BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Columba Systems Ltd//NONSGML CPNG/SpringViewer/ICal Output/3.3- M3//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20151113T122208Z DTSTART:20151209T123000Z DTEND:20151209T140000Z SUMMARY:MHS Faculty Research Series | Speakers: Professor Catharine West and Dr Anne Hinks UID:{http://www.columbasystems.com/customers/uom/gpp/eventid/}sbw-i07u606 x-k8useh DESCRIPTION:'''Host:''' Institute of Cancer Sciences and Institute of Inf lammation and Repair\n\n12.30-2pm (lunch 12.30-1.00pm\; presentations 1. 00-2.00pm)\nMichael Smith Lecture Theatre (lunch in lounge area)\n\n'''S enior speaker: Professor Catharine West\, Institute of Cancer Sciences: "Shades of gray and the genetic determinants of radiation toxicity"'''\ n\nProfessor Catharine West is Professor of Radiation Biology at the Ins titute of Cancer Sciences. With a PhD from the Institute of Cancer Rese arch and postdoctoral work at the University of Rochester in upstate New York\, she has 30 years of experience in Oncology. Her work focuses on measuring biology in cancer patients with a particularly interest in tra nslational research linked to trials involving radiotherapy. The main fo cus of her group is the development of biomarkers of hypoxia and radiose nsitivity for the future individualisation of cancer treatment. She has over 300 publications\, has been a member of a number of UK Radiation Bi ology committees\, UK Clinical Study Groups\, and is currently an associ ate editor for Radiation Research\, on the editorial board for Clinical Oncology\, on the UK Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the En vironment\, an honorary member of the Royal College of Radiologists and an honorary fellow of the British Institute of Radiology. \n\n'''Junior speaker: Dr Anne Hinks\, Institute of Inflammation and Repair: "Geneti c susceptibility to juvenile idiopathic arthritis"'''\n\nAnne is a Resea rch Fellow at the Arthritis Research UK centre for genetics and genomics \, where she has worked since 1994. My research interests include the ov erlap of autoimmune disease susceptibility loci\, which was the focus of her PhD\, and the genetics of the most common childhood onset arthritic disease\, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Working with Professor W endy Thomson\, she has taken a number of strategies to identify JIA susc eptibility loci\, including candidate gene approaches and genome-wide as sociation studies. Working with international collaborators resulted in a large scale study of Immune loci in JIA which was published in Nature Genetics in 2013\, and successfully identified 14 novel JIA susceptibili ty regions. In addition\, the work is now moving to also look for geneti c predictors of methotrexate drug response and poor long-term disease ou tcomes of JIA.\n\n'''Who is it for?'''\n\nThe monthly Faculty Research S eries events are open to all staff and students from across the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences and the University\, offering an opportuni ty to celebrate research achievement and stimulate scientific interactio n. Each month one host School or Institute from the Faculty will pair w ith a different School or Institute to highlight and showcase similar to pics from different perspectives. The 2015 series is led by Professor D avid Eisner and administered from the Faculty Research Office.\n\n'''Sch edule:'''\n\nHeld on Wednesday lunchtimes\, each meeting lasts an hour\, including two 20 minute presentations – one from a senior and one from a more junior member of Faculty staff. Each presentation will be follow ed by a short discussion. A buffet lunch will be available from 12.30. Presentations begin at 1pm.\n\n'''Registration:'''\n\nPlease note that p laces will be limited so registration is essential\, please register via [http://mhsfrs9dec2015.eventbrite.co.uk Eventbrite] STATUS:TENTATIVE TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC LOCATION:Michael Smith Lecture Theatre\, Michael Smith Building\, Manches ter END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR