Scottish spinal research network meeting 2015

24^th November 2015

09.00	Welcome & Coffee
	*CLINICAL SESSION*	*CHAIR*	*DR JOHN RIDDELL*
09.10	Patient Pathway	Dr Alan McLean	Lead Clinician QENSIU
09.30	Changing demographics of spinal cord injury in Scotland	Dr Mariel Purcell	Consultant in Spinal Injuries QENSIU
09.50	Priorities of patients with spinal cord injuries	Ruth Walker	Aberdeen University
10.00	Ultra high field MRI: promise and pitfalls for imaging in spinal cord injury	Dr Jozien Goense	Senior research fellow (School of Psychology) GU
10.30	Coffee
	*REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY*	*CHAIR*	*DR MARIEL PURCELL*
10.45	Motor rehabilitation and assistive technology research in spinal cord injury at the University of Strathclyde	Prof Bernie Conway	Biomedical Engineering SU
11.20	Neurofeedback therapy of central pain: from laboratory to patient’s homes	Dr Aleksandra Vuckovic	Lecturer (Rehabilitation Engineering)GU
12.00	Lunch In Stepdown Unit QENSIU
	*CNS REPAIR*	*CHAIR*	*PROFESSOR CONWAY*
13.50	Afternoon Introduction Cell transplant strategies for spinal cord repair: current perspectives	Dr John Riddell	Senior Lecturer (Centre for Neuroscience) GU
14.30	The use of in vitro studies to identify novel strategies for CNS repair	Professor Sue Barnett	Cellular Neuroscience GU
1500	Coffee
	*BIOMEDICAL/CELL ENGINEERING*	*CHAIR*	*PROFESSOR BARNETT*
15.15	Biomaterials in spinal cord injury – an incomplete overview	Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez	Chair of Biomedical Engineering GU
15.45	Investigating combined strategies to improve PNS repair	Dr Mathis Riehle	Reader (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology) GU
16.15	Nanoscale approaches for skeletal regeneration using MSC’s	Prof Matt Dalby	Cell Engineering GU