College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

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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