Programme: Friday 15th February 2019 (9am -5pm), Durkan Lecture Theatre, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute
08.30	REGISTRATION & COFFEE
08.55	WELCOME
09.00	SESSION 1	Chair: Prof. John Reynolds is Prof. of Clinical Surgery at St. James's Hospital Prof. Maeve Lowery, Consultant Medical Oncologist, St. James’s Hospital and TCD Clinical implications of germline genetic testing in GI cancers
09.30		Prof. Jacintha O'Sullivan, Professor in Translational Oncology, TCD Targeting angiogenesis in the tumour microenvironment
10.00		Dr. Sharon O'Toole, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Histopathology, TCD Personalised medicine approaches in gynaecological cancers
10.30	BREAK
11.00	SESSION 2	Chair: Dr. Stephen Maher, Ussher Assistant Professor, Surgery, TCD Prof. Stephen Finn, Associate Professor Consultant, Histopathology The liquid biopsy: circulating tumour DNA for lung cancer management. Promises and pitfalls
11.30		Prof. Mark Tangney, Principal Investigator within the Cork Cancer Research Centre, UCC Microbiota & Cancer – What?, So What?, Now What?
12.00		Dr. Patrick G. Buckley, Director, GMI Genomics Centre Impact of molecular pathology on the stratification and treatment of brain tumours
12.30	LUNCH
13.15	SESSION 3	Chair: Prof. Orla Sheils, Prof. of Molecular Diagnostics, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, TCD Post-Doctoral Research blitz
14.00	SESSION 4	Chair: Prof. Derek Doherty, Head of Immunology, TCD Prof. Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology, TCD Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
14.30		Prof. Elizabeth Connolly, Consultant Breast Surgeon, St. James’s Hospital Familial breast cancer
15.00	SESSION 5	Chair: Dr. Stephen Smith, Associate Professor Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, TCD Post-Graduate Research blitz
15.45	KEYNOTE	Chair: Prof. Orla Sheils, Prof. of Molecular Diagnostics, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, TCD Prof. Laurent-Puig, Professor at the Paris Descartes University Medical School, France. Director of SIRIC (Integrated Cancer Research Site) & CARPEM (Cancer research for Personalised Medecine) Deciphering the molecular heterogeneity of colon cancer from bench to bed side
16.30		Awards Presentation

• Prof. Pierre Laurent-Puig Professor at the Paris Descartes University Medical School, France
• Prof. Mark Tangney Principal Investigator within the Cork Cancer Research Centre, UCC
• Prof. Kingston Mills Professor of Experimental Immunology, TCD
• Prof. Elizabeth Connolly Consultant Breast Surgeon, St. James’s Hospital
• Prof. Maeve Lowery Associate Professor Consultant, Histopathology, St. James’s Hospital and TCD
• Prof. Stephen Finn Consultant Medical Oncologist at St James Hospital, St. James’s Hospital and TCD
• Prof. Jacintha OSullivan Professor in Translational Oncology TCD
• Prof. Aiden Corvin Prof. Consultant/Head of Discipline (Psychiatry) - TTMI, TCD
• Prof. Orla Sheils Prof. of Molecular Diagnostics - TTMI, TCD
• Dr. Stephen Smith Associate Professor, Clinical Microbiology, TCD
• Dr. Stephen Maher Ussher Assistant Professor, Surgery, TCD
• Dr. Sharon OToole Senior Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Histopathology, TCD
• Dr. Patrick Buckley Director of the Genomics Centre at GMI
• Prof. Derek Doherty Head of Immunology, TCD

Getting Here:

Transport

Car Parking

Parking in the hospital grounds is extremely limited. The following link facilitates an oversight of parking facilities within the hospital: click here. 

Dublin Bus Transport

The Trinity Translational Medicine Institute within the grounds of St. James’s Hospital is serviced by a number of bus routes from Dublin city centre:

• Bus Route No. 123 travels through the hospital grounds and stops midway as indicated in the map (PDF 293 kB). 
• Bus Route No. 40 & 13 stop at the hospital entrance on James’s Street as highlighted in the map (PDF 293 kB).

Fares:

Please note that Dublin Bus accepts exact change only for payment of Fares in cash.
Alternatively you can buy a Leap Card or Bus Passes, for more details visit www.dublinbus.ie  or call +353 (0)1 873 4222 for more information on local Dublin Bus routes.

Luas

The Luas provides fast, safe and reliable transfers from Dublin City Centre to the Trinity Translational Medicine Institute within the grounds of St. James’s Hospital via the Red Line. This line also serves Heuston and Connolly Stations.

Luas Stop: James’s Stop – see map (PDF 293 kB).

Tram Times:

Monday – Friday: 5.40 am to 11.50 pm Saturday: 6.40 am to 11.50 pm Sunday & Bank Holidays: 7.10 am to 10.50 pm.

Tram Frequency:

Peak Times: Every 9 – 10 minutes
Off-Peak Times: Every 10 – 15 minutes

For full service details please visit www.luas.ie

Train Services

Dublin is served by two main railway stations: Connolly Station and Heuston Stations. It is recommend that you take the Luas red line from these stations in the direction of ‘Tallaght’ or ‘Saggart’ to the James’s Luas stop – see map (PDF 293 kB)
For more information visit www.irishrail.ie; and refer to the ‘Luas’ section for further details on the service provided.

Taxi

The hospital main concourse, discharge lounge area and Emergency Department have courtesy phones to facilitate calling local taxis. This services is available on a 24/7 basis with no call out charge.

Dublin Bike

There are 40 Dublin Bikes stations distributed throughout the city centre to enable easy access and optimal use. Located in close proximity to each other, every station has a minimum of 15 stands in place.
One station is located in the Hospital Grounds as indicated on the map (PDF 293 kB)

For a list of bike stations and information on subscriptions click here.

Trinity Translational Medicine Institute,
Trinity Centre for Health Sciences,
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin,
St. James’s Hospital,
Dublin 8,
Ireland.
T: +353 1 896 3268
E: ttmi@tcd.ie
W: www.tcd.ie/ttmi

Online Registration has now closed – however, there will be some capacity to register (in person) tomorrow morning.