Seminar series Jan-Mar 2019
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 |
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12 NOON THURSDAY 24th January 2019 |
Professor Rodolfo Lavilla, Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona |
'Unexplored reactivity patterns: new avenues to chemical diversity' |
Dr Marc Vendrell |
| 25th January 2019 | Professor Phill Hawkins, Babraham Institute |
‘Signalling via PI3Ks in Neutrophils’ |
Dr Sonja Vermeren |
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1st February 2019 |
Dr Rebecca Gentek, Centre for Inmmunologuy of Marseille-Luminy |
‘Expanding the ’layered immune system’ - towards exploring its functions’ |
Dr Calum Bain |
| 8th February 2019 |
Dr Georgia Perona-Wright, Centre for Immunobiology, University of Glasgow |
‘Immune balance in influenza infection: epigenetic control of IL-10 expression’ | Dr Steve Jenkins |
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22nd February 2019 |
Dr Ines Pineda Torra, Department of Metabolism & Experimental Therapeutics, University College London | ‘Uncovering new roles for LXR: focus on lipid metabolism in autoimmunity’ | Dr Douglas Gibson |
| 1st March 2019 | Dr Annie Curtis, Research Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
‘Innate Rhythms, The role of the molecular clock in controlling inflammation and metabolism in innate immunity’ |
Professor Sarah Walmsley |
| 15th March 2019 | Professor Liam O’Mahony, Department of Medicine and Microbiology, University College Cork |
'Bacterial Regulation of Immune Responses within the Lung' |
Professor Jurgen Schwarze |
| 22nd March 2019 | Gail Robertson, Statistical Consultant, Statistical Consultancy Unit, University of Edinburgh |
'Statistics in medical research: what researchers should know and where to get help' |
Professor Chris Gregory |
| CANCELLED - TO BE RESCHEDULED 29th March 2019 |
CANCELLED - TO BE RESCHEDULED Professor William Agace, Mucosal Immunology, Lund University |
CANCELLED - TO BE RESCHEDULED | Dr Gwo-Tzer Ho |
Organiser: Sonia Rafferty (sonia.rafferty@ed.ac.uk)