Seminars
A list of seminars of relevance to researchers in infectious diseases.
Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology Seminar: Taming the wriggling transcriptome in vivo
When: Friday 26 April 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Michael Swann Building, 7.20, King's Building's, Edinburgh
Speaker: Irmtraud M. Meyer, Bioinformatics of RNA Structure and Transcriptome RegulationBerlin Institute for Medical Systems BiologyMax Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
Host: David Tollervey
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar: Human type I interferonopathies
When: Monday 29 April 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent
Host: Gracjan Michlewski
Cell and Molecular Biology Monday Seminar Series: When Chemistry meets Biology: identification of a novel OPR3-independent pathway for JA biosynthesis
When: Monday 29 April 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre, King's Building's, Edinburgh
Speaker: Andrea Chini - Dept. Genética Molecular de Plantas, CNB/CSIC
Host: Gary Loake
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine inaugural lecture: Professor Damian Mole - Acute Pancreatitis: Searching for a new medicine
When: Monday 29 April 2019
Time: 5.30 pm
Where: Shirley Hall, Chancellor's Building. Edinburgh BioQuarter. EH16 4SB.
And afterwards for refreshments in the Sophia Jex Blake suite.
Speaker: Damian Mole, Professor of Clinical and Experimental Surgery, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Surgeon
We would be very grateful if you could confirm your attendance via Eventbrite as we expect this lecture to be busy.
Cell and Molecular Biology Programme Wellcome Seminar: Polarized trafficking during asymmetric cell division
When: Wednesday 1 May 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre, King's Building's, Edinburgh
Speaker: Emmanuel Derivery, MRC LMB, Cambridge
Host: Ben Craske/Julie Welburn
Easter Bush Research Consortium Seminar: Gene Drive Governance: Science in search of reponsibility
When: Wednesday 1 May 2019
Time: 1 pm
Where: Roslin Institute Auditorium, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Camous, Midlothian
Speaker: Sarah Hartley, University of Exeter
Host: Dan MacQueen (GG)
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar: Intragenomic conflict
When: Wednesday 1 May 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Andy Gardner, University of St Andrews
Host: Laura Ross
Chair of Antimicrobial Resistance candidate talk - Developing a quantitative and predictive understanding of antibiotic resistance
When: Tuesday 7 May 2019
Time: 12.15 - 13.15 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre, King's Building's, Edinburgh
Easter Bush Research Consortium Seminar
When: Wednesday 8 May 2019
Time: 1 pm
Where: Roslin Institute Auditorium, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Camous, Midlothian
Speaker: Christa Kühn, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Host: Emily Clark (GG)
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar: Sex, parasites, and coevolution
When: Wednesday 8 May 2019
Time: 2.10 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Ben Ashby, University of Bath
Host: Eryn McFarlane
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 13 May 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Christophe Arnoult, University Grenoble Alpes
Host: Chih-Jen (Lance) Lin
Easter Bush Research Consortium Seminar: One Health capacity building in Africa: lessons learned from a large GCRF programme
When: Wednesday 15 May 2019
Time: 1 pm
Where: Roslin Institute Auditorium, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Camous, Midlothian
Speaker: Matthew Baylis, University of Liverpool
Host: Rowland Kao (GG)
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 15 May 2019
Time: 2.10 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: John Skelhorn , Newcastle University
Host: Per Smiseth
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 20 May 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Erna Magnúsdóttir, University of Iceland
Host: Sona Relovska
Easter Bush Research Consortium Seminar
When: Wednesday 22 May 2019
Time: 1 pm
Where: Roslin Institute Auditorium, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Camous, Midlothian
Speaker: Camilla Toulmin, International Institute for Environment and Development
Host: Global Academy
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar: The complex consequences of simple sociality in a wild bird society
When: Wednesday 22 May 2019
Time: 2.10 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Josh Firth, Oxford
Host: Dan Nussey
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar
When: Tuesday 28 May 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent
Speaker: Adam Fletcher, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee
Host: Richard Sloan
Easter Bush Research Consortium Seminar: Rhythmic epigenetics: cycles of DNA methyltransferase expression in the mammilian neuroendocrine-gonad axis
When: Wednesday 29 May 2019
Time: 1 pm
Where: Roslin Institute Auditorium, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Camous, Midlothian
Speaker: Tyler Stevenson, University of Aberdeen
Host: Simone Meddle (DB)
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 29 May 2019
Time: 2.10 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Marlene Zuk, University of Minnesota
Host: Sarah Reece and Mary Westwood
Cell and Molecular Biology Monday Seminar Series: Mechanisms driving rapid genome evolution
When: Monday 3 June 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre, King's Building's, Edinburgh
Speaker: David Pellman, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Host: Bill Earnshaw
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 3 June 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Carlos Simón
Host: Jeff Pollard
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar: Hybridization fuels adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes
When: Wednesday 5 June 2019
Time: 2.10 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Joana Meier, University of Cambridge
Host: Deborah Charlesworth
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
Cell and Molecular Biology Monday Seminar Series
When: Monday 10 June 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Michael Swann Building, 7.20, King's Building's, Edinburgh
Speaker: Jeremy Carlton, Organelle Dynamics Laboratory, Crick Institute
Host: Julie welburn
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 12 June 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Karim Vahed, University of Derby
Host: Per Smiseth
Cell and Molecular Biology Monday Seminar Series: Understanding transcription dynamics at the single-molecule level
When: Monday 17 June 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre, King's Building's, Edinburgh
Speaker: Tineke Lenstra, Division Gene Regulation, The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Host: Edward Wallace
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 17 June 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Virginia Pascual, Weill Cornell MedicineGale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children's Health
Host: Jeff Pollard
Cell and Molecular Biology Monday Seminar Series
When: Monday 24 June 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 Lecture Theatre, King's Building's, Edinburgh
Speaker: Nathalie Verbruggen, Universite Libre de Bruxelle
Host: Gerben van Ooijen
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 24 June 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Julio Aguirre-ghiso, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Host: Jeff Pollard
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Second Year Graduate Poster Session
When: Wednesday 26 June 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: TBC
Speaker: Second Year Graduate Poster Session
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 1 July 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Marianna Kruithof-de Julio, University of Bern
Host: Bin-Zhi Qian
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar
When: Monday 8 July 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent
Speaker: Nila Roy Choudhury, Infection Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Host: Gracjan Michlewski
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 19 August 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Elizabeth A. (Ebbie) Stewart, Mayo Clinic
Host: Hilary Critchley
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 9 September 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Daniel Fulton
Host: Veronique Miron
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar: Multidrug-resistant Bacteria: A Worldwide Challenge
When: Monday 16 September 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Speaker: Juan Carlos Jimenez Castellanos, Infection Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 18 September 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Tanja Schwander, Lausanne
Host: Laura Ross
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 23 September 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Adrian Harris, University of Oxford
Host: Jeff Polard
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 25 September 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: TBA
Host: TBA
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar
When: Monday 30 September 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Speaker: Henry McSorley, Chancellor's Fellow, Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh
Host: Richard Sloan
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 2 October 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Jacek Radwan, AMU Poznan
Host: Josephine Pemberton
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 7 October 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Ian Adams
Host: Niki Gray
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 9 October 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Dannie Durand, Carnegie Mellon University
Host: TBA
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 16 October 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Julie Jaquiery, INRA
Host: Laura Ross
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 21 October 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Massimiliano Pagani, Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare
Host: Luca Cassetta
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 23 October 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: TBA
Host: TBA
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 30 October 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Mirre Simmons, University of Sheffield
Host: TBA
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 6 November 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: TBA
Host: TBA
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar
When: Monday 11 November 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Speaker: David Hughes, Lecturer, School of Biology, University of St Andrews
Host: Richard Sloan
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Seminar
When: Monday 11 November 2019
Time: 12.30 pm
Where: Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), Wellcome Auditorium, 47 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
Speaker: Carl Figdor, Radboudumc University Medical Centre
Host: Luca Cassetta
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 20 November 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Sandra Breum Andersen, NYU Langone Medical Center / University of Copenhagen
Host: Luke McNally
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar
When: Monday 25 November 2019
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Speaker: Alain Kohl, Professor of Arbovirology MRC, Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow
Host: Richard Sloan
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 27 November 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: Stephen Montgomery, University of Cambridge
Host: Laura Ross & Simon Martin
Institute of Evolutionary Biology Seminar
When: Wednesday 4 December 2019
Time: 2 pm
Where: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3
Speaker: TBA
Host: TBA
Division of Infection & Pathway Medicine Seminar
When: Monday 17 February 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 5, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Speaker: Amy Buck, Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh
Host: Richard Sloan