School of Science and Technology Annual Research Conference 2018

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 |
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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 |
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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:
Address:
Clifton Campus
Clifton Lane
Nottingham
NG11 8NS
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