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Institute of Medical Sciences

Seminars

Date Speaker Title Room Time Theme
Mon 28 May 2012 Steve Bates (University of Exeter) Candida albicans: Cell surface to cell division

[Host: Prof Neil Gow]
L7 CR 1-2pm Microbiology
Wed 30 May 2012 Various Half-day Meeting “Cannabinoids in Brain Imaging”

L7 CR 10am - 1pm
Thu 31 May 2012 Michael P. Gantier
(PhD Monash Institute of Medical Research, AUSTRALIA)
The regulation of innate immunity by small RNAs L7 CR 1-2 pm Immunity and Disease
Thu 31 May 2012 Professor Steven Goldberg (NIH) KOSTERLITZ PRIZE LECTURE - Targeting endocannabinoid systems for the treatment of nicotine dependence Suttie Centre Lecture Hall 3-4 pm
Fri 1 Jun 2012 Dr Gerry McCann (Leicester University), Dr Sanjay Prasad (Imperial College London), Prof Michael Frenneaux (University of Aberdeen), Prof Colin Berry (University of Glasgow) 5th Scotland Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Scientific Meeting L7 CR 10am - 3:45pm Vascular Medicine
Tue 12 Jun 2012 Professor Andy Sewell [Department of Infection, Immunity & Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Cardiff University] Title tbc L7 CR 1-2 pm Immunity and Disease
Tue 12 Jun 2012 Dr Mark van Rossum
(Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation School of Informatics University of Edinburgh)
Synaptic plasticity and memory retention

[Host: Dr Guy Bewick]
L7 C/R 3-4pm Translational Neuroscience
Wed 13 Jun 2012 Dr Rebecca Reynolds [University of Edinburgh] & Dr Keith Allan [PHNRG, University of Aberdeen] Maternal overweight during pregnancy and cardiovascular disease in the offspring: a record linkage study? Med Chi, Polwarth 1.00-2.00pm IAHS
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 Microbiology
Tue 19 Jun 2012 Dr Caroline Ash [Senior editor of Science] Tbc

[Host: Rebecca Drummond]
L7 CR 2-3 pm Immunity and Disease
Tue 19 Jun 2012 Prof Noel Buckley (Institute of Psychiatry,Centre for the Cellular Basis of Behaviour) Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of neural stem cells

[Host – Prof Alasdair MacKenzie]
L7 C/R 3-4pm Translational Neuroscience
Wed 20 Jun 2012 Professor Peter Morgan (UoA, Rowett Institute) Neuroendocrinology turned upside down L7 CR 4-5 pm IMS
Wed 20 Jun 2012 Doctor Michell Keske (Senior Research Fellow, University of Tasmania) Title Tbc

[Host: Dana Dawson]
L5 CR 11:30am - 2pm Vascular Medicine
Thu 21 Jun 2012 Joseph Hoare Electric Fields - novel regulators of macrophage activity L7 C/R 1 - 2pm Immunity and Disease
Beverley Minter Mitochondrial targeted vitamin E in an endothelial model of sepsis
Fri 22 Jun 2012 Dr Rebecca Lawton [Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds] & Dr Rosie McEachan [Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary] Enhancing learning about patient safety: Can the Yorkshire Contributory Factors Framework do the job? Med Chi, Polwarth 1.00-2.00pm IAHS
Thu 28 Jun 2012 Professor Jim Brewer (Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow) TBC L7 C/R 1 - 2pm Immunity and Disease
Mon 2 Jul 2012 Tbc Gail Ferguson Symposium L7 CR 9am-5pm Microbiology
Wed 5 Sep 2012 Professor Heymans (University of Maastrict) Title tbc

[Host: Dana Dawson]
L7 CR 1-2 pm IMS
Thu 6 Sep 2012 Professor Jonathan Rhodes Pathogenesis of Crohn’s Disease – getting warmer? [Host: Georgina Hold] L7 CR 4-5 pm IMS
Thu 27 Sep 2012 Professor Julian Mercer (UoA, Rowett Institute) Title tbc L7 CR 1-2 pm IMS
Wed 3 Oct 2012 Professor Siamon Gordon Alternative Activation of macrophages in mouse and man
L7 CR 1-2 pm IMS
Wed 10 Oct 2012 Tbc ETHICS IN SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM

[Host: Gordon Brown]
L7 CR 1-5 pm IMS
Wed 21 Nov 2012 Professor Denise Kelly (University of Aberdeen) Title tbc L7 CR 1-2 pm IMS
Wed 6 Mar 2013 Professor Mike Hall(Biozentrum, University of Basel) TOR signaling, from yeast to human

[Host: Ian Stansfield & Neil Gow]
L7 CR 1-2 pm IMS
Wed 19 Jun 2013 Jules Hoffman Title tbc L7 CR 1-2 pm IMS
Wed 26 Jun 2013 Jules Hoffman Title tbc L7 CR 1-2 pm IMS