Unit Seminars Spring/Summer 2009

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The Unit seminars are open to all in the unit, IGMM and to those on the circulation list of invitees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) Seminars

* PLEASE NOTE: unless stated, all IGMM seminars will be held Thursday's 16.00 in the 4th Floor Lecture Theatre, Outpatient's Department, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU.

Thursday 26 March 2009

Allosteric protein - protein interaction inhibitors, powerful tools for biomolecular science

Professor Manfred Auer
University of Edinburgh

Host: Professor David Porteous

Thursday 23 April 2009
Genetic insights into disease pathways: The NRG1-ErbB4 signaling network and schizophrenia

Dr Amanda Law
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
Host: Dr Pippa Thomson

Tuesday 12 May 2009 *12.00 midday*
An ENU screen for modifiers of epigenetic reprogramming in the mouse

Professor Emma Whitelaw
Queensland Institute for Medical Research, Brisbane
Host: Dr Richard Meehan

Thursday 14 May 2009

Professor Malcolm Walkinshaw
Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology

Structure Based Approaches to Drug-Lead Discovery

Host: Professor David Porteous

Thursday 28 May 2009
Chromosomal translocation modeling for manipulating protein-protein interactions in cancer

Professor Terry Rabbitts
Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine
Host: Professor Nick Hastie

Thursday 9 July 2009
Systems approach to personalised medicine
Dr Gordon Mills
Department of Molecular Therapeutics, University of Texas
Host: Dr Dana Faratian

 

 

Spring/Summer 2009

MRC Human Genetics Unit Seminars

* PLEASE NOTE: unless stated, all unit seminars will be held at 13.00 in the Human Genetics Unit, Seminar Room, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU.

March 2009

Thursday 5 March 2009

The mechanism of delivery of endocytosed cargo to lysosomes
Professor Paul Luzio
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Host: Dr Ian Adams 

Additional External Seminar
Thursday 17 March 2009
Germline and somatic mutations in a Wilms tumour suppressor result in discordant phenotypes
Professor Stephen Robertson
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago, New Zealand
Host: Dr Andrew Jackson

Thursday 19 March 2009

DNA damage response and genome stability: Studying the role of ATM, ATR and the Mre11 complex in a cell free system

Dr Vincenzo Costanzo
DNA Damage and Genomic Stability Laboratory, CRUK, London
Host: Dr Ian Adams

Thursday 26 March 2009

Transcription and signalling in stem cells and cancer: mechanistic insights and biological implications

Colin Goding
Marie Curie Research Institute, Oxted

Host: Dr Liz Patton

April 2009

Thursday 2 April 2009

Non-coding RNA Production by Pol III is Linked to Cancer
Professor Bob White
Beatson Institute, Glasgow
Host: Professor Nick Hastie

Thursday 9 April 2009

From base change to better care in diabetes
Professor Andrew Hattersley
Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter and Plymouth
Host: Professor Veronica Van Heyningen

Tuesday 14 April 2009

Omics profiling in head and neck

Dr Victor Lopes
Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Maxillofacial Surgery,
Edinburgh Dental Institute

Host: Professor Nick Hastie

Friday 24 April 2009
The Molecules and Mechanisms of Instinctive Behaviour in Mammals
Dr Darren Logan
Scripps Research Institute
Host: Professor Ian Jackson
*Please note this seminar will be held in the E3 Combined Meeting Room*

Thursday 30 April 2009

The Role of Cohesins in Gene Regulation and Genome Organisation
Professor Matthias Merkenschlager
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, London
Host: Professor Wendy Bickmore

May 2009

Thursday 14 May 2009

An Overview of Structural Genodermatoses

Irene Leigh
Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee

Thursday 21 May 2009

Systems biology of cancer
Professor Jussi Taipale
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki
Host: Professor Nick Hastie

June 2009

Thursday 4 June 2009

The gene regulatory network from specification to differentiation in Drosophila neurogenesis
Professor Andrew Jarman
University of Edinburgh
Host: Dr Liam Keegan

Thursday 11 June 2009

Deciphering Developmental Disorders
Dr Nigel Carter
The Sanger Institute, Cambridge
Host: Professor David FitzPatrick

Monday 22 June 2009 *11am*

Mechanisms of viral bronchiolitis at the interface of innate and adaptive immunity

Dr Jurgen Schwarze
Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh

Host: Professor David FitzPatrick

Tuesday 30 June 2009
Pax9 and the development of craniofacial structures - more than a matter of taste
Dr Heiko Peters
Institute of Human Genetics,
University of Newcastle
Host: Professor David FitzPatrick

July 2009

Thursday 2 July 2009

Microarrays with a Twist - Cell and Enzyme High-Content Screening
Professor Mark Bradley
University of Edinburgh
Host: Professor Ian Jackson

 

Monday 20 July 2009

Why mRNA decay matters: Studies of nonsense-mediated and Staufen1-mediated decay

Professor Lynne Maquat

University of Rochester

Center for RNA Biology, USA

Host: Professor Javier Caceres/Professor Nick Hastie