BACR Early Career Conference

DAY 1

11:00 – 11:30 – Registration

11:30 – 11:40 – Welcome Ingunn Holen (BACR Chair) and Francis M Barnieh (Organising Committee Chair)

11:40 – 12:20 – Keynote

                          Professor Michelle Garrett - University of Kent

                          Chair: Ingunn Holen

12:20 – 12:40 – PPI Session

                          Dr Natalie Yates-Bolton - University of Salford

                          Chair: Ingunn Holen

12:40 – 14:10 – Lunch, Poster Session and Exhibition

14:10 – 15:50 – Sessions 1: Cell Signalling and the Tumour Microenvironment

                                (4 talks selected from abstracts)

                                Chair: Kathryn Pennel

15:50 – 16:30 – Poster Blitz (8 Flash Talks)

                                Chair: Kyle Greenland

16:30 – 17:00 – Coffee Break

17:00 – 18:15 – Sessions 2 – Cancer Omics

                          (3 talks selected from abstracts)

                                Chair: Connor Rogerson

18:20 – 19:20 – Rising Stars Session:

              Timothy Budden (University of Manchester)

              BACR Chris Marshall Prize for Cell Signalling Award, 2022

              Faith Howard (University of Sheffield)

              BACR/Astex Pharmaceuticals - Roger Griffin Prize for Cancer Drug Discovery, 2022

              Tiffany Ma (Oxford University)

              Recipient of BACR Student Impact Award 2022

                          Chair: Michelle Garrett

This will be followed by the conference dinner at the Pendulum Hotel

DAY 2

8:30 – 10:10 – Session 3: Emerging Approaches in Cancer Treatment

                         (4 talks selected from abstract)

                         Chair: Francis M Barnieh

10:10 – 10:40 – Coffee Break

10:40 – 11:20 – Keynote

                          Professor Chris Bakal – Institute of Cancer Research

                              Chair:  Francis M Barnieh

11:20 – 12:20 – Careers in Science Session

              Dr. Rachel Eyre - NC3Rs programme Manager

              Dr. Claire Baron – Charles River Laboratories

              Dr Diana Romero – Nature Publishing Group

                          Chair: Valerie Speirs

12:20 – 13:50 – Lunch Posters and Exhibition

13:50 – 15:05 – Session 4: Lifestyle, Nutrition and Cancer –

                          (3 talks selected from abstract)

                                Chair: Giorgia Cioccoloni

15:05 – 15:30 – Closing Session and Prize Giving

                           Chair:  Valerie Speirs and Kyle Greenland