Centre for Reproductive Health
The Centre for Reproductive Biology organises an annual programme of seminars by research scientists from around the world whose work complements that being done within MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit and University of Edinburgh Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences.
Seminar series 2012
The programme also features presentations by Unit and University scientists and students.
Attendees for seminars should be seated five minutes before the advertised start time. Mobile phones and other devices with audible alarms should be switched off when entering the Auditorium. An Induction Loop system is in operation within the Auditorium.
Final year PhD seminar: Calmodulin and CaMKII as molecular switches regulating the hypothalamic kisspeptin receptor
Presented by: Mr Abdirahman Jama, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Monday 10 December 2012, 12.30pm
Monday 10 December 2012, 1.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Final year PhD seminar: The phenotype and function of the endometrial macrophage
Presented by: Ms Uma Thiruchelvam, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Monday 3 December 2012, 12.30pm
Monday 3 December 2012, 1.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
No seminar today
Monday 26 November 2012, 12.30pm
Monday 26 November 2012, 1.30pm
QMRI Seminar Series: Defining a post-transcriptional mechanism for the anti-inflammatory action of glucocorticoids
Presented by: Professor Andy Clark, Centre for Translational Inflammation Research, School of Immunity and Inflammation, University of Birmingham
Monday 19 November 2012, 12.30pm
Monday 19 November 2012, 1.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Ovarian cancer originating from stem cells in the distal oviduct
Presented by: Professor Leen Block, Division of Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Monday 12 November 2012, 12.30pm
Monday 12 November 2012, 1.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Final year PhD seminar: Effect of pregnancy on adipose tissue biology in a mouse model of obesity
Presented by: Ms Silvia Pedroni, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Monday 5 November 2012, 12.30pm
Monday 5 November 2012, 1.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
IGFs and the reproductive system
Presented by: Dr Serge Nef, Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
Monday 22 October 2012, 11.30am
Monday 22 October 2012, 12.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
The genetics of androgen resistance: relevance to reproduction
Presented by: Professor Ieuan Hughes, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
Monday 8 October 2012, 11.30am
Monday 8 October 2012, 12.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Neuroimmune contribution to the final common mechanism for remodeling of the cervix
Presented by: Steve Yellon, Professor of Physiology and Associate Director Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University
Friday 3 August 2012, 11.00am
Friday 3 August 2012, 12.00pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Molecularly targeted therapeutics and diagnostics for pregnancy complications
Presented by:Associate Professor Stephen Tong, Specialist Obstetrician, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Mercy Hospital for Women Melbourne, Australia.
Friday 13 July 2012, 12.00pm
Friday 13 July 2012, 1.00pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Pituitary clocks, seasonal rhythms and thyroid hormones
Presented by:Professor Andrew Loudon, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester. Seminar Host: Professor Alan McNeilly
Monday 11 June 2012, 11.30am
Monday 11 June 2012, 12.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Dinosaurs, viruses, lemurs, tamarins and the origins of human birth
Presented by: Professor Roger Smith, Mother and Babies/Endocrine Unit, John Hunter Hospital Faculty of Health/School of Medicine and Public Health University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia. Seminar Host: Professor Jane Norman
Wednesday 16 May 2012, 11.30am
Wednesday 16 May 2012, 12.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
BH3-only proteins are critical regulators of oocyte supply and survival
Presented by: Dr Michelle Myers, Ovarian Biology Section, Prince Henry’s Institute, Melbourne, Australia. Seminar Host: Dr Colin Duncan
Monday 23 April 2012, 11.30am
Monday 23 April 2012, 12.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
DAZL: Mechanism of translation regulation and analysis of putative human mutations
Presented by: Mr Joao Pedro Sousa Martins, Finishing PhD student, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh. Seminar Host: Dr Nicola Gray
Monday 16 April 2012, 11.30am
Monday 16 April 2012, 12.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Androgens and the masculinisation programming window
Presented by: Dr Afshan Dean, Final Year PhD Seminar, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh. Seminar Host: Professor Richard Sharpe
Monday 5 March 2012, 12.30pm
Monday 5 March 2012, 1.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
A role for oestrogen in dynamic interactions between cell types in the endometrium
Presented by: Mr Douglas Gibson, Finishing PhD student, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh. Seminar Host: Professor Philippa Saunders
Monday 27 February 2012, 12.30pm
Monday 27 February 2012, 1.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Mechanistic aspects of epigenetic reprogramming in mouse development
Presented by: Dr Petra Hajkova, Reprogramming and Chromatin Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. Seminar Host: Dr Andrew Childs
Monday 30 January 2012, 12.30pm
Monday 30 January 2012, 1.30pm
The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh