A list of seminars and webinars of relevance to researchers in infectious diseases. Joining links will be updated as they are made available. Edinburgh Virology seminar series - Skin as the gatekeeper of viral infection: how inflammation and environmental stress remodel antiviral immunity Date: Monday 12 January 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Roslin Basement Seminar room, The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian.Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 325 457 547 215 15 Passcode: 35eM32W3Speaker: Dr Clive McKimmie, University of Leeds Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - Evolution of the plague bacillus, a pandemic pathogen that shaped human history Date: Wednesday 14 January 2026Time: 12 pm to 1 pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeaker: Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda, Pasteur Institute, ParisHost: Jose Vazquez-Boland*If you would like a 1:1 meeting with Javier please email CIR Seminars * Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 14 January 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBASpeaker: Simon Boitard, CBGP MontpellierHost: Matthew Hartfield Monday Seminar Series - How MukBEF rings capture the bacterial chromosome When: Monday 19 January 2026 Time: 12 pmSpeaker: Dr Frank Bürmann, University of OxfordLocation: G.27, LT1, Daniel Rutherford Building, Kings BuildingsHost: Adele Marston, Institute of Cell Biology Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - Phagosome proteomics: from 2D gels to ultra-sensitive mass spectrometry Date: Wednesday 21 January 2026Time: 12 pm to 1 pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeaker: Professor Matthias Trost, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle UniversityHost: Alejandro Brenes Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Winter Session Date: Thursday 22 January 2026Time: 1.30 pm to 5pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeakers: Dr. Amanda Gibson (Aberystwyth)Prof. Andrew MacDonald (Edinburgh, IIIR) Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series- TBA Date: Wednesday 28 January 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBASpeaker: Neil Mabbott, University of Edinburgh, Roslin InstituteHosts: Andrew MacDonald Inst. Immunology and Infection Research seminar: Identifying Cryptosporidium genes required for infection When: Wednesday 4 February 2026Time: 1 pmWhere: Lecture theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings buldingsSpeaker: Bishara Marzook, Francis Crick Institute Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday Seminar Series - TBA Date: Wednesday 4 February 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBASpeaker: Sinead English, University of BristolHost: Hannah Froy Inst. Immunology and Infection Research seminar: Regulation of MRSA survival in the host by RNA-binding proteins and non-coding RNAs When: Wednesday 11 February 2026Time: 1 pmWhere: Lecture theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings buldingsSpeaker: Sander Granneman, Centre for Engineering Biology, Univeristy of Edinburgh Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - TBA Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBASpeaker: James Hewitson, University of YorkHosts: Andrew MacDonald/Joanna Young Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday Seminar Series - TBA Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Danna Gifford, University of ManchesterHost: Helen Alexander Institute of Ecology & Evolution Seminar - TBA Date: Monday 2 March 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Elena Litchman, Michigan State UniversityHost: Sinead Collins Institute of Ecology & Evolution Seminar - TBA Date: Wednesday 18 March 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Simon Evans, University of ExeterHost: Lizy Mittell Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - TBA Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBASpeaker: Win Surachetpong, University of StirlingHosts: Jason Mooney Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday Seminar Series - TBA Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Jenny Tung, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyTopic: Baboon GeneticsHost: Josephine Pemberton Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 1 April 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Aurora Ruiz-Herrera, UAB BarcelonaHost: Simon Martin 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) Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series- TBA Date: Wednesday 6 May 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: TBAOnline: TBASpeaker: Richard Mcculloch, University of GlasgowHosts: Achim Schnaufer Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - TBA Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBASpeaker: David Smith, Moredun Research InstituteHosts: Joanna Young Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Tobias Lenz, University of HamburgHost: Josephine Pemberton 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 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) This article was published on 2024-08-28
