The University of Sheffield
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Guest Seminars in MBB 2010-11


 

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

 

Seminar Programme for Academic Year 2010-11

 

ChIPing away at the Epigenome
   Dr Paul Hurd,
   The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary College, University of London
Wednesday October 20th at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

Moving parts of the kinesin molecular motor
   Prof Robert Cross,
   Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology , University of Warwick
Wednesday October 27th at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

Defining the function and regulation of the Rac-GEF Tiam1 in tumourigenesis
   Dr Simon Woodcock,
   Cell Signalling Group, Paterson Institute, Manchester
Wednesday November 3rd at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

Controlling chromosome structure in starved bacteria
   Dr David Grainger,
   School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
Wednesday November 24th at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

Protein localization guided by membrane charge and surface topology
   Dr Leendert Hamoen,
   Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University
Wednesday December 1st at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

Combining random mutagenesis with genetic selection to explore the stages in base flipping during DNA methylation
   Prof David Hornby
   Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield.
Wednesday December 8th at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

The MBB Society Seminar
What's in a name? Surnames, Y chromosomes and the history of Britain
   Prof Mark Jobling,
   Department of Genetics, University of Leicester
Wednesday February 9th at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

The 3rd Alan Roper Memorial Lecture
Susceptibility to cancer: how common? how important?
   Prof Doug Easton
   Cancer Research UK Genetic Epidemiology Group, University of Cambridge
Wednesday February 16th at 4:00 pm in MBB F2

 

The Inaugural West Riding Lecture
Life with Little Ligands: The Microbiology of Oxygen, NO and CO
   Prof Robert Poole,
   Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield.
Wednesday February 23rd at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

Sensing and Regulation in Bacterial Differentiation
   Prof Anthony Wilkinson
   Department of Chemistry, The University of York
Wednesday March 2nd at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

Catalytic Promiscuity: Rules and Tools
   Dr Florian Hollfelder
   Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Wednesday March 9th at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

Testing the influence of epigenetic information on meiotic crossover frequency
   Dr Ian Henderson
   Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Wednesday March 16th at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

Seminar Cancelled
Wednesday March 23rd at 1:10 pm in MBB F2
 
 

 

How to assemble and disassemble anaphase inhibitors
   Dr Kevin Hardwick
   Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, The University of Edinburgh
Wednesday March 30th at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

mTOR [the mammalian target of rapamycin], a 'master regulator' of cell function
   Prof Chris Proud
   School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton
Wednesday May 4th at 1:10 pm in MBB F2

 

The Molecular and Cell Biology of Hyphal Growth in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans
   Prof Peter Sudbery,
   Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield.
Wednesday May 11th at 1:10 pm in MBB F2