1. 13:15- 13:45
Prof. Pieter Jelle Visser, Maastricht University and VU University Amsterdam.
“CSF markers in multi-centre studies: Descripa, EDAR, BIOMARKAPD and EMIF- AD ”
13:45 - 14:30
Lunch: Atrium of the Western Gateway Building
14:30 - 15:45
SESSION 3: Cell Based Biomarkers
Chair: Dr. Barry Boland
14:30- 14:45
Dr. Deirdre Murray, Dept. of Paediatrics and Child Health, UCC.
“Biomarkers of Neonatal Brain Injury”
14:45- 15:00
Dr. Cora O'Neill and Dr. Suzanne Timmons, University College Cork.
“Translating brain biomarkers to blood biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease diagnosis: focus on the Akt system”
15:00- 15:30
Prof. Frances Platt, University of Oxford, U.K..
“Cellular biomarkers for lysosomal diseases ”
15:30 -15.45
Prof. Paul O'Toole, Dept. of Microbiology, UCC.
“Microbiome and metabolome signatures of healthy aging”
15:45 - 16:00
Refreshments: Atrium of the Western Gateway Building
16:00 - 17:15
SESSION 4: Biomarkers in Brain Tissue
Chair: Dr. Cora O’Neill, Dept. of Biochemistry, UCC.
16:00 - 16:30
Dr. Gregory Pastores. Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin.
“Gaucher disease and Parkinsonism”
16:30 - 17:00
Prof. Seth Love, University of Bristol, U.K.
“Brain Banks and Biomarkers”
17:00 - 17:15
Teresa Loftus, Dublin Brain Bank, RCSI.
“Brain Banking in Ireland”
17:15 - 17:45
SESSION 5: Open Forum
Chairs: Prof. Brian Lawlor, Dr. Seán O’Sullivan, Dr. Cora O’Neill and Dr. Barry Boland
18:00
Conference Dinner - Venue to be confirmed
R.S.V.P with Dr. Shane Hegarty (shegarty88@gmail.com).
Irish Network for Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Diseases (IN-BIND) Meeting
Friday 6th June 2014
Room 1.07, Western Gateway Building, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork.
10:00
10.15
Tea / Coffee: Atrium of the Western Gateway Building
WELCOME ADDRESS
Dr. Barry Boland, Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, UCC.
10.30- 11:30
SESSION 1: Biomarker Research in Ireland.
Chair: Prof. Brian Lawlor, St. James's Hospital and Trinity College Dublin.
10.30– 10:45
Dr. Anne-Marie Miller, IN-BIND and BIOMARKAPD, St. James's Hospital.
“BiomarkAPD & IN-BIND - Harmonizing the application of biomarkers in neu- rodegenerative disease research”
10:45- 11:00
Diarmuid Cahalane, Open Innovation Partners, Cork.
“Translation of Biomarkers from Lab to Clinic”
11:00- 11:15
David Beechinor, HRB Clinical Research Facility, Cork.
“HRB Clinical Research Facility Cork: Supporting Research ”
11:15 - 11:30
Dr. Catríona Creely, Health Research Board.
“HRB support and approach to biomarker research”
11:30 - 11:45
Eileen Keary, Saoirse Foundation and Bee for Batten’s.
"Rare Disease Research in Ireland"
11:45 - 12:00
Refreshments: Atrium of the Western Gateway Building
12:00-13:45
SESSION 2: Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid
Chair: Dr. Seán O’Sullivan, Cork University Hospital and UCC.
12:00- 12:15
Prof. Brian Lawlor, St. James's Hospital and Trinity College Dublin
“Biomarkers in practice; a memory clinic perspective ”.
12:15- 12:30
Dr. Steve Meaney, Dublin Institute of Technology.
“Diagnostic potential of non-cholesterol sterols in CSF”
12:30- 12:45
Dr. Aideen Sullivan and Dr. Seán O’Sullivan, University College Cork.
“Neurotrophic factors as potential biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease”
12:45- 13:15
Dr. Yaroslau Compta, University of Barcelona, Spain.
“CSF biomarkers of Parkinson's disease: alpha-synuclein and beyond”