Professor Derek Mann
Dean of Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Newcastle University, UK.
Derek Mann is a molecular cell biologist trained at University College London (PhD) and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge (postdoc). In 2006 he was appointed Professor of Hepatology at Newcastle University following academic posts leading up to a personal Chair at the University of Southampton. He leads the Newcastle Fibrosis Research Group that take multi-disciplinary and multi-organ approaches to illuminate the molecular mechanisms leading to fibrosis and cancer in chronically injured tissues. The aim being to translate this research into therapeutics for chronic diseases of the liver and other organs. His notable discoveries in hepatology to date include functions for serotonin and angiotensin systems in liver fibrosis, epigenetic and transcriptional control of myofibroblast phenotype and function, epigenetic inheritance as a determinant of fibrogenesis in liver disease and the role of NF-kB and neutrophils in liver ageing and cancer. Derek has published in excess of 160 publications that according to Scopus have to date accrued a total of 7,000 citations and an h-index of 51. In 2016 he was appointed Dean of Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Newcastle University and in 2017 was elected a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences in recognition of his contributions to medical sciences.
(Sat 13:30-15:00 Elston Room) Session 1: Welcome Plenary
(13:40-14:10) Epigenetics in Chronic Liver Disease; Towards Biomarkers & Therapeutic Strategies
(Mon 10:30-12:30 Elston Room) Session 10: “Cutting Edge” Plenary
(10:30-11:00) Exercise as an Intervention in Inflammation-Driven Liver Ageing & Disease
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