12 June 2024

Lipids Group AGM and Young Lipid Scientist Award 2024

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SCI HQ, London, UK

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Synopsis

The Chair and committee members of SCI's Lipids Group cordially invite members to their Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held at the SCI HQ in London. All members and guests are welcome to attend (only SCI members will be able to vote).

The event will include presentations (in two sessions) from PhD students who are shortlisted for the Young Lipid Scientist Award. The winner of the award will be decided after all speakers have presented.

For PhD students interested in applying, please see our Young Lipids Scientist Award's page.

Attendees

Young Lipids Scientist Awards - PhD students (early career academic) involved in lipids related research and their supervisors plus anybody who might be interested in lipids related research.

Programme

Wednesday 12 June 2024

11:00: Presentation 1: Lipid-based drug delivery systems for improved systemic bioavailability and intestinal lymphatic targeting of cannabidiol
Yufei Zhu, University of Nottingham
11:30: Presentation 2: Fusogenic Lipid-Silica Nanocarriers for Cancer RNAi using Bilayer Fluidity Targeting
Isabelle Rogers, Leeds University
12:00: Presentation 3: Deciphering Key Influences of Cytotoxicity and Cellular Uptake of Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Nanoparticles
Niamh O’Donoghue, Leeds University
12:30: AGM
13:00: Lunch
14:15: Presentation 4: Antimicrobial Peptide Interactions with Solid Supported Lipid Bilayer to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
Anjali Lad, Leeds University
14:45: Presentation 5: Investigating the Prostaglandin E2/IL-22 pathway in Eczema
Fiona Cunningham, University of Edinburgh
15:15: Committee deliberation
15:40: Presentation of the award
16:00: Close

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