Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Science (IBBS)
Research Seminar Programme 2009
October
Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2009 at 4pm in L.T. 3.17 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Martin Bootman, The Babrahan Institute
Title: Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors; intracellular calcium channels that regulate life and death decisions.
Date: Wednesday, 21 October 2009 at 4pm in L.T. 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Maziar Bonab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth
Title: The Population Genetics of the Descendants of the Prophet Mohammed (Sayyeds).
Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 at 4pm in L.T. 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Ian Taylor, National Institute of Medical Research
Title: CFIA, An RNA processing machine
November
Date: Wednesday, 4 November 2009 at 4pm in L.T. 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Sassan Hafizi, School of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth.
Title: The Gas6-Axl pathway: an emerging target for therapy in cell proliferative and migratory diseases
Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2009 at 4pm in L.T. 3.17 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Ulrich Schwarz-Linek, University of St Andrews
Title: Structure and function of streptococcal surface proteins.
Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2009 at 4pm in L.T. 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Rachel Chambers, UCL
Title: Coagulation signalling in fibrotic lung disease
Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 at 4pm in L.T. 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Alison Clayton, University of Oxford
Title: Signalling to Chromatin and Immediate-Early (IE) Gene Regulation
December
Date: Wednesday, 2 December 2009 at 4pm in L.T. 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Samuel Boateng, University of Reading
Title: The failing heart. Can we understand an organ in distress?
Date: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 at 4pm in L.T. 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Jerome Swinny, School of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth.
Title: Molecular dissection of brain circuitry: High resolution localisation of neurotransmitter receptors within different brain regions
Research Seminar Programme 2010
January
Date: Wednesday, 20 January, 2010 at 4 pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Janet Smith, Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham
Title: Muscular dystrophy begins early in embryonic development deriving from stem cell loss and disrupted skeletal muscle formation.
Date: Wednesday, 27 January 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Quian An, University of Portsmouth
Title: Oxidative DNA damage repair & unbalanced translocation in cancer.
February
Date: Wednesday, 3 February 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Professor Stephen Holgate, Southampton General Hospital.
Title: New Concepts in the Pathogenesis of Asthma.
Date: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Cameron Alexander, University of Nottingham.
Title: Drug Delivery, Cell Culture and Synthetic Biology – the Polymer Connection
Date: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Anne Leaver, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS), Edinburgh
Title: Cell Death Signalling in Glioma: membranes, mediators and stress signalling networks
March
Date: Wednesday, 3 March 2010 at 3pmVenue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Simon Kolstoe, UCL Medical School, London.
Title: Cross-linking serum proteins: structure based drug design and Transthyretin
Date: Wednesday, 10 March 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Professor Jim Owen, UCL Medical School, London
Title: Oligonucleotide therapeutics: past, present and future
Date: Wednesday, 17 March 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Anthony Lewis, Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Portsmouth
Title: Fungal potassium channels
Research Seminar Programme 2010
April
Date: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1.01 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Caroline Wilkinson, University of Dundee
Title: Identification of the Dead
Date: Wednesday, 28 April 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Prof Steve Winder, University of Sheffield
Title: Dystroglycan: a multifunctional cell adhesion receptor
May
Date: Wednesday, 5 May 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Janice Royds, Denedin University, New Zealand
Title: Understanding pathways in gliomagenesis - a necessary step towards personalised medicine
Date: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Prof Diana Eccles, University of Southampton
Title: Breast cancer phenotypes - clues to inherited disease
Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Josefin Ahnstrom, Imperial College London
Title: Apolipoprotein M - Antiatheroslerotic or just hitching a ride with lipoproteins in the circulation?
June
Date: Wednesday, 02 June 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Prof Ron van Noorden, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam
Title: Kinase screening reveals Wee1 as a gatekeeper of mitotic catastrophe in treatment-resistant glioma
Date: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael’s Building
Speaker: Dr Alex Walker, University of Nottingham
Title: Tricyclic antidepressants and their effect on glioma and other common cancers in primary care databases
Date: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 at 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 0.20 St Michael's Building
Speaker: Dr Till Bartke, The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
Title: SILAC Nucleosome Affinity Purifications Identify Nucleosome-Interacting Proteins Regulated by DNA and Histone Methylation