Seminar series April-Aug 2017
Invited speakers
This seminar series takes place on a Friday at 12 noon (unless otherwise stated) in the Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI and is not open to the general public.
Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
Thurs 27 April 2017 (Chancellors Auditorium B) |
Professor Volker Haase Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University |
Targeting the HIF system for anemia therapy in chronic kidney disease |
Dr Sarah Walmsley |
28 April 2017 |
Professor Randall Johnson Professor of Molecular Physiology and Pathology, University of Cambridge |
Hypoxia, HIF, and the immune system | Dr Sarah Walmsley |
5 May 2017 |
Professor David Greaves Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford |
The initiation and resolution of inflammation – a role for chemerin and endocannabinoids? | Dr Jenna Cash |
12 May 2017 |
Professor Stephen Ward Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath |
Targeting SHIP-1-an alternative approach to modulating PI3K signaling in the immune system | Dr Chengcan Yao |
19 May 2017 |
Dr Murray Clarke BHF Senior Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge |
Novel mechanisms that induce or control IL-1-driven inflammation and immune dysfunction | Professor Moira Whyte |
8 June 2017 (2pm Thursday) |
Dr Qing Deng Biological Sciences, Purdue University, Indiana |
Dissecting the Regulatory Circuitry of microRNAs in Neutrophils |
Dr Yi Feng |
16 June 2017 |
Professor Manfred Frick Institute of General Physiology University of Ulm, Germany |
From molecular mechanisms of pulmonary surfactant secretion to models of the alveolar barrier | Dr Carsten Hansen |
23 June 2017 |
Dr David Withers Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham |
Dissecting the transcription factor requirements for ILC3 and TH17 responses |
Dr Chengcan Yao |
30 June 2017 (Chancellors Auditorium B) |
Dr Norma Maugeri Autoimmunity and vascular inflammation San Raffaele Scientific Institute |
Platelet-neutrophil interaction: a key between autoimmune and vascular diseases |
Dr Lara Campana |
Wed 5 July 2017 |
Dr Connie Wong Monash University, Melbourne, Australia |
A gut feel on stroke infections |
Dr Jenna Cash |
Organiser: Sonia Rafferty (sonia.rafferty@ed.ac.uk)