The South West Brain Tumour centre is one of four UK Centres of Excellence funded by the charity Brain Tumour Research. This first symposium of the South West Brain Tumour Centre is to celebrate some of our achievements and stimulate discussion with clinicians on the ground. We will cover topics such as the mechanism of tumour development, new drug targets, new biomarkers and brain tumour imaging.
09:30 – 10:00 | Arrival and refreshments
10:00 – 10:10 | Keynote opening by Professor Oliver Hanemann
10:10 – 10:35 | Keynote: 'Glioma imaging post-treatment' by Dr Harpreet Hyare, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust and University College London
10:35 – 11:00 | Keynote: 'Molecular pathology brain tumour diagnostics: The next frontiers' by Professor Sebastian Brandner, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology
11:00 – 11:15 | 'Decoding Brain Tumour Initiation Mechanisms' by Dr Claudia Barros, Lecturer in Neuroscience
11:15 – 11:30 | 'microRNA; Their role and their potential use as biomarkers in meningioma' by Caterina Negroni, PhD student
11:30 – 11:50 | Break
11:50 – 12:05 | 'How can we detect meningioma progression?' by Agbolahan Sofela, Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
12:05 – 12:25 | 'Targeting Hippo signalling pathway and immune cells in schwannoma and meningioma' by Professor David Parkinson, Professor of Neuroscience
12:25 – 12:40 | 'Finding new therapeutic targets and fast tracking them via early phase clinical trials' by Dr Sylwia Ammoun, Senior Research Fellow
12:40 – 13:30 | Lunch, poster viewing and networking
