The event was open to all NDS staff and students and provided an opportunity for early- and mid‑career researchers to present their work and highlight the diversity of research taking place across the department. Around 50 people attended the morning sessions, which featured a programme of 15‑minute presentations by research staff, with an award presented for the best talk. The winning talk on 'Prolonged fWIT is associated with metabolic and protease dysregulation affecting the proximal tubules of DCD kidneys' was presented by Rebecca Vaughan.
Following a lunch sponsored by Thermo Fisher, a collaborative workshop took place in the afternoon. Participants worked in small groups to discuss and strengthen nascent research proposals before presenting them back to the department in a final pitch. These pitches were reviewed by a panel of senior members of the department, including Jo Snoek, John Gilbert and Karl Smith‑Byrne.
The winning pitch was delivered by Srinivasa Rao, Vikas Sud, Vidhula Ahire and Audrey Au Yong. Their proposal focused on assessing T exhausted cell populations and T regulatory cell populations in liver tumour‑draining lymph nodes, and the effect of radiation on these populations. The team aims to present their findings at the end of the grant term.
As part of the prize, the winning team received £3,000 for research consumables along with a 50% discount on 10x Genomics reagents.
Representatives from sponsors 10x Genomics and Thermo Fisher were in attendance throughout the day and were available to speak with participants during networking breaks.
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| Amit Mandal | Vikas Sud |
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| Helen Stark | Rebecca Vaughan, John Gilbert, Jo Snoek |
