Seminars

A list of seminars and webinars of relevance to researchers in infectious diseases. Joining links will be updated as they are made available.

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Friday Seminar - Monitoring and reporting on biological invasions

Date: Friday 13 March 2026

Time: 1 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus (in person)

Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 380 059 674 087 93. Passcode: QF2SG6aV

Speaker: John Wilson, South African National Bio Inst, Kirstenbosch Res Centre, South Africa & Centre for Invasion Biology, Dept of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Host: Guillume Latombe

School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - The genetic regulation of 3D growth in plants

Date: Monday 16 March 2026

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 LT1, King's Buildings, Edinburgh

Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 368 962 513 135 57. Passcode: hH9ef9p8

Speaker: Dr Laura Moody, University of Oxford

Host: Justin Goodrich (IMPS)

Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Immune-stromal interactions in infection, inflammation and cancer of the serous cavities

Date: Wednesday 18 March 2026

Time: 1 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 374 510 048 107 82 Passcode: fs38Zb2w

Speaker: Lucy Jackson-Jones, Lancaster University

Hosts: Georgia Perona-Wright

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Seminar - TBA

Date: Wednesday 18 March 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: TBC

Speaker: Simon Evans, University of Exeter

Host: Lizy Mittell

School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - Breaking the cycle: mechanisms that underpin proliferation-dormancy switches

Date: Monday 23 March 2026

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 LT1, King's Buildings, Edinburgh

Speaker: Dr Tony Ly, University of Dundee

Host: Georg Kustatscher (IQB3)

Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - Attack of the Clones - how clonal haematopoiesis promotes blood cancer and inflammation

Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026

Time: 12 pm to 1 pm

Location: Large Seminar Room in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UU

Speaker:  Professor Timothy Chevassut, Professor of Haematology, University of Sussex

Host: Professor Richard Weller

Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - TBA

Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026

Time: 1 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: TBA

Speaker: Win Surachetpong, University of Stirling

Hosts: Jason Mooney  

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday Seminar Series - Life after contact: evolution and behaviour in natural primate hybrids

Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: TBC

Speaker: Jenny Tung, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Topic: Baboon Genetics

Host: Josephine Pemberton

Inspiring Women in Science and Healthcare (iWISHTalks-UK) inaugural event - Finding Joy in Science: A life Journey of Unexpected Discoveries (live Q&A)

Date: Thursday 26 March 2026

Time: 3 - 4 pm

Location: IRR South Seminar Room, 1.05, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UU

Speaker: Judith Allen, University of Manchester

Registration: Click to register

School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - Parting Ways: On Chromosome Segregation Fidelity in Health and Disease

Date: Monday 30 March 2026

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 LT1, King's Buildings, Edinburgh

Speaker: Prof Geert Kops, Life Sciences, Utrecht University, Nederlands

Host: Bungo Akiyoshi (ICB)

Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Leishmania interaction with fly vector

Date: Wednesday 1 April 2026

Time: 1 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 370 326 633 670 33. Passcode: fL6M8C8G

Speaker: Jack Sunter, Oxford Brookes

Hosts: Richard Wheeler

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA

Date: Wednesday 1 April 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: TBC

Speaker: Aurora Ruiz-Herrera, UAB Barcelona

Host: Simon Martin

Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - DNA recombination, replication, repair and antigenic variation in trypanosomatid parasites

Date: Wednesday 6 April 2026

Time: 1 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: TBA

Speaker: Richard McCulloch, University of Glasgow

Hosts: Joanna Young  

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - Challenges and opportunities for forest expansion in seeking carbon and biodiversity win-wins

Date: Wednesday 15 April 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 380 059 674 087 93 Passcode: QF2SG6aV

Speaker: Ruth Mitchell, The James Hutton Institute

Host: Josephine Pemberton

School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - Fluorogenetic interrogation of epigenetic repression

Date: Monday 20 April 2026

Time: 12 pm

Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 LT1, King's Buildings, Edinburgh

Speaker: Prof Iva Tchasovnikarova, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge

Host: Marcus Wilson (ICB)

Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - Illuminating and controlling cell function with chemogenetics

Date: Wednesday 22 April 2026

Time: 12 pm to 1 pm

Location: IRR south large seminar room 1.05, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UU

Speaker: Professor Arnaud Gautier, University of Sorbonne

Host: Professor Marc Vendrell

Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - tRNA-Derived RNAs: Biogenesis, Numbers, Molecular Interactions and Functional Potential of a Cellular ‘Waste Product’.

Date: Wednesday 22 April 2026

Time: 1 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: TBA

Speaker: Matthias Schaefer, Medical University of Vienna

Hosts: Amy Buck

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA

Date: Wednesday 29 April 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: TBA

Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 380 059 674 087 93 Passcode: QF2SG6aV

Speaker: Christ Illingworth, University of Glasgow

Host: Deborah Charlesworth

Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Spring Session

Date: Thursday 30 April 2026

Time: 1.30 pm to 5pm

Location: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UU

Speakers: 

Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series- DNA recombination, replication, repair and antigenic variation in trypanosomatid parasites

Date: Wednesday 6 May 2026

Time: 1 pm

Location: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3 (LT3), KIng's Buildings

Online: TBA

Speaker: Richard Mcculloch, University of Glasgow

Hosts: Achim Schnaufer

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA

Date: Wednesday 6 May 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3 (LT3)

Online: TBA

Speaker: Paul Acker, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Host: Emily Simmonds

Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Topic Area - Parasites and organoids

Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026

Time: 1 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 370 326 633 670 33. Passcode: fL6M8C8G

Speaker: David Smith, Moredun Research Institute

Hosts: Joanna Young  

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - Topic Area: MHC in humans and sticklebacks

Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: TBC

Speaker:  Tobias Lenz, University of Hamburg

Host: Josephine Pemberton

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA

Date: Wednesday 20 May 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campus

Online: TBC

Speaker: Delphine De Moor, Max Planck Institute

Host: Matthew Silk

Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Summer Session

Date: Thursday 11 June 2026

Time: 1.30 pm to 5pm

Location: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UU

Speakers: 

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA

Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

Location: TBA

Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 333 941 912 044 81 Passcode: ZF2kA7dj

Speaker: Luis Silva, University of British Columbia

Host: Pedro Vale

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