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Institute of Medical Sciences

Microbiology: Events

All interested are welcome.

Date Speaker Title Room Time
Mon 28 May 2012 Steve Bates (University of Exeter) Candida albicans: Cell surface to cell division [Host: Prof Neil Gow] L7 CR 1-2pm
Mon 18 Jun 2012 Alain Verreault (Institute for Research in Immunology & Cancer, University of Montreal) Histone Acetylation and the DNA Damage Response [Host: Prof. A Donaldson] L7 C/R 1-2pm
Mon 2 Jul 2012 Tbc Gail Ferguson Symposium L7 CR 9am-5pm

Archive Seminars

Date Speaker Title Room Time
Sun 10 Oct 2004 Dr Ken Haynes Cell separation and virulence in the fungal pathogen, Candida glabrata L7CR 1-2 pm
Sun 17 Oct 2004 Prof Mike Merrick Ammonium sensing in bacteria: keeping in touch with the outside world L7CR 1-2 pm
Sun 24 Oct 2004 Prof Martin Buck Using a molecular machine to activate gene expression L7CR 1-2 pm
Sun 31 Oct 2004 Dr Caroline Barelle Niche-specific regulation of central metabolic pathways in a human fungal pathogen L7CR 1-2 pm
Sun 28 Nov 2004 Dr Miep Helfrich Osteoclast diseases L7CR 1-2 pm
Sun 5 Dec 2004 Dr Nick Luscombe Transcription regulation : a genomic network L7CR 1-2 pm
Sun 12 Dec 2004 Dr Julie Cooper Telomere function through the cell cycle L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 16 Jan 2006 Prof Ken Wolfe Yeast genome evolution: gene losses and the origin of species L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 23 Jan 2006 Prof Ed Louis Telomeres, chromatin and genome stability in yeast L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 30 Jan 2006 Prof Tony Maxwell DNA topoisomerases: essential enzymes, lethal drug targets L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 13 Feb 2006 Prof Jeff Cole Micro-array analysis of gene regulation as E. coli adapts from aerobic to anaerobic growth: sense, nonsense, lists and new insights into microbial physiology L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 20 Feb 2006 Prof Del Basra Structure, function and biosynthesis of the mycobacterial cell wall L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 27 Feb 2006 Dr Jonathan Pettitt Applying genome-wide screens to dissect cadherin-mediated cell adhesion in C. elegans L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 13 Mar 2006 Prof Tracy Palmer The transport of folded proteins across the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 24 Apr 2006 Dr Samantha Miller The gating mechanism of the E. coli small mechanosensitive channel, MscS L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 8 May 2006 Professor Tom Humphrey Campylobacter in broiler chicken production: influences of flock management and host stress L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 15 May 2006 Prof Stephen Busby Regulation at complex bacterial promoters L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 22 May 2006 Dr Mark Robinson Trichinella - Identifying proteins at the host-parasite interface L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 5 Jun 2006 Dr Frank Uhlmann Mechanisms of faithful chromosome segregation during mitosis L7CR 1-2 pm
Tue 6 Jun 2006 Dr Madalena Tarsounas Role of RAD51 Paralogs in Holliday Junction Resolution and Telomere Protection L7CR 12-1
Thu 28 Sep 2006 Dr Nikolay Zenkin Transcriptional proofreading through ribozyme-like activity of the transcript L7CR 4-5 pm
Mon 2 Oct 2006 Dr Matthew Fisher Mass mortalities and mushrooms: the molecular epidemiology of emerging human and animal mycoses L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 9 Oct 2006 Dr Chris Grant Regulation of protein synthesis by oxidative stress in yeast L7CR 1-2 pm
Fri 13 Oct 2006 Dr Gail Ferguson Investigating Persistent, Extreme and Unculturable Bacteria L7CR 12-1 pm
Mon 16 Oct 2006 Dr Thorsten Allers Extremo-genetics: DNA recombination and repair in Archaea L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 23 Oct 2006 Professor Neil Hunter Assembly, structure and organisation of photosynthetic membrane protein complexes L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 30 Oct 2006 Dr Aiden Doherty Bacterial Ku and ligase complex: a multifunctional DNA double-strand break repair machine L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 6 Nov 2006 Dr Paul Hoskisson The bacteria-Phage arms race: insights from the phage growth limitation system of stretomyces coekicolor L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 13 Nov 2006 Dr Nicola Stanley-Wall [University of Dundee] Understanding multicellular behaviour exhibited by bacillus subtilis L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 20 Nov 2006 Dr Janet Quinn [Institute for Cell & Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University] Differences in stress responses between model and pathogenic yeast L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 4 Dec 2006 Dr Clive Price [University of Lancaster] The mother / daughter / divide: cytokinesis and cell separation in budding yeast L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 15 Jan 2007 Professor Gero Steinberg [Max-Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology] Endocytic recycling and bidirectional transport in growth of the fungus Ustilago maydis L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 22 Jan 2007 Dr Laura Trinkle-Mulcahy [Wellcome Trust Biocentre, Dundee University] Using SILAC-based quantitative proteomics to identify novel nuclear protein complexes L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 29 Jan 2007 Professor Kurt Naber [Technical University of Munich] Optimal management of urinary tract infection L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 5 Feb 2007 Professor Mick Tuite [University of Kent] The generation and propagation of a yeast prion L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 12 Feb 2007 Professor Andrew Millar [Centre for Systems Biology, University of Edinburgh] DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 19 Feb 2007 Dr Svein Valla [Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim] Microbial alginates: from materials science to systems biology L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 5 Mar 2007 Professor David Leach [Institute of Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh] The processing of mis-folded DNA L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 19 Mar 2007 Professor Nicholas Mann [University of Warwick] 'Photosynthetic' phages in the oceans L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 23 Apr 2007 Professor Peter Philippsen [University of Basel] S. cerevisiae and A. gossypii: Evolution of different life styles starting from the same set of genes. L7CR 1 pm
Wed 25 Apr 2007 Professor Judith Armitage [University of Oxford] Who invented the wheel? Bacteria - The Fastest Organisms on Earth Auditorium, Polwarth 1.30 pm
Mon 30 Apr 2007 Dr Laura Grenville-Briggs [University of Aberdeen] Cellulose synthesis in Phytophthora infestans is required for appressorium formation and infection of potato L7CR 1 pm
Mon 14 May 2007 Dr Declan Bates [University of Leicester] Modelling and analysis of cellular feedback systems using robust control theory L5CR 1 pm
NOTE: BEING HELD IN L5CR THIS WEEK
Mon 21 May 2007 Professor David Holden [Imperial College, London] The many and varied activities of Salmonella inside host cells L7CR 1 pm
Mon 4 Jun 2007 Dr Stuart MacNeill [University of Copenhagen] Out of Africa and the Dead Sea: model systems for dissecting eukaryotic chromosomal DNA replication L7CR 1 pm
Mon 11 Jun 2007 Professor Bob Lloyd [University of Nottingham] Replication fork stalling cell cycle arrest in UV-irradiated bacterial cells L7CR 1 pm
Mon 18 Jun 2007 Dr Karim Labib [Cancer Research UK Paterson Institute, University of Manchester] Studying the cell cycle by functional proteomics L7CR 1-2 pm
Fri 7 Sep 2007 Dr Stuart Levitz [Boston University School of Medicine] Disparate effects of protein mannosylation on immune responses to the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans L7CR 10.30 am
Mon 1 Oct 2007 Professor Peter Piper [University of Sheffield] Heat shock protein 90 - Why such a hot topic? L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 8 Oct 2007 Dr Alex Brand [University of Aberdeen] Steering mechanisms in C. albicans tropic growth L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 15 Oct 2007 Professor Daan van Aalten [Wellcome Trust Biocentre, University of Dundee] Protein phosphorylation and O-GlcNAcylation - Yin and Yang? L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 22 Oct 2007 Dr Helle Ulrich [Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute] Function of the ubiquitin system in DNA damage bypass L7CR 1-2 pm
Tue 23 Oct 2007 Dr Susan Logan [Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa] Flagellar Glycosylation systems of bacteria - novel therapeutic targets? L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 29 Oct 2007 Professor Jim Haber [Brandeis University, Massachusetts] Repair of a broken chromosome: the replication connection L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 5 Nov 2007 Dr Richard Elliott [Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of St Andrews] Differential arbovirus replication in mammalian and insect cells LT3, Polwarth 1-2 pm
PLEASE NOTE: SEMINAR TAKING PLACE IN LT3, POLWARTH BUILDING
Mon 12 Nov 2007 Dr Phillip Aldridge [Institute for Cell & Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University] The tail of two bugs: sensing flagellar assembly from a distance L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 19 Nov 2007 Professor Frank Sargent Traffic police: biosynthesis of bacterial respiratory chains L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 26 Nov 2007 Professor Paul Williams [Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham] Quorum sensing, virulence and the discovery of new antibacterials L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 3 Dec 2007 Professor Bentley Fane [BI05 Institute, University of Arizona] Scaffolding protein mediated virion assembly and evolution in a two scaffolding protein system L7CR 1-2 pm
Tue 4 Dec 2007 Professor Rolf Thauer [Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology] Methanogenic Archaea and the three Princes of Serendip L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 10 Dec 2007 Professor Richard Reece [Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester] Understanding a transcriptional paradigm at the molecular level: structure of the yeast GAL genetic switch L7CR 1-2 pm
Fri 11 Jan 2008 Professor Bert Poolman [Department of Biochemistry, University of Groningen] Cellular osmoregulation and sensing of ionic strength L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 14 Jan 2008 Professor Frank Odds [University of Aberdeen] Candida albicans: strain typing provides new insights into the host-pathogen interaction L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 21 Jan 2008 Dr Nigel Savery [Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol] Molecular mechanism of transcription-coupled DNA repair L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 4 Feb 2008 Professor Amanda Fisher [MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London] Chromatin and Pluripotency L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 11 Feb 2008 Professor Vincent Bulone [KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm] Cellulose and (1,3)-b-D-glucan biosynthesis in plants and Oomycetes: the unsolved questions and some answers L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 18 Feb 2008 Dr Nick Gay [Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge] From drosophila development to human immunity: the molecular mechanisms of the toll receptor signalling pathways L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 25 Feb 2008 Dr Lea Harrington [Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh] Where there's a will, there's a way: mechanisms of adaptation to telomere loss in yeast and mice L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 3 Mar 2008 Dr Katsura Asano [Division of Biology, Kansas State University] Translation factor control of signal transduction pathways L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 10 Mar 2008 Dr Tim Rasmussen [Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Using spectroscopic tools to understand the bacterial channel MscS L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 17 Mar 2008 Professor Graham Walker [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] Getting inside and living there: rhizobium sympiosis and brucella pathogenesis L5CR 1-2 pm
Tue 15 Apr 2008 Dr Gary Sawer The maturation machinery of [NiFe]-Hyerogenases in escherichia coli [Host: Dr Berndt Mueller] L5CR 1-2 pm
Mon 28 Apr 2008 Professor Liz Sockett [School of Biology, University of Nottingham] Predatory Bdellovibrio genetics and possible applications [Host: Prof F Odds] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 28 Apr 2008 Professor David Stahl [University of Washington] Diversity and habitat range of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea AURIS lecture theatre [Opposite Cruickshank Building] 1pm
Part of SBS Microbiology Seminar Series
Mon 12 May 2008 Dr Marjan van der Woude [Department of Biology, Hull York Medical School] Epigenetics in bacteria: DNA methylation-dependant phase variation [Host: Professor Ian Booth] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 19 May 2008 Professor Diarmaid Hughes [Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University] Antibiotic resistance and fitness costs [Host: Professor Ian Booth] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 2 Jun 2008 Professor Carol Newlon [Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School] Genome integrity pathways are required for the maintenance of a derivative of yeast Chromosome III lacking replication origins [Host: Dr Anne Donaldson] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 16 Jun 2008 Dr Chris Norbury [Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford] mRNA terminal U-transferases: roles in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression [Host: Dr Berndt Mueller] L7CR 1-2 pm
Wed 18 Jun 2008 Professor Malcolm White Annual Microbiology Lecture ~ Extreme lifestyles of distant cousins: the weird and wonderful world of the archaea Polwarth Auditorium 1:30-2:30pm
Mon 18 Aug 2008 Dr Bettina Siebers [University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany] 'Some like it hot' L5CR 1pm
Mon 13 Oct 2008 Dr Gail Ferguson [Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Investigating the Molecular Basis of chronic bacterial-Host interactions and Piezophily L7CR 1 pm
Mon 20 Oct 2008 Dr Shin-ichiro Hiraga [Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Subnuclear organisation of chromosomes - budding yeast as a model system L7CR 1 pm
Mon 27 Oct 2008 Professor Nick Read [Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh] Pathways of differentiation from the fungal spore [Host: Professor Neil Gow] L7CR 1 pm
Mon 3 Nov 2008 Dr Elaine Bignell [Department of Microbiology, Imperial College London] Transcriptional snapshots during A. fumigatus infection [Host: Dr Carol Munro] L7CR 1 pm
Mon 10 Nov 2008 Professor Julian Naglik [Department of Oral Immunology, King's College London] Host:Candida interactions at mucosal surfaces - pathogenicity versus innate immunity [Host: Professor Neil Gow] L7CR 1 pm
Mon 17 Nov 2008 Professor Yuri Korchev [Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, London] Beyond the optical resolution in living cell: biomedical applications of scanning ion conductance microscopy [Host: Professor Ian Booth] L7CR 1 pm
Mon 24 Nov 2008 Dr Rainer Breitling [Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands] Computational metabolomics - turning numbers into networks [Host: Professor Ian Booth] L7CR 1 pm
Mon 1 Dec 2008 Professor Mark Buttner [Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich] Trying to outsmart inducible vancomycin resistance in bacteria [Host: Professor Maggie Smith] L7CR 1 pm
Mon 8 Dec 2008 Dr Mark Dillingham [Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol] Molecular machines for DNA break repair [Host: Professor Peter McGlynn] L7CR 1 pm
Mon 15 Dec 2008 Professor Gadi Frankel [Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus] Interaction of human bacterial pathogens with mammalian cells and plants [Host: Dr Iain Ogden] L7CR 1 pm
Mon 12 Jan 2009 Prof Paul Birch, University of Dundee How do eukaryotic microbial plant pathogens manipulate the defences of their hosts to establish disease? L7CR 1-2pm
Mon 19 Jan 2009 Prof Sebastian Amyes, Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh Acinetobacter baumannii: the new MRSA L7CR 1-2pm
Mon 26 Jan 2009 Prof Nick Talbot, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter Investigating the biology of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae L7CR 1-2pm
Mon 2 Feb 2009 Dr John Dallas, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Aberdeen Campylobacter epidemiology: molecular diagnostics of spatio temporal structure and infection sources L7CR 1-2pm
Mon 16 Feb 2009 Prof Tim Mitchell, Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences (Microbiology), University of Glasgow Streptococcus pneumoniae - variations, virulence and disease L7CR 1-2pm
Mon 23 Feb 2009 Prof David Shore, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva Mechanisms of telomere length regulation L7CR 1-2pm
Mon 9 Mar 2009 Prof Andy Waters, Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences (Infection & Immunity), University of Glasgow Gametocytes to go: Post-transcriptional regulation and Plasmodium sexual development L7CR 1-2pm
Mon 16 Mar 2009 Dr Norval Strachan, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen CANCELLED
Mon 27 Apr 2009 Dr Rita Cha [National Institute for Medical Research, London] [Host: Dr A Donaldson] Roles of signal transduction in eukaryotic chromatin metabolism L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 11 May 2009 Dr Stephen Wawra [Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] [Host: Dr P van West] What is the mechanism of RxLR mediated translocation of Oomycete effector proteins? L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 18 May 2009 Professor Roy Goodacre [School of Chemistry and Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester] [Host: Dr I Stansfield] Investigating biotic and abiotic stress in biological systems with metabolomics L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 1 Jun 2009 Dr Ken Sawin [Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh] [Host: Prof N Gow / Dr A Donaldson] Organizing microtubule organizers L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 10 Aug 2009 Professor Sheryl Tsai [University of California, Irvine] Learning drug design from nature: the specificity and architecture of polyketide synthase. Hosts: Professor Marcel Jaspars and Dr Hai Deng] L7CR 3.30pm
Joint Chemistry and Microbiology seminar
Mon 19 Oct 2009 Dr Ian Stansfield [Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Ribosomal traffic control; regulating gene expression at the level of translation [Host: Dr A Brand] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 26 Oct 2009 Dr Riina Richardson [School of Translational Medicine, University of Manchester & Manchester Hospital Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital] The triad of APECED, Candida and cancer [Host: Prof F Odds] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 2 Nov 2009 Dr Irene de Bruijn [Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Biosynthesis and regulation of antibiotic cyclic lipopeptides in plant-beneficial Pseudomonas fluorescens [Host: Dr P van West] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 9 Nov 2009 Dr Karen Scott [Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen] The impact of dietary changes on the human gut microbiota [Host: Dr A Brand] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 16 Nov 2009 Professor Dave Barry [Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow] Trypanosome antigenic variation - from silent genes to noisy populations [Host: Prof N Gow] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 23 Nov 2009 Dr David Komander [MRC Labortory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge: Biochemical Society 2009 Early Career Research Award Winner] Structure and specificity of deubiquitinating enzymes [Host: Dr A Brand] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 30 Nov 2009 Professor Paul Crocker [Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee] Sweet and sticky - Siglecs in negative and positive regulation of the immune system [Host: Prof N Gow] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 7 Dec 2009 iGEM Team [MIT International Synthetic Biology Competition entrants representing the University of Aberdeen] Pico-Plumber - a bacterial device for pipe repair [Host: Dr I Stansfield] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 1 Feb 2010 Professor Sarah Gurr [Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford] Emerging infections of crop plants: From molecular interactions to food security policy [Host: Prof Al Brown] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 8 Feb 2010 Professor Dave Kelly [Chair of Microbial Physiology, University of Sheffield] A pain in the butt: understanding the physiology of the food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni [Host: Prof Maggie Smith] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 15 Feb 2010 Dr Conor O'Byrne [Bacterial Stress Response Group, National University of Ireland, Galway] Coping with stress: elucidating the function of Sigma B in the human pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes [Host: Dr Gail Ferguson] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 22 Feb 2010 Dr Christian Rudolph [Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham] Pathological replication as a consequence of replication fork collisions [Host: Prof Peter McGlynn] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 1 Mar 2010 Dr Philip Zegerman [Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute] The regulation of DNA replication initiation in eukaryotes [Host: Dr A Donaldson] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 15 Mar 2010 Dr Edgar Huitema [University of Dundee] Arms-wrestling at the host-pathogen interface: Efforts towards unveiling the roles of Oomycete effectors in parasitism [Host: Dr Pieter van West] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 29 Mar 2010 Dr Clare Bryant [Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge] Pattern recognition receptors: the key to host recognition of infection or a load of old PAMPs [Host: Dr G Hold] L7CR 1-2 pm
Fri 16 Apr 2010 Professor Joe Heitman [Chair - Department of Molecular Genetics, Director, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Duke University, USA] How model and pathogenic fungi sense the environment and the host [Host: Professor Neil Gow] L7CR 12-1 pm
Mon 26 Apr 2010 Professor David Gally [Microbial Genetics, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh] Characterisation of novel regulators controlling type III secretion in Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 [Host: Dr Ken Forbes] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 10 May 2010 Professor Martin Warren [School of Biosciences, University of Kent] Synthetic biology - new life for molecular science [Host: Professor Ian Booth] L7CR 4-5 pm
Mon 17 May 2010 Dr Mark Szczelkun [Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol] Emergency measures to prevent illegitimate dsDNA breaks in bacterial genomes [Host: Professor Peter McGlynn] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 24 May 2010 Professor Gary Loake [Genetics & Genomics, University of Edinburgh] S-nitrosylation: charting the molecular landscape [Host: Professor Al Brown] L5CR 1-2 pm
Mon 7 Jun 2010 Professor Ian Connerton [Northern Foods Professor of Food Safety, University of Nottingham] The role of bacteriophage in the ecology and control of Campylobacter in chickens [Host: Dr Ken Forbes] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 9 Aug 2010 Dr Richard Bennett [Brown University, USA] Cryptic sex and recombination in Candida albicans [Hosts: Prof N Gow/Dr A Brand] L7CR 1-2 pm
Tue 28 Sep 2010 Professor Anca Segall [San Diego State University] DNA repair inhibitors: Compounds with anti-bacterial and anti-cancer potential [Host: Professor IR Booth] L5CR 1-2 pm
Mon 11 Oct 2010 Dr Joel Milner [University of Glasgow] Attack and defence: effectors, elicitors and plant-virus interactions [Host: Dr L Grenville-Briggs] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 18 Oct 2010 Dr Kathryn Ayscough University of Sheffield] The roles and regulation of actin in endocytosis (Hosts: Dr C Munro/Dr A Brand] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 25 Oct 2010 Dr Petra Louis [Microbial Ecology Group,Rowett Institute of Nutrition & Health] The human gut microbiota - microbial diversity and dietary modulation [Host: Dr A Brand] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 1 Nov 2010 Dr Louise Matthews [University of Glasgow Veterinary School] Modelling the emergence, persistence, and control of human-pathogenic E. col: [Host: Dr Ken Forbes] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 8 Nov 2010 Dr Graeme Nicol [University of Aberdeen] Ammonia oxidising archaea: genomes, physiology and ecology L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 15 Nov 2010 Dr Andrew Roe [University of Glasgow] Development of novel anti-virulence compounds to inhibit Gram-negative pathogens [Host: Prof N Gow] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 22 Nov 2010 Dr George Salmond [University of Cambridge] Fun phenotypes, faith, fitness and phages: quorum sensing, attack and defence in a bacterial world [Host: Prof Al Brown] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 29 Nov 2010 Dr Veronica Godoy [Northeastern University, Boston] Regulation of the activity of specialized DNA polymerases in Escherichia coli [Host: Dr G Ferguson] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 6 Dec 2010 Dr Mark Szczelkum [Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol] CANCELLED L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 13 Dec 2010 iGEM Team MIT International Synthetic Biology Competition entrants representing the University of Aberdeen [Host: Dr I Stansfield] L7CR 1-2 pm
Sun 23 Jan 2011 Roger Hendrix [University of Pittsburgh] title tbc [Host: Prof M Smith] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 31 Jan 2011 Dr Philippe Pasero [Institute de Genetique Humaine, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Montpelier] Cellular responses to spontaneous replication stress [Host: Dr A Donaldson] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 7 Feb 2011 Dr Sarah Coulthurst [Division of Molecular Microbiology, University of Dundee] Getting to grips with a new protein secretion system in Serratia marcescens [Host: Prof Al Brown] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 14 Feb 2011 Professor Peter McGlynn [University of Aberdeen] Resolving conflicts between genome duplication and gene expression L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 21 Feb 2011 Dr Michelle Edwards [University of Aberdeen] A family of bacterial mechanosensitive channels: deciphering the differences [Host: Dr A Brand] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 28 Feb 2011 Professor Neil Gow [Chair of Microbiology, University of Aberdeen] Immune recognition of the Candida cell wall: the taste of a fungus [Host: Dr A Brand] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 7 Mar 2011 Dr Elizabeth Baggs [Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen] CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 21 Mar 2011 Professor Waldemar Vollmer [University of Newcastle] From the regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis to bacterial growth and morphology [Host: Prof Ian Booth] L7CR 1-2 pm
Fri 22 Apr 2011 Professor Joy Sturtevant [Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, New Orleans] POSTPONED: NEW DATE WILL BE SET SHORTLY: Candida cellular processes and environmental adaptation [Host: Prof Neil Gow] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 9 May 2011 Prof Mark Szczelkun [Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol] Emergency measures to prevent illegitimate dsDNA breaks in bacterial genomes [Host: Prof P McGlynn] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 16 May 2011 Dr Simon Newstead [Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford] Towards a structural understanding of drug and peptide transport via the proton dependent oligopeptide symporters PepT1 and PepT2: [Host: Prof IR Booth] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 23 May 2011 Professor Andrew Rutenberg [Associate Professor of Physics, Dalhousie University, Canada] Quantifying fluorophores in vivo with noise: [Host: Prof IR Booth] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 6 Jun 2011 Dr Andrew Goryachev [Computational Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh] Autofocusing mechanisms in fungal morphogenesis: [Host: Dr Alex Brand] L7CR 1-2 pm
Fri 5 Aug 2011 Dr Lukasz Kozubowski [Duke University, USA] Role of calcineurin in the thermal stress response: lessons learned from the fungal pathogen Crytococcus neoformans L7CR 1-2 pm
Fri 16 Sep 2011 Professor Dave Sherratt FRS [University of Oxford] Bacterial chromosome replication and segregation [Host: Prof M Smith] L7CR 11-12 noon
Fri 23 Sep 2011 Roger Hendrix [University of Pittsburgh] Role of the virus capsid in evolution of the virus genome: Host: Prof M Smith L7CR 1-2 pm
Fri 7 Oct 2011 Dr Samuel Sheppard [University of Oxford] Insights into Campylobacter population genomics and evolution using multiple whole genome sequence analyses L5CR 1-2pm
Mon 10 Oct 2011 Paul Herron [University of Strathclyde] Filaments, phospholipids and photography of a mycelial bacterium. [Host: Prof M Smith] L7CR 1-2 pm
Wed 12 Oct 2011 Dr Femi Olorunniji [University of Glasgow ] Imposing topological specificity and directionality on phic31 integrase L5CR 12-1pm
Mon 24 Oct 2011 Professor Liz Baggs [School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen] How strong is the coupling between plant-C flow and rhizosphere dentrification?[Hosts: Dr G Ferguson / Dr A Brand] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 31 Oct 2011 Chris Grant [University of Manchester] Induction of yeast prions by reactive oxygen species [Host: Professor A Brown] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 7 Nov 2011 Liz Wellington [University of Warwick] Badgers, cattle and environmental reservoirs of mycobacteria [Host: Prof M Smith] L7CR 1-2 pm
Fri 11 Nov 2011 David Perlin [New Jersey Medical School] Clinical echinocandin resistance: mechanistic insights and future perspectives: [Hosts: Prof N Gow / Dr C Munro] L5CR 11-12 am
Mon 14 Nov 2011 Peter Adams [Beatson Institute, Glasgow] Cell senescence: its regulation by chromatin and a route to cancer therapies [Host: Prof A Donaldson] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 21 Nov 2011 Joerg Feldman [University of Aberdeen] Metallomics: do we need another -omics? [Host: Dr S Wehmeier] L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 28 Nov 2011 Keith Dobney [University of Aberdeen] title tbc: (Host: Professor N Gow] L7CR 1-2 pm
Thu 1 Dec 2011 Prof Rob Phillips [California Institute of Technology] [CALTECH] Bacteria are stressed out too: the physics of mechanosensation L5 CR 12-1 pm
Fri 2 Dec 2011 Prof Rob Phillips [California Institute of Technology] [CALTECH] Transcriptional regulation by the numbers MT4, Meston Building 2-3 pm
Mon 5 Dec 2011 Mike Gustin [Rice University, Texas] Anticipation of nitric oxide stress by a commensal microorganism [Host: Professor A Brown] Med Chi, Polwarth 1-2 pm
Mon 12 Dec 2011 Despoina Kaloriti [University of Aberdeen] How Candida copes with stress, or dies trying… L7CR 1-2 pm
Wed 18 Jan 2012 Professor Nick Read [University of Edinburgh] Signalling dynamics of hyphal self-fusion during fungal colony initiation and infection [Host: Dr A Brand] L7CR 9.30am
Mon 30 Jan 2012 Prof Maggie Smith [University of Aberdeen] Serine recombinases: Nature’s tools for genome engineering [Host: ACB] L7 CR 1-2 pm
Mon 13 Feb 2012 Russell Betney [University of Aberdeen] Title tbc [Host: Alex Brand] L7 CR 1-2 pm
Mon 20 Feb 2012 Steve Woodward [University of Aberdeen] Alien Invasive Pathogens: The major threat to our forrest ecosystem [Host: Pieter Van West] L7 CR 1-2 pm
Mon 27 Feb 2012 Kenny McDowell [University of Leeds] From x-ray crystal structures to nucleotide resoloution maps: a structure function study of the lifecycle of bacterial RNA [Host:MS] L7 CR 1-2 pm
Mon 5 Mar 2012 Prof Lindstedt [Norwegian Institute of Public Health] What's your type? New bacterial Genotyping in Norway, (MLVA, CRISPR, SNP, Binary-gene..) [Host: IO] L7 CR 1-2 pm
Mon 12 Mar 2012 Paul Hoskisson [University of Strathclyde] Evolution of virulence in actinomycetes: the strange case of Mce [Host: ML] L7 CR 1-2 pm
Wed 21 Mar 2012 Marine Natural Products Symposium - The Role of Natural Products and Synthetic Biology in Drug Discovery Speakers: Prof Brad Moore [University of California], Prof Maggie Smith [University of Aberdeen], Dr Hai Deng [University of Aberdeen], Dr Wael Houssen [University of Aberdeen, Dr Jesko Koehnke [University of St Andrews], Dr Guy Carter [ex Director Wyeth Natural Products Division, USA] Kings Conference Centre Auditorium 1:30pm - 5:30pm
Wed 4 Apr 2012 Dr Jill P. Adler-Moore [Dept. of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, USA] Echinocandin resistance in Candida tropicalis L5 CR 9:30am
Mon 23 Apr 2012 Pieter Van West [Aberdeen Oomycete Group] Exploring the origins of Oomycete pathogens (and a lot more) near the polar circles [Host: Alex Brand] L7 CR 1-2 pm
Mon 30 Apr 2012 Stephan Wawra (Aberdeen Oomycete Group) The translocation of oomycete RxLR-effectors [Host: Dr Pieter Van West] L7 CR 1-2pm
Mon 14 May 2012 Steve Cartman (University of Nottingham) Dissecting the genetics of Clostridium difficile virulence [Host: Karen Scott] L7 CR 1-2pm
Mon 21 May 2012 Andy McEwan (University of Aberdeen) Mechanism from a broken machine: Phi C31 Integrase [Host: Prof Maggie Smith] L7 CR 1-2pm