College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

EBRC Seminar Series -Spring 2012

Weekly seminars held at the Roslin Institute Auditorium.

The complexity of mammalian transcription

The speaker is Dr Piero Carninci, Omics Science Centre, Riken, Yokohama Institute, Japan. The host is Geoff Faulkner.

Wednesday 11 January 2012, 12.00pm

Wednesday 11 January 2012, 1.00pm

Tracking development of haematopoietic stem cells in the mammalian embryo

The speaker is Dr Alexander Medvinsky, Institute of Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh. The host is Adam Balic.

Wednesday 18 January 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 18 January 2012, 6.00pm

Paratuberculosis: A sleeping sickness

The speaker is Dr Tim Bull, St George’s, University of London. The host is Jayne Hope.

Wednesday 25 January 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 25 January 2012, 6.00pm

How does Salmonella really grow in a host? The in vivo infection dynamics of an invasive bacterium

The speaker is Dr Duncan Maskell, University of Cambridge. This host is Ross Fitzgerald.

Wednesday 1 February 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 1 February 2012, 6.00pm

The role of FoxF transcription factors in development and cancer

The speaker is Dr Peter Carlsson, University of Gotenburg, Sweden. The host is Janette Johansson.

Wednesday 8 February 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 8 February 2012, 6.00pm

Cognitive Ageing and cognitive epidemiology in the Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936

The speaker is Dr Ian Deary, University of Edinburgh. The host is Jean Manson.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 6.00pm

Tricks with bacteriophage: research tools and rapid diagnostics for Mycobacterium paratuberculosis

The speaker is Professor Cath Rees, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham.

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 12.30pm

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 1.30pm

Fate switching enables progenitors to maintain and regenerate oesophageal epithelium

The speaker is Dr Phil Jones, University of Cambridge. The host is Denis Headon.

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 6.00pm

Danger signals and the regulation of interleukin-1

The speaker is Dr David Brough, University of Manchester. The host is Barry McColl.

Wednesday 7 March 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 7 March 2012, 6.00pm

Mining for Candidate Genes in QTL Intervals using Integrative Bioinformatics and the Ondex system

The speaker is Professor Chris Rawlings, Rothamsted Research. The host is Andy Law.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 12.00pm

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 1.00pm

Recent advances in the treatment and control of footrot and future perspectives on management of this persistent infectious disease

The speaker is Dr Laura Green, University of Warwick. The host is Steve Bishop.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 6.00pm

Spying out on immune cells by intravital 2-photon microscopy

The speaker is Dr Matthias Gunzer, University of Duisburg/Essen, Germany. The host is Andreas Lengeling.

Wednesday 21 March 2012, 5.00pm

Wednesday 21 March 2012, 6.00pm

beta-defensins: modulators of immunity and their potential as therapeutics

The speaker is Julia Dorin, MRC Human Genetics Unit. The host is Ian Dunn.

Wednesday 28 March 2012, 4.00pm

Wednesday 28 March 2012, 5.00pm

'The Big Picture' and 'Diabetes and TB; Modelling an epidemic comorbidity'

The speakers are Professor Susan Vandewoude and Dr Randall Basaraba, Colorado State University.

Monday 2 April 2012, 12.00pm

Monday 2 April 2012, 1.00pm

Role of bovine γδ T lymphocytes in promoting cellular immunity and vaccine efficacy

The speaker is Dr Cynthia Baldwin, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA (CURRENTLY VISITING MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE)

Wednesday 25 April 2012, 4.00pm

Wednesday 25 April 2012, 5.00pm

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