2021 Virtual Symposium

2021 UKICRS Virtual Symposium

With travel within the UK and Ireland still somewhat constrained due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, the UKICRS committee have decided to hold this year's UKICRS Symposium online, following a similar format to last year's highly successful event.

Our costs are relatively low with online events like this, which means that we are able – once again – to offer free registration to everyone and anyone.

Whether you're a member of UKICRS or not, irrespective of career stage, no matter your knowledge on the topic – if you have an interest in pharmaceutical sciences and drug delivery, we'd love you to join us 13th October for a jam-packed schedule of oral and poster presentations. All of the information you need should be available below.

Who should attend?

The Symposium is primarily aimed at postgraduate students, postdoctoral research fellows, industrialists and academics working in the fields of pharmaceutical sciences and drug delivery. As in previous years, the symposium will focus on offering a wide range of opportunities for young scientists to present their latest research.

Dates & deadlines

Abstract submission deadline	Friday 27th August 2021
Oral and poster notifications	Wednesday 8th September 2021
Deadline for submission of PDF versions of posters	Monday 11th October 2021
Symposium	Wednesday 13th October 2021

Venue

The Symposium will be held online via Zoom. Information on installing and using Zoom is provided at the bottom of this page.

Programme

Wednesday 13th October 2021

SESSION 1

10.00 am Welcome / Dimitrios Lamprou (Chair of UKICRS Committee)

Chairpersons: Gareth Williams (University College London) & Rachael Power (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)

10.10 am KEYNOTE 1: Seeram Ramakrishna / National University of Singapore / Drug Delivery: Basics, Recent Advances, and Future

10.40 am Invited talk 1: Alice Brookes / University of Nottingham / Cannabidiol as potential glioblastoma multiforme treatment: in vitro assessment of anti-cancer properties and in vivo delivery (Abstract 29)

10.55 am Invited talk 2: Fatma Sa’eed El-Tokhy / Badr University in Cairo / Design of invasomal nanovesicles for improved transdermal permeation and bioavailability of asenapine maleate for treatment of schizophrenia (Abstract 3)

11.10 am Invited talk 3: Ziwei Zhang / University College London / Polydopamine-coated nanocomposite theranostic implants for localized chemotherapy and MR imaging (Abstract 13)

11.25 am Invited talk 4: Ajay Kumar / University of Limerick / Preparation, stabilisation, isolation and tableting of Valsartan nanoparticles using a semi-continuous carrier particle mediated process (Abstract 35)

11.40 am Invited talk 5: Santina Iellamo De Gennaro / University of Portsmouth / Nasal delivery of peptides nanofibers for ischaemic stroke (Abstract 43)

LUNCH BREAK & ONLINE POSTER SESSION

12 noon – 2.00 pm / You can access the online poster session here. Grab a sandwich, a cup of coffee, and your Zoom account and come chat to our poster presenters.

SESSION 2

Chairpersons: Jayne Lawrence (University of Manchester) & Cameron Webb (University of Strathclyde)

2.00 pm Welcome

2:10 pm KEYNOTE 2: Rebecca Brodsky / Population Council (www.popcouncil.org) / Lies, Damn Lies and Drug Delivery Development

2.40 pm Invited talk 6: Yongqing He / University College London / A 3D printed reactor-in-a-centrifuge (RIAC) for the production of therapeutically relevant liposomes (Abstract 46)

2.55 pm Invited talk 7: John Downey / University College Cork / Probing the impact of protein/peptide adsorption onto solid-substrates on functional behavior and stability (Abstract 15)

3.10 pm Invited talk 8: Cláudia Martins / University of Porto / A nanomedicine, chemistry and tumor biology therapeutic recipe made @ UK-Portugal to defeat glioblastoma (Abstract 14)

3.25 pm Invited talk 9: Essyrose Mathew / Queen's University Belfast / 3D printed drug delivery implants for inner ear therapies (Abstract 38)

3.40 pm Invited talk 10: Lauren Evans / University of Strathclyde / Multifunctional hybrid-nanoparticles to improve pancreatic cancer therapy (Abstract 18)

3.55 pm Closing remarks and prizes / Dimtrios Lamprou

Keynote Speakers

Seeram Ramakrishna (FREng, FBSE, Everest Chair; https://blog.nus.edu.sg/seeram/) is Senior Professor of Materials at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and among the leading six researchers of Singapore. He is also among the top three scientists of the world in Biomedical Engineering based on career-long impact of researchers or c-score. Thomson Reuters identified him among the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds. Google Scholar shows over 126,600 citations, 164 H-index, and over 1066 i10-index. Clarivate Analytics recognized him among the Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers in the world in materials science and cross-fields categories. Microsoft Academic ranked him among the top 50 authors out of three million materials researchers worldwide in terms of saliency, publications, citations and h-index. He received PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK; and an elected Fellow of UK Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng). He is also an elected Fellow of AAAS, ASM International, ASME, and AIMBE, USA; IMechE and IoM3, UK; and International Union of Biomaterials Science & Engineering (FBSE). He is senior member of IEEE. He co-authored books An Introduction to Biomaterials Science & Engineering; Medical Devices- Standards, Regulations and Practices; Biomaterials- A Nano Approach; and An Introduction to Bio-composites. He is the Biomaterials Editor of Elsevier Current Research in Biomedical Engineering journal. He is an Associate Editor of eScience journal. He is a plenary Speaker of 6th EURO BioMat on Intelligent Biomaterials. He teaches graduate module on Materials in Medicine to the university students.

Rebecca Brodsky is a Project Manager at Population Council, an international research organization focused on critical health and development issues. Based at the Council’s Center for Biomedical Research in New York, Rebecca manages the Council’s partnerships with the pharmaceutical industry to promote research into innovative drug delivery systems for reproductive health, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Her current project portfolio includes contraceptive vaginal rings, microneedle patches and injectables and a multi-purpose prevention tablet. Rebecca’s work focuses on building partnerships that address the clinical, manufacturing, regulatory, financial, and legal requirements necessary for product development. Between 2010 and 2018, Rebecca’s primary focus was supporting the US FDA submission and successful approval of Annovera®, a one-year contraceptive vaginal system. Prior to joining Population Council, Rebecca worked for non-profit service delivery organizations in Tanzania and Uganda and as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia. Rebecca received her Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University in New York and a BA in Biology from Oberlin College in Ohio.

Registration

Registration is free. However, delegates are required to register online. You can complete online registration for the 2021 UKICRS Symposium here.

Abstract submission

UKICRS is now inviting submission of scientific abstracts for its 2021 Virtual Symposium. Deadline for submission of abstracts is Friday 27th August 2021. Please submit your abstract(s) using the online abstract submission form and ONLY using the template provided.

Online Poster session

The online poster session will take place on the UKICRS website, at the link below:
Link to poster session

The page will contain a table of all the abstracts submitted, and will include the following information:

abstract number
poster title
presenting author name
a link to the poster in PDF format
a link to the abstract in PDF format
a link to your Zoom personal meeting ID (PMI) (which you should provide to UKICRS at the time of poster submission)

We will provide all registered delegates access to the poster session from Wednesday 6th October onwards.

Industrial Session & Exhibition

There is no Industrial Session & Exhibition this year due to the online format.

Sponsor the event

UKICRS is a registered UK charity, and relies upon sponsorship from its various partners to help cover the costs of the annual Symposium. If you or your company would like to sponsor the event or offer some financial support, you can either drop us a small contribution or email Karl Malcolm.

Using Zoom software

To install Zoom application onto your computer, go to https://zoom.us/download and select the download option for 'Zoom Client For Meetings'. Once the download is complete, proceed with installing the Zoom application onto your computer.

To install the Zoom mobile app on your smartphone or tablet device, go to https://zoom.us/download and select the option for 'Zoom Mobile Apps'.