Workshops
Workshops will be held quarterly and will provide focused educational material related to a specific field of research or selected research techniques. These sessions are provided to allow potential discipline hoppers to acquaint themselves with the state-of-the-art in a different research discipline.
Invited speakers will give formal presentations on their research and present their personal vision for future research - the meeting will then conclude with a round table discussion.
Workshop dates and venues
Workshop 3:
Event Title: "Challenges of Next Generation Genomics Data and other Large-Scale Data Sets”
Event Topic: Bio-Informatics
Organised By: Dr Charles Mein, Centre Manager, William Harvey Research Institute.
Date: Tuesday 20th May 2008
Venue: Rotblat Building Room G05 Charterhouse square
Time: 10.30AM - 4.30PM
Summary: Microsoft Word Document [72.0kb]
Programme layout:
10.30am - Introduction by Prof David Lee School of Engineering and Materials Science & Dr Fiona Stephen (facilitator) Educational and Staff Development.
11.00am - Dr Jean-Baptiste Cazier, Institute of Cancer
"Technology driven high-throughput genomics - an ever-moving target."
11.15am - Prathap Nair, Electronic Engineering
“Similarity matching for surveillance applications”.
11.30am - Dr William Marsh, Computer Science
“Graphical Causal Models: Determining Causes from Observations” [PowerPoint Presentation 506KB]
11.45pm - Dr Vardhman Rakyan, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science
“Epigenomic profiling using next-generation sequencing”
12.00pm - Prof Steven Gilmour, Mathematical Sciences –
“Design of Genetical Genomics Experiments” [PowerPoint Presentation 143KB]
12.15pm – Prof David Van Heel & Lude Franke, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science
"Using gigabases of sequence reads to identify casual risk variants and their functional effects in common disease."
12.30pm - Prof Richard Nichols, Biological and Chemical Sciences
"Why some of our genes are truly closer to Gorillas that Chimps: introducing population genetics into the statistical analysis of DNA sequence"
12.45pm - Prof Bryan Young, Institute of Cancer
“The genomics of Cancer: The Challenges of full integration of sequence and
expression data.”
1.00pm - Dr Martin Hargreaves, Caliper life Sciences
“Microfluidic Solutions in Life Sciences Research”
1.15pm - Dr Mark Plumbley, Electronic Engineering "Analysing Musical Audio" [PDF Presentation 1.96MB]
1.30pm – Lunch
2.00pm – Break out sessions
Group 1 - Rotblat Building G05
Group 2 - Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, room 129
Group 3 - Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, room 130
3.00pm – Tea Break in Rotblat Building Room G05
3.30pm – Discussion / Conclusion.
4.30pm - End
By Invitation only.
Workshop 2:
Event Title: Body-Centric Wireless Communications for Healthcare Applications
Organised By: Dr Yang Hao, Reader, School of Engineering and Material Sciences.
Date: 17th January 2008
Venue: Mile End
Time: 12noon - 4pm
Topic Areas:
- What are Body-Centric Wireless Communications?
- Electromagnetic Properties and Numerical Modeling of the Human Body
- On-Body Communication Channels at ISM, UWB and millimeterwave frequencies
- Wearable and Textile Antennas
- Flexible Metamaterials for On-body Applications
- Antennas and Propagation for Telemedicine and Telecare including implantable devices
- Future Challenges and Industrial Applications
Programme layout:
12:00pm: Working lunch
12:15pm: Introduction Professor David Lee
12.30pm: Professor Yang Hao
12:45pm: Dr Akram Alomainy
“Antennas and Radio Propagation for Ultra Wideband Body-Centric Networks” PDF Presentation [1.20MB]
1:05pm: Dr Peter Dabnichki
“Medical monitoring and intelligent systems: from drug trials to e-care”
1.25pm: Professor Richard Langford
“Innovative oximetry sensors: clinical testing and use”
1:45pm: Dr Eliane Bodanese
"Research Challenges on Wireless Sensor Networks for e-health and Body Area"
2:05pm: Professor Asim Ray
“Electronics with Dyes”
2:25pm: Break
2:45pm: Dr Zime Rong
"Sensor and Its Application".
3.05pm: Dr Ioannis Patras
"Image and Signal analysis with applications in Health Care" PDF Presentation [909 kb]
3.30pm:Professor Pankaj Vadgama
“Biosensors a matter of transport” PowerPoint Presentation [ 27.3 MB]
3:50pm: Discussion
4:10pm: End.
By Invitation only.
Workshop 1:
Topic: '"Spectroscopy for Biology"
Organised By: Professor Pankaj Vadgama, Director of the IRC in Biomedical Materials
Date: Wednesday 4th April 2007
Time: 12: 30pm - 4.30pm
Venue: IRC Seminar Room, IRC Building.
Speakers:
1. Professor Peter Heathcote, Professor and Head of School p.heathcote@qmul.ac.uk
2. Professor David Dunstan, Head of Department and Professor of Experimental Physics, d.dunstan@qmul.ac.uk
3.Dr Bill Gillin
4. Dr Bob Janes
5. Andrei Sapelkin, Lecturer, a.sapelkin@qmul.ac.uk
Programme Layout:
12:30pm - Working lunch
1:00pm - Prof. David Dunstan - "High pressure photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy" PowerPoint Presenation [PPT 682KB]
1:20pm - Dr Andrei Sapelkin - "Neurones and nanoparticles"
1:40pm - Dr Bill Gillian - "Interdisciplinary facilities in molecular and materials physics" PowerPoint Presenation [PPT 33KB]
2:00pm - Prof. Peter Heathcote - "Spectroscopic approaches to the life sciences"
2:30pm - Dr Bob Janes - "Circular dichroism and synchrotron radiation circular dichroism spectroscopy: applications in biology"
3:00pm- General Discussion
3:25pm - Tea
3:30pm - Forward Strategy for QMUL.
4.30pm - End.
By Invitation only.
