There were talks from our transition fellows, PIs and researchers covering aspects of the CRE’s themes and subthemes. We were delighted to welcome our Scientific Advisory Board and the Senior BHF management team on the day.
Lisa Heather and Sarah De Val outlined what we are doing to support early career researchers and the cardiovascular network through our EDI and ECR working groups.
Our keynote speaker, Fran Platt, gave an inspiring presentation entitled From curiosity to therapies: turning academic science into patient impact—a real highlight to help us launch our new Cardiovascular Innovation Awards. BHF Oxford CRE’s Svetlana Reilly shared her experiences in translation of her research through her talk Towards novel therapeutics in atrial fibrillation and cardiac fibrosis.
The poster exhibition was outstanding, with fantastic entries from graduate students and postdocs across the BHF Oxford CRE network. After a tough pre-event online competition, 12 finalists delivered fast-paced four-minute blitz presentations, and everyone had the chance to share their work with symposium attendees. The image competition generated some fantastic entries and a great display on the day. Many thanks to all the poster and image competition judges.
Keith Channon was very pleased to announce the winners of both competitions:
Postdoc/RA/non-student - Best short talk of poster: Kaitlyn MJH Dennis
The influence of fat composition on hepatic fat metabolism: findings from in vivo human and in vitro cellular models
Clinical student - Best short talk of poster: Lilli Ganzer
The Role of Neuropeptide Y in Human Cardiac Hypertrophy following Myocardial Infarction
Non-clinical student - Best short talk of poster: Heesung Jo
A Virtual Heart Under Stress: Enhancing Drug Testing with the Fight-or-Flight Response
Image competition – Judges’ choice: Victoria Rashbrook
The origins of the heart
Image competition – Audience choice: Selin Tüzüner
From blueprint to beating - engineering human cardiac development in a dish
