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Institute of Medical Sciences

Archived Seminars

Date Speaker Title Room Time Theme
Thu 9 Feb 2012 Dr Jude Bain Interaction of Candida albicans with macrophages L7 CR 1-2 pm Immunity and Disease
Dr Sarah Hardison Macrophage activation during pulmonary cryptococcosis
Thu 2 Feb 2012 Dr Simon Powis [School of Medicine, University of St Andrews] MHC class I molecules in dimeric form. Are they involved in antigen presentation and ankylosing spondylitis? [Host: Simon Wong] L7 CR 1-2 pm Immunity and Disease
Tue 31 Jan 2012 Dr Anke Henning [Physicist at the Institute for Biomedical Engineering at ETH Zurich] Developments in advanced cardiac MR physics from the ETH] [Host: Dr Dana Dawson] Lilian Sutton Building 1-2 pm Vascular Medicine
Tue 31 Jan 2012 Eric M. Bowman PhD, FHEA [School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews] Is it possible to use rats to model the EEG abnormalities in schizophrenia? L5 CR 1-2 pm Transitional Neuroscience
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 Microbiology
Thu 26 Jan 2012 Dr Sveta Zaric Endotoxin tolerance and chronic inflammation -tolerate your oral bugs or lose your teeth L7 CR 1-2 pm Immunity and Disease
Aleandra Clark Characterisation of CLEC-1
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 Microbiology
Thu 15 Dec 2011 Professor Luke O'Neill [School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin] TLRs, NLRs, RLRs and CLRs. How advances in our understanding of pattern recognition receptors are providing new insights into infectious and inflammatory diseases. L7CR 10-11am
JOINT IMMUNOLOGY AND IMS SEMINAR
Mon 12 Dec 2011 Despoina Kaloriti [University of Aberdeen] How Candida copes with stress, or dies trying… L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Mon 12 Dec 2011 Professor Lawrence Whalley MD FRCPsych FRCP [University of Aberdeen] Neuroimaging, nutrition, genes and dementia: multidisciplinary follow-up studies of the Aberdeen Mental Surveys of 1932 and 1947 [Host: Prof G Riedel and Prof P Wulff] L5CR 2pm Neurobiology
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 Microbiology
Fri 2 Dec 2011 Prof Rob Phillips [California Institute of Technology] [CALTECH] Transcriptional regulation by the numbers MT4, Meston Building 2-3 pm Microbiology
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 Microbiology
Wed 30 Nov 2011 Marion Hetherington, [Professor of Biopsychology V is for Vegetable: applying learning theory to increasing liking and intake of vegetables in young children Med Chi 1-2 pm IAHS
Mon 28 Nov 2011 Keith Dobney [University of Aberdeen] title tbc: (Host: Professor N Gow] L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Thu 24 Nov 2011 Dr Simon Powis [School of Medicine, University of St Andrews] MHC class I molecules in dimeric form. Are they involved in antigen presentation and ankylosing spondylitis? [Host: Simon Wong] L7CR 11am - 12:00 Immunology
Thu 24 Nov 2011 Dr. John McCafferty [Department of Biochemistry,University of Cambridge] Recombinant antibodies in research and medicine [Host: Prof Andy Porter] L7 CR 12:45 - 1:45pm Immunology
Wed 23 Nov 2011 John Isaac [Research fellow, Head of New Target Enablement Group, Lilly UK] Regulation of Hippocampal Synaptic Function and Plasticity by mGluR5 [Host: Dr G Bewick] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Mon 21 Nov 2011 Joerg Feldman [University of Aberdeen] Metallomics: do we need another -omics? [Host: Dr S Wehmeier] L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Thu 17 Nov 2011 Prof. Mike J Rennie [Emeritus Professor of Clinical Physiology, University of Nottingham] Human muscle protein turnover - a 33 year perspective of muscle building and wasting [Host: Henning Wackerhage] L5 CR 2-3 pm Musculoskeletal
Wed 16 Nov 2011 Professor Emad M El-Omar [Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen] Chronic Inflammation and Cancer : [Host: Dr Ian Stansfield] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Tue 15 Nov 2011 Augusto Azuara-blanco [Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Overview of eye health care, opportunities to improve, and the role of the HSRU. How can we meet increasing demand of eye care and reduce the burden of blindness? Med Chi 1-2 pm IAHS
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 Microbiology
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 Microbiology
Wed 9 Nov 2011 Professor Gillian Bates [Kings College London] Huntington's disease: molecular pathogenesis and therapeutic target validation: [Host: Dr Zosia Miedzybrodzka] NOTE: TIME OF SEMINAR CHANGED TO 3-4PM INSTEAD OF 4-5PM L7CR 3-4 pm IMS
Tue 8 Nov 2011 Daryl O'Connor, Phd [Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds] A day in the life: exploring effects of stress on health using daily process approaches Med Chi 1-2 pm IAHS
Mon 7 Nov 2011 Liz Wellington [University of Warwick] Badgers, cattle and environmental reservoirs of mycobacteria [Host: Prof M Smith] L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Wed 2 Nov 2011 Professor Al Brown [University of Aberdeen] Fungal etiquette: how to get on with your host [Host: Dr Ian Stansfield] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
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 Microbiology
Mon 31 Oct 2011 Dr Sara Ryan [Senior Research Fellow, Health Talk Online] The challenges of qualitative health research; using Healthtalkonline as a case study Med Chi Hall 1-1.50 pm IAHS
Thu 27 Oct 2011 Dr Raymond Steptoe [Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Australia] Induction of amnesia: 'turning off' T-cell memory L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 26 Oct 2011 Professor Christine Mummery [Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands] Cardiovascular derivatives of pluripotent stem cells in disease and drug discovery [Host: Dr Stefan Hoppler] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
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 Microbiology
Thu 20 Oct 2011 Professor Brian Cuthbertson [Chief, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Professor of Anaesthesis, University of Toronto] Critical Care - crossing the Atlantic Med Chi Hall 1-1.50 pm IAHS
Thu 20 Oct 2011 Professor Michael Detamore [University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA] Fullbright Research Award 2011 Gradient strategies and umbilical cord Wharton's jelly cells for osteochondral tissue engineering L5CR 2-3.30pm Musculoskeletal
Wed 12 Oct 2011 Dr Femi Olorunniji [University of Glasgow ] Imposing topological specificity and directionality on phic31 integrase L5CR 12-1pm Microbiology
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 Microbiology
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 Microbiology
Thu 6 Oct 2011 Dr Victor Tybulewicz [National Institute for Medical Research, Medical Research Council] B cell survival and tonic B cell receptor signaling L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 5 Oct 2011 Dr Chris Connolly [University of Dundee] Ligand-gated ion channel assembly and trafficking in the regulation of receptor function [Host: Dr Alasdair MacKenzie]. L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 5 Oct 2011 Dr Jeremy Sternberg Unpicking the immunology of African trypanosomiasis L5CR 4-5 pm Infectious Disease Immunology
Dr Jeanette Wagener Candida albicans chitin-an immune regulatory molecule?
Wed 5 Oct 2011 Professor Paul Matthews [Professor of Clinical Neurosciences, Imperial College, London] Imaging the Dynamic Neuropathology of Multiple Sclerosis [Host: Prof V Cunningham / Prof F Gilbert] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Thu 29 Sep 2011 Professor Caetano Reis e Sousa [London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK] Innate regulation of immunity by dendritic cells L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
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 Microbiology
Tue 20 Sep 2011 Professor Cindy Farquharson [Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland] Can clinical practice guidelines reduce health disparities - the New Zealand experience Med Chi Hall 1-1.50 pm IAHS
Fri 16 Sep 2011 Professor Dave Sherratt FRS [University of Oxford] Bacterial chromosome replication and segregation [Host: Prof M Smith] L7CR 11-12 noon Microbiology
Tue 13 Sep 2011 Dr Marius Sudol [Weis center for Research, Geisinger Clinic, USA] Signalling by WW domain in Golabi Syndrome and Hippo Tumor Suppressor Pathway: [Host: Dr Henning Wackerhage] L7CR 12-1 pm IMS
Thu 8 Sep 2011 Professor David Williams [Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennesse State University] The Candida albicans cell wall: a dynamic and adaptable organelle L5CR 1-2pm Immunology
JOINT IMMUNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR
Mon 5 Sep 2011 Symposium Membrane proteins and membrane processes: opportunities for new discoveries [to celebrate the career and retirement of Professor Ian Booth] L7CR 1-5 pm IMS
Mon 5 Sep 2011 IAHS Open Meeting [tbc] Med Chi Hall tbc IAHS
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 Microbiology
Wed 6 Jul 2011 CANCELLED L5CR 4-5 pm Infectious Disease Immunology
Thu 30 Jun 2011 Professor Jurgen Ruland [institute for Molecular Immunology, Technical University of Munich] ITAM Receptor Signalling in Innate Immunity L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 29 Jun 2011 Professor Timothy Newman [SULSA Research Professor, Systems Biology, University of Dundee] From fluctuations to behaviour in biology: how far can we get with pencils, paper, and CPUs? [Host: Prof Peter McCaffery] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Wed 15 Jun 2011 Professor Peter McGuffin Nature, Nurture and Mood Disorders L7CR 4-5 pm
Kosterlitz Lecture
Wed 15 Jun 2011 Professor Carsten Janke [Institut Curie, Paris] Regulation of microtubule functions by posttranslational modifications: Host: Prof Tibor Harkany L5CR 1-2 pm Neurobiology
Tue 14 Jun 2011 Professor John Semple [St Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto] Animal models for the study of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) L7CR 12.30 pm Immunology
Mon 13 Jun 2011 Professor Maria-Paula Marques [University of Coimbra, Portugal] Pt-based anticancer strategies [Host: Dr Heather Wallace] L5CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Fri 10 Jun 2011 Dr Robert Crawford [Department of Physics, University of Oxford] Biology one molecule at a time: single-molecule fluorescence methods and their applications L5CR 11-12 noon
Fri 10 Jun 2011 Dr Gareth Miles [St Andrews] Neuromodulation of spinal motor networks: beyond putting the best foot forward: Host: Dr Guy Bewick L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Thu 9 Jun 2011 Wendy Pickford and Natasha Whibley WAYWO Seminar L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Tue 7 Jun 2011 Mrs Debbie Dyker [Senior Human Resources Officer, College of Life Sciences and Medicine] Careers in Science and Science Support Roles L7CR 12.30-1.30 pm Esslemont Group
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 Microbiology
Thu 2 Jun 2011 Professor Douglas Young [Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London] Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Immunology and Evolution L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 1 Jun 2011 Dr Jeanette Wagener Blessing Okai - Role of Rab14 in phagosome maturation: consequences for immune response to infection L7CR 4-5 pm Infectious Disease Immunology
Mon 30 May 2011 Dr Helen Goodrige [IBD and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles] Tuning out the noise - sensing intact microbes amidst the microbial debris L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 26 May 2011 Michael Kalogeropoulos and Gayathri Devarajan WAYWO Seminar L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Tue 24 May 2011 Dr Georgina Hold [Senior Lecturer in Gastroenterology] Careers in Science and Science Support Roles L5CR 12.30-1.30 pm Esslemont Group
Dr Gillian Auld [Business Development Officer, College of Life Sciences and Medicine] Careers in Science and Science Support Roles
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 Microbiology
Thu 19 May 2011 Professor Brigitta Stockinger [Division of Molecular Immunology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research] Plasticity of 1L-17 responses in inflammation L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 18 May 2011 Professor Julian Sampson [Cardiff University School of Medicine] Targeting Tor to treat Tuberous Sclerosis’ L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
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 Microbiology
Thu 12 May 2011 Bev Minter and Corina Bobu WAYWO Seminar L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 12 May 2011 Dr Ailsa Welch [University of East Anglia] Nutritional influences on muscle and bone L5CR 2pm Musculoskeletal
Tue 10 May 2011 Professor Peter Shepherd [University of Auckland, New Zealand] Developing Drugs Within a University Environment: PI 3-kinase Inhibitors as Cancer Drugs [Host: Dr H Wallace] L7CR 4-5pm
Inaugural Kosterlitz Centre for Therapeutics Lecture
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 Microbiology
Fri 6 May 2011 Professor John V Tyberg [Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary] The Reservoir-Wave Approach: A New view of arterial hemodynamics L7CR 1pm
Lunch available from 12 noon For catering purposes, RSVP - Fiona Ashby, f.ashby@abdn.ac.uk or ext 53015
Thu 5 May 2011 Half-day Symposium Limping or Sprinting - progress in understanding and treating rheumatoid arthritis L7CR 12.30 - 5.30 pm Immunology
Speakers: Professor Mike Ehrenstein [Centre for Rheumatology, University College London]: Professor Yuti Chernajovsky [Bone and Joint Research Unit Barts]: Professor Hill Gaston [Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge]: Professor Rikard Holmdahl [Division of Medical Inflammation Research, Karolinska Institute]
Wed 4 May 2011 Professor Iain Hagan [University of Manchester, Paterson Institute] Mind the Gap (phase): kinase signalling cascades in mitotic control in fission yeast: [Hosts: Dr Anne Donaldson / Dr Berndt Mueller] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Wed 4 May 2011 Dr Jun Zou Fish antiviral sensing anfd interferon response L5CR 4-5 pm Immunology
Rebecca Drummond The role of pattern recognition receptors in C. albicans specific immunity
Thu 28 Apr 2011 Heather Wassall and Simon Vautier WAYWO Seminar L5CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 27 Apr 2011 Professor Simon Laughlin [Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge] What makes brains efficient[Host: Dr Peter Neri] L5CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 27 Apr 2011 Andrew Jermy [Senior Editor of Nature Reviews in Microbiology] Career talk with Postdocs and Senior PhD students L5CR 12-1 pm
Wed 27 Apr 2011 Dr Ivaylo Ivanov [Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University College Cork] Regulating gene expression by subverting the genetic code - lessons from the evolution of antizyme[Host: Dr Heather Wallace] L5CR 4-5 pm IMS
Tue 26 Apr 2011 Professor Liz Baggs [Established Chair of Soil Science] Careers in Science and Science Support Roles L5CR 12.30-1.30 pm Esslemont Group
Janine Chalmers [Equality and Diversity Adviser, university of Aberdeen] Careers in Science and Science Support Roles
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 Microbiology
Wed 20 Apr 2011 Professor Mark Woolhouse [University of Edinburgh] The relationship between the appearance of clinical symptoms and the transmission of infectious diseases: [Hosts: Dr Ken Forbes / Dr Noval Strachan] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Tue 19 Apr 2011 EULAR Research Day To celebrate the award of Centre of Excellence to the Musculoskeletal Research Collaboration Suttie Lecture Theatre 9.30 Musculoskeletal
Wed 13 Apr 2011 Tilo Kunath [MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh] Induced pluripotent stem cells from a patient with familial early-onset Parkinson's disease [Host: Prof K Docherty] L5CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Tue 12 Apr 2011 Professor Helen Galley [Professor of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care and Degree Programme Co-ordinator, Intercalated BSc in Medical Sciences] Careers in Science and Science Support Roles L5CR 12.30 - 1.30 pm Esslemont Group
Dr Gillian Auld [Business Development Officer, College of Life Sciences and Medicine] Careers in Science and Science Support Roles
Wed 6 Apr 2011 Dr Imre Vida [University of Glasgow] Inhibiting inhibition: fast and slow interaction among hippocampal GABAergic interneurons [Host: Dr Peer Wulff] L7CR 2-3 pm Neurobiology
Wed 6 Apr 2011 Kanya Preechasuth Immunological and Physical Properties of Candida albicans Cell Wall L5CR 4pm Immunology
Dr Angela Patterson Heparan Sulphate Proteoglycans in Healthy and Diseased Colon
Thu 31 Mar 2011 Kathrin Mertens and Koju Kamoi WAYWO Seminar L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 30 Mar 2011 Dr Karsten Wicke [Abbott Pharma] Electrophysiological methods in pharmacological research: Host ~ Prof G Riedel L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Tue 29 Mar 2011 Professor Thomas Bayer [University of Goettingen] Low molecular weight pyroglutamate Aß oligomers in Alzheimer disease: a novel tool for therapy and diagnosis [Host: Professor Bettina Platt] L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 23 Mar 2011 Professor Ray Dixon FRS [Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich] Transcriptional regulation and nitric oxide sensing: the E. coli paradigm [Host; Prof Maggie Smith] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
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 Microbiology
Thu 17 Mar 2011 Lekh Dahal and Paul Lockhead WAYWO Seminar L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 16 Mar 2011 Dr Mirela Delibegovic [University of Aberdeen] Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) in Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Function L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Wed 9 Mar 2011 Professor Philippa Saunders [Centre for Reproductive Biology, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh] The human endometrium - a dynamic sex steroid target organ [Host: Professor Iain McEwan] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Wed 9 Mar 2011 Dr Nikki Mutch [British Heart Foundation Fellow, School of Medicine & Dentistry] Regulation of Haemostasis by Polyphosphate L5CR 12-1 pm Vascular
Mon 7 Mar 2011 Dr Elizabeth Baggs [Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen] CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Thu 3 Mar 2011 Professor William Harnett [Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde] ES-62: a parasitic helminth product with therapeutic potential against allergic and autoimmune diseases L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 2 Mar 2011 Richard Hansen Exploring the microbiota of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease L5CR 4-5 pm Immunology
Markus Franz Molecular mechanisms of latent mycobacterium tuberculosis infections and novel antibacterial treatment strategies
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 Microbiology
Thu 24 Feb 2011 Professor John Swinton [Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen] The role of spirituality in breast cancer care [Host: Dr Iain Brown] L7CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Wed 23 Feb 2011 Dr James Briscoe [MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London] The gene regulatory logic of Sonic Hedgehog morphogen interpretation: [Host: Dr Martin Collinson] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Wed 23 Feb 2011 Professor Boris Kotchoubey [University of Tuebingen, Germany] Severe disorders of consciousness: What do we really know about these conditions? Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 4-5 pm Imaging
Wed 23 Feb 2011 Dr Dana Dawson [University of Aberdeen] Role of Nitric Oxide Synthase in cardiac remodelling: an imaging study L5CR 12-1 pm Vascular
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 Microbiology
Mon 14 Feb 2011 Professor Peter McGlynn [University of Aberdeen] Resolving conflicts between genome duplication and gene expression L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
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 Microbiology
Sat 5 Feb 2011 Scottish Cardiovascular Forum 14th Annual Meeting; registration from 9am. Register at http://www.scf.strath.ac.uk/ by 21 January or contact Dr Isobel Ford: i.ford@abdn.ac.uk Suttie Centre,Foresterhill Campus 10 - 4.30pm Vascular
Fri 4 Feb 2011 Dr Richard Treisman [Director of Cancer Research UK, LRI] MAL: linking the actin cytoskeleton to transcriptional regulation [Host: Dr Neil Vargesson] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Thu 3 Feb 2011 Dr Andrew S MacDonald [Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh] Th2 induction by dendritic cells: lessons from pathogens L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
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 Microbiology
Wed 26 Jan 2011 Professor Gary Green [Centre Director, York Neuroimaging Centre, University of York] Recent advances in increasing the sensitivity of MRI by four orders of magnitude Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 4-5 pm Imaging
Wed 26 Jan 2011 Dr Caroline Whitehouse [Kings College London] "Emerging roles of Nbr1 in autophagy and bone remodeling" Host: Dr Fraser Coxon L5CR 4-5 pm IMS
Tue 25 Jan 2011 Björn Crüts [Atrium Medical Center, The Netherlands] Quantitative EEG as a decision support system for the choice and evaluation of interventions for psychopathologies [Host: Professor B Platt] L5CR 1-2 pm Neurobiology
Sun 23 Jan 2011 Roger Hendrix [University of Pittsburgh] title tbc [Host: Prof M Smith] L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Wed 19 Jan 2011 John Talpos and Thomas Steckler [Therapeutic Area Leader, Psychiatry & Biology Head, Johnson & Johnson] Pharmacological models of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia L5CR 12.30-1.30 pm Neurobiology
Fri 14 Jan 2011 Professor Denis Duboule [Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, University of Geneva,Switzerland] Understanding the mammalian Hox clock [Host: Dr Neil Vargesson] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Wed 12 Jan 2011 Dr Hugh Marston [Psychopharmacology Section, Department of Pharmacology, Merck Sharp and Dohme] The current challenges of neuroscience drug development in academe and industry L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 12 Jan 2011 Professor Colin Studholme [Biomedical Image Computing Group, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California] Human Fetal Brain Mapping Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 4-5 pm Imaging
Sat 1 Jan 2011 Björn Crüts Quantitative EEG as a decision support system for the choice and evaluation of interventions for psychopathologies [Host: Professor Bettina Platt] L5CR 1-2 pm [tbc] Neurobiology
Mon 20 Dec 2010 Dr Lorraine Pawson [Institute for Sensory Research, Syracuse University, New York] CANCELLED DUE TO TRAVEL CONDITIONS L5CR 1-2 pm Neurobiology
Thu 16 Dec 2010 Professor Stephen Durham [National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London] Immune tolerance in Allergy: state of the Art L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 15 Dec 2010 Dr Nicola Mutch [University of Aberdeen] OWING TO THE SPEAKER BEING ILL, THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED. L5CR 12-1 pm Vascular
Tue 14 Dec 2010 Dr Christian Wozny [MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge] New vistas of the superficial layers of the neocortex: interneurons, dendritic integration and channelrhopopsin L7CR 1-2 pm Neurobiology
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 Microbiology
Mon 6 Dec 2010 Quentin Cooper [Presenter of BBC Radio 4 'The Material World'] Science and the Media [Host: Dr Neil Vargesson] L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Mon 6 Dec 2010 Dr Mark Szczelkum [Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol] CANCELLED L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Thu 2 Dec 2010 Dr Michy Kelly [Principal Scientist, Pfizer Inc] Finding PDE11A in the brain: a detective story [Host: Dr Sanbing Shen] L5CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Thu 2 Dec 2010 Dr Lindsay Cairns and Dr Keith Thompson WAYWO Session L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 1 Dec 2010 Professor Nicholas Dale, Biological Sciences, University of Warwick Communication in the hypothalamus: Signalling by ventricular tanycytes [Host: Dr Perry Barrett] L5CR 3-4pm Neurobiology
Tue 30 Nov 2010 Dr Neil Hardingham [School of Biosciences, Cardiff University] The development of synaptic transmission and mechanisms of plasticity in the neocortex L7CR 1-2 pm Neurobiology
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 Microbiology
Thu 25 Nov 2010 Dr Steve Watson [Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham] Novel mechanisms of platelet activation of relevance to haemostasis and lymphatic development L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 25 Nov 2010 Dr Ulrich Hansen [Imperial College London] Evaluation of hip and shoulder implant performance using finite elements methods and in-vitro testing L5CR 2-3 pm Musculoskeletal
Wed 24 Nov 2010 Professor Tom Redpath DCE-MRI methods in breast imaging Lilian Sutton Building 4-5 pm Imaging
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 Microbiology
Thu 18 Nov 2010 Dr Barry Lewis and Ms Izabelle Klaska WAYWO Session L7CR 1-2pm Immunology
Wed 17 Nov 2010 Dr Lorenzo Cingolani [MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London] Integrin action at the synapse: Coupling adhesion and synaptic strength L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Tue 16 Nov 2010 Symposium on Imaging Research in Cognitive Impairment and Dementian For full details see: www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/imaging/news L7CR 9.30 - 4.30 pm Imaging
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 Microbiology
Thu 11 Nov 2010 Professor Eleanor Riley [Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine] T cell mediated immunoregulation of murine and human malaria infections: 1L-10 and Tregs L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 10 Nov 2010 Aberdeen Neuroscience Meeting V full programme available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/ L7CR 12-5 pm Neurobiology
Mon 8 Nov 2010 Dr Graeme Nicol [University of Aberdeen] Ammonia oxidising archaea: genomes, physiology and ecology L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Thu 4 Nov 2010 Professor Arne Akbar [Department of Immunology and Molecular Pathology, University College London] Decreased cutaneous immunosurveillance during ageing: predisposition to malignancy and infection? L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
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 Microbiology
Thu 28 Oct 2010 Professor Christian Münz [Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich] Priming of protective and tumor specific T cell responses in mice with human immune system components L5CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 27 Oct 2010 Mahadir Admad [PhD Student, University of Aberdeen] Psychological preparation for MRI patients Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 4-5 pm Imaging
Nazahah Mustafa [PhD Student, University of Aberdeen] Structural neuroimaging methods in the ageing brain
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 Microbiology
Thu 21 Oct 2010 Ms Alexandra Clark and Dr Judith Bain WAYWO Session L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
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 Microbiology
Wed 13 Oct 2010 Dr Malcolm Macleod, Head of Experimental Neuroscience Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh Modelling neurological disease in animals: are there any babies in the bathwater? L7CR 3-4pm Neurobiology
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 Microbiology
Wed 6 Oct 2010 Luminex-Day Free lunch kindly sponsored by Merck Millipore. For catering purposes please register with raif.yucel@abdn.ac.uk L7CR 11-2.30 pm
Thu 30 Sep 2010 Mr Christopher McKenzie and Dr Claire Whyte WAYWO (What are you working on) Session L5CR 1-2 pm Immunology
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 Microbiology
Fri 24 Sep 2010 Aaron Hart FlowJo Data Analysis Seminar: Flow Cytometry Data Analysis L5CR 12-4pm IMS
Mon 20 Sep 2010 Professor David Little [The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia] Sclerostin and wnt Pathway Modulators in Bone and Bone Repair L5CR 2-3 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Thu 16 Sep 2010 Professor Ian Diamond (Principal), Professor Stephen D Logan (SVP), Professor John Hughes The Kosterlitz Centre for Therapeutics launch event. Suttie Centre – Atrium/Auditorium 5.30-7.30 pm
Professor Leslie Iversen [University of Oxford and Chair of Government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs]: Professor Alan North [University of Manchester] Professor Leslie Iversen: "Can we control legal highs?": Professor Alan North: "The Life & Times of Hans Walter Kosterlitz"
Mon 13 Sep 2010 Dr William Horsnell [Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town] How immune and non-immune cells protect against parasitic nematode infections L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 8 Sep 2010 Saurav Seshadri [Johns Hopkins University] DISC1 and ErbB4 in the mature cortex - possible cross-talk in interneurons L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Tue 31 Aug 2010 Kick-Off meeting of the EU-IAPP Project "Mapping the Brain with PET Radiolabeled Cannabinoid (CB1) Ligands" (PET BRAIN) L7CR 9.30-13.30 IMS
Speakers: Prof Matteo Zanda (project coordinator), Prof Ruth Ross, Prof Tibor Harkany, Dr Andrew Irving [Univ of Dundee], Dr Paolo Lazzari [Pharmaness], Prof Andy Welch.
Wed 25 Aug 2010 Prof Daniel Schümperli, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Switzerland Spinal muscular atrophy: U7 snRNA-based correction of SMN2 splicing and investigations into the pathogenic mechanism L7CR 4-5pm IMS
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 Microbiology
Thu 15 Jul 2010 Dr Henriette Pillegaard [University of Copenhagen] Role of PGC-1α in exercise-induced adaptations in skeletal muscle L5CR 12-1pm Molecular Exercise Physiology
Tue 29 Jun 2010 Professor Andy Willan [Professor of Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health & Sick Kids Research Institute, University of Toronto] Why a Bayesian Be? Conference Room, Suttie Centre 1pm IAHS
Preceeded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30pm
Thu 24 Jun 2010 Professor Fiona J Gilbert [Imaging Programme Lead, Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre] Imaging breast cancer at 3T [Host: Dr Elaina Collie-Duguid] L7CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Wed 23 Jun 2010 Professor Christian Schwarzbauer [Chair in Neuroimaging, Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre] Functional MRI of Human Brain Networks [Host: Prof P McCaffery] L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 23 Jun 2010 Perinatal Mortality / Morbidity Meeting Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre tbc Obs and Gynae
Tue 22 Jun 2010 Professor Phil Hannaford IAHS Open Meeting L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30pm
Fri 18 Jun 2010 Dr Struan Grant [Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia] Chipping away at the genomic puzzles posed by endocrine and metabolic traits Med Chi, Polwarth Building 1-2 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 16 Jun 2010 Professor Bryony Dean Franklin [Executive Lead Pharmacist (Research) and Director, Centre for Medication Safety and Service Quality, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the School of Pharmacy, University of London] Electronic prescribing and prescribing errors - what's the truth? L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30pm
Tue 15 Jun 2010 Professor Jeff Bulte [John Hopkins University] Stem cell tracking in neurologic applications [Host: Dr Alison Murray] L7CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Mon 14 Jun 2010 Dr Colin Selman [School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Murine models of extended healthy lifespan L5CR 4-5 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Fri 11 Jun 2010 Dr Keisuke Kaji [University of Edinburgh] Reprogramming - from Technology to Biology [Host: Scott McMenemy] L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Wed 9 Jun 2010 Professor Adam H Balen [Consultant Gynascologist, Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds] ALEXANDER GORDON LECTURE: Polycystic ovary syndrome: a condition of our time Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre 4 pm Obs and Gynae
Wed 9 Jun 2010 Professor K A Miles [Professor of Medical Imaging, Brighton & Sussex Medical School] Imaging tumour blood flow: metabolic relationships Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building, Foresterhill 1-2 pm Imaging
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 Microbiology
Fri 4 Jun 2010 Professor Glen Jeffery [Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London] The retinal pigment epithelium: A tissue that undergoes constant renewal [Host: Dr Lynda Erskine] L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 3 Jun 2010 Professor Teunis Geijtenbeek [Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam] C-type lectins in infection and immunity: the importance of sugar flavours L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 3 Jun 2010 Dr Joriene de Nooij [Columbia University, New York] Molecular pathways of proprioceptive sensory neuron differentiation [Host: Dr G Bewick] L7CR 4-5 pm Neurobiology
Wed 2 Jun 2010 Dr Lawrence Moon [Wolfson centre for Age-Related Diseases] Improving sensorimotor function after focal stroke in aged rats [Host: Dr Derryck Shewan] L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Fri 28 May 2010 Dr Jessica Mesman [Dept of Technology and Society Studies, Universiteit Maastricht] Patient safety exnovation: safe collaboration in complex care situations L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30pm
Fri 28 May 2010 Dr Lee Smith [MRC Centre for Reproductive Biology, University of Edinburgh] Androgen Signaling And The Machiavellian Control Of Testis Function[Host: Professor Iain McEwan] L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 27 May 2010 Dr David Sansom [MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, University of Birmingham] How does CTLA-4 regulate T cell responses? - the great immunology rip-off! L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 26 May 2010 Dr Janet Coller [FTT Fricker Research Fellow, Pharmacology, University of Adelaide] Angiotensin receptor blockers and aldosterone-breakthrough: A gene-environment interaction L7CR 1-2 pm Vascular
Wed 26 May 2010 Professor Beat Lutz [University of Mainz, Germany] The endocannabinoid system in the control of the organism's homeostasis: Friend or Foe? L7CR 11 am Neurobiology
Kosterlitz Prize Lecture 2010
Tue 25 May 2010 Mrs Tracey Davidson [Research Assistant, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Applied Clinical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Women's wellbeing and support during hospitalisation in pregnancy Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre 4 pm Obs and Gynae
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 Microbiology
Mon 24 May 2010 Dr Christian Holscher [Head of Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster] Novel GLP-1 analogues developed to treat type 2 diabetes have neuroprotective effects in models of Alzheimer's disease: Short seminar [30-40 minutes] Host: Dr Bettina Platt IMS level 5 conference room 3-4 Neurobiology
Fri 21 May 2010 Jon Clarke [KCL] Role of polarized cell divisions in morphogenesis and neurogenesis in a vertebrate neural tube. Host: Neil Vargesson L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Tue 18 May 2010 Professor Nichola Rumsey [Co-Director, Centre for Appearance Research, Dept of Psychology, University of Bristol] Psychological factors predicting adjustment to disfigurement, and clinical implications of this research. L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Dr Alex Clarke [Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Dept of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Free Hospital London and visiting Professor, Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England] Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30pm
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 Microbiology
Thu 13 May 2010 Professor Joel Swanson [Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School] The co-ordination of signaling for phagocytosis L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
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 Microbiology
Fri 7 May 2010 Professor Sarah Guthrie [Kings] The role of alpha2-chimaerin in oculomotor axon guidance and Duane syndrome. Host: Susan Reijntjes L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 6 May 2010 Dr Steve Watson [Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham] Novel mechanisms of platelets activation of relevance to haemostasis and lymphatic development L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Joint seminar with Aberdeen Vascular Group
Wed 5 May 2010 Clinical Pathology Conference Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre tbc Obs and Gynae
Thu 29 Apr 2010 Mini Symposium Friend or Foe - Infection and the Immune System L7CR 11-4 pm Immunology
Thu 29 Apr 2010 Jason Gill [University of Glasgow] Exercise, metabolism and health L5CR 2-3 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 28 Apr 2010 Professor Susan Barnett [University of Glasgow] Distinctive properties of Schwann cells and olfactory ensheathing cells in scar formation and spinal cord repair [Host: Dr Derryck Shewan] L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 28 Apr 2010 Nicola Miller [PhD Student]: .......... Tommy Reilly [Intercalated BSc student] Changes beyond the larynx in humming low and high notes: an MRI study. .......... Mapping the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, SPECT findings in Alzheimer's Disease Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 4-5 pm Imaging
Jonathan Begley [Intercalated BSc student] Single voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of breast cancer at 3T
Wed 28 Apr 2010 Dr Jana Maskova [Consultant Radiologist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary] Myomectomy versus uterine artery embolisation in uterine fibroids treatment - what's the evidence? Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre 4 pm Obs and Gynae
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 Microbiology
Fri 23 Apr 2010 Dr James Phillips [Department of Life Sciences, The Open University] Using a tissue engineering approach to model and repair the nervous system [Host: Dr Iain Gibson] L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Wed 21 Apr 2010 Dr Hugh Marston The challenges of novel psychiatric drug discovery: a worked example [Host: Professor G Riedel] L5CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 21 Apr 2010 Dr Ailsa Gebbie [Consultant Gynaecologist, Family Planning Service, NHS Lothian] The demise of family planning and move towards integrated sexual healthcare Conference Room, MacGillivray cademic Centre 4 pm Obs and Gynae
Tue 20 Apr 2010 Professor Stephen Gibson [National Ageing Research Institute, Royal Melbourne Hospital] Improving pain management in nursing homes: a practical approach L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30pm
Mon 19 Apr 2010 Dr Sherif Saleh [Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary] Management of endometrial pregnancy Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre 4 pm Obs and Gynae
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 Microbiology
Wed 14 Apr 2010 Professor Olaf Riess [Department of Medical Genetics, University Tuebingen, Germany] Transgenic rodent models of neurodegenerative diseases [Host: Dr Peter Teismann] L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Mon 12 Apr 2010 Professor Brad Thompson [University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston] The path to glucocorticoid-driven apoptosis in leukemic cells: role of structure in the glucocorticoid receptor [Host: Prof Iain McEwan] L5CR 3-4 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
This is an 'Extra' Seminar which will be of particular interest to Cell & Developmental Biology, Cancer, Vascular and Neuroscience colleagues
Mon 12 Apr 2010 Dr Peter Johnston [Pathology Department, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary] Tomorrow's Learning Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre 4 pm Obs and Gynae
Fri 9 Apr 2010 Professor Richard M Aspden [Professor in Orthopaedic Science, University of Aberdeen] Osteoarthritis: new wine in old wineskins? [Host: Scott McMenemy] L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Wed 31 Mar 2010 Will Lloyd Emotion processing and the developing brain: an fMRI study in children and adolescents Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 4-5 pm Imaging
Morven McWhirr An fMRI study of joint attention in autism
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 Microbiology
Fri 26 Mar 2010 Professor Jamie Davies [Professor of Experimental Anatomy, University of Edinburgh] Self-organizing organs: from basic development to tissue engineering [Host: Scott McMenemy] L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Fri 19 Mar 2010 Symposium of Vascular Research Symposium of Vascular Research: Full programme available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims L7CR 12-5 pm Vascular
Thu 18 Mar 2010 Creina Stockley [Health and Regulatory Information; The Australian Wine Research Institute] Can moderate wine consumption really have a significant beneficial effect on human health? [Host: Dr Frank Thies] L5CR 11 am Vascular
Wed 17 Mar 2010 Professor David Hazlerigg [Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Two clocks to time us: circadian and circannual rhythms in mammals and man [Host: Dr Peer Wulff] L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Tue 16 Mar 2010 Professor Garry Duthie [Chair in Nutrition and Health, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health] Nutrition Research at the Rowett: Bioactive dietary compounds in disease prevention Suttie Centre Conference Room 1-1.50 pm IAHS
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 Microbiology
Fri 12 Mar 2010 Dr Fiona Wardle [Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge] Gene regulatory networks in zebrafish mesoderm formation [Host: Dr N Vargesson] L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 11 Mar 2010 Dr Alexandra Godlee [National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London] CANCELLED L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 11 Mar 2010 Dr Lutz Bunger [Scottish Agricultural College, Midlothian] The use of long-term selected mouse lines (divergently selected for growth, fatness or metabolic rate) L5CR 2-3 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 10 Mar 2010 Dr Simon Butt [Imperial College London] Genetics and physiology: exploring the building blocks of the developing brain [Host: Dr Andrew Murray] L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 10 Mar 2010 Professor Cherry Wainwright [Director, Institute for Health and Welfare Research, Robert Gordon University] Cannabinoids and Platelets - Untangling the web L5CR 12-1 pm Vascular
Tue 9 Mar 2010 Dr Peer Wulff [Senior Lecturer in the School of Medical Sciences] Aiming for Work-Life Balance: Reflections of Both Genders L5CR 12.30-1.30 pm Esslemont Group
Dr Isabel Ford [Senior Dr Isobel Ford [Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine & Dentistry]
Fri 5 Mar 2010 Dr Mariann Bienz [MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Founder member of the Cambridge Cancer Centre] Developing the potential of Wnt signalling components as cancer drug targets [Host: Dr J Pettitt] L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 4 Mar 2010 Professor Nils Brose [Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Gottingen] Synaptic defects in Autism [Host: Dr G Bewick] L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 3 Mar 2010 Prof Wolfgang Hauber tbc: [Host: Prof Gernot Riedel] L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Tue 2 Mar 2010 Dr Ian Stansfield [Reader in the School of Medical Sciences and Programme Leader of the Systems Biology Research Programme] Aiming for Work-Life Balance: Reflections of Both Genders L5CR 12.30-1.30 pm Esslemont Group
Dr Isobel Ford [Senior Research Fellow in the School of Medicine and Dentistry]
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 Microbiology
Fri 26 Feb 2010 Dr Clemens Kiecker [MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London] An interplay of signalling pathways during the development of the posterior forebrain [Host: Dr Susan Reigntjes] L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Wed 24 Feb 2010 Dr Susan Duthie [Rowett Institute for Nutrition and Health] Folate and heart disease: how do B vitamins influence vascular health? L5CR 12-1 pm Vascular
Wed 24 Feb 2010 Professor Eric Milne Absorption and Fluorescence Computed Tomographic Laser Mammography...Problems Resolved and problems Unsolved Lilian Sutton Building 4-5 pm Imaging
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 Microbiology
Mon 22 Feb 2010 Dr James Briscoe [MRC NIMR] tbc: Host: Dr Martin Collinson L7CR 3-4 pm IMS
Thu 18 Feb 2010 Dr Kevin Tipton [University of Birmingham] High protein diets for athletes? [Sponsored by the Physiological Society] Polwarth Lecture Theatre 2.30pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Tue 16 Feb 2010 Dr Tracy Humphrey [Division of Applied Health Sciences] Induction of Labour: Exploring the determinants L7CR 1-1.50 pm IAHS
Tue 16 Feb 2010 Dr Pieter van West [Reader in the School of Medical Sciences and co-ordinator of the SAPRO training network] Aiming for Work-Life Balance: Reflections of Both Genders L5CR 12.30-1.30 pm Esslemont Group
Dr Tara Marshall [Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences]
Mon 15 Feb 2010 Dr Upinder S Bhalla [National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India] Probing real neuronal networks at single synapse resolution [Host: Dr M Bartos] L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
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 Microbiology
Fri 12 Feb 2010 Professor Peter Hohenstein [Human Genetics Unit, MRC, University of Edinburgh] Wtl and the mesenchymal-epithelial balance in development and disease [Host: Dr Nils Lindstrom] L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 11 Feb 2010 Professor Allan Mowat [Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow] Intestinal macrophages in health and inflammation L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 11 Feb 2010 Dr Jon Clarke [Golde Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank] The non-invasive measurement of lower limb kinematics L5CR 2-3 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Thu 11 Feb 2010 Professor Martin Drysdale [Beatson Institute, Glasgow] Fragment screening and structure based approaches in cancer drug discovery L7CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Wed 10 Feb 2010 Dr Daniela Cota [INSERM, Universite Bordeaux 2, France] Role of hypothalamic mTORC1 signalling in energy balance regulation [Hosted by Professor Peter McCaffery] L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
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 Microbiology
Wed 3 Feb 2010 Professor Jim Smith [Director, National Institute of Medical Research, London] Mesoderm induction revisited L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Tue 2 Feb 2010 Professor Mike Rogers [Chair in Musculoskeletal Pharmacology and Programme Leader of Musculoskeletal Research Programme] Aiming for Work-Life Balance: Reflections of Both Genders L5CR 12.30-1.30 pm Esslemont Group
Professor Miep Helfrich [Chair in Bone Cell Biology and Director of the Microscopy and Imaging Facilities in the IMS]
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 Microbiology
Fri 29 Jan 2010 Dr Ann Rajnicek [University of Aberdeen] Mind the regeneration gap: stem cells and tissue repair in a flatworm (planarian) model L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Wed 27 Jan 2010 Dr Frank Thies [University of Aberdeen] Wholegrain and cardiovascular disease risk L5CR 12-1 pm Vascular
Wed 27 Jan 2010 Dr Sue Francis [Institute of Neuroscience, University of Nottingham] Study brain perfusion using arterial spin labelling: methodology and applications at high (3T) and ultra-high (7T) field Lilian Sutton Building 4-5 pm Imaging
Tue 26 Jan 2010 Dr David McEwan [Molecular Signalling Group, University of Frankfurt] Identification and characterisation of novel autophagy receptors for protein and organelle degradation L7CR 4-5 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Thu 21 Jan 2010 Aberdeen Immunological Group Immunology Showcase L7CR 1.30 - 4.30 pm Immunology
Wed 20 Jan 2010 Professor Phillip Gordon-Weeks [MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College, London] Mini-Symposium: Building the Brain L7CR 3-5pm Neurobiology
Dr Pierre Vanderhaeghen [Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Brussels]
Tue 19 Jan 2010 Professor Phil Hannaford [Division of Applied Health Sciences] IAHS Open Meeting L7CR 1-1.50 pm IAHS
Thu 14 Jan 2010 Professor Jon Deeks [Professor of Health Statistics, University of Birmingham] Evaluating the impact of tests on patients: which outcomes should we measure? L7CR 1-1.50 pm IAHS
Thu 14 Jan 2010 Dr Ken Poole (University of Cambridge) Through thick and thin: new insights into hip fracture mechanisms from 3D CT 2-3 pm L5CR Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 13 Jan 2010 Dr Mary-Joan MacLeod [University of Aberdeen] Ischaemic Stroke L5CR 12-1 pm Vascular
Thu 17 Dec 2009 Professor Colin Brooks [Institute of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle Mouse natural killer cell receptors L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Fri 11 Dec 2009 Dr Oliver Ebenhoeh [School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] From molecules to networks: mathetmatical models of metabolism L5CR 1-2 pm Systems Biology
Tue 8 Dec 2009 Niina Kolehmainen [PhD Student, HSRU] Using the MRC framework to develop a caseload management intervention in occupational therapy L7CR 1pm IAHS
Jude Frankau [PhD student, HSRU] Preceded by lunch at 12.30pm Experts and Aliens: an anthropological study of research priority-setting partnerships between healthcare consumers and practicing clinicians
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 Microbiology
Thu 3 Dec 2009 Dr Claudia Mauri [Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London] Regulatory B cells: translation from experimental models of autoimmunity to patients with rheumatic diseases L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 2 Dec 2009 Sir Philip Cohen [ College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee] The interplay between protein phosphorylation and protein ubiquitylation in regulating the innate immune system L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Preceded by tea/coffee at 3.30 pm
Wed 2 Dec 2009 Dr Charlotte Chaliha [Consultant & Sub-specialist Urogynaecologist, The Royal London Hospital] Postpartum pelvic floor trauma Conference Room MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4pm Obs and Gynae
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 Microbiology
Fri 27 Nov 2009 Ekkehard Ullner [Host: Dr I Stansfield] Studying gene regulation in isolation; multi-stability of genetic networks with repressive cell-to-cell communication L5CR 1-2 pm Systems Biology
Fri 27 Nov 2009 Dr Arno Muller [Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Dundee] FGF Signaling in Drosophila Gastrulation: Orchestrating Collective Cell Movements L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 26 Nov 2009 Joint Microbiology and Immunology Meeting Immunity and Infection Forum L7CR 11.30-4.30 pm Immunology
Wed 25 Nov 2009 Professor Bruce Guthrie {School of Management, University of St Andrews and Social Dimensions of Health Institute, Universities of Dundee and St Andrews] Managed clinical networks in NHS Scotland: an effective form of governance? Med Chi 1pm IAHS
Dr Gail Greig
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 Microbiology
Thu 19 Nov 2009 Dr Janice Drew [Molecular Nutrition Group, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health Molecular signalling, diet and cancer L7CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Wed 18 Nov 2009 Professor David Wynick [Professor of Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol] Galanin: a pleiotropic neuropeptide that plays a role in neuronal survival, regeneration and neuroprotection [Hosted by Dr Alasdair MacKenzie] L5CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 18 Nov 2009 Prof Sir Ian Wilmut [MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh] iPS cells: new cell models for disease: Hosted by Dr Sanbing Shen L7CR 4-5pm IMS
Wed 18 Nov 2009 Professor Mark Kilby [Department of Fetal Medicine, Birmingham Women's Hospital] Alexander Gordon Lecture: The scientific and the clinical basis of treatment of severe twin - twin transfusion syndrome Conference Room MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4pm Obs and Gynae
Wed 18 Nov 2009 Professor Molly Courtenay [Professor of Prescribing and Medicines Management, School of Health and Social Care, Reading University] What is Non-Medical Prescribing? The benefits, barriers and challenges for the future L5CR 1pm IAHS
Preceded by lunch at 12.30pm
Tue 17 Nov 2009 Professor Berry Spruijt [University of Utrecht, The Netherlands] Home sweet home: the relevant context for testing behaviour? [Host: Prof Gernot Riedel] L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
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 Microbiology
Fri 13 Nov 2009 Professor Marysia Placzek [Director, MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics, University of Sheffield] Stem/progenitor cells in the hypothalamus L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 12 Nov 2009 Professor Avtar Roopra [University of Wisconsin, Madison] Metabolic regulation of plasticity: therapeutic implications [Host: Prof Colin McCaig] L7CR 10 am Neurobiology
Thu 12 Nov 2009 Professor Graham Devereaux, Dr Helen MacDonald, Professor Mark Vickers [University of Aberdeen] Vitamin D and disease L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 11 Nov 2009 Aberdeen Neuroscience Meeting Full programme can be accessed at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/ L7CR 12-5 pm Neurobiology
Wed 11 Nov 2009 Mr Stuary Lavery [Consultant Gynascologist, Hammersmith Hospital, London] Choosing our children - new horizons in pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and screening? Conference Room MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4pm Obs and Gynae
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 Microbiology
Thu 5 Nov 2009 BSI Aberdeen Immunology Group Annual General Meeting L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 4 Nov 2009 Dr Julie-Calre Becher [Consultant Neonatologist, Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health, Royal Informary of Edinburgh Management of birth asphyxia Conference Room MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4pm Obs and Gynae
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 Microbiology
Thu 29 Oct 2009 Dr Denise Kelly [Rowett Institute of Nutrition & Health, Gut Health, University of Aberdeen] Gut Microbiota and Mucosal Immune Regulation L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 28 Oct 2009 Mr Changhoon Choi & Mr Kerrin Pine [PhD students] Actively frequency-switchable RF coil for FFC MTC MRI & In vivo field cycling relaxometry Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 4-5 pm Imaging
Mon 26 Oct 2009 Professor Nicholas Wood Parkinson's disease: genes to mechanisms [Host: Dr P Teismann] L5CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
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 Microbiology
Fri 23 Oct 2009 Dr Andreas Kolb [Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health] Nutrition and development: critical windows and critical genes L5CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 22 Oct 2009 Dr Neil Young Leucocyte Ig-like receptors - linking innate and adaptive immunity L5CR 1-2 pm Immunology
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 Microbiology
Wed 14 Oct 2009 Professor Roger Adan [Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University of Utrecht] NPY and AgRP differentially affect feeding [Hosted by Professor Peter McCaffery] L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Fri 9 Oct 2009 Ursula Weiss [Nature] Publishing in Nature [Host: Prof Gordon brown] L7CR 1-2 pm IMS
Wed 7 Oct 2009 Dr Jozsef Csicsvari [MRC Senior Scientist, MRC Antomical Neuropharmacology Unit, University of Oxford] Reactivation of cell assemblies in sleep: insights into memory L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 7 Oct 2009 Dr Nadeem Siddique [Consultant Gynascological Oncologist, Greater Glasgow Health Board] Overview of ovarian cancer Conference Room MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4pm Obs and Gynae
Thu 1 Oct 2009 Professor Maggie Harnett [Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow] Capturing signalling events in the immune system in situ L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 30 Sep 2009 Professor Stafford Lightman [Henry Wellcome laboratories for Integrative neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol] The importance of rhythms for glucocorticoid signalling in the CNS. [Hosted by Professor Peter McCaffery] L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 30 Sep 2009 Clinical Pathology Conference Clinical Pathology Conference Pathology Department, Library tbc Obs and Gynae
Wed 30 Sep 2009 Professor Robbie Foy [Professor of primary Care in the Academic Unit of Primary Care at Leeds Institute of Health Sciences] tbc Med Chi 1pm IAHS
Preceded by lunch at 12.30pm
Wed 30 Sep 2009 Mr Lionel Broche [Research Assistant] Thrombosis studies using FFC-MRI Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 4 pm Imaging
Fri 25 Sep 2009 Prof Michael Kuhl [University of Ulm, Germany] Mechanisms of cardiogenesis in Xenopus laevis L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 24 Sep 2009 Professor Yuri Ushkaryov [Imperial College] Presynaptic receptor with a split personality and release of neurotransmitters Host: Dr Guy Bewick L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 23 Sep 2009 Dr Lena Crichton [Consultant Obstetrician, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary] Unique experience with uro-genital fistula repair in Africa Conference Room MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4pm Obs and Gynae
Tue 22 Sep 2009 Professor Andrew Paterson [The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto] Genome wide linkage and association of autism spectrum disorder and related traits Host: Dr Zosia Miedzybrodzka L7CR 1-2pm
Joint IMS and Neuroscience Seminar
Wed 16 Sep 2009 Dr Kevin Cooper [Consultant Gynaecologist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary] Conservative alternative to hysterectomy - then and now Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4pm Obs and Gynae
Tue 15 Sep 2009 Professor Gordon Murray [Professor of Medical statistics, Public Health Sciences,University of Edinburgh, and Director of the Edinburgh MRC Hub for Trials Methodology Research]] Update on the development of the MRC Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research L7VCR 1 pm IAHS
Preceded by lunch at 12.30pm
Fri 11 Sep 2009 Dr Ed Laufer [Columbia University, New York] Hedgehog regulation of adrenal development and homeostasis L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Fri 11 Sep 2009 Prof. Harukazu Nakamura [Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan] Fgf8 signaling for differentiation of the tetum and cerebellum L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Fri 11 Sep 2009 Dr Ruth Ashery-Padan [Department of Human Genetics, Tel Aviv University] The multiple roles of Pax6 in eye development [Host: Dr Martin Collinson] L7CR 11-12 noon Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 10 Sep 2009 Dr Frank Ward [Immunology and Infection, University of Aberdeen] Soluble CTLA-4: a solution in search of a problem? L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 2 Sep 2009 Dr Andrea Benucci [UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London] Coding of stimulus sequences by population responses in visual cortex. [Host: Dr Peter Neri] L7CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Wed 2 Sep 2009 Gerry King [Research Nurse, Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen] Respiratory telehealth: a breath of fresh air L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Preceded by lunch at 12.30pm
Wed 26 Aug 2009 Professor Christian Schwarzbauer [Chair in Neuroimaging] CANCELLED: WILL BE RESCHEDULED Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building, Foresterhill 4-5 pm Imaging
Tue 18 Aug 2009 Dr Yasushi Saka, Interdisciplinary Research Institute (CNRS), France How to dissect multicellular dynamics during development L5CR 10-10:30am Systems Biology
Tue 11 Aug 2009 Dr Giandomenico Iannetti [University of Oxford} Deconstructing the "pain matrix" [Host: Dr Peter Neri] L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
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 Microbiology
Joint Chemistry and Microbiology seminar
Thu 16 Jul 2009 Dr Marco van den Top [Division of Clinical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick] Integration of metabolic stimuli in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus [Hosted by Professor Peter McCaffery] L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Thu 9 Jul 2009 Professor AHV Schapira [DSc MD FRCP FMedSci; Chairman ,Head of Department of Clinical Neurosciences, UCL Institute of Neurology] Recent advances in the cause and treatment of Parkinson's Disease L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 8 Jul 2009 SULSA Systems Biology Presentations Dr Andrzej Kierzek: Modelling molecular interaction networks of the living cell. Dr Jong-Rae Kim: Robustness Analysis of Biomolecular Network with Stochastic Noise. Dr Jens Christian Claussen: Cyclic coevolution in finite populations and neural dynamics of sleep. L5CR 9.30 - 11.30 Systems Biology
Thu 2 Jul 2009 Dr Donna MacCallum [School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Modelling fungal infection: the kidney and Candida albicans infection outcome L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 24 Jun 2009 Dr Fiona Murray [Department of Pharmacology, University of California] Targeting cAMP in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: a Pathway-Dependent approach L5CR 4-5 pm Neurobiology
Tue 23 Jun 2009 Dr Ashley J Adamson [Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition and NIHR Public Health, Newcastle University] The Gateshead Millennium Study and predictors of childhood adiposity L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Wed 17 Jun 2009 Dr Paula J Brunton [Centre for Integrative Physiology, Edinburgh] Stress, metabolic signalling and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. [Hosted by Professor Peter McCaffery] L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Mon 15 Jun 2009 Professor Nouchine Hadjikhani [Associate Professor in Radiology, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School & Brain Mind Institute, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne Imaging studies in Autism Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 1-1.45 pm Imaging
Mon 15 Jun 2009 Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino [University of Milan] Domain Soup, Chinese Restaurant: Common and Distinct Traits in how Genomes Use Protein Domains L5CR 9.30-10.30 am Systems Biology
Fri 12 Jun 2009 Ernesto Restrepo [Karolinska Institute, Stockholm] The neurotransmitter phenotype of neurons in the spinal cord L5CR 1-2 pm Neurobiology
Fri 12 Jun 2009 Miss Noemi Lois [Consultant Ophthalmologist, NHS Grampian] Fundus Autofluorescence Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 1-2 pm Imaging
Mon 8 Jun 2009 Professor Farrukh A Chaudhry [Group Leader, The Biotechnology Centre of Oslo and Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, University of Oslo] Functional roles of glutamine transporters in metabolism and neuronal signaling L5CR 2-3 pm Neurobiology
Mon 8 Jun 2009 Professor Brendan McCormack [Professor Nursing Research and Postgraduate Tutor, Institute of Nursing Research, University of Ulster] Researching person-centredness: the work of the gerontological nursing research programme at the University of Ulster L7CR 4 pm IAHS
Tea from 3.30 pm
Thu 4 Jun 2009 Professor Andrew Bowie [School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin] Insights into innate immune signalling from viral evasion studies L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 4 Jun 2009 Professor Rejko Krüger [Center of Neurology and Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Germany] Impaired mitochondrial function and dynamics in genetic models of Parkinson's disease. L5CR 12 - 1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 3 Jun 2009 Professor Claudio Stern FRS [Head of Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, UCL] Building a brain: a molecular dissection of neural induction L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Preceded by tea/coffee at 3.30 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 Microbiology
Fri 29 May 2009 Nestor Oviedo [Tufts University, Boston MA, USA] Modulating stem cell behaviour in vivo during tissue regeneration and cancer: Altogether in the planarian model system L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 28 May 2009 Professor John Semple [St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto] Understanding the pathogenesis of immune-mediated thrombocytopenia L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Tue 26 May 2009 Professor Allan Templeton [Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology] Aspects of medical abortion L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Fri 22 May 2009 Miguel Maroto [Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee] New thoughts on the process of vertebrate segmentation L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Wed 20 May 2009 Professor Jane Blazeby [Professor of Surgery and Consultant Upper GI Surgeon, Bristol] The value of patient reported outcomes in clinical trials to decision-making and patients L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Mon 18 May 2009 Professor Caroline Alexander [McArdle Lab for Cancer Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison] Regulation of mammary stem cell activity L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
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 Microbiology
Fri 15 May 2009 Tony Magee [National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London] Functions of protein acylation in targetting and signalling L5CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Fri 15 May 2009 Systems Biology Symposium Speakers include: Mike White (Liverpool) ~ NF-kB signal pathway: Alessandro Moura (Aberdeen) ~ DNA repair damage: Eric Bullinger (Liege) ~ Apoptosis signalling: Mark Girolami (Glasgow) ~ ERK signalling. L7CR 10.30-18.30 Systems Biology
Thu 14 May 2009 Dr Colin Farquharson, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh Initiation of skeletal mineralisation during bone development and growth L7CR 2-3pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 13 May 2009 Dr JB Poline [Neurospin projects coordinator, CEA (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique), France] Between subject variability and group analyses with fMRI Lilian Sutton Building, meeting room 1-1.45pm Imaging
Wed 13 May 2009 Professor Tony Hedley [Department of Community Medicine, University of Hong Kong] Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and the respiratory health of workers L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Tue 12 May 2009 Professor Hannah McGee [Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin] Depression following coronary events: why have interventions had so little success? L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 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 Microbiology
Fri 8 May 2009 Professor Chris McBain [NIH, Washington] Bidirectional plasticity with a feedforward cortical inhibitory interneuron circuit L7CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
The Hans Kosterlitz Lecture 2009
Fri 8 May 2009 Dr Stefan Hoppler [School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Wnt signalling and GATA transcription factors in heart development L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Fri 8 May 2009 Mr Rodney Breen [Records Manager, University of Aberdeen] Fear of Filing: How Records Management can change your life. Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 1-2 pm Imaging
Thu 7 May 2009 Half-Day Symposium Immune-based therapeutics: from bench to bedside L7CR 11.00 - 4.30 pm Immunology
Thu 7 May 2009 Professor Dick Heinegard [Lund University, Sweden] Roles of ECM-molecules in regulating tissue homeostasis L5CR 1.30-2.30 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 6 May 2009 Professor Dick Heinegard [Lund University, Sweden] Cartilage extracellular matrix macromolecules. Victims and effectors in tissue turnover and pathology L7CR 4pm IMS
Tue 5 May 2009 Professor Rob Hampson [Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, North Carolina] Looking for cognition in all the right places: manipulations of memory from rodents to primates L5CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Fri 1 May 2009 Barbara Gorgoni [MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh] The family of Poly(A)-Binding proteins: post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression with essential roles in vertebrate development L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 30 Apr 2009 Professor Paul Kaye [Immunology and Infection Unit, Hull York Medical School and Department of Biology, University of York] The dynamics of immune regulation during experimental leishmaniasis L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 29 Apr 2009 Professor Jim Austin [Advanced Computer Architectures Group, Computer Science, University of York] How does the brain compute? L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
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 Microbiology
Fri 24 Apr 2009 Nathaniel Szewczyk [Centre for Integrated Systems Biology, University of Nottingham] Using C. elegans to uncover and model the signals that regulate muscle in space and on Earth L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 9 Apr 2009 Professor Gordon W Arbuthnott [Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology] The site of action of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's disease L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Thu 2 Apr 2009 Dr Karri Lamsa [University of Oxford] LTP and LTD in identified hippocampal inhibitory circuits L7CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 1 Apr 2009 Professor Pat Price Centre [Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Manchester] The state of PET for experimental medicine in oncology - current challenges Lilian Sutton Building 1-2 pm Imaging
Fri 27 Mar 2009 Richard Meehan [MRC Human Genetics Unit] Living with and without DNA methylation: non-catalytic roles for the cytosine maintenance methyltransferase, DNMT1,in development and perhaps disease Med Chi Room, Polwarth Building 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 26 Mar 2009 Dr Lucy Di Silvio [Kings College London] Tissue Engineering Strategies for Bone Regeneration - a Translational Approach Room 115, Applied Health Sciences Building 2-3 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Tue 24 Mar 2009 Professor Annie Anderson [University of Dundee] Nutrition interventions in low income communities - evidence, research and action L7CR 1-2 am IAHS
Further information will be circulated on how to book a place.
Fri 20 Mar 2009 Dr Mitul Mehta [Senior Lecturer, Centre for neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, King'c College, London] Methods and models in pharmacological MRI research Lilian Sutton Building 1-2 pm Imaging
Thu 19 Mar 2009 Professor Garry Duthie [University of Aberdeen, Rowett Research Institute] CANCELLED L7CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Thu 19 Mar 2009 Suzanne Duce, University of Dundee Micro-Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Limb Development in mouse model: Novel Insights into the basis of clubfoot Level 5CR 2-3pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Thu 19 Mar 2009 Dr Frank Thies [Section of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Anti-inflammatory properties of n-3 PUFA: relevance to artheorosclerosis L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 18 Mar 2009 Dr Judith Masthoff [Senior Lecturer in the School of Natural and Computing Sciences] Celebrating achievements of Women in SET L5CR 12-1 pm Esslemont Group
Dr Zosia Miedzybrodzka [Reader in School of Medicine and Dentistry] Celebrating achievements of Women in SET
Wed 18 Mar 2009 Aberdeen Neuroscience Meeting III Full programme available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/ L7CR 12-5 pm Neurobiology
Tue 17 Mar 2009 Professor Graeme Nixon [School of Medical Sciences] Sphingolipids: an integral role in vascular regulation L5CR 12-1 pm Vascular
Tue 17 Mar 2009 Dr John Creswell Mixed methods workshop (all day). Med Chi Hall All day IAHS
Further information will be circulated on how to book a place.
Mon 16 Mar 2009 Dr Norval Strachan, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen CANCELLED Microbiology
Fri 13 Mar 2009 Robert Hindges [MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College, London] Establishing the functional circuitry in the vertebrate visual system L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 12 Mar 2009 Robert J Harvey [Professor of Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics, Department of Pharmacology, The School of Pharmacy, London] Genetic defects affecting inhibitory glycinergic transmission' L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Tue 10 Mar 2009 Professor George Lewith [Professor of Health Research, Complementary and Integrated Medical Research Unit, University of Southampton] Is complementary and alternative medicine really that different? L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
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 Microbiology
Mon 9 Mar 2009 Professor Vin Cunningham [Professor of Physiological Modelling, GSK Clinical Imaging Centre, Imperial College, London] PET imaging in drug development Lilian Sutton Building 1-2 pm Imaging
Fri 6 Mar 2009 Ian Stansfield [School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Ribosomal traffic control; regulating gene expression at the level of translation L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Fri 6 Mar 2009 Professor Andy Harvey [Professor of Photonics, Heriot Watt University] Quantitative spectral imaging in the retina Biomedical Physics Building 1-2 pm Imaging
Fri 6 Mar 2009 Dr Özge Uluçkan, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA The role of beta3 integrin and its associating molecules CD47 and TSP1 in bone biology and bone metastasis Level 7 Conference Room 2-3 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Thu 5 Mar 2009 Professor Jim Kaufman [Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge] Pathogen resistance, gene co-evolution and the birth of an adaptive immune system: the bird's eye view L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 5 Mar 2009 Dr Janet Brown, University of Leeds Bone biomarkers in oncology Level 5 CR 2-3pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 4 Mar 2009 Dr Bettina Platt [Reader in School of Medical Sciences] Celebrating achievements of Women in SET L5CR 12-1 pm Esslemont Group
Dr Ann Rajnicek [Senior Lecturer in School of Medical Sciences] Celebrating achievements of Women in SET
Tue 3 Mar 2009 Professor Barbara McPake [Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh] Developing a health systems typology for high mortality countries: an approach using an exploratory data collection tool L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Fri 27 Feb 2009 Iris Salecker [National Institute for Medical Research, London] Regulation of layer-specific axon targeting in the visual system of Drosophila L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Fri 27 Feb 2009 Luca Ciandrini and Alain Kemp [Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Genetic and regulatory networks L5CR 2 pm Systems Biology
Thu 26 Feb 2009 Professor Miles Whittington [School of Neurology, Neurobiology & Psychiatry, The Medical School, University of Newcastle] CANCELLED Neurobiology
Wed 25 Feb 2009 Professor Chris Proud mTOR, a master regulator of cell function L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Preceded by tea/coffee at 3.30 pm
Tue 24 Feb 2009 Dr Baukje de Roos [Rowett Instutute] Old and new biomarkers for assessing the effects of diet on vascular disease L5CR 12-1 pm Vascular
Mon 23 Feb 2009 Prof David Shore, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva Mechanisms of telomere length regulation L7CR 1-2pm Microbiology
Fri 20 Feb 2009 Dr Christian Schwarzbauer [Lecturer and Head of MRI, MRC /cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge] MRI in cognitive neurosciences: recent developments and future challenges Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 1.15 - 2pm Imaging
Fri 20 Feb 2009 Dr Fraser Coxon [University of Aberdeen] Vesicular trafficking in osteoclasts: insights provided by the bone disease osteopetrosis L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Fri 20 Feb 2009 Dr Fraser Coxon [Bone and Musculoskeletal Research Programme, University of Aberdeen] Vesicular trafficking in osteoclasts: insights provided by the bone disease osteopetrosis L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 19 Feb 2009 Dr Tatiana Macfarlane, Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen Alcohol-Related Cancers and Genetic Susceptibility in Europe (ARCAGE) Project: investigating risk factors L7CR 4-5pm Cancer Medicine
Thu 19 Feb 2009 Dr Simon Wong [Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen] Adjuvant properties of a meningitis B vaccine L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 19 Feb 2009 Marios Stavridis [University of Dundee, Division of Cell and Developmental Biology] Molecular control of embryonic stem cell neural differentiation L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 18 Feb 2009 Dr Julie Brittenden [Reader in School of Medicine and Dentistry] Celebrating achievements of Women in SET L5CR 12-1 pm Esslemont Group
Wed 18 Feb 2009 4th Aberdeen Microarray Analysis Network Meeting Timetable: 10:00 Registration and Coffee 10:30 Welcome and Introduction by Organising Committee 10:40 Introduction to Bioconductor and GenePattern (Claus Mayer, BIOSS and Caroline Reiff, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health). 11:00 GenePattern demonstration (Caroline Reiff) 12:00 FREE LUNCH. A number of trade stands will be on display to provide an opportunity to discuss new technologies with these companies. 13:00 Introduction to Scottish Bioinformatics Forum and discussion Chris Janssen, Director, SBF 13:30 Wiki Pathways. Susan Coort, Maastricht Bioinformatics group. 14:30 General discussion and outlook L7CR 10 - 3 pm
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 Microbiology
Tue 10 Feb 2009 Professor Allyn Howlett [Wake Forest University Health Sciences] CB1 Receptor Signal Transduction L5CR 12.30 - 1.30 pm Neurobiology
Fri 6 Feb 2009 Jim Allan [Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh] Mapping nucleosome positioning using high-throughput sequencing. L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 5 Feb 2009 Dr David Wilkinson [MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London] Mechanisms of tissue boundary formation and neurogenesis L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 4 Feb 2009 Professor Louise Phillips [Chair in the School of Psychology] Celebrating achievements of Women in SET L5CR 12-1 pm Esslemont Group
Dr Ana Ivanovic [Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering] Celebrating achievements of Women in SET
Wed 4 Feb 2009 Dr Colin Greaves [Peninsula Medical School (Primary Care), Exeter] Supporting lifestyle change for diabetes prevention: A summary of the evidence base and opportunities for future research in health psychology L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Tue 3 Feb 2009 Professor Mike Bennet [Lancaster University, Lancaster] What can research tell us about improving the management of cancer pain in the community? L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
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 Microbiology
Fri 30 Jan 2009 Christiana Ruhrberg, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London Role of neuropilin-1 and its ligands in neuronal and vascular patterning L7CR 4-5pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Wed 28 Jan 2009 Dr Justin Williams [Senior lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Aberdeen] Research Ethics and the role of the CLSM Ethics Review Board L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Joint IAHS / IMS Seminar
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 Microbiology
Fri 23 Jan 2009 Robert Insall, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow Cell movement and chemotaxis - an actin- and pseudopod-centred view L7CR 4-5pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 22 Jan 2009 Professor Peter Jenner [Professor of Pharmacology, Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Centre, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, King's College, London] The aetiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Thu 22 Jan 2009 Prof Marcel Jasper, Chair of Organic Chemistry, University of Aberdeen From Seabed to Bedside - The Marine Environment as a Source of New Cancer Chemotherapeutics L7CR 4-5pm Cancer Medicine
Thu 22 Jan 2009 Professor Peter Beverley, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford Immunological memory in time and space L7CR 1-2pm Immunology
Wed 21 Jan 2009 Professor Ruth Ross [Chair in the School of Medical Sciences] Celebrating achievements of Women in SET L5CR 12-1 pm Esslemont Group
Dr Kath Greaves [Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of Medicine and Dentistry] Celebrating achievements of Women in SET
Mon 19 Jan 2009 Prof Sebastian Amyes, Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh Acinetobacter baumannii: the new MRSA L7CR 1-2pm Microbiology
Thu 15 Jan 2009 Dr Sarah J Bailey [Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath] Retinoid regulation of serotonin - does this cause depression? [Host: Prof Peter McCaffery] L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Tue 13 Jan 2009 Professor ~Andy Harvey [Professor Photonics, heriot Watt University] Quantitative spectral imaging in the retina Biomedical Physics Building 1-2 pm Imaging
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 Microbiology
Fri 9 Jan 2009 Professor Andy Harvey, Professor of Photonics, Heriot Watt University] Multispectral Imaging in Ophthalmology Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 1-2 pm Imaging
Thu 8 Jan 2009 Immunology Research Showcase Programme circulated L7CR 1.30 - 4.30 pm Immunology
Thu 1 Jan 2009
Thu 1 Jan 2009
Thu 18 Dec 2008 Dr Paul Haggerty [University of Aberdeen, Rowett Research Institute] Epigenetics and breast cancer L7CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Thu 18 Dec 2008 Professor Claude Wischik [University of Aberdeen and Chairman of TauRx Therapeutics] From Basic Research to a Tau-based Treatment in Alzheimer's disease L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 17 Dec 2008 Dr Jens Claussen Network complexity, information representation and transmission, and neurodynamics of sleep L7CR 9.30 am Neurobiology
Joint Neurobiology and Systems Biology Seminar
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 Microbiology
Fri 12 Dec 2008 Postgraduate Symposium details to follow L7CR tbc IMS
Wed 10 Dec 2008 Deborah Barnes [CRUK London Research Institute, Clare Halllabs] A new DNA repair-based model for the cytotoxic action of the chemotherapeutic drug, 5-fluorouracil L5CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Mark Harrison [Clinical Oncologist, Mount Vernon Hospital]
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 Microbiology
Fri 5 Dec 2008 Professor Gail Martin [Developmental Biology Programme, University of California, San Francisco] Plenary lecture: FGF signaling in organogenesis: how Sprouty genes help get it right L7CR 4-5 Cell and Developmental Biology
This seminar is in conjunction with the Scottish Developmental Biology Society and the IMS Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Fri 5 Dec 2008 Scottish Developmental Biology Group Meeting Full programme available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/ L7CR 11 - 5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 4 Dec 2008 Dr M W Jones [RCUK Academic Fellow, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Bristol] Entraining errant ensembles: neuronal network activity during cognition, sleep and disease L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Thu 4 Dec 2008 Professor Graham Anderson [MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham Medical School] Development of the thymic medulla and establishing T-cell tolerance L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 4 Dec 2008 Dr Pierre Jurdic [University of Lyon] Live cell imaging of osteoclasts Level 5 CR 1-2 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Thu 4 Dec 2008 Professor Colin Blakemore Christmas School Lecture [attendance by invite] tbc tbc IMS
Wed 3 Dec 2008 Speakers to be confirmed Recent PhD projects in Aberdeen - interesting insights (exact titles to be confirmed) L7CR 1.00-1.50 pm IAHS
Wed 3 Dec 2008 Dr Paul Verkade [University of Bristol] High pressure freezing and correlative microscopy L5CR 12-1 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Joint seminar with Histology and EM Facility
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 Microbiology
Thu 27 Nov 2008 Dr Silvia Wehmeier[University of Aberdeen] Importance of bacterial cell envelope components in chronic intracellular infection L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
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 Microbiology
Fri 21 Nov 2008 Dr Alex Brand [University of Aberdeen] A change in direction for Candida albicans hyphae L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Wed 19 Nov 2008 Dr Zoya Ignatova [Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry] Role for co-translational folding and secretion of proteins L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
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 Microbiology
Fri 14 Nov 2008 Dr Aziz Aboobaker [University of Nottingham] A new worm on the (cutting) block: Planaria as a model for stem cell biology, tissue regeneration and a whole lot more besides L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 13 Nov 2008 Professor Paul Garside [Centre for Biophotonics, Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde] Visualising and analysing immune responses in real time in vivo L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 13 Nov 2008 Dr. Gudrun Stenbeck, Brunel University Vesicle trafficking and bone dynamics Level 5 CR 2pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 12 Nov 2008 Professor Steven Simoens [Research Centre for Pharmaceutical Care and Pharmacoloeconomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium] Cost-effectiveness of antimicrobial treatment of CAP in the presence of resistance L7CR 1.00-1.50 pm IAHS
Wed 12 Nov 2008 Professor Richard Sharp [Group Leader, Medical Research Council, Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Edinburgh] New insights into the fetal origins of the commonest male reproductive disorders Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4 pm Obs and Gynae
Tue 11 Nov 2008 Dr Matteo Zanda [National Research Council, Italy] The trifluoroethylamine function as a peptide bond surrogate: synthesis, structural properties and applications in medicinal chemistry / drug discovery L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Tue 11 Nov 2008 Dr Wynne Jones Measuring thrombin generation potential of plasma or microparticles by fluorogenic assay Haematology Library, 2nd Floor Polwarth Link Building 1pm Vascular
lunch from 12.30
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 Microbiology
Fri 7 Nov 2008 Dr Fadri Martinez-Perez [University of Sheffield] Chromosome segregation during meiosis in C. elegans L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 6 Nov 2008 Professor Marina Botto [Rheumatology Department, Imperial College London] Lupus and complement deficiency: insights from knockout mice L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 5 Nov 2008 Professor Harry Campbell [University of Edinburgh] Using genetic data to study genetic and environmental causes of disease: our experience with Colorectal Cancer and Gout Med Chi Hall, Ground Floor, Polwarth Building 1.00-1.50 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 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 Microbiology
Thu 30 Oct 2008 Dr Cornelius Gross [European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Monterotondo, Rome] Developmental programming of anxiety in mice L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Thu 30 Oct 2008 Professor Ruth Ross [University of Aberdeen] Orphan G-protein coupled receptors: a role in breast cancer? L5CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Thu 30 Oct 2008 Dr. Ruth Wilcox, Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds From silicon to spines: can computers help us treat back pain? Level 5 CR 2pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 29 Oct 2008 Dr Sohinee Bhattacharya [Lecturer, Obstetric Epidemiology, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Reproductive sequelae of spontaneous pregnancy loss Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4 pm Obs and Gynae
Wed 29 Oct 2008 Systems Biology candidate seminars Systems Biology candidate seminars [SULSA pooling initiative]. Presentations from potential Lectureship candidates L5CR 9-12 noon Systems Biology
Tue 28 Oct 2008 Systems Biology candidate seminars Systems Biology candidate seminars [SULSA pooling initiative]. Presentations from potential Readership candidates L5CR 2-4 pm Systems Biology
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 Microbiology
Fri 24 Oct 2008 Professor Owen McCarty [Oregon Health & Science University] Vascular Shear and Platelet Cell Biology: Sticky Wickets in the Blood L7CR 1-2 pm Vascular
Fri 24 Oct 2008 Dr Kim Dale [University of Dundee] Regulating the pace of the segmentation clock L7CR 4-5 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 23 Oct 2008 Dr Mick Hastings [MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge] Clock genes and circadian pacemakers in the brain L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Tue 21 Oct 2008 Professor Robert West [Editor-in-Chief of Addiction and co-author of the English National Smoking Cessation Guidelines What is so hard about stopping smoking? L7CR 1.00-1.50 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 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 Microbiology
Fri 17 Oct 2008 Dr Bruno Gonzalez [Faculte de Medecine Pharmacie Rouen, France] The neuropeptide PACAP in the control of apoptosis: neurodevelopmental and therapeutic implications L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 15 Oct 2008 Scottish Stem Cell network 1-day Symposium Stem Cell and Immunology L7CR all day Immunology
Wed 15 Oct 2008 Professor Andrew Calder [Professor obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Edinburgh] Alexander Gordon Lecture:: "Labour induction in Gordon's time and ours" Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4 pm Obs and Gynae
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 Microbiology
Fri 10 Oct 2008 Ms Caroline Reid [Department of Medical Physics, University College London] Medical applications of Terahertz EM radiation Classroom, Biomedical Physics Building 1-2 pm Imaging
Thu 9 Oct 2008 Dr Jenny Morton [Dept of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge] Therapeutic approaches to neurological decline in Huntington's disease : What can mice teach us? L5CR 12-1pm Neurobiology
Thu 9 Oct 2008 Senior Lectureship in Immunology ~ Candidate Presentations Dr John Reynolds (Imperial College London) "Induction of antigen-specific tolerance for the treatment of autoimmune disease" ........ Dr Nick Underhill-Day (University of Birmingham) "Cutting through the haze: Insights into GP130 cytokine signalling mechanisms" ........ Dr Barbara Metzler (Novartis Institutes for BioMed Res) "Exploring central and peripheral mechanisms of tolerance and regulation in autoimmunity and transplantation" ........ Dr Neil Young (University of Cambridge "Leucocyte lg-like receptors - linking innate and adaptive immunity" L7CR 12-2 pm Immunology
Wed 8 Oct 2008 Professor Mervyn Bibb [Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich] Lantibiotics: unusual antibiotics made by unusual organisms L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Preceded by tea/coffee at 3.30 pm
Wed 8 Oct 2008 Professor Sjurdur Olsen [Leader of the Maternal Nutrition Group of the Danish National Birth Cohort, Statens Serum Institut and Adjunct Professor of Nutrition, Harvard University. Also Leader of Theme 2 for the EARNEST (Early Nutrition Programming) project Fatty acid intakes during pregnancy and health outcomes L7CR 1.00-1.50 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Fri 3 Oct 2008 Professor Linda Collins [Professor Human Development & Family Studies, Professor of Statistics, Director, The Methodology Center Pennsylvania State University Building better behavioral interventions: One view of the future of intervention development Med Chi Hall, Ground Floor, Polwarth Building 1.00-1.50 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Fri 3 Oct 2008 Professor Urs Ruegg [University of Geneva] Pharmacological approaches towards the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy [hosted by Professor Gay Hawksworth] L5CR 2pm Neurobiology
Fri 3 Oct 2008 Professor Charles French Constant [MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh] Regulation of neural stem cells by adhesion molecules L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 2 Oct 2008 Dr Bazbek Davletov [MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge] Molecular mechanisms of synaptic vesicle exocytosis L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Thu 2 Oct 2008 Aberdeen Immunology Group annual meeting Programme to be announced L7CR all day Immunology
Wed 1 Oct 2008 Dr Geraldine McNeill [Senior Lecturer, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Genes, birth weight and CHD risk factors in adult twins Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4 pm Obs and Gynae
Tue 30 Sep 2008 Dr Ruth Murray Technology overview: Apoptosios - Is your research dead or dying? L5CR 12.30 pm Immunology
Thu 25 Sep 2008 Professor Esa Korpi [University of Helsinki, Finland] Roles of GABA-A receptor subtypes in behavioural responses to specific drugs L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Thu 25 Sep 2008 Prof Tim Spector [Kings College, London] Genetics of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis L5CR 2pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 24 Sep 2008 Professor Tumani Corrah [Unit Director & Chairman, MRC Gambia] Sustaining trial capability: strategies for building and retaining skills Med Chi Hall, Ground Floor, Polwarth Building 1.00-1.50 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Wed 24 Sep 2008 Ghiyath Shayeb [Clinical Research Fellow, Assisted Reproduction Unit, University of Aberdeen] Obesity and Reproductive Potential Conference Room, MacGillivray Academic Centre, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital 4 pm Obs and Gynae
Tue 16 Sep 2008 Professor Robert Kaplan [Chair, Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California] Changing definitions of disease: effects of costs and population health L7CR 1.00-1.50 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Thu 11 Sep 2008 Professor Judith Allen [Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh] The many faces of alternatively-activated macrophages: lessons from helminth infection models L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 10 Sep 2008 Professor Neil Millar [University College London] Molecular characterization of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and the molecular chaperone RIC-3 L7CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Tue 9 Sep 2008 Dr John Price [Monash University, Clayton, Australia] Breast Cancer Metastasis: All Stressed Up and Somewhere to Go L5CR 12-1 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Joint Bone & Musculoskeletal / Cancer Medicine Seminar
Tue 9 Sep 2008 Professor Blair Smith [Department of General Practice, University of Aberdeen] Early treatment of Bell's Palsy: do the drugs work? A randomised controlled trial in primary care. 1.00-1.50 pm L7CR IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Fri 5 Sep 2008 Aberdeen Neuroscience Meeting II Full programme available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/ L7CR 12-5 pm Neurobiology
Sponsored by BNA and Milipore
Wed 3 Sep 2008 Dr Charles Guttman [Research Associate, Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston] MRI, Image Analysis and Informatics: Strategies for discovery in diseases affecting CNS white matter] Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 1-2 pm Imaging
Thu 28 Aug 2008 Professor Thomas Collett [University of Sussex] Visuo-motor memories guiding the foraging routes of ants L5CR 3-4 pm [note change from the usual time!] Neurobiology
Thu 28 Aug 2008 Hui-Chen Lu [Host: Prof Tibor Harkany] What can one get from a barrel? How mGluR5 signaling contributes to the development and plasticity of cortical maps. L5CR 4.30-5.30 pm Neurobiology
Thu 28 Aug 2008 Dr Raif Yucel [Flow Cytometry Facility Manager] Analytical flow cytometry: Powerful tool for basic and applied research L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Dr Phil Cash [Section of Immunology & Infection] Recent developments in proteome analysis
Wed 20 Aug 2008 Biological Imaging Workshop Full programme available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/ L7CR 9-1 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Joint Cell & Developmental Biology and Imaging Research Workshop For catering purposes, please inform t.morris@abdn.ac.uk
Mon 18 Aug 2008 Dr Bettina Siebers [University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany] 'Some like it hot' L5CR 1pm Microbiology
Fri 8 Aug 2008 Professor Ian Marshall [Professor of MR Physics, University of Edinburgh] MRI research in Edinburgh Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 12.30-1.30 pm Imaging
Thu 24 Jul 2008 Wim Crusio [Universite de Bordeaux I, Centre de Neurosciences Integratives et Cognitives, CNRS] Mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Fri 11 Jul 2008 Dr Kuan J Lee [Lecturer, Academic Radiology, University of Sheffield] Iterative reconstruction in MRI and New pulses/pulse sequences for Dixon Fat-water MRI Lilian Sutton Building, Meeting Room 12.30 pm Imaging
Thu 3 Jul 2008 Dr. Francesco Dell'Accio, Queen Mary's, London Molecular response of adult articular cartilage to injury Level 5 CR 2 – 3pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 2 Jul 2008 Professor Doug Bremner [Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology and Director of the Emory Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit] "Neurobiology and Neuroimaging of Affective Disorders". His research has used neuroimaging and neurobiology measures to study the neural correlates of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. He has authored or co-authored over 200 peer reviewed articles and book chapters and his most recent book is "Before You Take That Pill: Why the Drug Industry May be Bad for Your Health" L7CR 2.30 pm IMS
Joint IMS and Neurobiology Seminar
Wed 2 Jul 2008 Professor Viola Vaccarino [Professor of Cardiology & Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA] Depression as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease: potential mechanisms Med Chi Hall, Ground Floor, Polwarth 1 pm IAHS
Fri 27 Jun 2008 Camilla de Almeida [University of Aberdeen] Modelling of the methylglyoxal detoxification pathway L5CR 2 pm Systems Biology
Russell Betney [University of Aberdeen] A negative feedback loop operating at the level of translation in yeast
Fri 27 Jun 2008 John Monaghan Title to be confirmed L7CR 1-2pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Jennifer Martin Wnt Signalling Regulates Transcription Factor Networks In Vertebrate Heart Development
Fri 27 Jun 2008 Professor Stanislaw Cebrat [University of Wroclaw, Poland] Why the Y chromosome shrinks and women live longer than men L7CR 11-12 am Systems Biology
Fri 27 Jun 2008 Dr Nikki Horwood [Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology] The role of Bruton's tyrosine kinase in osteoclast development L5CR 12-1 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Thu 26 Jun 2008 Ole Paulsens [University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics] Synaptic plasticity during network oscillations: spike timing-dependent plasticity and phase response curves L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 25 Jun 2008 Cannabinoid Symposium A fresh look at Cannabinoids and Cognition L7CR 8am-4pm
Tue 24 Jun 2008 Professor Keith Sharkey [University of Calgary] Enteric neuronal Responses to Inflammation - Effects at a distance, in space and over time L5CR 3-4 pm Neurobiology
Fri 20 Jun 2008 Neale Harrison Opening up a can of worms: genetic analysis of alpha-catenin function L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Daniela Schauer In vitro differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells towards pancreatic beta cells
Fri 20 Jun 2008 Professor Dorothy Crawford [Professor of Medical Microbiology and Assistant Principal for the Public Understanding of medicine, University of Edinburgh] Deadly Companyons: How microbes shaped our history. L7CR 12-1 pm Esslemont Group
Thu 19 Jun 2008 Professor Brian Sutton IgE-receptor interactions as a target for intervention in allergy and asthma L7CR 1-2pm Immunology
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 Microbiology
Wed 18 Jun 2008 Professor John Weinman [King's College, London] Patients' beliefs - How do they influence health case use? L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Tue 17 Jun 2008 Harry Campbell and Evi Theodoratou [University of Edinburgh] Using Genetic Data to study genetic and environmental causes of Disease: our experience with colorectal cancer and gout Med Chi Hall, Polwarth 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 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 Microbiology
Fri 13 Jun 2008 Ms Caroline Reid [Department of Medical Physics, University College London] Medical applications of Terahertz EM radiation Lilian Sutton Building, Meeting Room 12.30 pm Imaging
Fri 13 Jun 2008 Dr. Jim Norman, Beatson Institute, Glasgow Vesicular trafficking of integrins during cancer cell migration Level 5 CR 12.30pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Tue 10 Jun 2008 Dr David Smith [School of Divinity, History & PHilosophy, University of Aberdeen] The Asian Rickets Affair 1960s to 1980s L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 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 Microbiology
Fri 30 May 2008 Andrew Peace Differential mechanisms of cAMP signalling in astrocyte-mediated inhibition of axon regeneration L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Freyja Bruce, Mitra Arianmanesh, Martin Lenkersdorf Freyja Bruce: The role of dscam and related proteins in regulating RGC Axon Guidance
Thu 29 May 2008 Dr Thomas Nichols [Director, Modelling & Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline Clinical Imaging Centre, London] Interplay of random field theory and permutation tests for neuroimaging inference Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building, Radiology Dept. 1-2 pm Imaging
Wed 28 May 2008 IAHS All Day Seminar Medicine Safety L7CR 10-4 pm IAHS
Please register your attendance with Margaret Ross on Tel: 01224 559456 [m.a.ross@abdn.ac.uk]
Fri 23 May 2008 Professor Janet Liversidge, Dr simon Wong, Professor Steve Heys, Dr Roger Staff, Dr Julie Brittenden Macrophages & PET: A joint area of interest L5CR 2-4 pm Vascular
Joint Vascular and Cancer Seminar
Fri 23 May 2008 Elizabeth Kilby tbc L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Soh Leh Kuan, Ida Parisi title of talks tbc
Fri 23 May 2008 Dr Iain Wilkinson [Reader in Clinical magnetic Resonance, University of Sheffield] Diabetes and the CNS: Insights from imaging Conference room, Lilian Sutton Building, Radiology Department 1-2 pm Imaging
Thu 22 May 2008 Professor Lewis Wolpert Causal beliefs make us human LT3 Polwarth 4.00 pm IMS
Thu 22 May 2008 Professor Jeff Evans [Professor of Translational Oncology, Beatson Research Centre, University of Glasgow] Opportunities and challenges in anti-cancer drug development L7CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
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 Microbiology
Fri 16 May 2008 Jetsada Ruangsuriya Role of silicon ions in osteoblast cell behaviour L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Emma Sheils TGF-ß signalling in the nematode parasite trichinella spiralis
Thu 15 May 2008 Professor John Swinton [Chair in Divinity & Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen] Divinity, spirituality and cancer L7CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Wed 14 May 2008 Fifth IMS Systems Biology Symposium Dr Johan Elf [Uppsala, Sweden]; Prof David Gilbert [Glasgow]; Prof Andrew Millar [Edinburgh] L7CR 10 - 4 pm Systems Biology
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 Microbiology
Mon 12 May 2008 Professor Paul McMenamin [University of Western Australia] Planet Eye L7CR 4-5 pm Immunology
Joint Opthalmology / Immunology Seminar
Fri 9 May 2008 Professor David Reid [Chair of Rheumatology, University of Aberdeen] Prediction of disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis using bone mass measurements Lilian Sutton Building, Meeting Room 12.30 pm Imaging
Thu 8 May 2008 Professor Peter Somogyi , FRS, FMedSci [MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, University of Oxford]: 1st Hans Kosterlitz Lecture Time and space in cooperative neuronal circuits: chronocircuitry in the hippocampus L7CR 11-12 Neurobiology
Thu 8 May 2008 One-Day Symposium Th17 Immunity: New Horizons for Inflammatory Disorders. L7CR 12.45 - 6 pm Immunology
Luigina Romani - University of Perugia;
Thu 8 May 2008 Dr. Agi Grigoradis, Kings College London The role of c-fos and Rho GTPases in bone cells L5CR 2 – 3pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 7 May 2008 Professor Cairns Smith [Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen] Leprosy: A case study in disease elimination and eradication L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Wed 7 May 2008 Professor Ian Megson [Free Radical Research Facility, Department of Diabetes, UHI Millennium Institute, Inverness] Localised delivery of nitric oxide in cardiovascular disease L7CR 4 pm Vascular
Fri 2 May 2008 Bill Gunnyeon [Chief Medical Advisor, Department of Work & Pensions, London] Is Work Good for You? L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Thu 1 May 2008 Dr Josef Kittler [UCL, Department of Physiology] Regulating inhibitory synapse strength with motors and adaptors L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
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 Microbiology
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 Microbiology
Part of SBS Microbiology Seminar Series
Fri 25 Apr 2008 Jingxing Ou [University of Aberdeen] Chronic wound state exacerbated by oxidative stress in Pax6+/- corneal epithelial disease L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Patrick Stoney [University of Aberdeen] The effect of Pax6 mutation on contact guidance by mouse forebrain neurons
Mon 21 Apr 2008 Dr Morgane Besson [Cambridge University] Neural and molecular basis of impulsivity and its relationship to drug addiction L5CR 10-11.30 am Lipid Signalling
Fri 18 Apr 2008 Dr Ritsuko Nakamura [University of Aberdeen] Nell-1 / Nell-2 expression in mouse embryo L5CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Dr Txaro Amezaga [University of Aberdeen] Effects of environmental chemicals on fetal development
Thu 17 Apr 2008 Professor Ken Reid [MRC Immunochemistry Unit, University of Oxford] Collectins - proteins of innate immunity, with potential as therapeutics for infection and inflammation L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Thu 17 Apr 2008 Dr Anke Roelofs The potential of bisphosphonates as anti-tumour agents L5CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Wed 16 Apr 2008 Professor Gert Jan Hofstede [University of Wageningen, The Netherlands] Women and Men in Science L7CR 12-1 pm Esslemont Group
Organised by PIMMs
Tue 15 Apr 2008 Aberdeen Neuroscience Meeting Internal Speakers: Martin Collinson, Alison Murray, William Wisden and Peer Wulf, Mon Williams and Justin Williams, Marco Thiel and Mamen Romano:: External Speakers: Professor Vincent Walsh [UCL], Peter Morgan [Rowett Institute] L7CR 12 - 5 pm Neurobiology
Tue 15 Apr 2008 Dr Gary Sawer The maturation machinery of [NiFe]-Hyerogenases in escherichia coli [Host: Dr Berndt Mueller] L5CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Fri 11 Apr 2008 IMS Symposium View the programme at: http:/www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/ L7CR 9-4 pm IMS
Fri 11 Apr 2008 Professor Irene Tracey [Director, FMRIB Centre, Department of Neurology, University of Oxford] Imaging Pain and Analgesia in the Brain Lilian Sutton Building, Meeting Room 12.30 pm Imaging
Fri 4 Apr 2008 Dr Mike Williams [School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Drosophila cellular immunity: an Integrin, an ICAM, and adhesion. L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 3 Apr 2008 Professor Ann Logan [University of Birmingham] Novel mechanisms of retinal ganglion cell axon growth disinhibition L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Fri 28 Mar 2008 Dr David Atkinson [Lecturer, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London] High resolution diffusion imaging Lilian Sutton Building, Meeting Room 12.30 pm Imaging
Thu 27 Mar 2008 Dr Delia Belelli [University of Dundee] Developmental maturation of synaptic and extra-synaptic GABA-A receptors in thalamocortical relay neurones L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 26 Mar 2008 Dr Markus Schwaninger [University of Heidelberg] A link between cell death and inflammation in stroke L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Fri 21 Mar 2008 Yashka Manning [University of Aberdeen] TDP52 and MAL2: What role do they plan in regulated secretion? L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Dr David Carmona Lopez [University of Aberdeen] Sex determination and gonad development in moles. A case unique amongst mammals
Thu 20 Mar 2008 Professor Miquel Vila [Research Institute of the University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona] Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Tue 18 Mar 2008 Professor Jennie Popay [University of Lancaster] Community empowerment: the 21st century silver bullet Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm Med Chi Hall 1-2 pm IAHS
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 Microbiology
Mon 17 Mar 2008 Dr Jane Sowden [Institute of Child Health, UCL] It's all in the timing: developing stem cell therapy for repair of the damaged retina L5CR 4 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Joint seminar: Stem Cell / Ophthalmology / Cell & Developmental Biology
Fri 14 Mar 2008 Sandy Anderson [Dundee] Tumour morphology and mutation driven by microenvironment selection: insights from a hybrid mathematical model L5CR 2 pm Systems Biology
Fri 14 Mar 2008 Dr Cathy Hua Ye [Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford] Stem cell bioprocessing - an engineer's perspective L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 13 Mar 2008 Professor Eddy Liew [Department of Immunology, University of Glasgow] Interleukins in immunity and inflammation L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 12 Mar 2008 Professor Jean Beggs [Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh] Pre-mRNA splicing in yeast and links to transcription and disease L7CR 4 - 5 pm IMS
Preceded by coffee from 3.30 pm
Tue 11 Mar 2008 Mags Watson [University of Aberdeen] Complex Interventions L7CR All Day Seminar IAHS
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 Microbiology
Mon 3 Mar 2008 Dr Katsura Asano [Division of Biology, Kansas State University] Translation factor control of signal transduction pathways L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Fri 29 Feb 2008 Zhiqiang Zhao [University of Aberdeen] Development of a bioelectrochemical device for CNS repair L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 28 Feb 2008 Dr Sanbing Shen [University of Aberdeen] PACAP signalling in neurogenesis L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Wed 27 Feb 2008 Jen Burr [University of Aberdeen] Should we screen for glaucoma in the UK? L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 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 Microbiology
Fri 22 Feb 2008 SEMINAR CANCELLED L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 21 Feb 2008 Dr Rod Scott [University of Aberdeen] Pore forming sponge toxins: chemical defence and biological tools L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Thu 21 Feb 2008 Dr Russell Petty [University of Aberdeen] Individualised cancer treatment new biomarkers and new targets: is there an alternative? L5CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Tue 19 Feb 2008 Sean Semple [University of Aberdeen] Two years on - what were the effects of the smoke-free legislation in Scotland? L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 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 Microbiology
Thu 14 Feb 2008 Bone and Immunology joint seminar Bone & Musculoskeletal Programme & Immunology & Inflammation Programme Research Day 14th Feb, Level 7 seminar room 12:00 – 12:30 Introduction, Rob Barker & Mike Rogers 12:30 – 13:00 sandwich lunch 13:00 – 14:30 Miep Helfrich: Biology of the osteoclast: a bone-eating macrophage Heather Wilson: SOCS proteins direct macrophage function in disease Fraser Coxon: Vesicular trafficking in osteoclast physiology and bone disease Lars Erwig: Macrophage phagosome maturation - Rab and Rho 14:30 – 15:00 coffee 15:00 – 16:30 Frank Ward: Soluble CTLA-4 – A novel regulatory mechanism Keith Thompson: Gamma,delta T cells and bone Mark Vickers: A role for Epstein-Barr virus and vitamin D in multiple sclerosis Cosimo De Bari: Stem cells in skeletal homeostasis, remodelling and repair Janet Liversidge: What’s hot in flow cytometry! 16:30 general discussion EVERYONE WELCOME ! http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/bone/ http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/immunology/ L7CR 12-5 pm Immunology
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 Microbiology
Fri 8 Feb 2008 Ben Cooper [Statistics, Modelling & Bioinformatics Department, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London] Mathematical modelling of healthcare associated infections L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Thu 7 Feb 2008 Simon Robins [Rowett Research Institute] Collagen - keeping it all together L5CR 1.30 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Thu 7 Feb 2008 Dr Nicholas Fluck [Consultant Physician, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary] Chronic kidney disease: the new epidemic Med Chi Suite 7pm Med Chi
Preceded by finger buffet from 6pm
Tue 5 Feb 2008 IAHS Spring 2008 Workshop Programme Behaviour in health: an introduction to theories in health psychology Room 115, Health Sciences Building 9.30-3.00 pm IAHS
Mon 4 Feb 2008 Professor Amanda Fisher [MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London] Chromatin and Pluripotency L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Fri 1 Feb 2008 Dr David Ferrier [The Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St Andrews] Homeobox genes, genome organisation and animal development L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 31 Jan 2008 Dr Isabel Crane [Department of Ophthalmology, University of Aberdeen] Chemokines and chemokine receptors in Uveitis L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Wed 30 Jan 2008 Professor Cindy Farquhar [University of Auckland, New Zealand] Guideline implementation: the NZ experience L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm
Fri 25 Jan 2008 Natalie Dora [University of Aberdeen] Control of eye anterior segment morphogenesis by Pax6 dosage L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Krystyna Cwiklinski [University of Aberdeen] Secreted serine proteases of Trichinella
Thu 24 Jan 2008 Dr Bettina Platt [University of Aberdeen] Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease: current and future therapeutic strategies L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Thu 24 Jan 2008 Professor John Todd [Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge] Genetics and mechanisms of autoimmune diabetes L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Tue 22 Jan 2008 Susan Michie [University College, London] Advancing the science of behaviour change L7CR 1-2 pm IAHS
Preceded by a sandwich lunch at 12.30 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 Microbiology
Fri 18 Jan 2008 Dr Boni Afouda [University of Aberdeen] Wnt signalling functions during cardiogenesis in Xenopus laevis L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Tue 15 Jan 2008 Dr Andy Simmons [Institute of Psychiatry] Imaging at the Biomedical Research Centre for Mental health and Early Results from the AddNeuroMed Study of Alzheimer's Disease Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building 1-2 pm Imaging
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 Microbiology
Fri 11 Jan 2008 Professor Bert Poolman [Department of Biochemistry, University of Groningen] Cellular osmoregulation and sensing of ionic strength L7CR 1-2 pm Microbiology
Fri 11 Jan 2008 Professor John Waterton [Chief Scientist, Translational Sciences AstraZeneca] Imaging biomarkers in Osteoarthritis Research Conference Room, Lilian Sutton Building, Radiology Department] 12.30 - 1.30 pm Imaging
Fri 21 Dec 2007 Professor Peter Swain Quantifying and predicting gene regulation in single cells L5CR 12-1 pm Systems Biology
Thu 20 Dec 2007 Dr Iain Brown [Department of Surgery, University of Aberdeen] Response to taxanes: strategies for identification of novel markers L7CR 4-5 pm Cancer Medicine
Fri 14 Dec 2007 Dr Andy Schofield [University of Aberdeen] Understanding drug resistance in breast cancer: fishing in a pool of genes Lillian Sutton Building, Foresterhill 12.30 pm Imaging
Dr Nicola Miller MRI and the vocal tract: an introduction
Fri 14 Dec 2007 Tony Page [University of Glasgow] The role of PDI in collagen biosynthesis and the formation of the nematode exoskeleton L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Wed 12 Dec 2007 Dr Ben Goldacre Annual Schools Christmas Lecture ~ by invite only. title to be confirmed. Dr Goldacre is the writer of the 'Bad Science' column in the Guardian. tbc tbc IMS
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 Microbiology
Fri 7 Dec 2007 Dr Petr Walczsko [University of Aberdeen] Cell migration and wound healing in corneal epithelium L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 6 Dec 2007 Professor Anne Stephenson [School of Pharmacy, University of London] Trafficking of neurotransmitter receptors L5CR 11-12 pm Neurobiology
Thu 6 Dec 2007 Dr Michael Williams [School of Biological Sciences] Rho-family GTPases in drosophila cellular immunity L5CR 2-3 pm Bone and Musculoskeletal
Wed 5 Dec 2007 Professor Darren Monckton [University of Glasgow] Unstable DNA repeat expansions and human disease: what goes up, could come down L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Preceded by coffee from 3.30 pm
Wed 5 Dec 2007 Jonathan Cook [University of Aberdeen] Surgical Trials - challenging issues related to design, conduct and analysis L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Shirley Jia [University of Aberdeen] Are nutrition intakes associated with cognitive function in later life?
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 Microbiology
Tue 4 Dec 2007 Professor Jennie Popay [Lancaster University] Community Empowerment: The 21st Century Silver Bullet Med Chi 1-2 pm IAHS
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 Microbiology
Fri 30 Nov 2007 Dr Bill Gunnyeon [Department for Work and Pensions] Is work bad for you? L7CR 1 pm IAHS
Fri 30 Nov 2007 Dr Gyorgy Karolyi [Department of Physics] Modelling the growth of fungal colonies L5CR 14.30 - 16.30 Systems Biology
Thu 29 Nov 2007 Dr Giles Hardingham [Centre for Neuroscience Research, University of Edinburgh] Control of neuronal antioxidant defences by synaptic activity L5CR 12-1 pm Neurobiology
Thu 29 Nov 2007 Dr Gordon Brown Innate Immunity: Insights from Dectin-1 L7CR 4 pm Immunology
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 Microbiology
Fri 23 Nov 2007 Caroline Hill [CRUK, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London] TGF-ß Signalling: Mechanism & new Components L7CR 1-2 pm Cell and Developmental Biology
Thu 22 Nov 2007 Dr Jenny Woof [Division of Pathology and Neuroscience, University of Dundee Medical School] Immunoglobulin-mediated defence mechanisms and how pathogenic bacteria fight back L7CR 1-2 pm Immunology
Tue 20 Nov 2007 Professor Joannes Bos [University Medical Centre, Utrecht] The RAP1 signalling pathway in cell migration L7CR 4-5 pm IMS
Preceded by coffee from 3.30 pm
Tue 20 Nov 2007 Dr per Gjorstrup [CSO and Founder of Resolvyx Pharmacenticals, Massachusetts] Resolvins - a novel class of endogenous mediators that regulate cessation of inflammation L5CR 2.30 pm Physiology and Pharmacology
Mon 19 Nov 2007