A list of seminars and webinars of relevance to researchers in infectious diseases. Joining links will be updated as they are made available. School of Biological Sciences Monday Seminar Series - Chromatin and epigenome regulation in a test tube Date: Monday 13 October 2025Time: 12 pmLocation: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27 LT1Online: Via ZOOM Passcode: X8H9eAdJSpeaker: Dr Hiro Funabiki, The Rockefeller UniversityHost: Jeyaprakash Arulanandam, ICB Easter Bush Seminar Series - Capturing Pluripotency Date: Wednesday 15 October 2025Time: 1.30 pmLocation: the Roslin Auditorium, the Roslin Institute, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RGSpeaker: Austin Smith, Exeter UniversityHost: Dr Tom Burdon, Functional genetics Impact AMR Network Seminar Series - Value of AMR interventions/Value of antibiotics Date: Friday 17 October 2025Time: 1 pm to 2.30 pmOnline: Via ZOOM Speakers: Carys Redman-White, The University of EdinburghDr. Zhenchao Zhou, The Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesProf, Christian Munthe, University of Gothenburg Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - Cardiomyopathy in Inflammatory Arthritis: Can Resolution Pharmacology Offer a Cure? Date: Wednesday 22 October 2025Time: 12 pm to 1pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeaker: Dr Jianmin Chen, Lecturer in Inflammation and Cardiovascular Medicine, QMULHost: Chengcan Yao Institute of Ecology & Evolution & Institute of Immunology and Infection seminar - Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Animals, and Other Animals Health Themselves – and What we Can Learn from Them Date: Wednesday 22 October 2025Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM Password: IIRsem24Speaker: Jacobus De Roode, Emory College of Arts & SciencesHost: Ally Phillimore/ Sarah Reece Institute of Ecology & Evolution Seminar - Convergent evolution of inbreeding and post-mating dispersal in social spiders: ecological drivers and genomic consequences Date: Wednesday 22 October 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Trine Bilde, Aarhus UniversityHosts: Matthew Silk Murray Lecture 2025 - How are sister DNAs held together? Date: Wednesday 22 October 2025Time: 3.30-4.30pm (please arrive early for a prompt start, note there is only one entrance to the LT, at the front) reception, from 4.30pm outside lecture theatreLocation: Nucleus, B.01 - Alder LT, King's Buildings, EdinburghSpeaker: Professor Kim Nasmyth, Department of Biochemistry, University of OxfordRegistration: In order to gauge numbers for this event and provide sufficient catering, please can you register your attendance via this MS Form Please register by 15 October 2025 One Health Series of events 2025 - A One Health outlook on falsified and substandard medicines Date: Thursday 23 October 2025Time: 1.30 pm - 2.45 pm Location: G.01 William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: Cy2CK2kfSpeakers: Liam Morrison, the Roslin Institute Harriet Auty, The University of Glasgow Carla Perez-Mon, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies Jess Mitchell, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food SystemsHost: Jess Mitchell, Carla Perez-Mon and Rob OgdenThis session will be led by the 'Biodiversity, conservation and ecosystem health' cluster.*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* Monday Seminar Series - TBA Date: Monday 27 October 2025Time: 12 pmLocation: Daniel Rutherford, G.27, LT1Speaker: Dr Emma Thomson, University of SheffieldHost: Atlanta Cook, IQB3 One Health Series of events 2025 - Feeding the future Date: Tuesday 28 October 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.01 William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: ab3nY3w8Speakers: Lindsay Jaacks, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems Cynthia Naydani, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems *This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* One Health Series of events 2025 - Collaborating in animal health and welfare Date: Wednesday 29 October 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.01 William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: 5Ek95Xh9Speaker: Gerlinde Van De Walle, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Roslin InstituteHost: Musa HassanThis seminar will be led by the ‘Animal health and welfare’ cluster.*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 29 October 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Rob Ness, University of Toronto, MississaugaHost: Jarrod Hadfield One Health Series of events 2025 - One Health in the Clinics: Reducing environmental impact Date: Monday 3 November 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.01 William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: yE7J2mW6Speaker: Gudrun Schoeffmann, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary StudiesRachel Nixon, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary StudiesHost: Dana GrigoreThis seminar will be led by the ‘Collaboration, culture and community health’ cluster.*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* One Health Series of events 2025 - One Health Policy Practice and Plans Date: Tuesday 4 November 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.01 William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: g4Gq7Ad7Speakers: Katie Adam, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security,Aoife Behan, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food SystemsGeoff Simm, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food SystemsThis seminar will be led by the ‘Collaboration, culture and community health’ cluster.*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* One Health Series of events 2025 - One Health in the Clinics: Antibiotic resistance and prescribing Date: Wednesday 5 November 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.01 William Dick Building, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: KJ6xT93vSpeaker: Jeanne Dennehy, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies Dr Tim Nuttall, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary StudiesHost: Rosie HerringtonThis is a ‘Collaboration, culture and community health’ cluster seminar.*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* Institute of Ecology & Evolution Seminar - Sociality , ageing and menopause in toothed whales and beyond Date: Wednesday 5 November 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Sam Ellis, University of ExeterHosts: Matthew Silk One Health Series of events 2025 - The University’s Race Review – Lessons for a One Health Campus Date: Tuesday 11 November 2025Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: G.022 Auditorium, the Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, MidlothianOnline: Via TEAMS Password: yE7J2mW6Speaker: Dr Omolabake Fakunle - Chancellor’s Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the Moray House School of Education and SportHost: Professor Lisa Boden - Head of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Dean of Veterinary Medicine*This event is for The University of Edinburgh Staff and Students only* Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar - Delineating mechanisms of immune tailoring at the oral barrier Date: Wednesday 12 November 2025Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IIIRsem24Speaker: Joanne Konkel, University of ManchesterHosts: Andrew MacDonald Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Autumn Session Date: Thursday 13 November 2025Time: 1.30 pm to 5pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeakers: Prof. Gregers Jungersen (Statens Serum Institut, Denmark)Prof. John Tregoning (Imperial)Dr. Joy Edwards-Hicks (Edinburgh, CIR) Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - MAPS technology and its use in vaccine development Date: Wednesday 19 November 2025Time: 12 pm to 1pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeaker: Dr Yingjie Lu, Research Associate, Division of Infectious Diseases, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolHost: Professor Debby Bogaert Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 19 November 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Stefano Mona, Université PSL, ParisHost: Simon Martin Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar - TBA Date: Thursday 27 November 2025Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IIIRsem24Speaker: Arthus Talman, Wellcome Sanger InstituteHost: Various Easter Bush Seminar Series - Transforming the Debate about livestock systems transformation Date: Wednesday 3 December 2025Time: 1.30 pmLocation: the Roslin Auditorium, the Roslin Institute, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RGSpeaker: Dominic Moran GAAFS, TRADE Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 3 December 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Nelly Olova, School of Biological Sciences, The University of EdinburghHost: Internal Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar - protozoan - crypto genetic screens Date: Friday 5 December 2025Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM Password: IIIRsem24Speaker: Bishara Marzook, The Francis Crick InstituteHost: Andrew Maclean Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar - Protozoan diseases of cattle Date: Wednesday 10 December 2025Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IIIRsem24Speaker: Liam Morrison, the Roslin Institute, Easter Bush, MidlothianHosts: Achim Schnaufer/K Matthews Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 14 January 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via ZOOM. Password: IEESem22Speaker: Simon Boitard, CBGP MontpellierHost: Matthew Hartfield 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) 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) 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
