Seminars 2008
Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) Seminars
Tuesday 25 March, *12.00 Noon*
Translational Control in Cancer and Innate
Immunity
Professor Nahum Sonenberg
McGill University (Montreal).
Host: Nicola Gray
Wednesday 9 April 2008
Structural Variation in the Human
Genome
Professor Matthew Hurles
Porteous Genome Dynamics and Evolution Group,
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,
Hinxton, Cambridge.
Host: Professor David Porteous
Thursday 8 May *Please note change of date*
Expanding the druggable cancer genome: Inhibitors of
PI3 kinasee and Hsp90
Professor Paul Workman
Cancer Research UK, Centre for Cancer
Therapeutics, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton.
Host: Dr Patricia Yeyati
Thursday 8 May 2008
POSTPONED: Date to be announced
Professor Karen Vousden
Beatson Institute for Cancer Research,
Glasgow.
Host: Professor Nick Hastie
Thursday 22 May
POSTPONED: Date to be announced
Professor Stephen Baylin
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Centre
at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Host: Dr Bernie Ramsahoye
Thursday 26 June 2008
Discovering and validating new targets for
therapy in the p53 pathway
Professor Sir David Lane
Ninewells Hospital & Medical School,
University of Dundee.
Host: Dr Elizabeth Patton
Spring/Summer 2008
MRC Human Genetics Unit Seminars
March 2008
Thursday 20 March 2008
Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Mu - Measuring Where to Stick
Professor Yvonne Jones
Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford
Thursday March 2008
"To be announced"
Professor Paul Luzio
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Host: Ian Adams
Thursday 19 March 2008
"To be announced"
Dr Vincenzo Costanzo
DNA Damage and Genomic Stability Laboratory, CRUK, London
Host: Ian Adams
Thursday 26 March 2008
"To be announced"
Colin Goding
Marie Curie Research Institute, Oxted
Host: Dr Liz Patton
April 2008
Thursday April 2008
Non-coding RNA production by pol III is linked to cancer
Professor Bob White
Beatson Institute, Glasgow
Host: Professor Nick Hastie
Thursday 9 April 2008
Molecular Medicine in the Diabetes Clinic
Professor Andrew Hattersley
Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter and Plymouth
Host: Professor Veronica Van Heyningen
Thursday 30 April 2008
The role of cohesins in gene regulation and genome organization
Professor Matthias Merkenschlager
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, London
Host: Professor Wendy Bickmore
May 2008
Thursday 14 May 2008
An overview of structural genodermatoses
Professor Irene Leigh
Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee
Host: Dr Julia Dorin
Thursday 21 May 2008
"To be announced"
Professor Jussi Taipale
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki
Host: Professor Nick Hastie
June 2008
Thursday 4 June 2008
Exploring the gene regulatory network underlying Drosophila neural development
Professor Andrew Jarman
Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Host: Dr Liam Keegan
Thursday 11 June 2008
"To be announced"
Dr Nigel Carter
Sanger Institute, Cambridge
Host: Dr David FitzPatrick
July 2008
Thursday 2 July 2008Â
"To be announced"
Professor Mark Bradley
University of Edinburgh
Host: Professor Ian Jackson