REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO JUNE 14!
Programme
26th June
Satellite venue 1:
Main venue 2:
10:30 – 11:00
Satellite Event registration 1
11:00 – 13:00
Satellite Event (ESP/sPA)
Book presentation: “Seis problemas que la ciencia no puede resolver” by Prof Sonia Contera
“Coloquio”: Chaired by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, University of Edinburgh, in Conversation with Candela Antón de Vez
15:00 – 17:00
Satellite Event
Oxford Architecture Walking Tour: Heritage and Modernity. Led by Íñigo Cornago, David Egea and Adrián López.
Registration required, reserve your spot here!
17:30 – 18:00
Symposium Registration 2
18:00 – 18:45
Opening Ceremony
- Dr Ana Aragón González, Chair, 13th SRUK/CERU International Symposium
- HE Ms Emma Aparici Vázquez de Parga, Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom
- Dr Eva Ortega Paíno, Secretary General for Research, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain
- Prof Constantin Coussios, Pro‑Vice‑Chancellor for Innovation, University of Oxford
- Mr Víctor Ugarte Farrerons, Director of Instituto Cervantes London
- Representative, Fundación Ramón Areces, Spain
- Representative, Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN), Spain
- Representative, Fundación San Millán de la Cogolla, Spain
- Dr Carlos Soler Montes, SRUK/CERU President
18:45 – 19:30
Dr Sara García Alonso
Biotechnology: From the Laboratory to Space
19:30 – 21:00
Reception With Dinosaurs
An immersive evening reception among the museum’s collections
Telescope session
Sponsored by PlanetariumGO!
21:30 – 00:00
Informal Social gathering
27th June
Main venue 3:
08:30 – 09:00
Registration 3
09:00 – 09:45
Dr Jorge Català
Merit Award SRUK/CERU 2026
09:45 – 11:00
Short talks selected from abstract submissions
Short talks (15 mins)
- Paula Milan Rois, University of Cambridge, Protein nanoparticles for delivering combined therapy against lung cancer
- Javier Gallego, MOVEX, Unlikely connections: dialogue networks to innovate
Flash talks (5 mins)
- Raquel Manzano Garcia, University of Cambridge, nf-core/rnadnavar: A reproducible pipeline for detecting cancer mutations in RNA-seq data
- Fco. Ismael Román Moreno, University of Granada and Mattew Arnold School, The Mycelium network: a methodology that connects the entire community
- Inmaculada De Dios Pérez, University of Birmingham, From Polysaccharides to Translational Biomaterials. An Academic Adaptation Story
- Iria González-Becerra, Centre for Languages, Culture & Communication and Paula Ordoñez Suarez, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. Raising the Profile of Spanish as a Language for/of Science, one Student at a Time
- Julia Sanchez-Garrido, Imperial College London, Look Before You Leap: Checking Whether Drug Targets Are Actually There When It Matters
- Íñigo Cornago Bonal, Central Saint Martins – University of the Arts, London, How to build with time? Learning from Bimanagar, its inhabitants, and BV Doshi
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30
Round table: Partnerships that drive innovation
- Dr Sara Alvira de Celis, University of Bristol, Chair
- Dr Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo, University of Manchester
- José Jiménez Garrido, PlanetariumGO!
- Jorge Gárriz Fernández, Instituto Cervantes London
- Rodrigo Valgañón Domínguez, AVS, URA Thrusters
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch, Posters & Coffee
14:00 – 17:00
SRUK/CERU Annual General Meeting
SRUK/CERU members only
18:00 – 19:00
Concert
Sponsored by Instituto Cervantes
19:00 – 23:00
Pint of Science, Arts and Social Dinner.
(5 mins)
- Nerea Borreguero Muñoz, Industry, Closing critical gaps in HPV vaccination and screening
- Laura Cano Aroca, University of Edinburgh, Unveiling the Hidden Proteome: Translation of Circular RNAs During Oncogenic Herpesvirus Infection
- Victoria García Giner, Rosalind Franklin Institute, From war planes to synchrotrons: the extraordinary afterlife of a wartime airfield
- Alvaro Lopez-Acosta, University of Cambridge, PHOTOLIFE – Photochemical resilience of cell membranes: defining boundaries for life on Earth and beyond
- Montserrat Vallet Buisan, University of Oxford, The Missing Half of Reproductive Health: Why Men’s Reproductive Health is a Women’s Health Issue
- Javier Pardo Diaz and Igor Arrieta, Red de Asociaciones de Investigadores y Científicos Españoles en el Exterior, RAICEX: Seven Years Connecting Spanish Science Across Borders
- Maria Delgado-Ortet, University of Edinburgh, Before the tumour forms: mapping the hidden cellular changes driving cholangiocarcinoma
- Mireia Ginesta Fernandez, University of Oxford, Who pays for climate change impacts? Linking extreme weather events to climate change to inform compensation
28th June
Main venue 3:
09:00 – 09:45
Careers Seminar
Academy and Industry by Dr Nerea Borreguero Muñoz, Industry
09:45- 10:15
Coffee break
10:15 – 10:45
Candela Antón de Vez
Stories by the Fire: Narratives as Allies of Science Communication
10:45 – 11:15
Dr Marta Domínguez-Prieto
High-Content Imaging Screening for Phenotypic Profiling in Biomedical Research
11:15 – 12:00
Workshop
“Communication in Collaboration” by Dr Emma Lalande, University of Oxford
12:00 – 13:00
Awards & End of Symposium
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
Take-away boxes provided
14:00
Punting!
Subject to availability
All sessions are in English unless otherwise stated