Seminars

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

Insitute of Ecology and Evolution seminar - Sex Chromosome Regulation in Reptiles Mediated by Long Non-Coding RNAs

When: Wednesday 21 May 2025

Time: 2pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs and Online via Zoom (Passcode: IEESem22)

Speaker: Diego Cortez Quezada (UNAM, Mexico)

Host: Katja Guschanski

Easter Bush Research seminar series - The Atlantic salmon gut microbiome and its connection to host physiology and genetics

When: Wednesday 21 May 2025

Time: 13:30pm

Venue: Roslin Auditorium, Roslin Institute

Speaker: Professor Simen Sandve, NMBU

Host: Dan Macqueen

Institute for Immunology and Infection Research Seminar - Mucosal Inflammation and Immunity in bladder infection and cancer

When: Thursday 22 May 2025

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Online: Via ZOOM, passcode: IIIRsem24

Speaker: Molly Ingersoll, Institut Pasteur

Host: Jenny Regan

Institute for Immunology and Infection Research Seminar - Molecular cell biology of trypanosomes

When: Thursday 22 May 2025

Time: 4-5pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Online: Via ZOOM, passcode: IIIRsem24

Speaker: Mark Carrington, University of Cambridge

Host: Keith Matthews

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases and Edinburgh AMR Forum seminar - Phenotypic Inheritance Drives Heteroresistance in Bacteria

When: Tuesday 27 May 2025

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Online: Via TEAMS, passcode: xR3mW7wU

Speaker: Misu Kim, Emory University

Host: Andrea Weisse

Edinburgh Microbiology Forum seminar - Bacterial lipid transport through envelope- spanning tunnels and bridges

When: Tuesday 27 May 2025

Time: 3pm

Venue: Roslin Institute Auditorium

Speaker: Georgia Isom, University of Oxford

Host: Ricardo Corona Torres

Institute for Immunology and Infection Research Seminar - mRNA metabolism in Trypanosomes

When: Wednesday 28 May 2025

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Online: Via ZOOM, passcode: IIIRsem24

Speaker: Susanne Kramer, University of Würzburg

Host: Achim Schnaufer

Insitute of Ecology and Evolution seminar - Populations as Complex Ecological Systems: Emergent Patterns in Groups of Humans and Hyenas

When: Wednesday 28 May 2025

Time: 2:10pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs and Online via Zoom (Passcode: IEESem22)

Speaker: Alexandre Courtiol, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research

Host: 

Institute for Immunology and Infection Research Seminar - Toxoplasma therapies

When: Wednesday 4 June 2025

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Online: Via ZOOM, passcode: IIIRsem24

Speaker: Craig Roberts, University of Strathclyde

Host: 

Easter Bush Research seminar series - The Atlantic salmon gut microbiome and its connection to host physiology and genetics

When: Wednesday 4 June 2025

Time: 13:30pm

Venue: Roslin Auditorium, Roslin Institute

Speaker: Professor Steffen Scholpp, University of Exeter

Host: Joe Rainger

Insitute of Ecology and Evolution seminar -

When: Wednesday 4 June 2025

Time: 2:10pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs and Online via Zoom (Passcode: IEESem22)

Speaker: Denis Roze

Host: 

Monday Seminar Series - What determines protein abundance in plants and why does it matter?

When: Monday 9 June 2025

Time: 12pm

Venue: Daniel Rutherford, G.27 Lecture Theatre 1 

Speaker: Freddie Theodoulou, Rothamsted Research 

Host: Steven Spoel

Edinburgh Immunology Group quarterly symposia

When: Thursday 17 June 2025

Time: 1:30 pm - 4:30pm

Venue: IRR South Seminar Room (1.05)

Speaker:

Institute for Immunology and Infection Research Seminar - Toxoplasma therapies

When: Wednesday 25 June 2025

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Online: Via ZOOM, passcode: IIIRsem24

Speaker: Michael Imbeault, University of Cambridge

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Insitute of Ecology and Evolution seminar -

When: Wednesday 11 June 2025

Time: 2:10pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs and Online via Zoom (Passcode: IEESem22)

Speaker: Chloé Nater, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

Host: