The University of Sheffield
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Guest Seminars in 2006-07


Firth Court The MBB Guest Seminars are presented by distinguished visitors to the Department.

 

Seminar Programme for Academic Year 2006-07

 

The Biochemistry Society Seminar
Blobs in Translation : The Cell Biology of Translational Control in Yeast
    Dr Mark Ashe
    University of Manchester
Wednesday October 18th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

The Starlab Seminar
Predatory bdeellovibrio Bacteria - Living Antibiotics ?
    Prof Liz Sockett
    University of Nottingham
Wednesday October 25th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

Architecture and Assembly of Non Homologous End Joining Complexes for Repairing DNA Double Stand Breaks
    Prof Laurence Pearl
    Institute of Cancer Research
Wednesday November 1st at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

Metallochaperones and Metal-sensors in the Allocation of Metals in Cells
    Prof Nigel Robinson
    University of Newcastle
Wednesday November 8th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

Carbohydrate export in gram negative bacteria
    Prof. Jim Naismith
    University of St. Andrews
Wednesday November 15th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

What Drives ligand-protein interactions
    Prof Steve Homans
    University of Leeds
Wednesday November 22nd at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

The Society for General Microbiology Seminar
Biomining and (Mine) Bioremediation: Established and Developing Biotechnologies
    Dr Barrie Johnson
    University of Bangor
Wednesday November 29th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

Prediction Structure Determination Using NMR Chemical Shifts
    Dr Michele Vendruscolo
    University of Cambridge
Wednesday December 6th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

Fusion and differentiation: fission yeast in the real world.
    Dr John Armstrong
    University of Sussex
Wednesday December 13th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

Clostridia: The Good, The Bad and the Beautiful
    Prof Nigel Minton
    University of Nottingham
Wednesday February 7th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

The Thistle Scientific Seminar
Relating biochemical and functional properties of CD200R and SIRP families of receptors
    Prof Neil Barclay
    University of Oxford
Wednesday February 14th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

Trying to Outsmart Inducible Vancomycin Resistance in Bacteria
    Dr Mark Buttner
    John Innes Centre
Wednesday February 21st at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

Seminar Postponed
   There is no seminar on this day.
Wednesday February 28th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

The Helena Biosciences / eppendorf Seminar
The Arf-like GTPases and their role in organelle identity
    Dr Sean Munro
    MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Wednesday March 7th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

Human genome sequencing and gene mapping
    Dr Jane Rogers
    Sanger Centre
Monday March 12th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

The Axxora (UK) Seminar
Sensing and repair of DNA damage in S-phase
    Dr Simon Boulton
    Cancer Research UK
Wednesday March 14th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

The Krebs Lecture 2007
Proteins and their structures in basic science and application in medicine
    Prof Robert Huber FRS,
    Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried
Friday March 16th at 4:00 pm in Auditorium (Richard Roberts Building)

 

The Tecan UK Seminar
Structure and mechanism of membrane transporters
    Prof So Iwata
    Imperial College London
Wednesday March 21st at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

Fungal Polyketide Synthase - Non-Ribosomal Peptide Synthetases: Mega-Proteins and Nano-Machines
    Dr Russell Cox
    University of Bristol
Wednesday April 18th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

S E M I N A R    C A N C E L L E D
Wednesday April 25th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

The New England Biolabs Seminar
Regulation of cell fate by MAP kinase scaffold proteins
    Dr Alan Whitmarsh
    University of Manchester
Wednesday May 2nd at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2

 

Adaptors and sorting signals for clathrin-coated vesicles
    Prof. Margaret Robinson
    University of Cambridge
Wednesday May 9th at 1:10 pm in Biology Lecture Theatre 2