Seminars

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 - Spatial mechano-transcriptomics: mapping at single-cell resolution mechanical forces and gene expression in tissues

When: Tuesday 19 November 2024

Time:  11am

Venue: IRR South seminar room, 1.05

Speaker: Adrien Hallou, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

Host: Jenna Cash

Institute of Immunology and Infection Research seminar - The hunt for a vaccine for the neglected tropical disease melioidosis

When: Wednesday 20 November 2024

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Speaker: Susie Dunachie, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford

Host: Georgia Perona

Institute of Ecology and Evolution Seminar - How Aging Causes Late-Life Disease

When:  Wednesday 20 November 2024

Time:  2 pm

Venue: Lecture theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings

Online: Via ZOOM, Passcode IEESem22

Speaker: Carina Kern, UCL

Host: Dan Nussey

Murray Lecture 2024 - Cellular responses to DNA damage: mechanistic insights and clinical applications

When: Wednesday 20 November 2024

Time: 3.30pm

Venue: Alder Lecture Theatre, The Nucleus, King’s Buildings

Speaker: Professor Sir Steve Jackson, University of Cambridge

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Winter Lecture – Optimising antibiotic use for human health

When: Wednesday 20 November 2024

Time: 5.30 - 7 pm

Venue: Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Teviot Place

Speaker: Prof Alison Holmes, Imperial College London

Host:  Sarah Reece

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Centre for Inflammation Research seminar - Genome-wide aggregated trans-effects (GATE) analysis for identifying core genes for disease: discoveries in autoimmune diseases

When: Friday 22 November 2024

Time:  11am

Venue: IRR South seminar room, 1.05

Speaker: Dr Athina Spiliopoulou, Usher Institute

Host: Adriano Rossi

Monday Seminar Series -

When: Monday 25 November 2024

Time:  12pm

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Speaker: Dr Christoph Engl, QMUL

Host: Hollie Hindle and Andrea Weisse, IQB3

Institute of Immunology and Infection Research seminar - Cutting back malaria: CRISPR-based approaches for antimalarial target discovery

When: Wednesday 27 November 2024

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Speaker: Marcus Lee, University of Dundee

Host: Nisha Philip

Easter Bush Research seminar series - Using genomics to answer questions about the role of agriculture in the spread of antibiotic resistance

When: Wednesday 27 November 2024

Time: 1:30pm

Venue: The Roslin Auditorium

Speaker: Professor Mark Holmes, University of Cambridge

Host: Ross Fitzgerald

Institute of Ecology and Evolution Seminar – Evolution of vertical and horizontal transmission in bacterial plasmids and consequences for the spread of AMR

When:  Wednesday 27 November 2024

Time:  2 pm

Venue: Lecture theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings

Online: Via ZOOM, Passcode IEESem22

Speaker: Tatiana Dimitriu, University of St Andrews

Host: Helen Alexander

Monday Seminar Series - TBC

When: Monday 2 December 2024

Time: 12pm

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Speaker: Dr Catharina Merchante, The Institute for Mediterranean and Subtropical Horticulture “La Mayora"

Host: Sara Macias

Edinburgh Microbiology Forum seminar - Integral allies or molecular freeloaders? Genomic characterization of prophage elements in Enterocloster clostridioformis

When: Tuesday 3 December 2024

Time: 3pm

Venue: The Roslin Auditorium - The Roslin Institute

Speaker: Suzanne Humphrey, University of Strathclyde

Host: Jamie Gorzynski

Institute of Immunology and Infection Research seminar

When: Wednesday 4 December 2024

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

Speaker: Sandra Blanco, Cancer Research Centre (National Council Research and University of Salamanca)

Host: Sara Macias

Institute of Ecology and Evolution Seminar

When:  Wednesday 4 December 2024

Time:  2:10 pm

Venue: Lecture theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings

Online: Via ZOOM, Passcode IEESem22

Speaker: Lewis Bartlett, University of Georgia

Host: Amy Sweeny

Edinburgh Antimicrobial Resistance Forum seminar – Bacteria, bacteriophages and AMR

When: Tuesday 10 December 2024

Time: 3pm

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Speaker: Aidan Brown, School of Physics and Astronomy

Host: Hannnah Lepper and Grace Taylor-Joyce

Institute of Immunology and Infection Research seminar

When: Wednesday 18 December 2024

Time: 1pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs

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Edinburgh Immunology Group quarterly symposia

When: Thursday 23 January 2025

Time: 1:30 pm - 4:30pm

Venue: IRR South Seminar Room (1.05)

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Edinburgh Immunology Group quarterly symposia

When: Thursday 1 May 2025

Time: 1:30 pm - 4:30pm

Venue: IRR South Seminar Room (1.05)

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Edinburgh Immunology Group quarterly symposia

When: Thursday 17 June 2025

Time: 1:30 pm - 4:30pm

Venue: IRR South Seminar Room (1.05)

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