PENINSULA OXIDATIVE STRESS RESEARCH FORUM (POSReF)
Research Fellow, Environment and Evolution Theme,
Date Name of Speaker
23-Apr-14 Dr Yuktee Dogra
Dr Philip James
18-Jul-12 Dr Mark Gilchrist
Dr Charareh Pourzand
28-Mar-12 Dr Hannah Florance
Dr Mike Emerson
30-Nov-11 Dr Yuktee Dogra
Dr Afshan Malik
28-Sep-11 Dr Torsten Burkholz
Dr Glyn Steventon
29-Jun-11 Dr Sarah Aldred
30-Mar-11 Dr Jane Carré
Professor Simon Jackson
19-Jan-11 Professor Robert Evans
Dr Charles Affourtit
24-Nov-10 Dr Stephen Young
Biosciences, Title Title of Talk
University of Exeter Pro-oxidant effects of ingested cerium oxide nanoparticles in a
sediment dwelling invertebrate
Reader, Cardiovascular Metabolism Theme Lead, Wales There’s NO business like SNO business when it comes to
Heart Research Institute, Cardiff University antiplatelet therapy
Clinical Lecturer, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of The effect of dietary nitrate on blood pressure, endothelial function
Exeter & Plymouth and insulin sensitivity in Type 2 diabetes
Multifunctional light-activated caged iron chelators for skin
Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, University of Bath photoprotection and therapy of skin hyperproliferative disorders
Senior Experimental Officer, Mass Spectrometry, University Using Mass Spectrometry to visualise the global overview and mine
of Exeter the detail
Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Pharmacology & Head of Development and application of in vivo models of mouse and human
Platelet Biology Group Molecular Medicine, National Heart & platelet function
Lung Institute, Imperial College London
Postgraduate Researcher in Ecotoxicology, College of Life Ecotoxicology of metal oxide nanoparticles in a sediment dwelling
and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter invertebrate
Lecturer in Biochemistry and Postgraduate Co-Ordinator for Novel putative biomarkers of diabetic nephropathy and mitochondrial
Diabetes Research Group, King’s College London dysfunction
Oxidative stress and chronic human diseases: Selective
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Peninsula Medical School organochalcogen based redox catalysts against tumour cells and
Universities of Exeter and Plymouth inflammation
Programme
Senior Director,
Lecturer MSc Clinical
in Exercise Pharmacology,
Biochemistry, University
School of Sport Post-translational activation of phenylalanine monooxygenase from
of
andSurrey
Exercise an endobiotic to xenobiotic enzyme by free radical species.
Sciences, University of Birmingham Measurement of protein nitration in Alzheimer’s disease - pitfalls and
problems!
Teaching Fellow, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Mitochondrial function in the systemic inflammatory response and
Exeter & Plymouth sepsis
Professor of Environment and Human Health, University of Lysophospholipid acyltransferases – novel regulators of the
Plymouth inflammatory response
Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Biosciences,
Brunel University Transferrin – the Battle between Man and Microbe
Lecturer in Clinical
Senior Lecturer Biochemistry, University
in Rheumatology, Departmentof Plymouth
of Why do pancreatic beta cells waste energy
Inflammation and Inflammatory Disease, College of Medical Metabolomic and oxidative changes in chronic disease and their
and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham influence on immune cell signalling and function

Date Name of Speaker
Dr Katarina Kos
23-Sep-10 Stephen Bailey
Dr Richard Johnston
30-Jun-10 Alexandra Kendall
Professor Amrita Ahluwalia
31-Mar-10 Brent Ryan
Dr Richard Wade-Martins
25-Nov-09 Dr Michael Murphy
16-Sep-09 Dr Mark van der Giezen
Professor Martin Feelish
24-Jun-09 Dr Andrew Pitt
Dr Corinne Spickett
1-Apr-09 Joanna Tarr
Dr Paul Kirkham
21-Jan-09 Dr Janet Holley
PENINSULA OXIDATIVE STRESS RESEARCH FORUM (POSReF)
TitleObesity Research and
Senior Lecturer in Diabetes and
Honorary Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology, Peninsula
Medical School
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport and Health
Sciences,
CORE Exeter
Clinical University
Research Fellow, Nottingham Digestive
Diseases Centre and Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham
Medical School
Postgraduate Student, Peninsula Medical School,
Universities
Professor of of Exeter and
Vascular Plymouth William Harvey
Pharmacology,
Research Institute, Barts & The London, Queen Mary School
of Medicine & Dentistry
Postgraduate Student, Peninsula Medical School,
Universities of Exeter and Plymouth
Wellcome Trust Fellow & Lecturer, Department of
Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Group Leader, Mitochondrial Dysfunction MRC Mitochondrial
Biology Unit, Wellcome Trust, Cambridge
Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Biochemistry, Centre for
Eukaryotic Evolutionary Microbiology, School of Biosciences,
University of Experimental
Professor of Exeter Medicine & Integrative Biology
Clinical Research Institute, Warwick Medical School,
University of Warwick
Senior Lecturer in Proteomics, Division of Integrative and
Systems Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences,
University of Glasgow
Senior Lecturer in Proteomics, Division of Integrative and
Systems Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences,
University of Glasgow
Postgraduate Student, Peninsula Medical School,
Universities of Exeter and Plymouth
Royal Society Fellow and Honorary Senior Lecturer, National Oxidative stress and cell function – Impact on inflammation and
Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
Associate Research Fellow, Peninsula Medical School,
University of Exeter
Title of Talk
Adipose tissue dysfunction and its consequences
Dietary nitrate supplementation: Implications for muscle energetics
and exercise tolerance in healthy adult humans
The potential for dietary fructose to induce metabolic and
inflammatory change in the human liver
Effects of hyperbaric oxygen on neutrophil-endothelial interactions:
implications for chronic wound healing
A 'reductionist' approach to cardiovascular disease: Nitrate to nitrite
to NO
Oxidative modifications to C1q and their relevance to inflammatory
autoimmune diseases
New insights in the molecular mechanisms of Parkinson's disease
from cellular and animal models
Manipulating mitochondrial function with targeted molecules
An unusual nitric oxide synthase from the human parasite
/Trichomonas vaginalis
Nitrite-induced cardioprotection: what do proteomics and
metabolomics approaches tell us about the mechanism?
Proteomics for all seasons: old and new technologies for
researching the proteome
Novel Mass Spectrometry Methodology to Detect Post-Translational
Modifications in Oxidative Stress
The measurement of extracellular calreticulin in rheumatoid arthritis
and a nitric oxide dependent mechanism for its release
immunity
Brain scarring, vascular changes and oxidative stress in multiple
sclerosis
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Date Name of Speaker Title Title of Talk

RM Phillips Chair in Experimental Medicine, Brighton &
Professor Pietro Ghezzi Sussex Medical School
Daphne Jackson Fellow, School of Physics,University of
26-Nov-08 Dr Sharon Strawbridge Exeter
Senior Lecturer, Department of Cancer Studies and
Department of Genetics, Radiation and Oxidative Stress,
Dr Marcus Cooke Secion University of Leicester
Professor of Applied Physiology, School of Sports & Health
1-Oct-08 Professor Andrew Jones Science, University of Exeter
Professor of Integrative Pharmacology, King’s College
Professor Philip Moore London
Glutathione in immunity: from the concept of oxidative stress to that
of redox regulation
Reductive stress: the missing link?
Urinary 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2’-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG): meaning
and measurement
Control of oxygen uptake during exercise: a role for nitric oxide
Potential therapeutic uses of hydrogen sulphide: new tricks for an
old dog!

Date Name of Speaker
25-Jun-08 Dr Andrew Foey
Dr Phil Eaton
23-Jan-08 Dr Rakesh Chibber
Dr Dorothy Pattison
27-Jun-07 Prof David Perrett
Dr Jonathan Blount
21-Mar-07 Prof Nicholas Smirnoff
Dr Andrew Pye
17-Jan-07 Dr Awadhesh Jha
Dr Emma Taylor
15-Nov-06 Prof Paul Thornalley
6-Sep-06 Prof Stuart Logan
Prof Helen Griffiths
PENINSULA OXIDATIVE STRESS RESEARCH FORUM (POSReF)
Title
Lecturer in Immunology, School of Biological Sciences,
University of Plymouth
Reader in Cardiovascular Biochemistry, King’s College
London and The Rayne Institute, St Thomas’, London
Senior Lecturer in Clinical & Biochemical Sciences,
Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and
Plymouth
Honorary Research Fellow, arc Epidemiology Unit, University Do dietary antioxidants have a role in susceptibility
of Manchester
Professor of BioAnalytical Science, William Harvey Research Proteomics and other technologies and their applications in the
Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine &
Dentistry
Royal Society University Research Fellow, Centre for
Ecology & Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall
Campus
Professor of Plan Biochemistry, School of Biosciences,
Exeter University
Research Fellow, Cornwall Dermatology Research Group,
Peninsula Medical School
Reader in Genotoxicology, School of Biological Sciences,
Plymouth University
Research Fellow, Peninsula Medical School, Institute of
Biomedical & Clinical Science
Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics Research Group,
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex
Prof of Paediatric Epidemiology & Director of Institute of
Health & Social Care Research, Peninsula Medical School
Director of Research, Life and Health Sciences, Aston
University
Title of Talk
Macrophage effector phenotypes: priming, activation and apoptosis
– the fine balance between tolerance and inflammatory
immunopathology
Do dietary antioxidants have a role in susceptibility
to and/or management of inflammatory arthritis?
Core 2 GlcNAc-T in Retinopathy: A Journey from Lab to Potential
Clinical Application.
to and/or management of inflammatory arthritis?
study of oxidative stress
Antioxidants, sexual signals and adaptive mate choice in birds and
fish
Is vitamin C essential for plans?
Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of non-melanoma skin
cancer and beyond
Determination of oxidative stress induced by environmental agents
in aquatic organisms: In vitro and In vivo approaches
Regulation of apoptosis by peroxynitrite in a p53-deficient murine
bone marrow cell line and effects of Bcl-2 over-expression
Quantitation of protein damage by glycation, oxidation and nitration
by LC-MS/MS - surprising insights of proteolytic debris in arthritis
Antioxidants in infants with Downs Syndrome
Oxidative stress, inflammation and vascular disease
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Date Name of Speaker Title Title of Talk

PhD Student, Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Science, The effect of hyperbaric oxygen on platelet physiology: implications
5-Jul-06 Frances Shaw Peninsula Medial School, Exeter for wound healing
PhD Student, Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Science, Quantifying the role of vasomotion in tissue oxygen delivery:
Clare Thorn Peninsula Medial School, Exeter multiparameter studies
Relationships between tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) and endothelial
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Wellcome Trust nitric oxide synthase (eNOS): Insights from novel TET-regulated cell
Dr Nicholas Warrick Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford lines
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Biomedical & The role of oxidative stress in diabetic nephropathy
17-May-06 Dr Andrea Hodgkinson Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School
Department of Medical Biochemistry & Immunology, Cardiff The arachidonic acid cascade meets nitric oxide metabolism
Dr Valerie O'Donnell University
1-Feb-06 Prof Michael Moore Plymouth Marine Laboratory Autophagy, Age and Oxidative Stress
Dept Physiology & Pharmacology, Section for
Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Karolinska Institute, The Story of Exhaled Nitric Oxide
Prof Eddie Weitzberg Stockholm, Sweden
Co-founder of Aerocrine AB & Professor, Dept Physiology & NO Generation from Nitrate and Nitrite: Physiological and
Prof Jon Lundberg Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Therapeutic Considerations
Professor of Molecular Genetics, School of Biosciences, Characterisation of a metallothionein involved in pathogenesis of the
23-Nov-05 Prof Nick Talbot University of Exeter rice blast fungus
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Biosciences, Role of reactive oxygen species in the development of infection
Martin Egan University of Exeter stress by Magnaporthe grisea
William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London
28-Sep-05 Dr Andrew Webb School of Medicine and Dentistry, London Nitric oxide production from nitrite in ischaemic tissues
Dr Gary Smerdon Diving Diseases Research Centre, Plymouth Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Plymouth Copper homeostasis, toxicity and oxidative stress
22-Jun-05 Dr Richard Handy University
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Peninsula Epidemiological approaches to understanding ageing in humans
Prof David Melzer Medical School
Consultant in Acute Medicine, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth Antimicrobial action of nitric oxide
11-May-05 Prof Nigel Benjamin and Professors of Medicine, Peninsula Medical School
Dr Rachel Legg-Wilde,
Richard Ebrey and Dr Sara Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter Research update on bacterial biofilms and nanobacteria
Burton

Date Name of Speaker
19-Jan-05 Dr Jackie Whatmore
Dr Ahuva Nissim
10-Nov-04 Prof Angela Shore
Dr Keith Collard
8-Sep-04 Dr Mark Jones
Prof Rex Tyrrell
23-Jun-04 Prof Peter Winlove
Dr Anne Loweth
21-Apr-04 Dr Jan Knight
Dr Nick Gutowski
10-Mar-04 Prof Chris Moody
Prof Edzard Ernst
4-Feb-04 Prof Jenny Littlechild
Prof Ernst Wulfert
10-Dec-03 Dr John Moody
Dr Nick Smirnoff
PENINSULA OXIDATIVE STRESS RESEARCH FORUM (POSReF)
Title Title of Talk
Insulin-stimulated nitric oxide production in human endothelial cells -
Lecturer, Cell & Molecular Biology, Peninsula Medical School an investigation into the signalling pathways involved
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Tagetting, William Harvey Generation of neo-antigenic epitopes after the post-translational
Research Institute, St Barts and The London School of modification of type II collagen by factors present within the inflamed
Medicine & Dentistry, London human joint
Director Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Science, Peninsula
Medical School Nitric oxide and microvascular endothelial dysfunction in diabetes
Senior Lecturer, School of Health Professionals, University of Blood transfusions, oxidative stress and chronic lung disease of
Plymouth (St Loye's, Exeter) prematurity
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Biological & The role of NADPH oxidases in plant cell morphogenesis
Chemical Science, University of Exeter
Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology, Department of Steps in the pathway of oxidant inducible gene expression - the
Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath haem oxygenase example
Professor of Biomedical Physics, School of Physics, Exeter
University Physical methods of investigating tissue nutrition and metabolism
University of Keele Mechanisms of nitric oxide damage in pancreatic beta-cells
Applications of Pholasin®-based assays to the measurement of
Managing Director, Knight Scientific Ltd, Plymouth oxidative stress
Peninsula Medical School & Consultant Neurologist, Royal Inflammatory neurodegenerative disease
Devon & Exeter
Head, School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, University Bioreductive drugs and cancer therapy
of Exeter
Professor of Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical Are there any micronutrient antioxidants that are effective in treating
School, Exeter human disease?
Professor of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Biocatalysis
Centre, School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Exeter Peroxiredoxin - structure and function
University
R&D Director, Hunter-Fleming Ltd, Pharmaceutical
Development Company, Bristol Steroid 7-hydroxylation and neuroprotection
Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Plymouth Antioxidant changes following carbon monoxide exposure in the rat
University heart
Reader, School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Exeter
University Ascorbic acid as an antioxidant
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Date Name of Speaker Title Title of Talk

15-Oct-03 Dr Alison Curnow
Dr Mark Burkitt
14-May-03 Prof Andy Demaine
Dr Claus Jacob
Lecturer, Peninsula Medical School, Cornwall Dermatology
Research Project
Senior Scientist, Gray Cancer Institute, Mount Vernon
Hospital, Middlesex
Professor of Biomolecular & Cellular Sciences
Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Exeter
University
Photosensitisers and UV-induced DNA damage
Reactive oxygen species in apoptosis - signalling molecules or an
elaborate side show?
Genetics of diabetic microvascular disease
Oxidative stress and redox catalysis