Event Archive

Presynaptic protein changes and the effects of the protective Icelandic APPA673T mutation in models of amyloid-B and tau pathology

Pre-Viva Talk - Anne Anschuetz

Exploring Novel Genetic Determinants of Skeletal Muscle Energy Metabolism in Obesity and Diabetes

Pre-Viva Talk - Rashmi Sivasengh

A journey of the NMR relaxometry in tempera paint realm

Anne-Laure Rollet - Sorbonne University, Paris

Combining non-invasive imaging & gene therapy to detect and treat metabolic disease

Pre-Viva Talk - Nadine Sommer

Understanding CDC7 kinase biology: from replication origins to therapeutic potential

Prof Corrado Santocanale - University of Galway

Isolation and characterisation of human antibodies targeting cell wall proteins as a novel immunotherapeutic approach to treat invasive fungal infections.

Pre-Viva Talk - Yixin (Katherine) Zhao

Skin appendage development: from molecules to mechanics

Dr Rory Cooper - University of Sheffield

Moving Stroke Treatments from the Trial to the Health System - A Canadian Perspective in a Public Health System

Prof Michael Hill - University of Calgary

Understanding the molecular mechanisms of endolysosomal trafficking

Dr Chris MacDonald - University of York

An investigation into the role of SFRP2 in male breast cancer

Pre-Viva Talk - Matthew Everest

How dietary fibre supplements could help cancer patients

Prof Anne Kiltie - Rowett Institute

Taming the Guardians: Macrophage Modulation in Health and Pathology

Prof Heather Wilson - Institute of Medical Sciences

ECR Seminar Series

"Spatial Regulation of TORC1 Signalling" - William Ritchie

Metformin Exercise Interactions in Type 2 Diabetes: Mechanisms and Timing for Optimised Glycaemic Control

Pre-Viva Talk - Brenda Pena Carrillo

Upper Limb Markerless Motion Capture with Biomechanical Modelling and Cross-Species Transfer Learning

Pre-Viva Talk - Bradley Scott

Fundamental limits on pattern formation in Turing-like reaction-diffusion systems

Pre-Viva Talk - Daniel Muzatko

Models and mechanisms of O-GlcNAc transferase intellectual disability

Daan M. F. van Aalten - Aarhus University

The new superstar, nucleoside analog, as a novel cancer chemotherapy drug targeting cancer mutations.

Professor Kouji Hirota - Tokyo Metropolitan Uniersity

Friend or foe? The challenges of sensing foreign nucleic acids during embryonic development.

Dr Sara Macias Ribela - University of Edinburgh

The Birth of Novel Thrombosis and Haemostasis Models; Using 3Rs Approaches to Improve Translation of Research

Dr Sarah Jones - Manchester Metropolitan University

qEEG biomarkers of neuronal (dys)function in neurodegenerative diseases: From preclinical models to clinical populations

Pre-Viva Talk - Masha Burelo Segura

Development and Characterisation of hiPSC-Derived Hippocampal Organoids for Neurogenesis Studies

Pre-Viva Talk - Olivia Soper

Come together, stay together - analyses of epithelial tissue fusion in embryonic development.

Dr Joe Rainger, University of Edinburgh

Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 0.05 Tesla: A Future Powered by Computing?

Prof Ed X Wu. - University of Hong Kong

ECR Seminar Series

"Targeting myeloid cell PTP1B to prevent retinopathy in an atherosclerotic background" - Morgan Boyne   "The impact of a synthetic retinoic acid receptor agonist on ALS/FTD disease phenotypes" - Francesca Moramarco

Regulation of lung inflammatory tone: function drives form

This event was cancelled

Prof Tracy Hussell - University of Manchester, President of the British Society of Immunology

Cardiac magnetic resonance spectroscopy - more than just pretty pictures

Dr James Ross - Institute of Medical Sciences

Cell type and pattern specification and evolution in the vertebrate skeleton

Prof Patrick Tschopp - University of Basel

Microfluidic Models of Thrombosis: Active Platelet Maintenance Sustains Occlusion

Dr Susan Shea - University of Pittsburgh

Breaking BACE: A new strategy to combat cardiovascular disease

Dr Paul Meakin, University of Leeds

Targeting myeloid-PTP1B to prevent obesity-related retinal microvascular disease

Pre-Viva Talk - Morgan Boyne

ECR Seminar Series

“WNT signalling uncouples early pluripotency in humans” - Connor Ross   “Novel Immune Checkpoint Ligands Linking Cell Cycle Regulation to Cell Killing Decisions” - Martina Mesiarikova  

Inflammation at the interface: mucosal immune responses during Schisosoma mansoni infection

Prof Andrew MacDonald - University of Edinburgh

Wnt signalling in embryonic development: flies to frogs to human cells

Prof Stefan Hoppler - Institute of Medical Sciences

Longitudinal trajectories of anti-bacterial innate immune cell function in paediatric undernutrition

Dr Claire Bourke - University of Glasgow

Comprehensive Mapping of Cell-Type Specific and Spatiotemporal Matrisome Signatures During Human Cortical Development

Pre-Viva Talk - Do Hyeon Gim

Organ-on-chip: Microfluidic approaches for next generation in vitro models of disease

Dr Sally Peyman (Associate Professor) - Heriot-Watt University

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

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

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

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

Dr Nimesh Mody - Institute of Medical Sciences

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

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

Cafe Med: Seminar 4: Spinal Muscular Atrophy - A treatable childhood motor neuron disease

10 years ago, Spinal Muscular Atrophy was the second most common inherited cause of infant mortality worldwide, but you may never have heard of it. Severely affected children had a life expectancy of less than 3 years, but now three novel and expensive therapies have emerged, which are providing new...

Cafe Med - Seminar 3: Cutting back on the fat: The health effects of fat tissue and how bariatric surgery works

Being overweight or obese increases the risk of many health conditions including type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancers. We will look at why increasing the amount of fat tissue we have in our bodies can lead to disease. We will also discuss bariatric surgery, which can be a highly...

Cafe Med - Seminar 2: Data saves lives: how the Aberdeen Maternity and Neonatal Database has been improving our understanding of pregnancy risks for over 75 years

Sir Dugald Baird had the foresight to start collecting data on all pregnancies in Aberdeen in 1949 - we take a look at how data in the AMND has led to breakthrough research and changed our understanding of pregnancy complications for the last 75 years. Learn how we carry our...

Cafe Med - Seminar 1: Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain: The Marvels of Adult Neurogenesis and Neural Stem Cells

Open to university staff, students, clinical colleagues and the public.

Cafe Med Talk - Improving outcomes in pelvic cancers

Patients with pelvic cancers, including colorectal, prostate and gynaecological cancers, are treated with surgery and radiotherapy, but not all are cured. We are investigating the possible use of dietary fibre supplements to improve outcomes. We will discuss our work and explain the underlying rationale.  

Café Med - Wednesday 25th January, 6pm in Suttie Centre Café - FREE

Thalidomide: The Good and the Bad sides of a medicine.

Diet and health inequalities linked to obesity

Diet and health inequalities linked to obesity Currently, 63% of adults in UK are collectively overweight or obesity, with figures projected to keep rising, linked to the cost of living crisis. Obesity is disproportionately represented in areas of social deprivation. Our food system must consider solutions to reduce diet-related inequality to...

Diet and health inequalities linked to obesity

Professor Alexandra Johnstone (Chair in Human Nutrition, Rowett Institute) will speak about diet and health inequalities linked to obesity.

Disparities of maternal health within the black community

Webinar

Wellbeing with MedSoc: Yoga

This event will run for 60 minutes and will consist of a yoga well-being session led by Gayle Sheed. The aim is to promote mental wellbeing in lockdown by providing the opportunity to focus on your mental health. Staff and students are welcome to join.

Live Q&A session with Dr Tosin Sotubo (NHS and Private GP)- @mindbodydoctor

During this live session we will discuss Dr Sotubo’s journey to medicine and how she navigated through training to become a GP and gain an insight to her day to day working life.

EndoClass: Diabetes Case Based Discussion

An interactive case-based discussion on diabetic conditions held on Zoom and utilising the SOCRATIVE voting app. The event will be led by Dr Roby Rajan (STR Diabetes and Endocrinology in ARI). Outcome for this event is that the students attending will gain more confidence in these conditions and will provide...

Student Society Event - AUES - EndoClass

Endocrine Case Based Discussion

Zumba

A free exercise class with a mixture of low and high intensity moves for an interval style calorie burning workout.

Friskis & Svettis

This event was cancelled

A free exercise class which involves jogging, bouncing and strength exercises.

Walking Group

Enjoy the outdoors and take some light exercise as part of our walking group.

Aerobics

This event was cancelled

A free exercise class with rhythmic and aerobic exercises

Hatha Yoga

A free exercise class to align and calm your body, mind and spirit.

Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS)

Advanced Paediatric Life Support is taught, and its principles practised throughout the world. Over 43,000 candidates have completed the course since its inception in 1990. The APLS course comprises of a flexible one-day on-line component (VLE) and a face-to-face course.

Zumba

A free exercise class with a mixture of low and high intensity moves for an interval style calorie burning workout.

Friskis & Svettis

A free exercise class which involves jogging, bouncing and strength exercises

Walking Group

Enjoy the outdoors and take some light exercise as part of our walking group.

Aerobics

A free exercise class with rhythmic and aerobic exercises

Hatha Yoga

A free exercise class to align and calm your body, mind and spirit.

Zumba

A free exercise class with a mixture of low and high intensity moves for an interval style calorie burning workout.

Friskis & Svettis

A free exercise class which involves jogging, bouncing and strength exercises.

Walking Group

Enjoy the outdoors and take some light exercise as part of our walking group.

Aerobics

A free exercise class with rhythmic aerobic exercises

Hatha Yoga

A free exercise class to align and calm your body, mind and spirit.

Zumba

A free exercise class with a mixture of low and high intensity moves for an interval style calorie burning workout.

Friskis & Svettis

A free exercise class which involves jogging, bouncing and strength exercises

Walking Group

Enjoy the outdoors and take some light exercise as part of our walking group.

Aerobics

A free exercise class with rhythmic aerobic exercises

Hatha Yoga

A free exercise class to align and calm your body, mind and spirit.

Zumba

A free exercise class with a mixture of low and high intensity moves for an interval style calorie burning workout.

Friskis & Svettis

A free exercise class which involves jogging, bouncing and strength exercises

Walking Group

Enjoy the outdoors and take some light exercise as part of our walking group.

Aerobics

A free exercise class with rhythmic aerobic exercises

Aerobics

A free exercise class with rhythmic aerobic exercises

Hatha Yoga

A free exercise class to align and calm your body, mind and spirit.

Zumba

A free exercise class with a mixture of low and high intensity moves for an interval style calorie burning workout.

Friskis & Svettis

A free exercise class which involves jogging, bouncing and strength exercises.