Wellcome Strategic Support: Science award (WSSS)

Scientific Hybrid Meeting
Wednesday 14 September 2022

We are delighted to announce that our final WSSS scientific meeting, will take place in-person on Wednesday 14 September in the auditorium, Genome Campus, Hinxton.  This meeting will be a hybrid meeting, however, we very much hope that you will be able to attend in person.

Registration is now closed, those who have registered will be sent on the day logistics shortly.

 

Schedule

10:00-10:30 – Welcome and Introduction – Sarah Teichmann

10:30-12:00 – Session: Consortium reflection Chair: Katrina Gold

10:30-10:45 Infrastructure for a successful consortium – Paul Gibson

To cover: Operations (Project Management, Research Admin, CellGen Wet Lab, CellGen Informatics, and Data portals)

10:45-11:00 – Enabling the consortium – Menna Clatworthy

To cover: CBTM – how it benefitted from funding, how it has evolved to support HCA broadly, what does the future look like?

11:00-11:45 – Panel discussion – 11:00-11:45 – Lead PIs

Panel discussion – each lead PI on stage (Sarah, Muzz, Menna, David R, Magnus, Paul K, John M (tbc)) presents 1-2 slides on what each institute gained from being part of the WSSS consortium.

Discussion to cover:

  • What we felt went well as a consortium?
  • What lessons have we learned for the next consortium project?
  • What does the future look like?

12:00-13:00 Lunch/Posters

13:00-14:30 Scientific presentations – Chair: David Rowitch

To highlight key scientific insights from the project. Representation from all groups sought. 15 mins each.

  • Gut – Oxford – Celiac disease – Paul Klenerman
  • Lung – Sanger – Immune niche identification + SARS-CoV-2 highlights – Kerstin Meyer
  • Kidney/Bladder – Cambridge – Menna Clatworthy
  • Skin – Newcastle – V1 atlas in Science – Muzz Haniffa
  • Computational – EBI – Milo – Emma Dann
  • Leveraging WSSS data on foetal tissue & tumours – Sam Behjati

14:30-15:00 Tea/Coffee break

15:00-16:30 Careers and Culture – Individual Scientist perspective – Chair: Paul Klenerman

Talks from researchers – what did they gain from the consortium? How has this shaped their ways of thinking and doing things? How did this directly impact their science? 15 mins each

  • Kenny Roberts (Sanger) – Spatial technology development
  • Clarisse Garnier (KCL) – Research group experience
  • Nicholas Provine (Oxford) – Tech development and Clinical Genomics – Leveraging the consortium to branch out to new technologies and the impact on the clinic
  • Ben Stewart (Cambridge) – Impact of consortium on Clinical studies
  • Rasa Elmentaite (Sanger) – Insights to translational PoV
  • Simone Webb (Newcastle) – PhD to Postdoc progression – leveraging foetal immune studies

16:30-16:45 Close – Sarah Teichmann

Schedule (PDF)

Poster Session

We invite you to present a poster during the event to highlight the work you and your teams have contributed to the WSSS project.

Poster Board dimensions:  AO (841mm X 1189mm)

Please indicate you intent to present a poster on the registration form.  A title will be required to secure your poster board which will be allocated on a first come first serve.

Who can attend?

Please ensure you share the registration link with all members of your WSSS team who wish to attend the event.

Virtual Attendance

In advance of the event, login details to access the online streaming portal will be sent.  You will be unable to access the portal if you have not pre registered.