RESEARCHER DEVELOPMENT DAYS 2016/2017 Monday 6 February 2017 Worsley Seminar Room (8.20R) University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT DELEGATE PACK Kidney Research UK Alumni: www.kidneyresearchuk.org/research/alumni Email: alumni@kidneyresearchuk.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/alumniprogramme The Alumni programme has been supported by financial grants from a number of industry partners
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RESEARCHER DEVELOPMENT DAYS 2016/17 Monday 6 February 2017 Worsley Seminar Room (8.20R) University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT PROGRAMME 09.30 10.00 Arrival and Refreshments 10.00-10.15 Welcome and introductions Professor Adrian Woolf, Chair of Paediatric Science, University of Manchester, Kidney Research UK Trustee and Alumni Ambassador 10.15 13.15 Interactive workshop including presentations, questions, breakout sessions How to Publish: Getting your research out there so it can make a difference Target Audience: This workshop is designed for early career researchers with limited experiences of academic publishing. By the end of this workshop you will: Have reflected on your approach to academic writing and publishing. Be given top tips to prepare high quality papers and survive the peer review process. Be aware of the drive towards open access and why this might be the best route to publishing in the future. Understand the journal peer review process; unpick review criteria and what editors want from authors and reviewers. Begin to Identify key stakeholders in your research and wider channels through which you can engage with them. Dr Rachel Cowen, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Academic and Researcher Development, University of Manchester 13.15 14.00 LUNCH 14.00 ~15.00 Keynote research topic/presentation Targeting a virus to treat kidney transplant rejection Dr Andrew Macdonald, Associate Professor in Virology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds ~15.00-16.00 Research Fellow career story Professor Albert Ong, Professor of Renal Medicine, Head, Academic Unit of Nephrology, University of Sheffield ~16.00 16.30 Networking and tea/coffee/biscuits The next Researcher Development Day will be held on a date in May/June 2017 at a venue to be decided, and will include a session on Maximising the impact of lay summaries. More information will be available here in due course: www.kidneyresearchuk.org/research/alumni-workshops
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Dr Rachel Cowen is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Academic and Researcher Development Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester. Her role is to develop the research, teaching and generic skills of research staff and new academics within the Faculty, to support them in their careers and to promote their continued professional development. She leads on the research staff training programme and the research arm of the Faculty New Academics Programme. She is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a qualified trainer and executive coach and also consults on researcher development delivering training nationally and internationally. She has a particular interest in helping researchers develop independence and become effective research leaders having created a flagship research team leadership programme to support research fellows in her Faculty. Most recently she has delivered leadership and management training to support African researchers in MRC units across Africa. Prior to her training role Rachel was a Cancer Research Fellow working in the School of Pharmacy, University of Manchester. She has also worked as a researcher for Cancer Research UK, Christie Hospital, Manchester, and Pfizer Central Research, UK. Dr Andrew Macdonald is a virologist by training. He obtained his PhD working on the mechanisms by which infection with hepatitis C virus causes liver cancer. Upon completion of his doctoral studies, he undertook post-doctoral training at the renowned MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit at the University of Dundee, where he focussed on the roles of protein kinases in immune cell development and function. In 2006 he was awarded an RCUK Academic Fellowship to establish an independent research group to study the mechanisms by which viruses establish chronic infections. More recently, his group has focussed on the role of the BK polyomavirus in kidney transplant rejection. The group uses a combination of cell biology, structural biology and medicinal chemistry to identify novel therapeutic targets to treat BK-associated diseases. Work in the Macdonald laboratory is funded by Kidney Research UK, Yorkshire Kidney Research Fund, BBSRC and the Wellcome Trust. Professor Albert Ong is Professor of Renal Medicine, Head of the Academic Nephrology Unit at the University of Sheffield and Academic Programme Director for Renal Medicine at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. He attended the University of Oxford, graduating in physiological sciences and clinical medicine and later underwent postgraduate training in medicine and nephrology at University College London (UCL) and Oxford. His research interest in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) started as a Kidney Research UK Senior Research Fellow at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford in the laboratory of Dr Peter Harris. After leaving Oxford, he developed an independent research programme on ADPKD at the University of Sheffield, first as a Senior Lecturer and then as a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow. The long term research focus of his group has aimed to define the molecular basis of ADPKD, discover, develop and test new treatments and improve the patient care pathway. He was the main nominated clinical expert to the NICE appraisal panel for the use of Tolvaptan in ADPKD and chaired the Renal Association Working Group which developed the first clinical guidance for its use in the UK. His current external responsibilities include being a member of the ERA-EDTA Scientific Advisory Board, an Editor of Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation and an External Faculty member of the Mayo Clinic Translational PKD Centre (USA).
PRESENTATION SUMMARIES Interactive Session How to Publish: Getting your research out there so it can make a difference Dr Rachel Cowen Target Audience: This workshop is designed for early career researchers with limited experiences of academic publishing Overview: Research publications are the main route through which we communicate our research and provide important evidence of academic success. This workshop will unpick the art of academic publishing and take early career researchers through the daunting peer review process. Participants will also be asked to consider a broader publication strategy both within and outside the academic community so that their research can make the biggest impact on society. By the end of this workshop you will: Have reflected on your approach to academic writing and publishing. Be given top tips to prepare high quality papers and survive the peer review process. Be aware of the drive towards open access and why this might be the best route to publishing in the future. Understand the journal peer review process; unpick review criteria and what editors want from authors and reviewers. Begin to Identify key stakeholders in your research and wider channels through which you can engage with them. Keynote Presentation Targeting a virus to treat kidney transplant rejection Dr Andrew Macdonald Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (PVAN) is a significant cause of renal transplant dysfunction for which there are limited treatment options. It is caused by the BK polyomavirus, which establishes a lifelong infection in the kidneys. In healthy patients this virus is kept in check by the immune system, however, in kidney transplant patients, where the immune system is suppressed, the virus can cause disease. Presently there are no effective anti-viral therapies to treat the underlying BK virus infection in PVAN, the clinician is faced with the dilemma of reducing the dose of immunosuppressive drugs to allow the patient s immune system to fight the infection, which increases the risk of renal transplant rejection. Despite the importance of PVAN, a complete understanding of the BK virus life cycle is lacking. Using a combination of structural and cellular biology we have begun to dissect the virus life cycle and in this presentation I will discuss the latest findings from unpublished studies aimed at elucidating the entry and exit mechanisms of this medically important pathogen. Career Development Talk Professor Albert Ong Career Story From clinician to clinician-scientist: an unexpected journey I never expected to become a nephrologist and certainly not a research scientist. However, I count myself fortunate to have been able to do both during my career. In this talk, I will reflect on the twists and turns of my own journey, comment on the joys and sorrows of doing scientific research and the continuing challenge of seeking to combine clinical work with a competitive research programme.
Getting to the Venue There s an interactive map here: https://www.leeds.ac.uk/campusmap And a downloadable map here: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/9/campus_map_for_visitors The venue asks that all delegates go to the Biological Sciences reception (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/campusmap?location=4774 96 on the map Worsley Building is 95) ask for Lucy Parker, Graduate Education Service Manager, and then either Lucy or one of her colleagues will take you to the room.