Seminars
A list of seminars of relevance to researchers in infectious diseases.
Institute of Immunology and Infection Research Seminar: African trypanosomes and the art of being social
When: Thursday 13 December 2018
Time: 1 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3, Kings Buildings
Speaker: Isabel Roditi, University of Bern
Host: Achim Schnaufer (achim.schnaufer@ed.ac.uk)
Regional Infectious Diseases Unit Seminar: Review of years meetings
When: Friday 14 December 2018
Time: 1 pm
Where: RIDU Seminar Room, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2JP
Centre for Reproductive Health seminar: Stimulation of early placental development through a trophoblast-endometrial dialogue
When: Monday 17 December 2018
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Wellcome Auditorium, Queen's Medical Research Institute, BioQuarter
Speaker: Prof Graham Burton, University of Cambridge
Host: Rupsha Fraser
Centre for Reproductive Health seminar: Managing menopause after cancer: A new model of care
When: Tuesday 18 December 2018
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Wellcome Auditorium, Queen's Medical Research Institute, BioQuarter
Speaker: Prof Martha Hickey
Host: Richard Anderson
SynthSys - Centre for Synthetic & Systems Biology Guest seminar: Following single-cell physiology of bacteria through booms and busts
When: Wednesday 19 December 2018
Time: 12 pm
Where: Roger Land Building, Seminar room G.02, Kings Buildings
Speaker: Emanuele Leoncini, Harvard University
Host: Meriem el Karoui
Cell and Molecular Biology Monday seminar: Salmonella persisters during infection
When: Monday 7 January 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre, Kings Buildings (campus map)
Speaker: Sophie Helaine, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London
Host: Elise Cachat
Cell and Molecular Biology Monday seminar: Cell division control by the Chromosomal Passenger Complex and PLK1
When: Monday 14 January 2019
Time: 12:15 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre, Kings Buildings (campus map)
Speaker: Susanne Lens - Center for Molecular Medicine, UMC Utrecht
Host: Andrew Goryachev
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Tuesday 15 January 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Tanja Schwander, Lausanne
Host: Laura Ross
The Edinburgh Immunology Group Seminar Series
When: Thursday 17 January 2019
Time: 4 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs Lecture Theatre 3, Kings Buildings
Speaker: Nils Lycke, University of Gothenburg
Hosts: David Donaldson
Cell and Molecular Biology Monday seminar
When: Monday 21 January 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre, The King's Building's, Edinburgh
Host: Andrew Free
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar: How can we use viral genome dinucleotide composition patterns for therapeutic strategies?
When: Monday 21 January 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building
Speaker: Eleanor Gaunt, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Roslin Institute
Host: Jürgen Haas
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 23 January 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Eva Ringler, Vienna
Host: Patrick Walsh
CMVM Public Lecture Series: New kidneys for old
When: Wednesday 23 January 2019
Time: 5.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Lorna Marson (Transplant Surgery & MRC Centre for Inflammation Research) & Jamie Davies (Discovery Brain Sciences)
Booking: To register to attend please click here
Cell and Molecular Biology Monday seminar: Circadian rhythms and cell signalling in plants
When: Monday 28 January 2019
Time: 12.15 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Antony Dodd , School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
Host: Gerben van Ooijen
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar
When: Monday 4 February 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building
Speaker: Yanick Crow, Principal Investigator, MRC INstitute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine
Host: Gracjan Michlewski
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar: Histone variants linking 3D architecture and metabolism
When: Monday 4 February 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre, The King's Building's, Edinburgh
Speaker: Marcus Buschbeck , Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
Host: Patrick Heun
Cell and Molecular Biology Monday seminar: Histone variants linking 3D architecture and metabolism
When: Monday 4 February 2019
Time: 12.15 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Marcus Buschbeck , Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
Host: Patrick Heun
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 6 February 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Aoife McLysaght, Trinity College Dublin
Host: Mark Blaxter and Aine O'Toole
EIG & WSIG Joint Symposium
When: Thursday 7 February 2019
Time: 9.30 am
Where: Linlithgow Burgh Halls, The Cross, Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 7AH
Keynote Speakers: Andrew MacDonald (University of Manchester) & Carmen Gerlach (Karolinska Sweden)
Local Speakers: Gerry Graham & Kevin Maloy (University of Glasgow). Sarah Walmsley & Rose Zamoyska (University of Edinburgh)
Oral abstract submission closes on 14 December 2018
Poster abstract submission closes 15 January 2019
For more information and to attend please register here, registration closes on 15 January 2019
Cell and Molecular Biology Monday seminar: Handling of trace metal nutrients in bacteria
When: Monday 11 February 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre, The King's Building's, Edinburgh
Speaker: Karrera Y Djoko, Department of Biosciences, Durham University
Host: Louise Horsfall
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Joint MSc Students' Seminar
When: Monday 18 February 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 20 February 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Wayne Potts, The University of Utah
Host: Josephine Pemberton
CMVM Public Lecture Series: Poor air quality
When: Wednesday 20 February 2019
Time: 5.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Tom Russ (Clinical Brain Sciences) & Mark Miller (University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Research)
Booking: To register to attend please click here
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 27 February 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Josh Firth, Oxford
Host: Dan Nussey
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar
When: Monday 4 March 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building, Little France, Edinburgh
Speaker: Juan Carlos Jimenez Castellanos Research Fellow, DIPM, University of Edinburgh
Host: Thamarai Schneiders
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 6 March 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: John Pannell, Lausanne
Host: Jonathan Silvertown
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 13 March 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Greta Bocedi, Aberbeen
Host: Per Smiseth
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar
When: Monday 18 March 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent
Speaker: Andrew Free, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Host: Thamarai Schneiders
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 20 March 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Ellie Harrison, Sheffield
Host: Luke McNally & Deirdre McClean
CMVM Public Lecture Series: Know your enemy: unlocking the secrets of the tumour genome
When: Wednesday 20 March 2019
Time: 5.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Charlie Gourley & Nicola Murray (Ovarian Cancer Research) & Colin Semple (Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine)
Booking: To register to attend please click here
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 27 March 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Reto Burri, Jena
Host: Deborah Charlesworth
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 8 May 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Ben Ashby, University of Bath
Host: Eryn McFarlane
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar
When: Monday 10 June 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent
Speaker: Nicola Holden, Cell & Molecular Sciences, James Hutton Institute, Dundee
Host: Thamarai Schneiders