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School of Science and Technology Annual Research Conference 2018

STAR Conference
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The School of Science and Technology Annual Research Conference: the STAR Conference is a celebration of research achievements and highlights.

Presentations will be made by staff and PhD students representing all disciplines across the school as well as internationally renowned external speakers.

  • From: Thursday 3 May 2018, 8.30 am
  • To: Friday 4 May 2018, 6 pm
  • Registration: 8.30 am
  • Location: Pavilion building, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, Clifton Lane, Nottingham, NG11 8NS
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Event details

The STAR conference brings together staff and students from all departments to share the diverse and interdisciplinary research that is conducted within the School of Science and Technology. The conference provides PhD students with the opportunity to present the results of their work to a wide audience of peers and academics.

Key international speakers Professors Chris Dainty, Gerry McKenna and Martin McGinnity will speak on topics from latest research to future landscape.

The event will also involve SMEs and industrial sponsors and welcomes academic and students from across the University to share knowledge and interests through networking and to forge interdisciplinary collaborations.

Programme

Please find the conference programme below:

Day 1 Thursday 3 May 2018
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and refreshments, Pavilion building
09:00 – 09:15  Conference Opening and Introduction of Plenary Lecture I
Professor Yvonne Barnett, Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research
09:15 – 10:00 Plenary Lecture I: Technology and fundamental limits of mobile phone cameras
Professor Chris Dainty (Professorial Research Associate at University College London)
10:00 – 11:15 Session 1
Chaired by Dr Livia Santos and Dr Archontis Giannakidis
10:00 – 10:25 Dr Georgina Cosma
Identifying the Presence of Prostate Cancer in Individuals with PSA Levels <20 ng ml−1 Using Computational Data Extraction Analysis of High Dimensional Peripheral Blood Flow Cytometric Phenotyping Data 
10:25 – 10:50 Dr Amanda Coutts
The role of JMY in cancer cell survival and motility
10:50 – 11:15 Professor Sergio Rutella
Interrogating the immune ecosystem of acute myeloid leukaemias to identify new targets for therapy
11:15 – 11:45 Morning coffee, Pavilion building, room 025/026
11:45 – 13:00 Session 2
Chaired by Dr Christopher Matthews and Dr Yvonne Reinwald
11:45 – 12:10  Dr David Kilgour
Making the best even better - uses of absorption mode FT-ICR MS for Big Data, Big Pharma and the World's biggest mass spec
12:10 – 12:35 Dr Martin Lewis
How simple is too simple? Are torque-driven simulations of human movement limited by an assumption of monoarticularity? 
12:35 – 13:00 Carla Silva
Is the "Last Leg" (channel 4) a good idea? The social and cultural impact of media representations of the Paralympic Games
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch break and stand/poster viewing, Pavilion building
14:15 – 15:30 Session 3
Chaired by Dr Anna Vikulina and Dr Simon Hood
14:15 – 14:40 Dr David Chappell
Uncertainty quantification for stochastic evolution operators
14:40 – 15:05 Dr Ian Whittaker
Space Weather and the Earth’s environment
15:05 – 15:30 Dr Sophie Benjamin
Organometallic Chemistry with the Heavy p-Block: Adventures in Structure, Bonding and Reactivity
15:30 – 16:00 Afternoon coffee, Pavilion building, room 025/026
16:00 – 15:30 Session 4
Chaired by Deena Gendoo and Ahmet Omurtag
16:00 – 16:25  Professor Neil Mansfield
Design of Vehicles for the Vulnerable
16:25 – 16:50  Professor David Brown
Using technology in the physical and cognitive rehabilitation of users in the real world
16:50 – 17:15 Dr Petros Siegkas
Engineering materials against impact
17:20 – 18:00 Plenary Lecture II: BREXIT and the Higher Education Sector
Professor Gerry McKenna (Vice President of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), and President Emeritus and Honorary Executive Secretary of HUCBMS (Heads of University Centres of Biomedical Sciences)
18:00 – 18:10  Vote of thanks – Professor Mary O’Neill Dean of School of Science and Technology

Day 2 Friday 4 May 2018
08:30 - 08:45 Registration, Teaching and Learning building, LT2
08:45 - 08:50 Introduction of Plenary Lecture III
Professor Ahmad Lotfi (Postgraduate Tutor)
08:50 - 09:30 Plenary Lecture III: Emulating Sensory Processing in the Biological Brain – a fusion of neuroscience, computational intelligence and materials engineering
Professor Martin McGinnity (Professor of Computing and Technology)
09:30 - 11:00 Session 5
Chaired by Pedro Baptista Machado
09:30 - 09:42 Akhshay Bhadwal
Nematic liquid crystals flow in electric fields
09:43 - 09:55 Anahita Bayani
Modelling anti-inflammatory systems – spatial considerations in the resolution of inflammation
09:56 - 10:08 Brett Biddulph
Reliability of the use of near infrared spectroscopy in assessing muscle oxygenation with the application of compression tights
10:09 - 10:21 Najlaa Almazrouei
Novel food-safe spin-lattice relaxation time calibration samples for use in magnetic resonance sensor development
10:22 - 10:34 Gadelhag Mohmed
Human Activities Modelling and Recognition using Clustering Fuzzy Finite State Machine
10:35 - 10:47 Michael Collins
Characterisation of bacteria isolated from polymicrobial urine samples of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients : Potential role of Enterococcus faecalis in polymicrobial infection
10:48 - 11:00 James Rawlings
Towards an understanding of the formation of physically cross linked clay mineral gels
11:00 - 11.30 Morning coffee, Teaching and Learning building, LT2
11:30 - 13:00 Session 6
Chaired by Abeer Hamza Alzubaidi
11:30 - 11:42 Charlotte Howard
Reactive oxygen species, charting a path into the Neurodegenerative Bermuda Triangle
11:43 - 11:55 Bethany Hall
In silico modelling of longevity in Drosophila – a network approach
11:56 - 12:08 Johanna Stafford
Development of a low cost, benchtop magnetic particle spectroscopy system
12:09 - 12:21 Jordan Callear
Toll-like receptors and intercellular microRNA signalling in asthma
12:22 - 12:34 Jonathan Bristow
New Studies of Interactions and Bond Formation in Peri-Naphthalenes
12:35 - 12:47 Rachel Malcolm
The Influence of High Intensity Intermittent Exercise in the heat on Neuromuscular and Cognitive Function
12:48 - 13:00 Ben Cousins
The Impact of Workloads on Time-Loss Incidence Rates in Elite Rugby Union Players.
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and poster viewing, Pavilion building
14:00 - 15:40 Session 7
Chaired by Michael  Cripps
14:00 - 14:12 Charlie Jr Lavilla
Enhancement of Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Uptake in Glucolipotoxicity-Induced Insulin Resistance in C2C12 Myotubes by Carnosine: a T2D Treatment Strategy
14:12 - 14:24 Anna Di Biase
Generation of monoclonal antibodies against hEPCR and their use in the development of an antibody-based targeting therapy of invasive prostate cancer
14:24 - 14:36 Sadegh Salesi Mousaabadi
A Novel Extended Binary Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Feature Selection
14:36 - 14:48 Nicholas Weir
Promoting targeted neurite outgrowth using aligned hydrophobic nanostructures
14:49 - 15:01 Aneeqa Fayyaz
Towards understanding the role of ‘silicon’ in life
15:02 - 15:14 Dario Ortega Anderez
Self-Neglect Behaviour Detection with the Use of Wearable Sensors
15:15 - 15:27 Ahmed Al Rawahi
Improve Shared Access to Cloud of Things Resources
15:28 - 15:40 Neval Tristan Grazette
Injury Epidemiology in an Elite Football Academy
15:40 - 16:00 Afternoon coffee, Teaching and Learning building, LT2
16:00 - 17:30 Session 8
Chaired by Adeola Atobatele
16:00 - 16:12 Robert Needham
Airway inflammatory dynamics following a eucapnic voluntary hyperpnoea test in individuals with asthma and hyperpnoea-induced bronchoconstriction
16:13 - 16:25 Faiza Guerrache
Environment Factors and Heart Health
16:26 - 16:38 Odette Pomenya
Epigenetic Regulation of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Pathogenesis
16:39 - 16:51 Daniel Oliver
The importance of fundamental understanding to generate novel biomimetic materials
16:52 - 17:04 Nikesh Lama
Induced Learning in 3D In-Vitro Neuronal Cultures Coupled with Multi-Electrode Arrays
17:05 - 17:17 Paul Lester
The Effects of HOST-DM059 Prebiotic Supplementation on Gut Bacterial Metabolites, and Markers of Systemic Inflammation in Adults with and without Hyperpnoea-Induced Bronchoconstriction: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Trial
17:18 - 17:30 David Adama
Fuzzy transfer learning in human activity recognition
17:30 - 17:45 Prize-Giving -  Associate Professor Mike Newton, Professor Ahmad Lotfi
Teaching and Learning building, LT2
17:45 - 18:00 Closing words by Professor Barbara Pierscionek
18:00 - 20:00 Drinks and Canapés, Teaching and Learning building, LT2

Booking information

This exciting and informative event is free to attend.

Conference Registration
To book a place(s) at the conference, register for the Science and Technology Annual Research Conference 2018

You will receive confirmation and further details about the conference after your booking is completed.

If you have any questions regarding the conference or would like further information, please email raj.crossley@ntu.ac.uk.

Location details

Room/Building:

Pavilion building

Address:

Nottingham Trent University
Clifton Campus
Clifton Lane
 Nottingham
 NG11 8NS

Past event

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