Seminars
A list of seminars of relevance to researchers in infectious diseases.
Edinburgh Immunology Group GENIE 2 Symposium
When: Thursday 20 February 2020
Time: TBC
Where: Linlithgow Burgh Halls, The Cross, Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 7AH
Keynote Speakers: Paul Kubes (University of Calgary) and Joanne Konkel (University of Manchester)
Bacteriology Seminar Series: How to kill your rivals: microbial warfare mediated by the Type VI secretion system
When: Thursday 20 February 2020
Time: 1 - 2 pm
Location: Lecture Theatre 1, Vet School, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian
Speaker: Sarah Coulthurst, University of Dundee
Host: Rosemary Blake
Enquiries: to Nicola Lynskey, Edinburgh Microbiology Forum
Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar Series: New Dietary Therapies for Crohn's Disease; food additives, gut microbiome & beyond
When: Friday 21 February 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Konstantinos Gerasimidis, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Nutrition, University of Glasgow
Host: Gwo-Tzer Ho
Infection Medicine Joint MSc Students' Seminar
When: Monday 24 February 2020
Time: 12 - 1.30 pm
Where: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Speaker:
- Alexander Hunt (Bachmann Lab)
- Xin Huang (Haas Lab)
- Matthew Vu (Haas Lab)
- Yana Chen (Haas Lab)
- Amy Shepherd (Sloan Lab)
Host: Richard Sloan
Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series: Ubiquitin signalling in Immunity and Vesicle Trafficking
When: Monday 24 February 2020
Time: 12.15 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, Lecture Theatre, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Marco Trujillo, University of Freiburg
Host: Steven Spoel
Edinburgh Virus Group: The evidence for the use of nasal irrigation and gargling as an antiviral intervention and possible interventions against the novel coronavirus threat
When: Monday 24 February 2020
Time: 3.30 pm
Where: Basement Seminar Room, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: Sandeep Ramalingam, University of Edinburgh
Host: Finn Grey
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar: Mechanisms underlying the programming of cardio-metabolic health by maternal obesity
When: Monday 24 February 2020
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Susan Ozanne
Host: Niki Gray
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar: Sex differences in infection tolerance
When: Wednesday 26 February 2020
Time: 2 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Crystal Vincent, Imperial College London
Host: TBA
Moredun Research Institute Seminar: One Health bacterial genomics in the real world: why studying endemic anthrax is challenging
When: Thursday 27 February 2020
Time: 1 pm
Where: Moredun Lecture Theatre, Moredun Reseach Institute, Pentland Science Park, Penicuik, Midlothian ,EH26 0PZ
Speaker: Taya Forde, University of Glasgow
Host: Keith Ballingall
Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology Seminar: Iron-dependent control of transferrin receptor expression in Trypanosoma brucei
When: Thursday 27 February 2020
Time: 3 pm
Where: S7.15, Michael Swann Building, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Calvin Tiengwe, Imperial College London
Host: Atlanta Cook
Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar Series: A novel pathway controlling T-cell trafficking during inflammation is dysregulated in chronic inflammatory diseases and ageing
When: Friday 28 February 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Myriam Chimen, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham
Host: Emily Findlay
Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series: Transcription of the genome: mechanisms and regulatory principles
When: Monday 2 March 2020
Time: 12.15 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, Lecture Theatre, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Patrick Cramer, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, MPG
Host: JP Arulanandam
Easter Bush Research Seminar Series
When: Wednesday 4 March 2020
Time: 1 pm
Where: The Roslin Institute Auditorum, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: TBA
Host: TBA
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar: Sensory and cognitive adaptations in butterfly brains
When: Wednesday 4 March 2020
Time: 2 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Stephen Montgomery, University of Bristol
Host: Simon Martin & Laura Ross
Edinburgh Immunology Group Seminar - Interest area: Type 2 Immunity / Airway diseases
When: Thursday 5 March 2020
Time: 4 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Peter Cook, University of Manchester
Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar Series
When: Friday 6 March 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Derek Gilroy, Deptartment of Experimental and Translational Medicine, University College London
Host: Adriano Rossi / Jenna Cash
Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series: Cell Economics: The Interplay Between Growth and Gene Expression in Bacteria
When: Monday 9 March 2020
Time: 12.15 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, Lecture Theatre, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Jose Jimenez - SynBio, University of Surrey
Host: Jack Suitor (PhD student)
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 9 March 2020
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Jacques A. Nunes
Host: Tak Kitamura
Edinburgh Virus Group: Immune responses at the host-vector interface that shapes the severity of arbovirus infection
When: Monday 9 March 2020
Time: 3.30 pm
Where: Basement Seminar Room, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: Clive McKimmie, University of Leeds
Host: Colin Sharp
Easter Bush Research Seminar Series
When: Wednesday 11 March 2020
Time: 1 pm
Where: The Roslin Institute Auditorum, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: Jenny Nichols, University of Cambridge
Host: Tom Burdon
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 11 March 2020
Time: 2 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Daniel Bolnick, The University of Connecticut
Host: TBA
Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar Series
When: Friday 13 March 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Host: Gwo-Tzer Ho
Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Monday Seminar Series: Cell Economics: Defining Patterns in Chemical and Genomic Space to Prioritize Antibiotic Discovery from Marine Actinobacteria
When: Monday 16 March 2020
Time: 12.15 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, Lecture Theatre, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Katherine Duncan, University of Strathclyde
Host: Stephen Wallace
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 16 March 2020
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Ilaria Malanchi
Host: Bin-Zhi Qian
Easter Bush Research Seminar Series
When: Wednesday 18 March 2020
Time: 1 pm
Where: The Roslin Institute Auditorum, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: TBA
Host: TBA
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar: Genomic insights into metabolism and fitness
When: Wednesday 18 March 2020
Time: 2 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Florencia Camus, University College London
Host: Joshua Moatt and Pedro Vale
Edinburgh Immunology Group Seminar - Interest area: Malaria
When: Thursday 19 March 2020
Time: 4 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar Series
When: Friday 20 March 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: TBA
Host: TBA
Easter Bush Research Seminar Series
When: Wednesday 25 March 2020
Time: 1 pm
Where: The Roslin Institute Auditorum, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: Alistair McGregor, Oxford Brookes University
Host: Megan Davey
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 25 March 2020
Time: 2 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Alexander Suh, Uppsala University
Host: Laura Ross
Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar Series
When: Friday 27 March 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Gonçalo Bernardes, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Host: Marc Vendrell
Infection Medicine seminar
When: Monday 30 March 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar room 5, Chancellors Building, Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Sarah Stedman, Infection Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Host: Till Bachmann
Edinburgh Virus Group: Rab proteins play key roles in the mammarenavirus (LCMV) life cycle: from entry to particle formation
When: Monday 30 March 2020
Time: 3.30 pm
Where: Basement Seminar Room, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: Emily Bruce, University of Vermont
Host: Paul Digard
Easter Bush Research Seminar Series
When: Wednesday 1 April 2020
Time: 1 pm
Where: The Roslin Institute Auditorum, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: TBA
Host: TBA
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 1 April 2020
Time: 2 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Marcel Visser, NIOO Wageningen
Host: Albert Phillimore
Edinburgh Immunology Group Seminar - Interest area: T cells in obesity and Metabolism
When: Thursday 2 April 2020
Time: 4 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Federica Marelli - Berg, Queen Mary University of London
Edinburgh Virus Group Seminar: Cyclic nucleotide signalling in viral: host conflict
When: Monday 6 April 2020
Time: 3.30 pm
Where: Basement Seminar Room, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: Malcolm White, University of St Andrews
Host: Eleanor Gaunt
Easter Bush Research Seminar Series
When: Wednesday 8 April 2020
Time: 1 pm
Where: The Roslin Institute Auditorum, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: Gerald Shurson, University of Minnesota
Host: Andrea Wilson
Infection Medicine seminar
When: Monday 27 April 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar room 5, Chancellors Building, Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Mariela Scortti, Infection Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Host: Till Bachmann
Institute of Evolutionary Biology PhD symposium
When: Wednesday 29 April 2020
Time: 2 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: TBA
Host: TBA
Edinburgh Virus Group Seminar: Understanding IBDV Pathogenesis & Immunosuppression
When: Monday 4 May 2020
Time: 3.30 pm
Where: Basement Seminar Room, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: Andrew Broadbent, Pirbright Institute
Host: Alex Brown
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 6 May 2020
Time: 2 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Guillaume Achaz, Paris
Host: TBA
Infection Medicine seminar
When: Monday 11 May 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar room 5, Chancellors Building, Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Henry McSorley, Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh
Host: Richard Sloan
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 11 May 2020
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Adele Marston
Host: Chih-Jen (Lance) Lin
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 13 May 2020
Time: 2 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker:Emilia Santos, University of Cambridge
Host: Susan Johnston
Edinburgh Virus Group Seminar: Mixed messages: the cryptic gene products of cap-snatching viruses
When: Monday 18 May 2020
Time: 3.30 pm
Where: Basement Seminar Room, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: Edward Hutchinson, CVR University of Glasgow
Host: Nisha Kriplani
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 20 May 2020
Time: 2 pm
Where: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
Speaker: Nancy Chen, University of Rochester
Host: Susan Johnston
Infection Medicine seminar
When: Monday 25 May 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar room 5, Chancellors Building, Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Alison Daniels, Haas Group, Infection Medicine
Host: Jürgen Haas
Edinburgh Virus Group Seminar: Pre-empting zoonotic viral emergence: from transmissible vaccines to machine learning
When: Monday 1 June 2020
Time: 3.30 pm
Where: Basement Seminar Room, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: Daniel Streicker, CVR University of Glasgow
Host: Remi Gratacap
Edinburgh Virus Group Seminar: Impact of Human Papillomavirus immunisation in Scotland & implications for future services
When: Monday 15 June 2020
Time: 3.30 pm
Where: Basement Seminar Room, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
Speaker: Kate Cuschieri, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Host: Elle McLuskey
Infection Medicine seminar
When: Monday 6 July 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar room 5, Chancellors Building, Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Holly Parker, Bachmann Group, Infection Medicine
Host: Till Bachmann