Sessions
Using the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium as a biomedical model: An innovative approach to help children with intractable epilepsy
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Fri
Amoeba Tastes Bitter - A novel non-animal model for bitterness research
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM Fri
Prof Williams graduated with a PhD in molecular cell biology at the University of Melbourne (Australia) in 1994, and pursed subsequent postdoctoral positions at St Andrews University and University College London (UCL) in the UK, followed by an independent Wellcome Trust Career Development fellowship at UCL. He moved to Royal Holloway University of London in 2006, where he is now Professor of Molecular Cell Biology and Head of Biomedical Sciences, and he continues his research into areas of molecular cell biology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and drug development, with a focus on 3Rs approaches using the social amoeba Dictyostelium.