External and Internal Seminar Programme 2017/2018
The Department of Biomedical Science runs a lively and exciting external and internal departmental seminar programme. Topics presented represent the wide-range of research interests within the department and are presented by experts in particular areas.
Seminars are held on Mondays at 12.00 noon (unless stated) in the Conference Room (room A225), A Floor, Alfred Denny building.
If you have any questions regarding our programme, please contact Wendy Howard.
Sponsored by the Physiological Society
Monday 9th April 2018
Dr Rebecca Richardson, University of Bristol
"Investigating the role of inflammation in heart regeneration in zebrafish"
Host: Dr Emily Noel
Sponsored by the Biochemical Society
Monday 23rd April 2018
Prof Stefania Spanò, University of Edinburgh
"An intracellular trafficking pathway that prevents bacterial infections"
Host: Dr Dan Humphreys
Monday 14th May 2018
Professor Ron Hay, University of Dundee
"Harnessing the PML-SUMO-RNF4 axis for cancer therapy"
Host: Dr Chun Guo
Sponsored by the Physiological Society
Monday 21st May 2018
Professor Andrea Brand, University of Cambridge
"Food for thought: awakening stem cells in the brain"
Host: Dr Martin Zeidler
Sponsored by the Biochemical Society
Monday 11th June 2018
Professor Bruce Turnbull, University of Leeds
"Re-engineering bacterial toxins for new purposes"
Host: Prof Bazbak Davletov
Monday 18th June 2018
Dr Sean Munro, University of Cambridge
"Capture of transport vesicles at the Golgi by golgin coiled-coil proteins"
Host: Dr Andrew Peden
Sponsored by the Physiological Society
Monday 25th June 2018
Professor Dr Jutta Engel, Saarland University
"The auxiliary Ca2+ channel subunit α2δ3 is required for P/Q-type Ca2+ currents of spiral ganglion neurons and for proper auditory nerve synapses"
Host: Prof Walter Marcotti
Monday 2nd July 2018
Dr Jenny Gallop, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
"Control of the actin cytoskeleton by membranes"
Host: Prof Kathryn Ayscough
Monday 9th July 2018
Dr Tobias Zech, University of Liverpool
"Actin on trafficking: How WASH coordinates endosomal transport"
Host: Dr Jason King
2018/2019 Programme:
Monday 24th September 2018
Prof Luis Toledo, University of Copenhagen
"Inhibition of Polymerase alpha reveals unexpected features of DNA replication in mammals"
Host: Miss Angela Ibler
Monday 1st October 2018
Dr James Briscoe, Francis Crick Institute
Title to be announced
Host: Dr Anestis Tsakiridis
Monday 8th October 2018
Dr Isabel Palacios, University of Cambridge
Title to be announced
Host: Dr Natalia Bulgakova
Monday 15th October 2018
Dr Anna Andreou, King's College London
Title to be announced
Host: Prof Bazbek Davletov
Monday 26th November 2018
Dr James Sharpe, EMBL Barcelona
Title to be announced
Host: Dr Matthew Towers