The University of Sheffield
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Guest Seminars 08-09


Firth Court The MBB Guest Seminars are presented by distinguished speakers on research in molecular biology.

 

Seminar Programme for Academic Year 2008-09

 

Gene Punctuation in Eukaryotes
   Prof. Nick Proudfoot FRS
   University of Oxford
Wednesday October 29th at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

The 26th William Ferdinand Memorial Lecture
Genome Repair at Atomic Resolution
   Prof. Thomas Carell,
   Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thursday November 6th at 16:30 in MBB F2

 

Plasmid Segregation Mechanisms
   Prof. Kenn Gerdes
   University of Newcastle
Wednesday November 12th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

Genome dynamics and the evolution of bacterial pathogens
   Prof. Julian Parkhill
   Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Wednesday November 19th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

Indecent exposure: the risks of traversing the cell cyle with unprotected telomeres
   Dr. Julie Cooper
   Cancer Research UK
Wednesday November 26th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

Electron microscopy of molecular motors
   Prof. John Trinick
   University of Leeds
Wednesday December 3rd at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

A new perspective on enzyme catalysis
   Prof. Nigel Scrutton
   University of Manchester
Wednesday December 10th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

The 2nd Alan Roper Memorial Lecture
From genes to malaria control – a journey from Sheffield to Africa
   Prof. Janet Hemingway
   Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Thursday January 15th at 16:00 in MBB F2

 

How to avoid getting stuck in the wrong membrane - cellular safeguards in the insertion of tail-anchored membrane proteins
   Dr. Blanche Schwappach
   University of Manchester
Wednesday February 11th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

Tales of a two-stroke motor: the mechanism of the GroEL/S chaperonin
   Dr. Steve Burston
   University of Bristol
Wednesday February 18th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

C A N C E L L E D
Wednesday February 25th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

That's impossible! The transport of folded proteins across the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane
   Prof. Tracy Palmer
   University of Dundee
Wednesday March 4th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

Thermostabilisation and structure determination of a beta 1-adrenergic receptor
   Dr. Chris Tate
   Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
Wednesday March 11th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

Lantibiotics: unusual drugs made by unusual bugs
   Prof. Mervyn Bibb
   John Innes Centre
Wednesday March 18th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

C A N C E L L E D
Wednesday March 18th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

Investigating the biology of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea
   Prof. Nick Talbot
   University of Exeter
Wednesday April 1st at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

Molecular chaperones in posttranslational protein targeting
   Dr. Ben Abell
   Sheffield Hallam University
Wednesday April 29th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

Investigating the Catalysis of Phosphate Transfer
   Prof. Jon Waltho
   University of Sheffield
Wednesday May 6th at 13:10 in MBB F2

 

The Harrison Lecture
Structural Biology of Bacterial Secretion Systems
   Prof. Gabriel Waksman
   UCL London
Wednesday May 13th at 13:10 in MBB F2