Institute of Genetics and Cancer seminar series
The Institute of Genetics and Cancer Seminar Series attracts distinguished scientists from around the world working in the fields of genetics, molecular medicine and cancer research, and whose research complements that being done at Institute of Genetics and Cancer.
Sessions are open to all within CMVM, University of Edinburgh - Please contact seminars@igc.ed.ac.uk for more information.
Unless stated, seminars take place on Thursdays at 1pm in the IGC Lecture Theatre
2023
The impact of DNA damage on protein-DNA interactions
Thursday 2nd February
Dr Ariel Afek
Weizmann Institute, Rehovot
Host: Martin Taylor
Identification of novel gene-function interactions in neurocristopathies
Thursday 9th February
Professor Karen Liu
King’s College London
Proteins that interpret genomic signals to stabilise cell identity
Thursday 23rd February
Adrian Bird
Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh
Title - TBC
Thursday 2nd March
Ewan Birney
EBI, Cambridge
Title - TBC
Thursday 9th March
Professor Floris Foijer
ERIBA, University Medical Centre, Groningen
Host: Martin Reijns
Title - TBC
Thursday 16th March
Donal O’Carrol
Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, UoE
Deciphering the epigenetic mechanisms of the non-canonical SMC protein SMCHD1
Tuesday 21st March 1pm (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A Tuesday)
Marnie Blewitt
The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne
Title - TBC
Thursday 20th April
Professor Anne Schaefer
Max Planck Institute for Biology and Ageing, Cologne
Title - TBC
Thursday 27th April
Professor Andrew Beggs
University of Birmingham
Host: Prof Val Brunton
Title - TBC
Thursday 23rd March
Professor Crispin Miller
CRUK Beatson Institute, Glasgow
Title - TBC
Thursday 4th May
Professor Melissa Little
Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, Copenhagen and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne
Title - TBC
Thursday 11th May
Dr Jamie Hackett
EMBL, Rome
Host: Olga Stepanova
Title - TBC
Thursday 18th May
Gabriel Balmus
UK Dementia, Cambridge
Title - TBC
Thursday 25th May
Dr Ge Guo
Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter
Title - TBC
Thursday 1st June
Professor Deborah BOURC'HIS
Institut Curie
Host: Duncan Sproul
Title - TBC
Thursday 8th June
Mariya Moosajee
UCL-Crick
Title - TBC
Thursday 15th June
Christine Klein
Lubeck, Germany
Title - TBC
Thursday 22nd June
Nathalie Spassky
IBENS-ENS, Paris
Title - TBC
Thursday 29th June
Kim Jenson
University of Copenhagen
Host: Kevin Myant