EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER (ECR) MEETING
Friday 17th February 2023
Meet the postgraduate organisers
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
ECR symposium 2023 was organised by a joint effort of postgraduate researchers at the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde with the support of an undergraduate sub-committee.
Rebecca Budgett
University of Glasgow
Becca is a final year molecular pharmacology PhD student at the University of Glasgow's Centre for Translational Pharmacology. Her research focuses on the type 5 metabotropic glutamate receptor as a potential drug target for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
Marco Bonfanti
University of Strathclyde
Marco is a second year pharmacology PhD student at the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS). He is currently characterising the presence of protease activated receptor 4 in mitochondria and its impact in cardiovascular function.
Bethany Strellis
University of Glasgow
Beth is a third year PhD student at the University of Glasgow within the Centre for Translational Pharmacology. Her PhD research is on determining the role of phosphorylation of the mGlu5 receptor, a receptor linked to neurodegeneration.
Ashley McCulloch
University of Strathclyde
Ashley is a final year PhD student based in SIPBS. Her PhD is looking at how cancer treatments affect the heart, focusing on endothelial cells and the JNK pathway. Her main area of interest is cardiotoxicity.
Kirsty Tinto
University of Strathclyde
Kirsty is a first year pharmacology PhD student in SIPBS at the University of Strathclyde with a focus on non-canonical NFkB signalling pathways in cancer and cardiovascular cell function.
Undergraduate Sub-Committee
Oscar Lavery, Alexander James Stewart, Alice Crilly, Hamza Maqsood, Martina Nuneva, Emily Thompson, Kirstie Howat, Eilidh Cowan, Anita Anameje, Jessica Anameje, Shahd Nasrallah and Nikolaos Koutavas.