Dr Maria Kyrgiou
Dr Maria Kyrgiou is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London and Consultant Gynaecologist and Gynaecologic Oncologist at the West London Gynaecological Cancer Centre, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust.
The primary focus of her research is traslational research in gynaecological cancers, in particular cervical and endometrial cancer. She has led research into the impact of treatment for cervical pre-invasive and early invasive cervical disease on reproductive outcomes and the clinical use of HPV biomarkers in personalising the management of women with abnormal findings at screening. She has an interest in the role of obesity and metabolic disorders in endometrial tumorigenesis.
Katri Korpela
Aletta Kraneveld
In 2016 Aletta Kraneveld (MSc Pharmacy & pharmacologist) was appointed as full professor Interdisciplinary Translational Pharmacology at the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Utrecht University. She has published >120 papers (H-index: 42). Besides science, she is/has been an active member of several boards of (inter)national scientific and societal organizations (Dutch Society of Pharmacology, EPHAR, IUPHAR, Netherlands Federation of Innovative Drug research; Diversity committee UU; Food Lives-NL).
Kraneveld’s current research interests involve targeting the interaction between innate and adaptive immunity as well as host-microbiome interactions in chronic (inflammatory) diseases with pharmaceutical as well as nutritional interventions. The Kraneveld group is focusing research to in depth study the role of the gut-immune-brain-axis in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. Results will further enhance the knowledge of the interaction of microbiome with the immune and nervous systems in chronic conditions in the gut and CNS. Aletta Kraneveld has set up a program that is a (inter)national neuro-immune platform where academia, patient organisations and industry meet for research on the gut-immune-brain axis as target for medicine and medical food concepts.
Ian MacLeod
Ian is a UK and European Patent Attorney and his practice covers a wide range of biotechnological subject-matter, with particular focus on live biotherapeutics, biomarker diagnostics, vaccines, antibody therapeutics, and antisense nucleotides.
Ian enjoys working for a range of clients, from multinational pharmaceutical firms to a number of university spin-outs and start-ups, many of which he has helped for years as their businesses develop. As such, Ian has extensive experience drafting and filing patent applications to build up portfolios and then coordinating the prosecution of applications around the world. Ian also has a substantial opposition practice and represents his clients defending and opposing key patents, in particular at the European Patent Office.
Simon Blackmore
Simon Blackmore is a key figure in the development of Precision Farming and agricultural robotics, with a world-wide reputation. Simon is currently Professor and Head of Robotics and Automation, Agri-Epi Centre at Harper Adams University, Director of the National Centre for Precision Farming and managed the European FutureFarm project.
Simon has extensive experience of multidisciplinary collaboration across universities, commercial partnerships and research projects including autonomous tractors, laser weeding, robotic phenotyping and robotic harvesting.
Simon holds seven Chairs around the world and gives many national and international keynote presentations. Simon leads the research in the UK on agricultural robotics.
Simon personal research focuses on improving Precision Farming by developing more intelligent machines and processes, and making crop production more efficient and sustainable.
Dr. Huub Schepers
Dr. Fideline Tchuenbou-Magaia
Dr Fideline Tchuenbou-Magaia is a senior lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. She has more than 10 year experience in formulation engineering with focus on encapsulation and controlled release of molecules. Dr Tchuenbou-Magaia has developed controlled release formulations with application primarily in food and nutraceuticals, oral healthcare and cosmetics, agrochemical, energy storage and carbon capture. Further information about Dr Tchuenbou-Magaia can be found on the University of Wolverhampton website, https://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/all-faculty-staff/school-of-engineering-staff/dr-fideline-laure-tchuenbou-magaia/
Ketan Mehta
