Undergraduate Research Symposium
and
School of Surgery Day
Friday 2 December 2011
Symposium Hall
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Undergraduate Research Symposium
0945
Registration
1000
Introduction and Welcome
Time
Speaker
Title
1010
Chudy Uzoho
Assessment of Periostin and Transglutaminase 2 as potential biomarkers in
oesophageal adenocarcinoma
1025
Gaurav Gulsin
Xenotransplantation: Human T-cell Xenoimmune Responses
1040
Evan Watts
Morphology and Relationships of the Lateral Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve
1055
Nicholas Bullock
Monitoring of tissue ischaemia during renal transplantation using rapid-sampling
microdialysis: a comparison of organ preservation techniques
1110
Karishma Rupani
The Role of Epigenetics and microRNAs in Neuroblastoma
1125
Kristina Lee
Relationship between Body Mass and Potential Toxicity from Therapeutic
Paracetamol Use in Patients Undergoing Liver Resection
1140
William Cowie
Role and distribution of active valvular calcification in aortic stenosis
1155
Hannah Wear
Vascular Anatomy of the Liver (Relevant to Liver Splitting for Transplantation)
1210
Wu Chean Lee
Thermoregulatory And Cardiovascular Responses To Creatine, Glycerol And Alpha
Lipoic Acid In Trained Cyclists
1225
Guest Lecture:
Professor George Youngson, Aberdeen
1300
Lunch
(Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters displayed in Alasdair Duff Room
just off the Symposium Hall Reception Area)
Miss Lorna Marson
“Its my business”
School of Surgery Day
1400
Introduction and Welcome
Chiene Medal Session
Time
Speaker
Title
1420
Mr Mohamed Elhassen
Homo sapiens SID1 transmembrane family member 1 (SIDT1) mediates
contact-dependent small RNA transfer and micro-RNA-driven chemoresistance in human adenocarcinoma cells.
1435
Miss Janet Kung
Combined mRNA and microRNA profiling reveals microRNA regulation of liver
progenitor cell phenotype.
1450
Mr Robert O’Neill
TNM7 outperforms TNM6 in oesophageal cancer staging and highlights the
poor prognosis associated with lymphatic metastasis.
1505
Tea and coffee (Alasdair Duff Room just off the Symposium Hall Reception Area)
Clinical Presentation
Time
Speaker
Title
1535
Mrs Emma Barron
Prospective audit of readmission following emergency and elective
cholecystectomy in a single Health Board.
1550
Mr John Hallett
A retrospective study investigating the management and outcomes of
patients diagnosed with colorectal adenocarcinoma confined within a
polyp. Is endoscopic polypectomy alone an adequate treatment?
1605
Mr Neil Johns
Contemporary outcomes of open repair of thoracoabdominal aortic
aneurysm in young patients.
1620
Mr Nicholas Ventham
Open transversus abdominus plane (TAP) block on post-operative
analgesic requirements in patients following right hemicolectomy for
colonic cancer.
1635
Guest Lecture:
1725
Close of Meeting
1730
Pre-Dinner Drinks Reception
Reception Room, RCSEd
1815
Dinner
Fellows Library, RCSEd
Professor Cliff Shearman
Southampton
"The future of surgical training ........... and how the
service will cope?"
Organised by:
Miss Lorna Marson
Convener, Undergraduate Research
Symposium, RCSEd and
School of Surgery, University of Edinburgh
Mrs Lyndsay Smythe
Undergraduate Research Symposium
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Mrs Susan Keggie
School of Surgery Day
University of Edinburgh
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Acknowlegement to:
Academy of Medical Sciences
for funding the Undergraduate Research Symposium
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