College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

EBRC Seminar Series - Winter 2013

Weekly seminars held at the Roslin Institute Auditorium at 3.30pm.

Wednesday 27th March 2013

Title: Natural killer cells: innate or adaptive?

Speaker: Professor Eleanor Riley, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Wednesday 20th March 2013

Title: Live Longer - Give up Sex

Speaker: Professor Lord Robert Winston, Professor of Science and Society, Imperial College, London Society for Reproduction and Fertility (SRF) 'Sex in 3 Cities' lecturer

* wine and nibbles served after

Wednesday 13th March 2013

Title: Applications of genome wide information in the conservation of an ancient strain of Iberian pigs

Speaker: Dr Beatriz Villanueva INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria)

Wednesday 6th March 2013

Title: Cell and molecular pathophysiology of canine and equine genetic myopathies

Speaker: Dr Richard Piercy Royal Veterinary College, London

Wednesday 27th February 2013 - Cancelled

Title: The development of olfactory ensheathing cells from the neural crest

Speaker: Dr Clare Baker, University of Cambridge

THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED.

Wednesday 20th February 2013

Title: Obesiology and leanotypes: from genes to mechanisms in mice with selected divergence in adiposity

Speaker: Dr Nicholas Morton, University of Edinburgh

Wednesday 6th February 2013

Title: Testosterone and male health: a rip-roaring story of sex, violence, and other benefits

Speaker: Professor Lee Smith, Chair of Genetic Endocrinology, MRC Centre For Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh

Wednesday 30th January 2013

Title: Sex determination in fish and its manipulation in aquaculture

Speaker: Dr David Penman, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling

Wednesday 23rd January 2013

Title: Mechanisms of arterial calcification: Lessons learned from rare diseases

Speaker: Prof Frank Rutsch, University of Munster, Germany

Wednesday 16th January 2013

Title: Food Systems, People and Rule Breakers

Speaker: Dr Jonathan Rushton, Royal Veterinary College, London

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