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July 2012

XXIInd International Fibrinogen Workshop

Wednesday 4th July 2012
Thistle hotel, Brighton

It is with great pleasure that I would like to invite you to come to Brighton in the summer of July 2012 to attend the XXIInd International Fibrinogen Workshop.
 
Come and enjoy the welcoming and stimulating nature of this meeting, which offers an excellent platform for you to present your latest research data and network with your colleagues from across the globe.
 
Brighton is a wonderful small city on the UK southern coastline. It has many sites on offer, all of which are at easy walking distance, but perhaps the best site of all is the long pebbly beach that stretches the length of the city. The weather in July is very pleasant with daytime temperatures averaging 20-24°C, you may even want to risk a splash in the sea! However, even in July the weather in the UK can be quite unpredictable so do bring a raincoat and a jumper along!

For more information on the International Fibrinogen Research Society please see their website.
 
We look forward to welcoming you in Brighton,
Robert Ariëns, PhD
Organiser

Organising Committee: Colin Longstaff, Helen Philippou.
 
The Workshop will be held in collaboration with the 2012 ISFP Congress. Special reduced rates will apply for combined registration.

June 2012

Statistical Bioinformatics Workshop - Approaches to the challenges of high-dimensional data

Tuesday 26th June 2012
Room 8.34 on level 8 of the Worsley Building, University of Leeds

On behalf of the organizing committee and the World Universities Network, I am pleased to invite you to attend the Statistical Bioinformatics Workshop 2012 - Approaches to the challenges of high-dimensional data, which will be held on Tuesday 26th June 2012 in Leeds.
 
The workshop will be the opportunity for statisticians, epidemiologists, bioinformatics analysts and laboratory scientists to attend a highly relevant meeting and network with colleague from relevant research areas. The workshop will bring together experts in the field to discuss current research and future directions of statistical bioinformatics and the analysis of high dimensional data.

The event is supported by the World Universities Network and will take place within the Faculty of Medicine and Health, room 8.34 on level 8 of the Worsley Building, University of Leeds, UK.

We are inviting participants to submit an abstract for consideration as a poster presentation at the meeting; the deadline for submission is 12th June, 2012.

For further details on this event please see our web pages:

March 2012

Senior academic staff panel session introduced by the Vice Chancellor

Wednesday 21st March 2012
Worsley Level 7, Medical Lecture Theatre, 10am-1pm

Ever wondered how successful researchers got to where they are today?

The LIGHT Early Career Group are giving you the opportunity to quiz Prof. Mark Gilthorpe (LIGHT), Prof. Helen Picton (LIGHT), Prof Patricia McKinney (LIGHT), Dr. Angela Carter (LIGHT) and Prof. James Deuchars (FBS) on their research career paths.

The panel session will be introduced by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Arthur. If you would like to propose a question to be asked at the meeting beforehand please email it to Matt Gage (m.c.gage@leeds.ac.uk).

Worsley Level 7, Medical Lecture Theatre, 10am-1pm

Open to all University Staff, no registration required.

Lunch will be available after the talk, from 12-1.

February 2012

Rare Disease Day - 29th February 2012

Wednesday 29th February 2012
Carlisle Business Centre, 60 Carlisle Road, Bradford, BD8 8BD

Catherine Whibley from Division of Epidemiology will be presenting at Rare Disease Day on 29th February 2012. 
 
The event is hosted by Bradnet in association with Rare Disease UK.  Bradnet is a user led organisation in Bradford for people who have disabilities. 
 
There is a high prevalence of rare conditions in West Yorkshire, and this has stimulated collaboration in research, data collection, and development of services. 
 
The meeting will be held at Carlisle Business Centre, 60 Carlisle Road, Bradford, BD8 8BD on Wednesday 29th February 2012 with registration at 9.30 am and ending with a free buffet lunch at 1.00 pm.
 
If you wish to attend please contact Donna via e-mail donna.tattersall@bradnet.org.uk or alternatively call on 01274 224444 ext 528.
 
We hope you will be able to join us for what we hope will be a very interesting day.

January 2012

LIGHT Postgraduate Symposium

Tuesday 24th January 2012
MTC rooms X and Y

We welcome all to LIGHT's 2012 Postgraduate Symposium, where you will have the chance to hear our postgraduate research students present their research. 
 
Those in their second phase of study will be presenting posters and those in the third phase will be presenting a 10+5 minute oral paper.
 
As in previous years there will be prizes for the best oral paper and runner-up; and two prizes for the best poster awarded by early career researchers and MBChB Year 2 students.
 
If you are able to attend, even if only for part of the day, please make a note in your diary and drop George Ellison (g.t.h.ellison@leeds.ac.uk) an email so that he can make suitable arrangements for refreshments.
 
To view the detailed programme please follow this link.
 
We look forward to seeing you there!

December 2011

"Technology and Magic" - LIGHT Seminar with guest speaker Jack Cowen

Monday 5th December 2011
Level 7 Worsley Building Cafe for refreshments then Level 6 Dental Lecture Theatre (6.142) for the talk

Professor Jack Cohen will be this year’s speaker at the Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics Christmas Lecture, to be held on Monday 5 December 2011.
 
The lecture will look at how science and technology are interwoven with magic, depending on who you are and what you do. 
 
Professor Cohen, honorary Professor at the University of Warwick's Mathematics Institute, takes a look at how what is science to one might be magic to another, and suggests that science is the most potent magic of all.
 
The lecture will take place:
On: 5 December 2011
At:  3.30pm to 5pm
In:  Worsley Level 7 Cafe for refreshments, then to the Dental Lecture Theatre (Level 6, room 6.142) for the talk
 
The lecture is free to attend and no reservation is required.  Drinks and snacks are available in the theatre from 3.30pm and the talk starts at 4pm

We hope to see you there!

November 2011

Developing Academic Paediatrics within Leeds and West Yorkshire - workshop on strategy and issues

Thursday 24th November 2011
University Staff Centre

There is currently a drive to develop academic paediatrics across the region, which is being led by Dr Jonathan Darling (Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust). 
 
A workshop on strategy and issues has been organised on the 24th November where Dr Lorna Fraser (Division of Epidemiology) will be presenting examples of successful research collaborations between the Paediatric Epidemiology research group in LIGHT and NHS partners in paediatrics. 
 
Professor Patricia McKinney is a member of the steering group that is driving this initiative forward. 
 
For booking information please contact Marilyn Marston on m.marston@leeds.ac.uk.

VIII European Workshop in Periodontology - Dr Yu-Kang Tu presenting

Saturday 5th November 2011
Parador Nacional de La Granja (Segovia - Spain)

Hosted by the European Federation of Periodontology, each of these workshops has a theme, and the organisers commission review papers before the workshop and then invite experts to discuss those papers in the workshop.

This year's theme is "Research Methodology in Implant Dentistry", and the venue is in Parador Nacional de La Granja (Segovia), which apparently used to be the Spanish Kings' summer palace!

Dr Yu-Kang Tu has been given the task to develop a new outcome measure to assess the success and benefits of dental implant treatment, which he is looking forward to presenting at the event.

For more information please see their online flyer - www.efp.net/pdf/news/workshop_in_periodontology-final-14.pdf

April 2011

LIGHT Seminar with guest speaker Professor Anthony Swerdlow

Monday 11th April 2011
Clarendon Wing Lecture Theatre

"How science is conducted and how it is interpreted: some
reflections from an epidemiological viewpoint"
Drinks and snacks available in the theatre from 3.30pm.
 
Talk starts at 4pm.

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