Venue: Sheffield United Football Club
Following the success of its first year, the Bionow Neuroscience conference was back at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. More than 110 delegates came together to highlight the strengths in the discovery, development and commercialisation of neuroscience treatments and technologies across the north of England and beyond.
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The 2025 Neuroscience conference was sponsored by ApconiX and the University of Sheffield.
Agenda highlights:
Keynote Speakers
- Simon Stott, Director of Research, Cure Parkinsons
- Fiona Ducotterd, CSO (Department of Neuromuscular Diseases), Alzheimer's Research UK
State of the Nation Panel
Chair: Heather Mortiboys, Head of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield
Speakers
- Simon Stott, Director of Research, Cure Parkinsons
- Anu Sethi, Director of Business Development, Sterling Pharma
- Cassie Doherty, Investment Director, Northern Gritstone
- Martin de Kort, Scientific Officer, REMDi4ALL
- Sara Imariso, Strategy Leader - Neuroscience, Medicines Discovery Catapult
Translational Neuroscience and Commercialisation
Chair: Nicholas Coltman, Deputy Head of Safety Science, ApconiX
Speakers
- Neil Miller, CEO, NRG Therapeutics
- Simon Chandler, CEO, Rinri Therapeutics
- Jennifer Fletcher, Research Associate, b-neuro
Psychiatric Disorders
Chair: Laura Ajram, Chief Executive, British Neuroscience Association
Speakers
- Nick Sireau, CEO, Serenatis Bio
- Kiri Granger, Co-Founder & CSO, Monument Therapeutics
- Dimitri F. Dimitriou, Executive Chairman, Neurentis
- Ekta Patel, Partnership Manager - Neuroscience, Medicines Discovery Catapult
Poster Spotlight
Poster Competition Announcement
Patient Perspective
Chair: Nick Sireau, Co-Founder & Chair, Orchard OCD
Patient: Shaun Flores, Mental Health, DEI, Neurodiversity & Masculinity Advocate, Orchard OCD
Drug Delivery to the Brain
Chair: Geoff Davison, CEO, Bionow
Speakers
- Mike Morton, Co-Director, ApconiX
- David Dickens, Principal Investigator – Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool
- Alan Whone, Professor of Movement Disorders Neurology, University of Bristol
- Claire Thompson, Formulation Advisor, Celestial Health
Sensory and Rare Conditions
Chair: David Holmes, Membership Manager, Bionow
Speakers
- Walter Marcotti, Professor of Sensory Neuroscience, University of Sheffield
- Benedict Michael, Professor of Neuroscience, MRC Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, University of Liverpool
- Mimoun Azzouz, Chair of Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield
- Farid Khan, CSO, Chief AI
"Sip and Cerebration" drinks and canapés - hosted by ApconiX
