Guest seminars in MBB
The MBB Guest Seminars are presented by distinguished speakers on research in molecular biology.
Seminar programme for academic year 2011-2012
The Krebs Lecture 2011
The amazing ribosome, its tiny enemies, and hints about its origin
Ada Yonath, Nobel Laurate
Weizmann Institute, Israel
Wednesday October 5th at 5 pm in Richard Roberts Lecture Theatre
CO2 sensing and interkingdom signaling pathways in yeast
Fritz Mühlschlegel
University of Kent
Wednesday October 12th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
How cells help proteins to acquire the correct metals
Nigel Robinson
Durham University
Wednesday October 19th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
Adenylyl cyclases - much more than makers of cAMP
Dermot Cooper
Cambridge University
Wednesday October 26th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
The Second Krebs Memorial Lecture
How do bacteria know where to go? Rotary motors and protein dynamics drive bacterial behaviour
Judy Armitage
Oxford University
Wednesday November 2nd at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
On membrane curvature, protein rings, and the proton motive force in bacterial cell division
Leendert Hamoen
University of Newcastle
Wednesday November 9th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
Microbial communication and virulence: lessons from evolutionary theory
Steve Diggle
University of Nottingham
Wednesday November 16th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
Dysregulation of protein kinase signalling in lung cancer: can we teach an old dog new tricks?
Jeremy Tavaré
University of Bristol
Wednesday November 23rd at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
Molecular mechanisms underlying insulin-regulated trafficking of the facilitative glucose transporter GLUT4
Nia Bryant
University of Glasgow
Wednesday November 30th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
A role for protein dynamics? New insights into catalysis from studies of an 'old' enzyme
Ruedi Allemann
Cardiff University
Wednesday December 7th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
Stopping the traffic: targeting chemokine receptors in disease
James Pease
Imperial College London
Wednesday December 14th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
Resistance is futile: the molecular basis of drug resistance in the protein kinase superfamily
Pat Eyers
YCR Inst. Cancer Studies, Sheffield
Wednesday January 25th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
MBB Society Seminar
Genetic fingerprinting and the turbulent genome
Sir Alec Jeffreys
University of Leicester
Wednesday February 8th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
Wrapping and unwrapping the bad news: The multiple roles of genomic RNA within ssRNA virus particles
Peter Stockley
University of Leeds
Wednesday February 15th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
4th Roper Lecture
DNA strand breakage and repair in human disease
Keith Caldecott
University of Sussex
Wednesday February 22nd at 4:00 pm in MBB F2
The Bioline Lecture
A new family of cancer marker genes: diagnostic, therapeuticand oncogenic potential
Ramsay McFarlane
North West Cancer Research Fund Inst
Wednesday March 7th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
Endothelial cell modulation by P. falciparum-infected erythrocyte cytoadherence
Alister Craig
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Wednesday March 14th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
2nd West Riding Lecture
Bacterial Gang Culture: We're all in this together
George Salmond
University of Cambridge
Wednesday March 21st at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
Regulating actin and myosin function in yeast
Dan Mulvihill
University of Kent
Wednesday April 25th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2
The Cytokinetic Phragmoplast; Cytoskeleton, Modelling and Proteomics
Patrick Hussey
Durham University
Wednesday May 9th at 1:00 pm in MBB F2