Event Details

DIGITAL WEBINAR

OBN BioTuesday, Tuesday 24th May 2022


'A Spotlight on the Latest Research and Innovation In

Ageing, Longevity, and Data'


We are pleased to announce details of our next OBN BioTuesday on 24 May hosted online and supported by The Catalyst in Newcastle - a beacon for data and healthy ageing innovation and home to both the UK's National Innovation Centre for the Ageing and the National Innovation Centre for Data, both hosted and funded by Newcastle University in partnership with UK Government.


In the last fifty years, life expectancy has increased dramatically thanks to advances in science, medicine, and public awareness. The population is living longer, but with it comes the challenge of improving Healthy Life Expectancy. This thriving ecosystem in Newcastle is at the very heart of driving research and creating solutions in the ageing and longevity space.


During this event, which will be presented digitally via zoom and the content recorded and available for further viewing, we will hear an update about the work and focus of Newcastle University in addressing the national and global challenges associated with an ageing population.


Keynote presenters on the night include:


Professor David Burn, Pro-Vice Chancellor at Newcastle University will share an insight into the latest age-related disease research at Newcastle University.


Professor Nic Palmarini, Director of the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageingwho help businesses harness the opportunities related to the longevity economy through human experience, ethics, data, collaboration, emerging technologies & innovative business model


Professor Paul Watson, Director of the National Innovation Centre for Data will share an update on how the NICD are helping organisations to innovate through data, as well as how their own research on sensors and data analysis are addressing the problems of ageing.


We will also hear a series of presentations from some of the most innovative companies in the Ageing, Longevity and Data in the North East Region, including:


Mike Trenell, Founder & CEO of Changing Health, who have developed a digital tools that provide those with chronic health conditions (such as diabetes, obesity and cancer) access to education, one-to-one advice, health tracking and decision informing advice - Mike is also an Honorary Professor of Digital Medicine at Newcastle University, UK


Nina Lauc, CEO of GlycanAge who provide tailored health advice based on the glycobiology of its users - and is the only biological age test that accurately measures the users unique response to lifestyle change.


David Weinkove, CEO/CSO of Magnitude Bioscienceswho provide a specialist service rapidly screening compounds for toxicity and their potential impact on longevity and age-related diseases using C.elegans and an automated imaging system.



Event Format:


18.00 Welcome, Wendy Tindsley, Innovation Director, Oxford Innovation

18.10 Keynote Presentations:

18.10 Professor David Burn, Vice Chancellor at Newcastle University

18.25 Professor Nic Palmarini, Director of the UK National Innovation Centre For Ageing

18.40 Professor Paul Watson, Director of the National Innovation Centre for Data


18.55 Company Presentations


18.55 Mike Trenell, Founder & CEO of Changing Health

19.05 Nina Lauc, CEO of GlycanAge

19.15 David Weinkove, CEO/CSO of Magnitude BioSciences


19.25 Audience Q&A

19.35 Event Close


About the Catalyst:

The Catalyst is a dynamic community that enables the creation of a supportive ecosystem between the innovation centres in our business space in Newcastle and commercial organisations, with a focus on delivering new insights through data analytics or delivering new products and services which help us to age well and for longer.





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Speakers

  • David Burn (Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University)

    David Burn

    Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University

    Professor David Burn took up the position of Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK in 2017. David is also Professor of Movement Disorders Neurology and Honorary Consultant Neurologist for Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Director of Newcastle Health Innovation Partners, our NIHR/NHS-E Academic Health Science Centre.
    His research has focused on dementia associated with Parkinson’s. David is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Emeritus NIHR Senior Investigator. He chairs the NIHR Translational Research Collaboration for Dementia. David has been Chair of the Northern Health Science Alliance Board since July 2018 and was President of the Association of British Neurologists 2019-21.

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  • Nina Lauch (CEO of GlycanAge LTD)

    Nina Lauch

    CEO of GlycanAge LTD

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  • Nic Palmarini (Director of the National Innovation Centre for Ageing at National Innovation Centre Ageing)

    Nic Palmarini

    Director of the National Innovation Centre for Ageing at National Innovation Centre Ageing

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  • Mike Trennell (Founder CEO of Changing Health)

    Mike Trennell

    Founder CEO of Changing Health

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  • Paul Watson (Director of the National Innovation Centre for Data at National Innovation Centre for Data)

    Paul Watson

    Director of the National Innovation Centre for Data at National Innovation Centre for Data

    Paul Watson FREng is Director of the UK's National Innovation Centre for Data, and Professor of Computer Science at Newcastle University. He is also a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute. After working in industry designing parallel database servers he moved to Newcastle University where his research and teaching has focussed on scalable data engineering. Professor Watson is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, and a Chartered Engineer. He received the 2014 Microsoft Jim Gray eScience Award.

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  • David Weinkove (Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Magnitude Biosciences)

    David Weinkove

    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Magnitude Biosciences

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