto Professor of Epidemiology
Dr Benjamin Schuster-Böckler
Leader of the genomics group at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Prof Jane McKeating
Professor of Molecular Virology
Prof Tim Humphrey
Professor of Molecular Genetics
Dr Martin Cohn
Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry
Dr Huaidong Du
Associate Professor at the Nuffield Department of Population Health
Dr Chunxiao Song
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Oxford Branch
Dr Ricardo Fernandes
COI Group Leader
Dr Wei Gan
PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford
Dr Yang Luo
KTRR Senior Research Fellow in Data Science
Dr James Harris
Post-doctoral Virology Research Fellow
Local Organising Committee
Dr Ying-Jie Wang
Chairman of Oxford Life Science Alliance
Dr Alan (Xiaodong) Zhuang
Academic Lead of OLSA
Siwei Deng
President of OLSA; DPhil Student
Liying Jin
Academic event member of OLSA; DPhil Student
Dr Min Gao
Liaison member of OLSA; PhD
Yanshu Cai
Secretary member of OLSA; Master Student
Dr Qian Chen
Academic event member of OLSA; PhD
Shengpan Zhang
Liaison officer of OLSA; DPhil Student
Zheng Tong
Liaison member of OLSA; DPhil Student
Zepeng Cao
Liaison member of OLSA; DPhil Student
Sponsors
