Programme
UTC+1
Oct 12- Drosophila Studies in Nutrition, Microbials, and Toxicity
| 13:00 | Introduction | ||
| 13:15 | Amos Abolaji | U Ibadan, Nigeria | "Drosophila melanogaster: An Emerging Model System in Toxicology" |
| 14:00 | Adam Dobson | U Glasgow, UK | "How do diet and gut bacteria determine lifelong health?" |
| 14:45 | Nichole A. Broderick | Johns Hopkins University, US | “Fly microbiota effects on development” |
| 15:30 | Carlos Ribeiro | Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Portugal | "The gourmet fly: dissecting the mechanisms underlying feeding decisions" |
Oct 13- Disease and Aging in Drosophila
| 13:00 | Introduction | ||
| 13:15 | Hammed Badmos | U Liverpool, UK | "Drosophila egg: a model for invasive migration and epithelial integrity" |
| 14:00 | Cayetano González | IRB, Spain | "Learning about malignant growth from Drosophila brain tumours" |
| 14:45 | Laura Towart | My Personal Therapy, UK | "Drosophila and Cancer: Avatars for Personalized Medicine" |
| 15:30 | Linda Partridge | UCL, UK | "Intervening in ageing to prevent age-related diseases" |
| 16:15 | Mohamed L. Salem | Tanta U, Egypt | "Role of center of excellence in research in fostering biomedical research in Africa" |
Oct 14- Development of Drosophila
| 13:00 | Introduction | ||
| 13:15 | Aissette Baanannou | Centre of Biotech, Tunisia | "Cis-regulatory programs in the development and evolution of Drosophila appendages" |
| 14:00 | Julia Cordero | U Glasgow, UK | "Drosophila to study the adult intestine and its role in whole body health" |
| 14:45 | Eugenia Piddini | U Bristol, UK | "The ins and outs of cell competition and why you should care" |
| 15:30 | Mónica Bettencourt-Dias | Inst Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal | "The Cytoskeleton in Development and Disease" |
| 16:15 | Mahmoud Abdel-Aty | Zewail City, Egypt | Career advice |