Centre for Regenerative Medicine seminar series Autumn 2013
Centre for Regenerative Medicine hosts regular external seminars in the SCRM building, Edinburgh.
Combating aging with the help of Stem cell
Speaker: Prof Irina Conboy, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Friday 13 December 2013, 12.00pm
Friday 13 December 2013, 1.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Regeneration, neurogenesis and the microenvironment
Speaker: Dr Simona Parrinello, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, London, UK
Friday 6 December 2013, 12.00pm
Friday 6 December 2013, 1.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Nuclear material properties distinguish phenotypes and possible mechanisms of stem cell differentiation
Speaker: Dr Kevin Chalut, Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge
Friday 29 November 2013, 12.00pm
Friday 29 November 2013, 1.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Linking transdifferentiation and iPS cell reprogramming - CANCELLED
Speaker: Dr Thomas Graf, Center for Genomic Regulation, CRG, Barcelona, Spain THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Tuesday 26 November 2013, 12.00pm
Tuesday 26 November 2013, 1.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
New Model systems to study hepatitis C virus-host interactions
Speaker: Dr Arvind Patel, MRC Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow
Friday 22 November 2013, 12.00pm
Friday 22 November 2013, 1.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Using pluripotent stem cells to understand and model human disease
Speaker: Prof Majlinda Lako, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University
Friday 15 November 2013, 12.00pm
Friday 15 November 2013, 1.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Blocking the LINGO-1 Pathway as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for CNS Remyelination and Repair
Speaker: Dr Mi Sha, Discovery Neurobiology, Biogen Idec
Tuesday 5 November 2013, 4.00pm
Tuesday 5 November 2013, 5.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Multidisciplinary Research of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: Novel 3D culture system for large-scale production and chemical control of cardiomyocyte differentiation
Speaker: Prof Norio Nakasuji, Kyoto University, iCeMS, Kyoto, Japan TIME CHANGE: Now 1pm.
Tuesday 29 October 2013, 1.00pm
Tuesday 29 October 2013, 2.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Turning science into medicine: stem cells, cartilage and how to save a life
Speaker: Prof Anthony Hollander, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
Monday 28 October 2013, 12.00pm
Monday 28 October 2013, 1.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Chromatin and nuclear re-organisation during differentiation and development
Speaker: Prof Wendy Bickmore, MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh
Friday 25 October 2013, 11.00am
Friday 25 October 2013, 12.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Unraveling neurodegenerative diseases using patient-specific iPSCs
Speaker: Dr Haruhisa Inoue, CiRA, Kyoto University, Japan
Tuesday 22 October 2013, 11.00am
Tuesday 22 October 2013, 12.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Investigating key targets of the wnt signalling pathways that are important for intestinal regeneration and transformation
Speaker: Prof Owen Sansom, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow
Friday 18 October 2013, 11.00am
Friday 18 October 2013, 12.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Wt1 and beta-catenin in kidney development and disease
Speaker: Dr Peter Hohenstein, The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh
Friday 11 October 2013, 11.00am
Friday 11 October 2013, 12.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Genome engineering tools in rats: ZFNs, TALENs and CRISPR
Speaker: Dr Tomoji Mashimo, Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
Tuesday 24 September 2013, 11.00am
Tuesday 24 September 2013, 12.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
Naive pluripotency and the germline
Speaker: Dr Harry Leitch, Wellcome Trust - MRC Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge
Friday 20 September 2013, 11.00am
Friday 20 September 2013, 12.00pm
Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent
All interested are welcome to attend.
The SCRM is a secure building. Please ensure you have your university or NHS ID card with you as you will be asked to present it when signing in. Thank you for your co-operation
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