A list of seminars and webinars of relevance to researchers in infectious diseases. Joining links will be updated as they are made available. Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - Unpicking the biology of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonisation Date: Wednesday 29 April 2026Time: 12 pmLocation: IRR South large seminar room 1.05, Edinburgh BioQuarter, 5 Little France Drive.Speaker: Dr Ewan Harrison, Head of the Respiratory Virus and Microbiome Initiative (Group Leader) Wellcome Sanger InstituteHost: Dr Clark Russell Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - Transmission bottlenecks and population structure in respiratory viral infection Date: Wednesday 29 April 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3 (LT3), Ashworth (In person)Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 380 059 674 087 93 Passcode: QF2SG6aVSpeaker: Chris Illingworth, University of GlasgowHost: Deborah Charlesworth Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Spring Session Date: Thursday 30 April 2026Time: 1.30 pm to 5pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeakers: Dr. Achille Broggi (Centre d'immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, France)Prof. Richard Grencis (Manchester)Dr. Karen Mackenzie (Edinburgh, CIR) Centre for Inflammation Research seminar: Fighting Tomorrow’s Viruses Today When: Friday 1 May 2026Time: 12 pmVenue: Large seminar room 1.05, Institute for Regeneration and Repair South, BioquarterSpeaker: Professor Sumit Chanda, The Scripps Research Institute, CAHost: Professor Kenny Baillie Inst. Regeneration and Repair seminar: Paracetamol hepatotoxicity and acute liver failure - updates on mechanisms and therapeutic interventions When: Tuesday 5 May 2026Time: 3 pmVenue: Large seminar room 1.05, Institute for Regeneration and Repair South, BioquarterSpeaker: Professor Hartmut Jaeschke, University of Kansas Medical CenterHost: Professor James Dear Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series- DNA recombination, replication, repair and antigenic variation in trypanosomatid parasites Date: Wednesday 6 May 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3 (LT3), King's BuildingsOnline: TBASpeaker: Richard Mcculloch, University of GlasgowHosts: Achim Schnaufer Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - Processes of life-history adaptation to spatio-seasonal environmental changes Date: Wednesday 6 May 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3 (LT3)Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 343 584 193 967 892. Passcode: Ux7LC9LhSpeaker: Paul Acker, Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyHost: Emily Simmonds Inst. Regeneration and Repair seminar: Targeting immunometabolism to treat inflammatory diseases When: Thursday 7 May 2026Time: 3pmVenue: Large seminar room 1.05, Institute for Regeneration and Repair South, BioquarterSpeaker: Professor Luke O’Neill, Trinity College DublinHost: Professor Adriano Rossi Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Topic Area - Parasites and organoids Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 370 326 633 670 33. Passcode: fL6M8C8GSpeaker: David Smith, Moredun Research InstituteHosts: Joanna Young Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - Topic Area: MHC in humans and sticklebacks Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Tobias Lenz, University of HamburgHost: Josephine Pemberton Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - Biological Heterogeneity in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis Date: Wednesday 20 May 2026Time: 12 pmLocation: IRR South large seminar room 1.05, Edinburgh BioQuarter, 4-5 Little France Drive.Speaker: Professor Kim Ravnskjær, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Southern DenmarkHost: Dr Carsten Hansen Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 20 May 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Delphine De Moor, Max Planck InstituteHost: Matthew Silk Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - TBA Date: Tuesday 26 May 2026Time: 12 pmLocation: IRR South large seminar room 1.05, Edinburgh BioQuarter, 4-5 Little France Drive.Speaker: Professor Saghi Ghaffari, Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New YorkHost: Professor Chris Lucas Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Topic area: Plasmodium activation and cell invasion Date: Tuesday 26 May 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBASpeaker: Rogerio Amino, Institut PasteurHosts: Joanna Young School of Biological Sciences Research Development team Seminar - Introduction to Horizon Europe Date: Tuesday 2 June 2026Time: 12 to 1.30 pmLocation: Seminar room 7.20, Michael Swann Building, Kings Buildings.All researchers and research support staff in SBS and across CSE are welcome to attend. We encourage attendance by PDRAs. No preparation or prior experience with EU funded projects is expected.Horizon Europe Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - TBA Date: Monday 8 June 2026Time: 12 pmLocation: IRR South large seminar room 1.05, Edinburgh BioQuarter, 4-5 Little France Drive.Speaker: Professor Chris Seymour, Professor of Critical Care Medicine & Emergency MedicineHost: Professor Kenny Baillie Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Summer Session Date: Thursday 11 June 2026Time: 1.30 pm to 5pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeakers: Dr. Mike Dolan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)Dr. Juan Quintana (Manchester)Dr. Jing Qui (Edinburgh, CDBS) Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - Stress Management for Cells Date: Wednesday 17 June 2026Time: 12 pmLocation: IRR South large seminar room 1.05, Edinburgh BioQuarter, 4-5 Little France Drive.Speaker: Professor Ian Copple, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of LiverpoolHost: Dr Chengcan Yao Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - Critical Roles of Nerve and Airway Associated Interstitial Macrophages (NAMs) in Respiratory Immunity: Balancing Immunity, Disease Tolerance, and Inflammation Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026Time: 12 pmLocation: IRR South large seminar room 1.05, Edinburgh BioQuarter, 4-5 Little France Drive.Speaker: Professor Kamal Khanna, Department of Microbiology, NYU School of MedicineHost: Professor Chris Lucas Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - TBA Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBASpeaker: Sarah Harding, DSTLHosts: Maddie Moule Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: TBAOnline: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 333 941 912 044 81 Passcode: ZF2kA7djSpeaker: Luis Silva, University of British ColumbiaHost: Pedro Vale This article was published on 2024-08-28
