IGMM Seminars AUTUMN/WINTER 2012/13

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The IGMM seminars are open to all within IGMM and to those on the circulation list of invitees.

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Winter 2012/13

NOVEMBER 2012

Thursday 8 November 2012
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Dr Daniele Fanelli
The Institute For The Study Of Science, Technology And Innovation, University Of Edinburgh
Host:  Professor Cathy Abbot
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

Thursday 15 November 2012
Quantitative analysis of a model organism: can we fully understand a living system?
Professor Luis Serrano
Centre For Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
Host:  Professor Veronica Van Heyningen
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

Thursday 22 November 2012
Peripheral nerve regeneration -

links to tumourigenesis
Professor Alison Lloyd
University College London
Host:  Dr Mark Ditzel
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

Thursday 29 November 2012
Ambra1 and the clash between autophagy and cell cycle regulation
Dr Francesco Cecconi
Dulbecco Telethon Institute, Rome
Host:  Professor Margaret Frame
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

JANUARY 2013

Thursday 24 January 2013
LRP2, a novel SHH receptor to regulate forebrain development
Professor Thomas Willnow
Max Delbrueck Centre For Molecular Medicine, Berlin
Host:  Professor Nick Hastie
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

Thursday 31 January 2013
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Professor Rory Duncan
Heriot Watt University
Host:  Professor Nick Hastie
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

FEBRUARY 2013

Thursday 7 February 2013
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Dr James Turner
National Institute Of Medical Research
Host: Dr Andrew Wood
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

Thursday 21 February 2013
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Dr Tilo Kunath
Centre For Regenerative Medicine, University Of Edinburgh
Host:  Dr Ian Adams
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

Thursday 28 February 2013
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Professor Hans Hilger Roper
Max Planck Institute For Molecular Genetics, Berlin
Host: Professor David FitzPatrick
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) Seminars

 

Autumn 2012

AUGUST 2012

Thursday 30 August 2012
Studying neuron-glial interactions in vivo using zebrafish

Dr David Lyons
University of Edinburgh

Centre For Neuroregeneration
Host:  Dr Liz Patton                  
Venue: MRC Human Genetics Unit Seminar Room 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2012

Thursday 6 September 2012
DNA Methylation And The Molecular Basis Of Rett Syndrome                           
Professor Adrian Bird                
University of Edinburgh

Wellcome Trust Centre For Cell Biology
Host:  Professor Richard Meehan
Venue: WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

 

 

Thursday 13 September 2012
Macrophages In Th2 Immunity: What Worms Can Teach Us About Inflammation
Professor Judith Allen
The Allen Parasite Immunology Lab,

University of Edinburgh
Host:  Dr Julia Dorin
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

 

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OCTOBER 2012

Thursday 4 October 2012
Cellular Senescence – a second rate tumor
suppression mechanism
Professor Peter Adams
Beatson Institute, Glasgow
Host: Dr Duncan Sproul
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

 

Thursday 11 October 2012
Quantitative Human Phenotyping: The Next Frontier in Clinical Care and Drug Discovery
Professor Dennis Ausiello
Harvard University
Host: Professor Nick Hastie
Venue:  WGH 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

 

Thursday 18 October 2012
Integration Of Transcription Elongation and Termination With Mrna Processing
Professor David Bentley
University Of Colorado, Denver
Host:  Professor Javier Caceres
Venue:  WGH OPD 4th Floor Lecture Theatre

 

For more information please contact Eilidh Guild, Seminar Administrator (eilidh.guild@igmm.ed.ac.uk)