11th Annual Ritchie Centre Colloquium 24 November 2014

FROM  BENCH  TO  BEDSIDE  –  IMPROVING  HEALTH  FOR  WOMEN,  BABIES  AND  CHILDREN  

Monash Children’s Seminar Room, Level 4, Monash Medical Centre

the RITCHIE CENTRE

From Bench to Bedside: Improving Health for Women, Babies and Children

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Welcome

0900 – 0915 Euan Wallace

Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine – Chairs: Rebecca Lim & Sebastian Hobson

0915 – 0935 Challenges for Stem Cell Translation to the Clinic and the Role of Commercialisation Mark Kirkland

0935 – 0945 Cord Blood Stem Cell Therapy to Protect and Repair Developing Brain Margie Castillo-Melendez

0945 – 0955 Surfactant and Stem Cell Combination Use in Treatment of Premature Babies Courtney McDonald

0955 – 1005 Cell Therapies Platform at the Translational Research Facility Nicole Bleasdale

1005 – 1015 Cord Blood Therapy and Cerebral Palsy Michael Fahey

Poster Blitz

1015 – 1017 Cell Therapy and Fetal Growth Restriction Atul Malhotra

1017 – 1019 A Cure for Liver Cirrhosis Alex Hodge

1019 – 1021 How do hAECs Work? Jean Tan

1021 – 1023 Treatment of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Leading to Clinical Trials Dandan Zhu

1023 – 1025 Expanding HSCs for Clinical Use Abhilasha Tiwari

1025 – 1045 Discussion

1045 – 1115 MORNING TEA

Women’s Health – Chairs: Hayley Dickinson & Philip DeKoninck

1115 – 1130 Endometrial MSC as a Cell-Based Therapy for Treating Pelvic Organ Prolapse Caroline Gargett

1130 – 1140 Mouse Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase as an Endometrial Stem/Progenitor Marker James Deane

1140 – 1150 Ethnicity and Pregnancy Miranda Davies-Tuck

1150 – 1200 Changes to Creatine Synthesis and Transport - another Maternal Adaptation to Pregnancy Stacey Ellery

1200 – 1210 Prenatal Factors Affecting Ovarian Reserve Move Up Beverley Vollenhoven

Poster Blitz

1210 – 1212 Evidence that Sheep Develop Pelvic Organ Prolapse Natharnia Young

1212 – 1214 Collagen Synthetic Composite Meshes in an Ovine Vaginal Surgical Model Saeedeh Darzi

1214 – 1216 Culture Expansion of eMSC in the Undifferentiated State Shanti Gurung

1216 – 1218 Patient-Derived Xenografts for Studying Cervical Dysplasia to Cervical Cancer Transition Luke Larmour

1218 – 1220 Melatonin and Resveratrol as Treatment Options for Pre-Eclampsia Seshi Gurusinghe

1220 – 1222 Melatonin to Treat Pre-Eclampsia Sebastian Hobson

1222 – 1245 Discussion

1245 – 1345 LUNCH

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Fetal and Neonatal Health – Chairs: Mary Tolcos & Flora Wong

1345 – 1410 Investigating the Developing Brain - Exploring Vulnerability Rod Hunt

1410 – 1420 Dopamine Medication in the Neonate - Effects on HI Brain Injury Nadine Brew

1420 – 1430 Role of TROP2 in Cerebellar Development Annie McDougall

1430 – 1440 New Approaches to Treatment of Neonatal Seizures Tamara Yawno

1440 – 1450 Recovery of Brain Function in Neonates – the Role of Physical Therapy Brian Hoare

Poster Blitz

1450 – 1452 Exploring the Role of Stem Cells in Promoting Repair of the Perinatal Brain Jingang Li

1452 – 1454 Exploring Methods to Assess Neurovascular Coupling in the Developing Brain Shinji Nakamura

1454 – 1456 Intrauterine Inflammation and Development of Atherosclerosis in Later Life Maria Nguyen

1456 – 1458 Resuscitating the Newborn and Preventing Brain Injury Samantha Barton

1458 – 1500 New Approach to the Study of NEC and its Treatment Steven Cho

1500 – 1520 Discussion

1520 – 1545 AFTERNOON TEA

Infant and Child Health – Chairs: Gillian Nixon & Lisa Walter

1545 – 1605 Primary Care Data for Child Health Research- New Horizons Chris Pearce

1605 – 1615 Sleep Research in Infants and Children Stephanie Yiallourou

1615 – 1625 Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Research David Armstrong

1625 – 1635 Clinical Trials in Childhood Cancer Peter Downie

1635 – 1645 Vaccine Safety: Translation and Collaboration Jim Buttery

1645 – 1655 Doing a PhD as a Clinician Paul Wood

Poster Blitz

1655 – 1657 Effects of IUGR on Cardiovascular Control Emily Cohen

1657 – 1659 Cerebral Oxygenation in Children with Sleep Disordered Breathing Knarik Tamanyan

1659 – 1701 Closing the Loop: Clinical Application of a Triaging Tool in Paediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Sarah Arachchi

1701 – 1703 ID Tags: ? a Viral Vector for Transmission Daryl Cheng

1703 – 1720 Discussion

Closing

1720 – 1730 Nick Freezer

1730 – 1830 DRINKS & NIBBLES

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