Seminars
Wednesday 18th March 2009
Programme:
- 5-5.20pm: 'Using zebrafish as a model system for the study of drug dependence' by Dr Caroline Brennan.
- 5.20-5.30pm: Discussion
- 5.30-5.50pm: "why does it hurt? doctor?" - Mechanisms of pain in arthritis. By Prof Bruce Kidd.
- 5.50-6pm: Discussion
- 6-7pm: Refreshments
Speakers:
Dr Caroline Brennan, Lecturer, Biological and Chemical Sciences
The main focus of my lab is the neurobiology of drug addiction. Our aim is to identify molecular mechanisms that underlie the development and persistence of drug dependency with the long term aim of developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of drug relapse. We use zebrafish as our model system.
A second field of study is the role of calcium signaling during development. This project is part of a long standing collaboration with Dr Rachel Ashworth. Here the focus is on the role of activity-generated calcium signals in muscle development.
Email: c.h.brennan@qmul.ac.uk
Professor Bruce Kidd, Professor of Clinical Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute.
Bruce Kidd graduated from Auckland University in 1976 and practiced medicine in New Zealand until 1985. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians. He launched his research career in the UK in 1985, receiving his MD in 1990.He continues both as a Clinical Rheumatologist at The Royal London Hospital and with his research at the Bone and Joint Research Unit, where he has worked since 1989.
Email: b.l.kidd@qmul.ac.uk
