BioNEt Event

Friday 29 June, 12.00-5.00 pm, Room 2.22, Research Beehive, Old Library Building, Newcastle University. Everyone welcome. Attendance, refreshments and lunch are free. Register for event and state if you plan to display a poster by emailing Natasha Taylor

Neuroactive Compounds: Modes of Action and Potential Pharmacological Applications

Programme

12.00 Lunch and registration

12.40 Welcome

Chair: Prof Colin Ingram, Neurology, Neurobiology & Psychiatry, Newcastle University
12.45 Natural products as templates for novel neuroactives
Dr Paul Chazot, Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Durham University
13.10 New behavioural tests and concepts for psychoactive drug development
Dr Abdel Ennaceur, Pharmacy, University of Sunderland
13.35 Cannabis, a psychoactive drug?
Dr Jose Prieto-Garcia, Pharmaceutical & Biological Chemistry, The School of Pharmacy, University of London
14.00 Developing smoking cessation aids - a preclinical perspective
Dr Mohammed Shoaib, Neurology, Neurobiology & Psychiatry, Newcastle University

14.25 Tea/coffee and poster session

Chair: Dr Ed Okello, Agriculture, Food & Rural Development, Newcastle University
15.00 Development of compounds to control neural differentiation
Dr Stefan Przyborski, Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Durham University
15.25 Endocannabinoids and the expression appetite: prospects for obesity treatments
Dr Sonia Tucci, Psychology, University of Liverpool
15.50 New ways forward for drug therapy in neurosciences
Prof Michael Spedding, Institute of Research Servier, France

16.40 Closing remarks

17.00 Close

Supported by CELS Ltd, European Regional Development Fund and One NorthEast

Abstract

The study of neuroactive compounds provides a significant scientific basis for our understanding of the physiology and pharmacology of the Central Nervous System. Neuroactive compounds modulate various physiological processes such as CNS disorders, anxiety, pain, obesity, inflammation, hypertension and various coronary indications.

The purpose of this half-day symposium is to evaluate current research activities in this area and to stimulate regional and national interdisciplinary collaborations.