Conference Presentations

Oral Presentations

• RNA Away Day 2024

  • Date: 11 Mar 2024
  • Location: AMEX Stadium, Brighton
  • Presentation title: "The ALS-associated TDP-43-M337V mutation dysregulates microglia-derived extracellular microRNAs in a sex-specific manner"

• (Invited) XII Academic Conference of the Doctorate in Biomedical Sciences

  • Date: 5 Sep 2023
  • Location: University of Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Presentation title: "Investigating the contribution of impaired axonal transport to the pathology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis"

• (Invited) Master Neurosciences Seminar Series

  • Date: 15 Mar 2023
  • Location: University of Caen Normandy, France
  • Presentation title: "Investigating the contributions of impaired cytoplasmic dynein 1, TDP-43, and microglia-derived microRNA to the pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis"

• Life Sciences PhD Careers Symposium

  • Date: 1 Jul 2022
  • Location: University of Sussex, England
  • Presentation title: "Cytoplasmic dynein defects cause reduced muscle strength and motor coordination, aberrant neuromuscular junction formation and TDP-43 mislocalisation"

• Sussex Neuroscience PhD Symposium

  • Date: 11 Jul 2019
  • Location: University of Sussex, England
  • Presentation title: "Optimising the visualisation of calcium activity in the white matter of the brain post-surgery"

• Undergraduate Honours Project Conference Day

  • Date: 13 Dec 2017
  • Location: University of Glasgow, Scotland
  • Presentation title: "Therapeutic potential of angiotensin-(1-7) following stroke in hypertensive rats"

• MSci Conference Day

  • Date: 11 Oct 2017
  • Location: University of Glasgow, Scotland
  • Presentation title: "Magnetoencephalogram-derived physiological data for the identification of first-episode psychosis patients"

• The 10th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference

  • Date: 30 Mar 2017
  • Location: University of Glasgow, Scotland
  • Presentation title: "Heart Rate Variability in Schizophrenia and Clinical-High-Risk Individuals"

• Let's Talk about [X]: An Undergraduate Research Conference

  • Date: 15 Feb 2017
  • Location: University of Glasgow
  • Presentation title: "Why More People Should Be Interested In The Brain-Heart Relationship"

  Watch me on the trailer for this conference in this YouTube video

Poster Presentations

• School of Life Sciences Research Symposium

  • Date: 17 Jan 2023
  • Location: University of Sussex
  • Poster title: "Cytoplasmic dynein 1 defects cause reduced muscle strength and motor coordination, aberrant neuromuscular junction formation and TDP-43 mislocalisation"
  • Poster authors: E Christoforidouᵃ, FA Simoesᵃ, L Dupuis, M Hafezparast (ᵃCo-first authors)

• Neuroscience Postgraduate Welcome Poster Session

  • Date: 28 Sep 2022
  • Location: University of Sussex
  • Poster title: "Cytoplasmic dynein 1 defects cause reduced muscle strength and motor coordination, aberrant neuromuscular junction formation and TDP-43 mislocalisation"
  • Poster authors: E Christoforidouᵃ, FA Simoesᵃ, L Dupuis, M Hafezparast (ᵃCo-first authors)

• European Network to Cure ALS

  • Date: 1 Jun 2022
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Poster title: "Cytoplasmic dynein 1 defects cause reduced muscle strength and motor coordination, aberrant neuromuscular junction formation and TDP-43 mislocalisation"
  • Poster authors: E Christoforidouᵃ, FA Simoesᵃ, L Dupuis, M Hafezparast (ᵃCo-first authors)

• Life Sciences PhD Careers Symposium

  • Date: 30 Jun 2021
  • Location: University of Sussex
  • Poster title: "The Role of Dynein in Microglial Activation"
  • Poster authors: E Christoforidou, M Hafezparast

• Neuroscience Postgraduate Welcome Poster Session

  • Date: 2 Oct 2019
  • Location: University of Sussex
  • Poster title: "Potential of Microglia as a Source of microRNAs in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis"
  • Poster authors: E Christoforidou, M Hafezparast