EBRC Seminar Programme
September - December 2009
Reprogramming of primordial germ cells and epi-stem cells into authentic pluripotent stem cells
Speaker: Dr Fuchou Tang Gurdon Inst. of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Uni. of Cambridge. Host: Joni MacDonald
Wednesday 7 October 2009, 3.00pm
Wednesday 7 October 2009, 4.00pm
Roslin Institute Conference Hall
Genetic hoofprints: genetic diversity , domestication and the origins of cattle
Speaker: Prof. Dan Bradley Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin. Host: Pam Weiner
Wednesday 14 October 2009, 3.00pm
Wednesday 14 October 2009, 4.01pm
Roslin Institute Conference Hall
Wt1 and the mesenchymal-epithelial balance in development and disease
Speaker: Dr Peter Hohenstein MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh. Host: Tom Burdon
Wednesday 21 October 2009, 3.00pm
Wednesday 21 October 2009, 4.00pm
Roslin Institute Conference Hall
From the bench to the boardroom: how to commercialise your clever idea in 3000 easy and exciting steps
Speaker: Dr John March BigDNA, Roslin Biocentre, www.bigdna.com. Host: Arvind Mahajan
Wednesday 28 October 2009, 4.00pm
Wednesday 28 October 2009, 5.00pm
Roslin Institute Conference Hall
Comparisons between how influenza A viruses and parainfluenza type 5 interact with host cells’ intracellular antiviral defenses
Speaker: Professor Rick Randall School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Host: Bob Dalziel
Wednesday 4 November 2009, 4.00pm
Wednesday 4 November 2009, 5.00pm
Roslin Institute Conference Hall
Transcriptional regulation of complex genetic loci during vertebrate development
Speaker: Professor Peter Rigby The Institute of Cancer Research, London. Host: Mike Clinton
Wednesday 11 November 2009, 4.00pm
Wednesday 11 November 2009, 5.00pm
Roslin Institute Conference Hall
Transcriptional and epigenetic control of inflammation and innate immunity
Speaker: Professor Gioacchino Natoli European Institute of Oncology, Milan. Host: Andreas Lengeling
Wednesday 18 November 2009, 4.00pm
Wednesday 18 November 2009, 5.00pm
Roslin Institute Conference Hall
Dealing with the outside world: the mucosal immune system, microbiota and food
Speaker: Professor Mick Bailey School of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol. Host: Neil Mabbott
Wednesday 25 November 2009, 4.00pm
Wednesday 25 November 2009, 5.00pm
Roslin Institute Conference Hall
Pattern Recognition Receptors: the key to host recognition of infection or a load of old PAMPs?
Speaker: Dr Clare Bryant Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Host: Liz Glass
Wednesday 2 December 2009, 4.00pm
Wednesday 2 December 2009, 5.00pm
Roslin Institute Conference Hall
MEKing pluripotent animal stem cells
Speaker: Dr Tom Burdon The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh. Host: David Hume
Wednesday 9 December 2009, 4.00pm
Wednesday 9 December 2009, 5.00pm
Roslin Institute Conference Hall
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