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 - Phagosome proteomics: from 2D gels to ultra-sensitive mass spectrometry

Date: Wednesday 11 February 2026

Time: 12 pm to 1 pm

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

Speaker: Professor Matthias Trost, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University

Host: Alejandro Brenes

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 2026

Time: 1 pm

Where:  Lecture theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings

Online: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 362 146 642 617 37 Passcode: Xo6R72DZ

Speaker:  Sander Granneman, Centre for Engineering Biology, University of Edinburgh

Host: Amy Buck

Discovery Research Platform for Hidden Cell Biology ad hoc Seminar - Exploiting divergent biology of two fission yeasts to understand membrane function

Date: Monday 16 February 2026

Time: 12.05 pm

Location: Room S7.20, Michael Swann Building King's Buildings Campus, Edinburgh

Speaker: Prof. Snezhka Oliferenko, Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London; The Francis Crick Institute, London

Host: Robin Allshire

Usher Institute Guest Speaker Seminar Series in collaboration with the Centre for Medical Informatics - Smartphones and wearables for clinical care and research 

Date: Monday 16 February 2026

Time: 1 – 2 pm

Location: Usher Building, The University of Edinburgh.

Online: TBA

Registration: Please click link to register on Eventbrite and receive online joining information if required.

Registration will close on Monday 09 February

Speaker: Professor Will Dixon, Professor of Digital Epidemiology at the University of Manchester and an honorary consultant rheumatologist at Salford Royal Hospital.

Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Topic: mammalian immune responses to parasitic worm infections

Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026

Time: 1 pm

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

Online: TBA

Speaker: James Hewitson, University of York

Hosts: Andrew MacDonald/Joanna Young

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday Seminar Series - Topic: experimental, mathematical, and genomic approaches to understanding microbial evolution

Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

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

Online: TBC

Speaker: Danna Gifford, University of Manchester

Host: Helen Alexander

School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - Intrinsic Disorder in the Highly Ordered Circadian Clock

Date: Monday 2 March 2026

Time: 12 pm (access from 11.45am)

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

Speaker: Professor Jennifer Hurley, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Hosts: Priya Crosby, ICB 

Institute of Ecology & Evolution Seminar - Ecological and Evolutionary Responses of Phytoplankton and Other Microbes to Global Environmental Change

Date: Monday 2 March 2026

Time: 2.10 pm

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

Online: TBC

Speaker: Elena Litchman, Michigan State University

Host: Sinead Collins

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

Date: Wednesday 4 March 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: Peter Crompton, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Hosts: Phil Spence

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

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 - Topic Area: Baboon Genetics

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

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

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: Achim Schnaufer

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 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

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

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 Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Parasites and organoids

Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026

Time: 1 pm

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

Online: TBA

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: 

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