Molecular Biosciences Divisional Seminar Series

Co-ordinated by Karen Polizzi, Rivka Issacson, Louise English (for the Bioinformatics Section) and Coralie Simmons (for the Systems Biology Section).  

For further details, click on each seminar title below.  Information on past events can be extracted by searching the speaker's name on the /events webpages.

                                                                    All are welcome

Forthcoming seminars, 2010 Series:

October 13^th       Dr Alex Wlodawer, NCI, Fredrick
Antibodies and lectins that inhibit viral entry: New tools for the prevention of AIDS   
12.30h. 122 SAF
Host:  Prof Steve Matthews

December 8^th       Dr David Jeruzalmi, Harvard University
TBA
12.00h. 122 SAF
Host:  Prof Paul Freemont

Forthcoming seminars, 2011 Series:

January 26^th       Professor Anne Osbourn, John Innes Centre
Operon-like gene clusters for adaptive evolution in plants
TBA
Host:  Prof Paul Freemont

Previous seminars this year

January 20^th       Prof David Archer, University of Nottingham
Protein secretion stress in fungi   
12.30h.  Room 121, Sir Alexander Fleming Building                                                                                        Host:  Dr. Karen Polizzi

January 27^th        Dr Christian Speck, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, London
A double hexameric MCM2-7 complex is loaded onto origin DNA
dur ing licensing of eukaryotic DNA replication
12.30h
Host: Prof. Xiaodong Zhang

February 15th      Dr Magnus Rattray, University of Manchester
Using models of transcriptional regulation to uncover gene regulatory networks
Host: Prof. Mike Sternberg

March 10^th       Dr Ali Tavassoli, University of Southampton
Genetic selection as a tool for drug discovery
12.30h. Room 121 SAF
Host:  Prof. Paul Freemont 

March 24^th       Dr Katrin Rittinger, NIMR, Mill Hill
Structural basis of signalling in immunity
12.30h. Room 120 SAF
Host:  Prof. Xiaodong Zhang

April 28th       Prof. Dr. Werner Kuehlbrandt, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
Membrane proteins- from atomic structure to in situ arrangement    
14.00h. Link Lecture Theatre, Biochemistry
Host:  Prof. Marin Van Heel

May 4th       Prof. Hemmo Meyer, Universitat Duisburg-Essen
Ubiquitin links the AAA+ ATPase Cdc48/p97 to cell cycle and membrane traffic
15.00h. Room 120 SAF
Host:  Prof. Paul Freemont

May 10th     Prof. Amiram Goldblum, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Computer-aided protein and drug design
16.30h. Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield
Hos t: Prof. Mike Sternberg

 May 26th       Dr John Love, University of Exeter
Single cell resolution of circadian Ca++ dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana using transgenic biosensors
12.00h. Room 122 SAF
Host:  Dr. Karen Polizzi

June 1st        Dr Helen Walden, CRUK
Structural insights in the Faconi Anaemia DNA repair pathway
11.00h.  Location Link Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof. Paul Freemont

June 7th        Prof. Holger Dau, Free University Berlin
Photosynthetic water oxidation- from basic research to solar fuels
12.30h. Link Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof. Jim Barber

June 7th        Prof. David Jones, University College London
Predicting human gene function
16.30h. G34 SAF
Host: Prof. Mike Sternberg

June 16th       Prof. Gideon Davies, University of York
Structural and chemical dissection of the O-GlcNAc modification: implications for diabetes and neurodegeneration   
12.00h. Room 120 SAF
Host:  Prof. Xiaodong Zhang

June 21st       Prof. Malcolm Bennett, University of Nottingham
Systems analysis of Arabidopsis lateral root development: an emerging story...
16.30h. G34 SAF
Host: Prof. Mike Sternberg