2024 UKICRS Workshop & Symposium in Cardiff
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The symposium will offer a wide range of opportunities for both young and established scientists to present their latest research and network with others from academia and industry.
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The UKICRS Symposium is primarily aimed at postgraduate students, postdoctoral research fellows, industrialists and academics working in the fields of pharmaceutical sciences and drug delivery.
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Dates for 2024 Symposium
Abstract submission deadline |
Friday 19th April 2024 |
Oral and poster notifications |
Friday 3rd May 2024 |
New Horizons event, short talks from exhibitors, and dinner |
Thursday 6th June 2024 |
Research symposium |
Friday 7th June 2024 |
Abstract submission
UKICRS is now inviting submission of scientific abstracts for the 2024 Symposium. Deadline for submission of abstracts is Friday 19th April 2024.
Please submit your abstract(s) using the online submission form.
Abstracts
All abstracts submitted and accepted for oral and poster presentations will be made available here.
Venue
Address
School of Pharmacy
Cardiff University
Redwood Building, King Edward VII Ave,
Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK
United Kingdom
About Cardiff University
Cardiff University was established in 1883 and holds an international reputation for academic excellence and is Wales’s only Russell Group university. The University has links with more than 300 top-ranked institutions, and our research continues to produce real-world benefits for society and the academic environment.
Our attractive Cathays Park Campus, located in the heart of Cardiff city centre, is home to most of our academic schools and is adjacent to Cardiff's commercial centre and a large green space (Bute Park). The Heath Park Campus hosts our schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare, sharing its site with the University Hospital of Wales.
School of Pharmacy
Cardiff University
Redwood Building, King Edward VII Ave,
Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK
United Kingdom
About Cardiff University
Cardiff University was established in 1883 and holds an international reputation for academic excellence and is Wales’s only Russell Group university. The University has links with more than 300 top-ranked institutions, and our research continues to produce real-world benefits for society and the academic environment.
Our attractive Cathays Park Campus, located in the heart of Cardiff city centre, is home to most of our academic schools and is adjacent to Cardiff's commercial centre and a large green space (Bute Park). The Heath Park Campus hosts our schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare, sharing its site with the University Hospital of Wales.
Programme
Thursday 6th June 2024 |
Friday 7th June 2024 |
10.00 am Registration (Entrance) and poster set-up (2.40) 11.00 am Tea & Coffee (Room 2.60C) SESSION A Chaired by Sion Coulman (Cardiff University) New Horizons: What does the future hold for you, the public and the planet' / The Paul Spencer Lecture theatre (2.60C) 11.40 am Dr Esther Jacobs / Astra Zeneca / 'PhD to big Pharma: What I wish I knew.' 11.55 am Dr Michael Pascoe / Cardiff University / 'From Kernow to Kathmandu: my global health journey' 12.10 pm Dr Ian Lewis / Head of Transformative technologies , BBSRC / 'How did I get here...and how am I back here?' 12.25 pm 'On the sofa': questions to speakers 1.00 pm Light lunch (Room 2.42) SESSION B Chaired by Mark Jackman (Astra Zeneca) 2.00–3.30 pm Short talks from our industrial exhibitors 3.30–7.00 pm Enjoying Cardiff Use your spare time to relax, get ready for the dinner or explore the city of Cardiff...maybe go to look at some of the exhibits in the National Museum (free entry) that were recently featured on the BBC or go for a walk around Bute Park and Cardiff Castle. All of this is 5 mins walk from the Redwood building! Symposium Dinner 7.00 pm Wahaca Cardiff www.wahaca.co.uk/location/cardiff/ |
8.00 am Registration and poster set-up (Room 2.40) 9.00 am Welcome & Opening Remarks (Room 2.60C) SESSION 1 Chaired by Gareth Williams (University College London) & Humera Sarwar (Ulster University) 9.10 am KEYNOTE: Dr. Charlotte Lloyd / Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow and Proleptic Senior Lecturer in Environmental Chemistry / School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol / 'Pharmaceuticals: the environmental footprint' 9.40 am Benedetta Gualeni / Cardiff University / 'Key challenges in development of a long-acting, discreet, embeddable microneedle product for hormonal contraception' 9.55 am Aikaterini Dedeloudi / Queen's University Belfast / '3D printed biopolymeric scaffolds for post-operative pain alleviation' 10.10 am Cadhan O’Garra / University of Liverpool / 'Fabrication of antibacterial NO releasing cellulose acetate nanofibers for wound healing applications.' 10.25 am Tea & Coffee (Room 2.40) SESSION 2 Chaired by Sarah Gordon (University of Birmingham) & Purav Shah (TRM Ireland) 10.55 am Robert Cavanagh / University of Nottingham / 'Nanoparticle delivery of synergistic doxorubicin and olaparib combinations for triple negative breast cancer' 11.10 am Jie Tang / Kings College London / 'Exploring hyaluronan nanocapsules as PARP inhibitor delivery systems: in vitro and in vivo studies (SPECT) in healthy mice' 11.25 am Yu Wang / Cardiff University / 'Creating PLGA microspheres with monodisperse size by droplet-based microfluidics' 11.40 am Corinna Schlosser / University College London / 'Towards the development of pulsatile release systems for teriparatide' 11.55 am Poster Session 1 (Room 2.40) 12.45 pm Lunch (Room 2.42) SESSION 3 Chaired by Katie Ryan (University College Cork) & Lewis Dymock (University of Strathclyde) 1.45 pm KEYNOTE: Professor Jesus Martinez de la Fuente / University of Zaragoza & CIBER-BBN / 'Nanoactuators for therapy and diagnosis' 2.15 pm Imogen Walker / University of Liverpool / 'Development of inhaled therapeutic polymers for the treatment of respiratory infections' 2.30 pm Roizza So / University of Nottingham / 'Combined biolistic and cell penetrating delivery for an effective and scalable intradermal DNA vaccine' 2.45 pm Elide Zingale / Queen's University Belfast / 'Development of dual drug-loaded hydrogel scaffolds for ocular implantation combining microfluidics and coaxial 3D-printing techniques' 3.00 pm Poster Session 2 / Tea & Coffee (Room 2.40) SESSION 4 Chaired by Dimitrios Lamprou (Queens University Belfast) 3.50 pm Soapbox Session (1 minute on any topic!) 4.35 pm Closing Remarks and Prizes |
Registration fees and online registration
- Postgraduate: £120
- Postdoctoral: £120
- Academic: £150
- Industrial: £200
You can complete online registration for the 2024 UKICRS Symposium here.
Exhibitors – information on exhibitor packages is available here.
Exhibitors – information on exhibitor packages is available here.
Symposium Dinner
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All registered delegates and exhibitors are invited to attend the Symposium dinner, 7.00 pm Thursday 6th June 2024 at Wahaca, a Mexican restaurant located right in the heart of Cardiff City Centre, in the St David's 2 complex (opposite John Lewis). The cost of dinner is covered by your Symposium registration fee, although you'll pay for your own drinks. The full address of the venue and the website are provided below.
Address: 51–53 The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1GA
Website: www.wahaca.co.uk/location/cardiff/
Please note: The restaurant is limited to 90 persons for dinner. We will prioritise dinner places based on time of registration. Please register early so as not to be disappointed!
For any queries related to the dinner, please contact UKICRS ([email protected]).
Address: 51–53 The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1GA
Website: www.wahaca.co.uk/location/cardiff/
Please note: The restaurant is limited to 90 persons for dinner. We will prioritise dinner places based on time of registration. Please register early so as not to be disappointed!
For any queries related to the dinner, please contact UKICRS ([email protected]).
Poster format
As always, poster presentations will be at the heart of this year’s symposium. Two poster sessions will be held on Friday 7th June 2024. There will be 20 double-sided poster boards in total (accommodating up to 40 posters). All poster boards will be in portrait format (height 1200mm x width 900mm), accommodating a portrait-style A0 poster.
Industrial Session & Exhibition
A series of short talks by our industrial sponsors will take place at 2.00–3.30 pm Thursday 8th June.
A special exhibitors space – fully resourced with tables and power supply – will be provided during the two-day Symposium. Many exhibitors will use this space to display equipment from their current product range. The exhibitor space will be available for set-up Thursday morning from 8.00 am onwards.
Full details of the exhibitor packages and costs are available here.
Exhibitors – please use the following shipping address:
School of Pharmacy
Cardiff University
Redwood Building, King Edward VII Ave,
Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK
United Kingdom
Please address packages/deliveries to 'UKICRS Symposium'.
Also, if shipping multiple items, we recommend that the items are numbered, e.g. ‘1 of 3’.
A special exhibitors space – fully resourced with tables and power supply – will be provided during the two-day Symposium. Many exhibitors will use this space to display equipment from their current product range. The exhibitor space will be available for set-up Thursday morning from 8.00 am onwards.
Full details of the exhibitor packages and costs are available here.
Exhibitors – please use the following shipping address:
School of Pharmacy
Cardiff University
Redwood Building, King Edward VII Ave,
Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK
United Kingdom
Please address packages/deliveries to 'UKICRS Symposium'.
Also, if shipping multiple items, we recommend that the items are numbered, e.g. ‘1 of 3’.
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, please email Mark Jackman. Mark is the UKICRS committee member with responsibility for sponsorship.
Getting to Cardiff
Cardiff airport is located to West of the City. It is a small airport with a limited number of flight routes. Transfer options from this airport to the City Centre can be found on the airport's website. The best option is to take the 905 bus, which will take you to the train link from Rhoose. From Rhoose train station you can then access the City Centre. Public transport is not as slick from the airport as it could be and so if you have the opportunity its to share a taxi then I would recommend that as a better option!
Bristol Airport is a much busier airport that Cardiff and has lots of flight routes. Transfer options from this airport to Cardiff City Centre can be found here . A regular coach service connects Bristol Airport with Cardiff and Cardiff University. The 216 is a National express Service that goes directly to Cardiff but this only runs 6 times a day. Alternatively you couldn't get a bus to Bristol City Centre (every 12 mins) and connect to Cardiff from either the City Centre bus or rain stations.
The other alternative is a flight to London Heathrow and then a train/bus direct to Cardiff...sometimes this can be as cost effective and quick as closer airports...
Bristol Airport is a much busier airport that Cardiff and has lots of flight routes. Transfer options from this airport to Cardiff City Centre can be found here . A regular coach service connects Bristol Airport with Cardiff and Cardiff University. The 216 is a National express Service that goes directly to Cardiff but this only runs 6 times a day. Alternatively you couldn't get a bus to Bristol City Centre (every 12 mins) and connect to Cardiff from either the City Centre bus or rain stations.
The other alternative is a flight to London Heathrow and then a train/bus direct to Cardiff...sometimes this can be as cost effective and quick as closer airports...
Train is the best way to get to Cardiff!
The main train station in Cardiff is Cardiff Central. National Rail services connect Cardiff with numerous major UK cities. The University campus is approximately 20 minutes walk from Cardiff Central train station, and the majority of accommodation options are located between the train station and the University. Alternatively, after arriving at Cardiff Central you could change to a Valley line train that stops at Cathays (the train station that is on campus), although Cardiff is a relatively small city and so it may be quicker to walk and to take in some of Cardiff's sights on route!
The main train station in Cardiff is Cardiff Central. National Rail services connect Cardiff with numerous major UK cities. The University campus is approximately 20 minutes walk from Cardiff Central train station, and the majority of accommodation options are located between the train station and the University. Alternatively, after arriving at Cardiff Central you could change to a Valley line train that stops at Cathays (the train station that is on campus), although Cardiff is a relatively small city and so it may be quicker to walk and to take in some of Cardiff's sights on route!
There is no real need to get a taxi in Cardiff City centre. The City is compact and the University and commercial centre are adjacent to each other...but if you really want a taxi then the local taxi firm is Veezu...or you could obviously get an Uber!
Both Megabus and National Express connect Cardiff with numerous UK cities. Both services stop in the city centre (within a short walk of the main University campus). Some services will also stop in the University campus (Park Place).
For general information about visiting Cardiff, please go to VisitCardiff.com.
Accommodation in Cardiff
Delegates are responsible for booking and purchasing their own accommodation. As long as there are no big events in the City (and currently there isn't on the Symposium dates!) then accommodation options are usually varied and affordable.
Below are weblinks to four hotels, to suit all budgets, that are in short walking distance (<10mins) to the meeting venue (Redwood Building, CF10 3NB).
However, we do not recommend these hotels more than any other hotel, and you are encouraged to use accommodation search engines e.g. Booking.com (or similar) and review websites to find accommodation that suits you needs.
Below are weblinks to four hotels, to suit all budgets, that are in short walking distance (<10mins) to the meeting venue (Redwood Building, CF10 3NB).
However, we do not recommend these hotels more than any other hotel, and you are encouraged to use accommodation search engines e.g. Booking.com (or similar) and review websites to find accommodation that suits you needs.
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Travelodge Queen Street (a budget choice)
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Premier Inn Queen Street (a budget choice)
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