Event Archive

AI In Healthcare: Education, Training and Practice

Networking session

Health Research from Home: The Transformational Prevention Unit

HDR UK Event

IAHS METHODOLOGY SEMINAR: "From Data to Decisions: Critical Considerations in Clinical Prediction Modelling" with David McLernon

This is the next of a series of seminars organised through the cross-IAHS Methodological Innovation Group. The idea behind the seminars is to promote knowledge and understanding of state-of-the-art methods relevant to IAHS research.   This talk will provide a deep dive on the methods of Clinical Prediction Modelling and will be...

ECR Seminar Series

Investigating monoclonal antibody 119 as a treatment for Candida infections - Kayleigh Earle

Interactions of p62 in the host defense response of macrophages against bacterial infection

Pre-Viva Talk - Daniel Underwood

Cafe Sci - The Female Category in Sport

This event was fully booked

Join researchers for a panel event discussing the complex issues surrounding the female category in sport

Precision Medicine in platelet disorders: Insights from the GAPP (Genotyping and Phenotyping of Platelets) Study.

Prof Neil Morgan - University of Birmingham

Collaborating with academia and the NHS on UK wide studies

Prof Neil Morgan - University of Birmingham

Clinical, molecular and histological predictors of disease severity in oral lichen planus

Pre-Viva Talk - Sreedevi P. Unnikrishnan

Spiral eyes! A quarter-century journey through eye development and disease

Prof Martin Collinson - Institute of Medical Sciences

Human centred discovery and translational research in motor neuron disease / Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Dr. Bhuvaneish T Selvaraj - Chancellors' fellow - Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Emerging leader - UK Dementia Research Institute, University of Edinburgh

Cafe Sci - Musical Traditions of Scotland's Northern Sailors

Explore the music that emerged in the seventeenth century Scotland in the wake of the Scottish whaling and fishing industries.

Recombination laid bare: single molecule analyses reveal hidden properties of meiotic recombination

Dr Valerie Borde - Curie Institut, Paris

Modelling the Gut-Brain Axis in Parkinson's disease using Anaerobe Bacterial Supernatant Treatment of a-synuclein Transfected Cultures

Pre-Viva Talk - Philip Hoffmann

Analysis of Intra-Species Cell Wall Variability of Candida albicans

Pre-Viva Talk - Ann-Kristin Kaune

Using C. elegans to Study the Role of Gut Microbiota in Parkinson's Disease

Dr Maria Doitsidou - University of Edinburgh

Impact of androgen receptor signalling on macrophage function and its role in prostate cancer progression

Pre-Viva Talk - Jodi Stewart

ECR Seminar Series

“Location matters: Anatomical site and cancer proximity shapes the influence of adipocytes on breast cancer cells” – Abby Dodson   “Modelling Human Neurogenesis in a Dish: Generation of hiPSC-Derived Hippocampal Organoids” – Olivia Soper

HDR UK Driver Programmes Symposium on Longitudinal Data Modelling

HDRUK Event

Diabetes and Metabolic dysfunction-associated diseases: understanding molecular pathways to treat and track them

Dr Nimesh Mody - Institute of Medical Sciences

The WREN wheel, a tool to support systematic change and critical group reflection during the co-design process

External event, Hosted by Co-design Digital Health Hub

University of Aberdeen Concert Series - University of Aberdeen Symphony Orchestra

With conductor Chris Collins, playing music from MacCunn, Beethoven and a Concerto by the winner of the Concerto Competition, still to be confirmed.

Cafe Sci - Time, place and pictures: how do we improve the care of stroke patients?

Professor Mary Joan MacLeod will discuss research which seeks to improve the care of stroke patients

Data to Decision: A Practical Guide for Collaborative Healthcare Analytics Workshop

HDR UK Event

ECR Seminar Series

“Novel imaging modalities for early detection of specific molecular phenotypes in neurodegenerative disease.” – Holly Spence   “Balancing clot breakdown: Endothelial cells, Inhibitors and Plasmin Generation” – Kieran Pocknell

Alternative splicing regulation by snRNA modifications

Dr Alper Akay - University of East Anglia

CTLA-4 - two pathways to anti-tumour immunity?

Dr Frank Ward - Institute Of Medical Sciences

Developing advanced in vitro adipocyte models to define the pharmacology and function of the FFA4 free fatty acid receptor

Dr Brian Hudson - University of Glasgow

Aberdeen Centre for Womens Health Research (ACWHR) seminar with Dr Andrea Woolner & Dr Natalie Cameron - 'Data saves lives: Aberdeen continues to use Dugald Baird conceived AMND to produce new insights in pregnancy health'

Please join the Aberdeen Centre for Women’s Health Research (ACWHR) on Wednesday 26th February at 1-2pm via MS Teams for a talk from Dr Andrea Woolner and Dr Natalie Cameron on ‘Data saves lives: Aberdeen continues to use Dugald Baird conceived AMND to produce new insights in pregnancy health'.  Please...

Keap(1)-ing Nrf2 in check to prevent brain ageing and Alzheimer's disease

Dr Fiona Kerr - Edinburgh Napier University

ECR Seminar Series

"Fundamental limits on pattern formation in Turing-like activator-inhibitor systems” – Daniel Muzatko   “Advanced qEEG analysis to discriminate between dementia subtypes” – Masha Burelo Segura

How to make your own MRI scanner in 2702 (un)easy steps

Dr Lionel Broche - Institute of Medical Sciences

Low Field MRI for Diagnosis of Acute Stroke

Prof Keith Muir - University of Glasgow

Lunch & Learn: Flexing your critical thinking muscles

These fortnightly online sessions (hosted via Microsoft Teams) aim to bring together anyone interested in being involved with research, whether you are a patient partner, a community member or a non-academic.

World Health Organisation: WHO launches new clinical trials guidance - What do I need to know?

WHO External Event

The GIANT Health Event 2024

External event

Fantastic Molecules and where to Find Them

Dr Sergio Dall'Angelo - Institute of Medical Sciences

Researcher Access Service Webinar

HDRUK Event

Chromatin, Genome Stability and Cancer

Prof Timothy Humphrey - University of Sussex

use MY data: a trusted voice in patient data Data Grand Round

HDRUK Midlands Event

SULSA Presentation

Dr Alison McIntosh - SULSA

Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity

Join our panel of public health experts online on Monday 18 November as we discuss how social determinants contribute to health disparities and explore the challenges to building healthier communities and a more just society for all.

Modelling the role of the primary cilia gene CEP41 in autism spectrum disorder using human cortical organoids

Dr Timothy Theil - University of Edinburgh

Cafe Sci - Dolphin Social Behaviours

This event was fully booked

Learn about how dolphin behaviour may change in response to different factors.

Health Data Science Seminar Series: Ethnicity and Inequality

HDR UK External event

Population Research UK - stakeholder consultation workshop- London

External Event

Breaking the Wall: Exploring Fungal Pathogenesis and Antibody-Based Therapeutics

Prof Carol Munro - Institute of Medical Sciences

Display: Fantasy - Realms of Imagination

A second chance to see this touring display delivered in partnership with Aberdeen City Libraries and the British Library. Part of Book Week Scotland.

Research Software Engineering for Health Researchers Workshop Series 2024

HDR UK Event

ECR Seminar Series

Sara Sharaf - "Modulatory mechanisms of Porphyromonas gingivalis pathogenicity." Matthew Beddows - "Open-source modular hardware  instruction generation."  

ACWHR Seminar with Dr Stephanie Hanley - 'MuM-PreDiCT: Defining, understanding and improving care for long-term conditions in pregnancy'

Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research (ACWHR) Seminar with Dr Stephanie Hanley - 'MuM-PreDiCT: Defining, understanding and improving care for long-term conditions in pregnancy' Dr Stephanie Hanley is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Women's Health at University of Birmingham. Stephanie has spent the last 2.5 years working on the MuM-PreDiCT project...

Scalable, Accessible Single Cell with Parse Biosciences' Evercode

Ryan Wall - Parse Biosciences

Digital Health AI + Data Event

External Event

Patient Partner Seminar: Captain Pushp Vaid VrC

Hear about Capt Vaid's career as a helicopter pilot including his experiences during the India-Bangladesh war in 1971 and his survival of the North Sea Chinook helicopter accident, in 1986.

"Unusual" Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Experiments at High and Ultralow Magnetic Field

Prof. Itamar Ronen, Chair in Medical Physics, and Academic Director of the Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre, Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre at Brighton and Sussex Medical School

GPCRomics: Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Dr Fiona Murray - Institute of Medical Sciences

Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type II (CDA-II)

Rami Khoriaty, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan

Tuning the T cell response through individual and collective cell behaviours

Dr Arianne Richard - Babraham Institute, Cambridge

Striking Impressions Exhibition - Flash Tour #2

A bite-sized (15 minute) tour of the exhibition 'Striking Impressions'.

ECR Seminar Series

Muhammad Zaman Assir - "3D culture of human fetal brain models maternal inflammation-induced cortical abnormalities" Ayaz Ali -  “Targeting PTP1B to prevent diabetic retinopathy” 

Striking Impressions Exhibition - Flash Tour #1

A bite-sized (15 minute) tour of the exhibition 'Striking Impressions'.

Collection Doodles at the Wayword Festival

A fun and relaxing doodling session as part of this year's WayWORD Festival.

EPSRC Health Data for Research Workshop

External event

Aberdeen 2024, HERU Short course: Using DCEs in Health Economics

This event was fully booked

Our short course on 'Using Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs) in Health Economics' will take place in Aberdeen from 24th - 26th September 2024. Please note that the course is now fully booked. Contact the DCE course email for a place on the course waiting list. The course fee includes teaching material, accommodation, all lunches,...

University Collections at the Aberdeen Science Festival Discovery Day

Explore two of the University Collections venues - the Library Gallery and the Zoology Museum - and see how many Lego faces you can find as you go!

ACWHR Seminar with Professor Helen Weiss - 'Improving menstrual health in Uganda: MENISCUS - a school-based cluster-randomised trial'

Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research (ACWHR) Seminar with Professor Helen Weiss - 'Improving menstrual health in Uganda: MENISCUS - a school-based cluster-randomised trial'  Professor Helen Anne Weiss DPhil FMedSci Helen is a Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the MRC International Statistical and Epidemiology Partnership, based at the London School of...

ACHDS Seminar Professor Mary Joan Mcleod

Stroke: using data to improve stroke care

Health Inequalities in Scotland: The State of the Nation

External Event

Health Data Science Seminar Series: Transforming Healthcare: AI in Health Data Science

External event

Doors Open Days 2024

The Rowett Institute welcomes guests for Scotland's annual event

BarH-Like proteins as inhibitors of Wnt/T Cell-Factors transcriptional activity: from Spemann organizer formation to maintenance of a cerebellar germinative niche

Dr Béatrice Durand - Sorbonne University

17th Annual Health Services Research UK (HSR UK) Conference

External Event

ECR Seminar Series

Sanad Alfadhel - Towards the sustainable production of scorpion venom-derived peptides

Systematic investigation of the SmY RNAs, a nematode-specific family of small nuclear RNAs

Pre-Viva Talk - Mohammed Al-Khafaji

ACHDS Seminar: COVID-19 modelling in context: experiences, lessons and next steps

During the emergence of COVID-19, mathematical models became important tools to support health decision making, with the impact of different interventions and control strategies being assessed by these models. A proliferation of compartmental models was observed in the mathematical modelling community, aiming to understand and make predictions regarding the spread...

Deciphering Molecular Pathways shaping the Corneal Stroma in Health and Disease

Dr Vernonique Vitart - MRC HGU Edinburgh

HERU External Seminar - Dr Thao Thai

This event was cancelled

Dr Thao Thai is a Research Fellow at the Monash University Health Economics Group (MUHEG) in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Seminar Title: The effect of emoji scale on preference inversion In discrete choice experiments (DECs) with duration. Preference inversion often occurs in health valuation studies when respondent preferences do...

What can we learn about the LGBTQ+ Community through history and culture?

Talk by guest speaker Emily Garside in the Suttie Lecture Theatre 26 June, 10-11.30am

Ykt6 functions as a backup for other R-SNAREs in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Prof Takahiro Shintani - Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University

Different roads to the Teaching Fellow career

Dr Monika Gostic, Dr Virtu Solano & Dr Catriona Cunningham - University of Aberdeen

Potential new strategy for the treatment of kidney disease due to diabetes

Pre-Viva Talk - Sarah Kamli-Salino

Spatial learning and tau expression in a tau model of Alzheimer's Disease: effects of tau aggregation inhibitor treatment alone and in combination with Rivastigmine.

Pre-Viva Talk - Maria Cacho Barraza

The University of Aberdeen Annual Stakeholder Meeting

This event is an opportunity for the general public to hear about the University's current activities and the contribution that all our staff, students and alumni make to the life and success of our local and national communities.

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Campus Visit

JSPS will provide information about the variety of international funding opportunities for researchers at all stages (from doctoral-level students to academic staff) and is open to all research areas to collaborate with researchers in Japan. The session includes an overview of JSPS and multilateral and bilateral funding programmes by Ms Yumiko Myoken, Deputy Director,...

Economics-HERU joint workshop on Health, Well-being and Environment

A workshop from the University of Aberdeen Economics unit and the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) on theme of Health, Well-being and Environment.

ECR Seminar Series

Raquel Barroso Ferro - Feeling peckish? Can we "eat" cancer?    Nicholas Johnson - Chemoenzymatic Production of Modified Cyclic Peptides with SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Binding Activity 

Acute obstetric coagulopathy during postpartum haemorrhage: haemostatic mechanisms and clinical management

Prof Peter Collins - Cardiff University and Cardiff and Vale Health Board

Extracellular Transport Vesicles for Cell-specific Cargo Delivery and Vaccines

Dr Christopher Locher - CEO and Co-founder of Versatope Therapeutics

Understanding the molecular phenotype of mutations in human eukaryotic elongation factor 1A: a study using a Saccharomyces cerevisiae model

Pre-Viva Talk - Letizia Delle Vedove

Rowett Seminar

Dr Guillaume Ferreira: Neurocognitive impact of early-onset obesity in animal models: circuit-specific memory deficits and gender differences

Aspergillus, asthma and the airway: Why do fungi trigger inflammatory lung diseases?

Dr Peter Cook - University of Exeter

The Energy Trilemma: how do we balance energy security, affordability, and environmental sustainability?

Join us online for an insightful discussion on one of the most fundamental challenges of our time: the energy trilemma or how we ensure communities have access to the energy they need at a cost they can afford whilst not destroying the planet in the process.

Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research (ACWHR) Seminar with Professor Helen Weiss - 'Improving menstrual health in Uganda: MENISCUS - a school based-cluster randomised trial'

Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research (ACWHR) Seminar with Professor Helen Weiss 'Improving menstrual health in Uganda: MENISCUS - a school-based cluster-randomised trial'     Professor Helen Anne Weiss DPhil FMedSci   Helen is a Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the MRC International Statistical and Epidemiology Partnership, based at the London School of Hygiene &...

From rapid diagnostics to novel therapeutics - harnessing the power of phage display technology in recombinant antibody discovery

Dr Soumya Palliyil - Institute of Medical Sciences

Exploring the role of the chromatin remodeller ATRX in C. elegans

Dr Helder Ferreira - University of St. Andrews

CHERI Blossom Seminar - Speaker Rachel Winter

CHERI Blossom Seminar - Speaker Rachel Winter – Thursday 23rd May at 12.00 -1.00 pm The May CHERI Blossom Seminar will be delivered by Rachel Winter with the title ‘Clinical empathy within healthcare education’. Rachel is a Stoneygate Associate Professor in Medical Education and Empathic Healthcare and Honorary Consultant in Old Age...

MSc Physician Associate Studies Open Day and Online Info Session

Interested in becoming a Physician Associate (PA)? We are hosting an in person Open Day on 22 May, as well as an Online Info Session on 21 May, where you can find out more about our MSc Physician Associate Studies programme. Register on the links below.

HERU External Seminar - Professor Tim Bolt

Professor Bolt is a health economist at Saitama University in Japan. His current research focuses on the application and development of Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs). Seminar Title - A DCE to support deployment of an STI PoCT device in Sub-Saharan Africa. This presentation will introduce parallel choice experiments undertaken to support an randomised...

Rowett Seminar

Dr Sean Austin, Group Leader, Carbohydrates Group in the Nestle Institute of Food Safety & Analytical Sciences

A career in medical communications

Vikte Lionikaite - Oxford PharmaGenesis