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 3pm
Venue: 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