Mini symposium - Inflammation in Neurological Conditions

The Centre for Discovery Brain Science and the Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre are delighted to host a mini-symposium in memory of Dr. Thomas TS Ingram on Dec 12, 2019

Programme

1.00 – 1.10

Welcome

Dr Richard Chin + Prof Mike Cousin

1.10 – 1.35

‘Type I Interferon and neuroinflammation – identifying a novel immune pathway’

Dr Karen Mackenzie

ECAT SCREDS Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Genetics, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh

1.35 – 2.00

‘Diagnosis of paediatric neuroinflammatory disorders’

Dr Jay Shetty

Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, NRS Fellow, Honorary Senior Lecturer and CLaH Module Organiser, University of Edinburgh

2.00 – 2.25

‘What paediatric and adult neuroinflammatory medicine can learn from each other’

Dr David Hunt

Intermediate Clinical Fellow & Honorary Consultant in Neurology, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh

2.25 – 2.45 Tea and Coffee Break Hugh Robson Common Room – 1st Floor

2.45 – 3.10

‘Microglia are redundant’

Dr Claire Pridans

PI, Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh

3.10 – 3.50

The Thomas TS Ingram Memorial Lecture 

‘Immune basis of childhood onset epilepsy’

Dr Sukhvir Wright

Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellow, Aston Neuroscience Institute, Aston University, Birmingham

3.50 – 4.00

Questions and Close

4.00 – 5.00

Drinks

Hugh Robson Common Room – 1st Floor

Register

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Further information

Please contact the hosts if you require further details

Dr Richard Chin (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) R.Chin@ed.ac.uk

or

Prof Mike Cousin (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) M.Cousin@ed.ac.uk