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#LTAX24

20 & 21 March

10:00 - 16:00 | 237 A&B Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)
11 Chapel Lane, Western Site, G11 6EW

Day 1 - Wednesday 20th March

Present Time	Speaker	Title
10:30	Dr James Rowe, Dr Mona O'Brien & Dr Aleix Tura Vecino	Let's Talk About [X]
10:40	Shantanu Kothamasi	Unraveling a Ghost Lineage: Exploring Big Cat Evolution's Impact on Conservation and Ecosystem Balance
11:00	Kavya Srinivasan	Bet on Tomorrow: Unveiling the Global Saga of Online Gambling
11:20	Hebatalla Kamaluddin Nurdin	Is the Danube Delta Experiencing Eutrophication? - Exploring Human and Natural Factors Impacting Nutrient Levels
11:40		BREAK
12:00	Ellen Hunt	The marriage between science and the arts: Analysis of culturally significant objects containing early synthetic dyes.
12:20	Danila Leonardi	The difference a diagnosis makes on student's perceptions of their female autistic peers
12:40		LUNCH
13:20	Iris Tsui	Law and Order in Utopian/Dystopian Fiction
13:40	Caroline Sharp	How to investigate our (dis)connection with the Natural World
14:00	Hasitha Senevirathne	Liver-on-a-chip: A Microfluidic Platform for Human Liver Slice Culture
14:20		BREAK
14:30	Melzie Ghendrih	Anticipating the explosion of massive stars: Pre-Supernova neutrino detection at Super-Kamiokande
14:50	Jan Wieczorek	Gradient Descent – theory and practice: investigating the operation of an algorithm critical for development of modern AI systems, such as ChatGPT, under certain modelling assumptions.
15:10	Paloma Viegas	Breaking the Silence: Unveiling the Humanity Within Prostitution Legislation
15:30	Dr James Rowe, Dr Mona O'Brien & Dr Aleix Tura Vecino	Let's Talk About [X]

Present Time	Speaker	Year of study	Subject Area	Title
10:30	Dr James Rowe, Dr Mona O'Brien & Dr Aleix Tura Vecino		Welcome Talk	Let's Talk About [X]
10:40	Shantanu Kothamasi	3rd	Mechanical Engineering	Unraveling a Ghost Lineage: Exploring Big Cat Evolution's Impact on Conservation and Ecosystem Balance
11:00	Kavya Srinivasan	2nd	Common Law	Bet on Tomorrow: Unveiling the Global Saga of Online Gambling
11:20	Hebatalla Kamaluddin Nurdin	2nd	Biochemistry	Is the Danube Delta Experiencing Eutrophication? - Exploring Human and Natural Factors Impacting Nutrient Levels
11:40				BREAK
12:00	Ellen Hunt	5th	Chemistry	The marriage between science and the arts: Analysis of culturally significant objects containing early synthetic dyes.
12:20	Danila Leonardi	4th	Psychology	The difference a diagnosis makes on student's perceptions of their female autistic peers
12:40				LUNCH
13:20	Iris Tsui	2nd	Common Law & English Literature	Law and Order in Utopian/Dystopian Fiction
13:40	Caroline Sharp	4th	Psychology	How to investigate our (dis)connection with the Natural World
14:00	Hasitha Senevirathne	5th	Biomedical Engineering	Liver-on-a-chip: A Microfluidic Platform for Human Liver Slice Culture
14:20				BREAK
14:30	Melzie Ghendrih	5th	Physics & Astronomy	Anticipating the explosion of massive stars: Pre-Supernova neutrino detection at Super-Kamiokande
14:50	Jan Wieczorek	5th	Computing Science	Gradient Descent – theory and practice: investigating the operation of an algorithm critical for development of modern AI systems, such as ChatGPT, under certain modelling assumptions.
15:10	Paloma Viegas	3rd	Common Law	Breaking the Silence: Unveiling the Humanity Within Prostitution Legislation
15:30	Dr James Rowe, Dr Mona O'Brien & Dr Aleix Tura Vecino		Exit Talk	Let's Talk About [X]

Day 2 - Thursday 21st March

Present Time	Speaker	Title
10:30	Dr James Rowe, Dr Mona O'Brien & Dr Aleix Tura Vecino	Let's Talk About [X]
10:40	Luka Avramovic	Reframing Rwandan Development: A Study of Culture and Ethnicity
11:00	Keziah Shaji	Getting Closer to Solving the Million-Dollar Question of the Solar Corona
11:20	Sanskar Ranglani	Using an Individual’s Genetic Architecture for Diabetes to Predict Whether They Will Develop Dementia
11:40		BREAK
12:00	Hannah Badr	Modelling the Relationship Between Intestinal Disease and Sleep in Fruit Flies
12:20	Ruby Summers	Looking to Nature: Designing and Manufacturing a Spider-inspired Stethoscope
12:40		LUNCH
13:20	Stephanie Mengoa-Fleming and Abbie Greenwood	Does Science back the benefits of ASMR? Exploring Affection vs Aversion through biological responses
13:40	Leah Clark	Mothers’ Negative Experiences of Childbirth from the 1950s to the Present Day
14:00	Masha Baidachna	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Automating Dental Smile Analysis with AI in Smart Mirrors
14:20		BREAK
14:30	Cleona Ng	Hong Kong’s political challenges through the camera lens: the people’s reaction
14:50	Paula Moreño López	Exploring Gender-Based Violence: A Feminist Analysis of Non-Conventional Forms of Violence in Spanish and Scottish Policies
15:10	Lovisa Sigfridsson and Alexandra Arnmark	A Prime Keeper of Secrets
15:30	Dr James Rowe, Dr Mona O'Brien & Dr Aleix Tura Vecino	Let's Talk About [X]

Present Time	Speaker	Year of study	Subject Area	Title
10:30	Dr James Rowe, Dr Mona O'Brien & Dr Aleix Tura Vecino		Welcome Talk	Let's Talk About [X]
10:40	Luka Avramovic	4th	Politics	Reframing Rwandan Development: A Study of Culture and Ethnicity
11:00	Keziah Shaji	3rd	Physics & Astrophysics	Getting Closer to Solving the Million-Dollar Question of the Solar Corona
11:20	Sanskar Ranglani	5th	Neuroscience	Using an Individual’s Genetic Architecture for Diabetes to Predict Whether They Will Develop Dementia
11:40				BREAK
12:00	Hannah Badr	4th	Biochemistry	Modelling the Relationship Between Intestinal Disease and Sleep in Fruit Flies
12:20	Ruby Summers	5th	Biomedical Engineering	Looking to Nature: Designing and Manufacturing a Spider-inspired Stethoscope
12:40				LUNCH
13:20	Stephanie Mengoa-Fleming and Abbie Greenwood	4th	Neuroscience	Does Science back the benefits of ASMR? Exploring Affection vs Aversion through biological responses
13:40	Leah Clark	3rd	Economic and Social History	Mothers’ Negative Experiences of Childbirth from the 1950s to the Present Day
14:00	Masha Baidachna	2nd	Computing Science	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Automating Dental Smile Analysis with AI in Smart Mirrors
14:20				BREAK
14:30	Cleona Ng	3rd	Politics & Sociology	Hong Kong’s political challenges through the camera lens: the people’s reaction
14:50	Paula Moreño López	4th	International Relations & Sociology	Exploring Gender-Based Violence: A Feminist Analysis of Non-Conventional Forms of Violence in Spanish and Scottish Policies
15:10	Lovisa Sigfridsson and Alexandra Arnmark	2nd	Mathematics	A Prime Keeper of Secrets
15:30	Dr James Rowe, Dr Mona O'Brien & Dr Aleix Tura Vecino		Exit Talk	Let's Talk About [X]

10:30

12:40

Event opens

Presentations (10 mins each)

Lunch break

13:20

Presentations (10 mins each)

Programme

10:00

16:00

Wrap-up

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