The 15th Glasgow Virology Workshop
Saturday 6th February 2010
Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre, Glasgow
This one-day meeting brings together virologists from Glasgow, other Scottish centres, and from further afield, for a day of talks from speakers representing a selection of the best of virology in Glasgow and other Scottish universities.
The main speakers at this event are:
- Stephen J. O’Brien National Cancer Institute, Frederick, USA
- Jean-Michel Pawlotsky University of Paris, France
- Paul Kellam Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge
- Wendy Barclay Imperial College London
There will be a number of trade stands, and refreshments, lunch and a post-meeting wine reception are included in the registration fee of £40. The fee is £20 for postgraduate students and retired scientists, and it is waived for local undergraduate students.
The registration deadline: Friday 22nd January.
Further information including registration details are available on the website.
Scottish Infection Research Network Researcher Event
Wednesday 10 February 2010
"Grants, money and career: what every new researcher needs to know"
Beardmore Hotel, Clydebank
The control of healthcare-associated infection remains a significant challenge for the Scottish Health Service. The evidence base for many of our current interventions is limited, and there is a clear need to undertake research to establish the most effective measures to control it. This meeting will provide information and guidance to those interested in research, or developing a career in research into healthcare associated infections.
In association with the Chief Scientist Office and Infectious Disease Research Network, SIRN is hosting an afternoon symposium to provide information and guidance to those interested in research, or developing a career in research into Healthcare Associated Infections.
There will be no charge for the day, but registration is essential. Full information is available here.
Research Presentation by Sci-Artist Kira O'Reilly
Friday 12th February 2010, 1530-1700 hours
G12 Cinema, 9 University Gardens
Kira O'Reilly is a UK based artist; her practice, both wilfully interdisciplinary and entirely undisciplined, stems from a visual art background; it employs performance, biotechnical practices and writing with which to consider speculative reconfigurations around The Body.
She has been trying to work with materiality and language in bioscience laboratories, searching out the soft yielding points where perhaps a performative practice can intervene or where knowledges from the lab can spill into the art space. She has never been entirely certain of what she is doing there, except that curiosity and desire play a part. During this presentation she will introduce works and unfold thinkings that sit betwixt and between performance art works and biological art works. From her non-scholarly research practice she will give a combination of artists talk and short readings from performative texts. She will ask questions and invite questions about placing bodies in relation to other bodies; human animals, non human animals, cellular bodies, technological bodies, linguistic bodies, institutional bodies.
This presentation is co-hosted by the Departments of History of Art, and Theatre, Film and Television Studies. All welcome.
GCID Lecture
Thursday 18 February 2010, 1730 hours
"A challenge for development: can sub-Saharan Africa be released from the grip of parasitic worms?"
Professor David Crompton, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Author of "Afterthoughts of a Worm Hunter"
Wolfson Medical School Building, Seminar room 1 (The Yudowitz)
Helminthiasis is the technical term for forms of disease (physical, mental and social) that accompany infections with parasitic worms. Millions of people in SSA endure the debilitating impact of helminthiasis. Why do these infections persist in SSA? How did Europe achieve permanent release?
In SSA today the application of medical science can bring rapid relief, but such progress may be temporary because it depends on donors and agencies based outside the afflicted countries. What will happen if and when the agencies leave? How can progress be sustained? Where does health care fit into the "Development" agenda?
This talk will be of interest not only to parasitologists and health specialists, but also to those interested in policy and planning issues at the local level in Africa. This event is open to the public, but for catering purposes please email Lauren Currie at gcidadmin@gla.ac.uk if you plan to attend. http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/glasgowcentreforinternationaldevelopment/newsandevents/
The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception in the atrium.
The Arts of Medicine: a Symposium on the Medical Humanities
Saturday 27th February 2010, 0900 - 1700 hours
Lilybank House, University of Glasgow
This cross-Faculty, cross-disciplinary event is designed to provide an informal setting for bringing together colleagues from across Glasgow University with a shared interest in the Medical Humanities. The aim is to establish emerging themes for future development within a projected GU Centre for the Medical Humanities (CMH).
The guest speaker is the Glasgow graduate and internationally recognised health consultant, poet, essayist translator and literary reviewer Dr Iain Bamforth who will deliver a keynote lecture entitled, "A Short History of Medicine and the Moral Sentiments".
For more information, including programme and registration details, please contact the Symposium Administrator, Dr Jenny Bann.
Nexxus Event
The Medics Speak: Future Cancer Research Demands
Tuesday 02 March 2010, 1745-2030 hours
Seminar Room 2, Wolfson Medical School Building, University of Glasgow
The demands of clinical medicine propel research forward, enabling the introduction of new therapies, techniques and medical devices. Practicing clinicians are at the forefront of defining this pull for innovation to aid their patients, so who better to tell us what they want to see available to treat chronic health problems over the next 5-10 years.
Cancer research and treatment continuously evolves to reduce morbidity and mortality rates, however, as incidence of some cancers decrease others, such as prostate cancer, are increasing. The Medics Speak gives us an opportunity to hear from medics who are at the forefront of cancer treatment and how research and industry can best help them.
Speakers include:
- Professor Jeff Evans, Professor of Translational Cancer Research (University of Glasgow); Honorary Consultant Medical Oncology (Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow).
- Professor Tessa Holyoake, Professor of Experimental Haematology (Paul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre and West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Gartnavel Hospital)
To register for this event please follow link to the website http://www.nexxusscotland.com/events/show/708?d=1&l=0&page=1 or contact Judy Rudd at j.rudd@nexxusscotland.com
RASOR Symposium 2010: Lab-on-a-Chip for Cell & Proteomics
Friday 5th March 2010
Senate and Carnegie Room, Gilbert Scott Building,
University of Glasgow
Multi-disciplinary RASOR consortium is hosting a focused discussion on the recent technical advances in nanotechnology and miniaturisation for cell and proteomics research. We anticipate this event will attract a broad cross-section of the UK scientific community. We are able to accommodate around 80 delegates, primarily from research institutions in Scotland and Northern England.
Topics: Lab-on-a-Chip, Nanotechnology, Array technology, Single cell analysis, Protein functional study
The confirmed speakers are:
- Dr Guillaume Charras, UCL
- Prof Andrew De Mello, Imperial College
- Prof Mark Bradley, University of Edinburgh
- Prof Kishan Dholakia, University of St Andrews
- Dr Tracy Melvin, University of Southampton
- Dr Andy Pitt, University of Glasgow
- Dr Logan Mackay, University of Edinburgh
- Prof Ted Hupp, University of Edinburgh
- Prof Jon Cooper, University of Glasgow
In addition to the invited speakers, all delegates are invited to present posters. Abstracts can be submitted along with the registration.
Registration is free. Deadline is Friday 12 Feb 2010. To register please visit www.gla.ac.uk/rasor.
Scottish Bioinformatics Forum Event
National Grid Service Training
Tuesday 9th March 2010, 10:00 hours
NeSC Centre, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh
This event is an opportunity to get started with the National Grid Service (NGS), finding out about XML translation for bioinformatics formats including practical sessions.
The course at NeSC will cover accessing the facilities of the NGS to run high through put applications across multiple nodes for bioinformatics.
Early registration is encouraged as numbers are limited. Since this workshop is heavily subsidised by SBF, we are able to offer the greatly reduced registration fees of £20 regular and £10 student. Programme and registration details can be found at http://www.sbforum.org/events.php?e_id=87
PLEASE NOTE: You are requested to bring a laptop with you, as we have only a limited number of machines available, therefore, some will have to use their own laptop.
Biochemical Society Conference in Systems Biochemistry
Monday 22nd - Wednesday 24th March 2010
University of York
Systems Biology has emerged in recent years as an approach to biology that aims to discover how function at all levels of biological hierarchy emerges from the interactions between components of biological systems. It may start from the analysis of the patterns of dynamical behaviour of all system components together in a data-driven hypothesis generating mode (top-down systems biology), or from the analysis of how non-linear interactions between a limited number of interacting components generates functional properties where the goal is prediction and modelling of biology behaviour.
The meeting at York is the first Biochemical Society meeting to look at how this new research paradigm is being implemented in many different areas of biochemistry and molecular biology. It is planned as three linked focused meetings: on metabolism, on regulatory networks and signal transduction, and on implications for health and disease. In addition to these three parallel sessions, there will be plenary lectures and common poster sessions. Delegates will be free to move between the meetings, creating individual programmes focusing more on either bacterial or eukaryotic research, or on either experimental or modelling approaches.
In drawing up the programme, we have been able to benefit from the range of Systems Biology research initiated in the UK by the investments made by the BBSRC and EPSRC, which included the creation of six centres of Systems Biology and three doctoral training centres. In addition, collaborative research projects have been established with other European countries with System Biology programmes of their own.
For more details please visit the website.
Themed Meeting of The Physiological Society
Wednesday 24 March - Friday 26 March 2010
"Metabolism & Endocrinology"
This event will include a focused symposium: Towards an Understanding of the Enteroendocrine System.
Travel Grant deadline 31 January 2010
Abstract submission deadline 10 February
Earlybird registration deadline 24 February
For more information please visit the website: http://www.physoc.org/site/cms/contentEventViewEvent.asp?chapter=109&e=2964
Nexxus Event
Horizons in BioMedicine Series: The Nexxt Big Thing in Mammalian Biology
Tuesday 30 March 2010, 1745 – 2030 hours
Kelvin Campus Conference Centre, West of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow, G20 0TH
This Nexxus event, in association with Glasgow Integrative Mammalian Biology Centre, offers you an insight into the world-leading research in animal sciences in Glasgow, exploring the range of research expertise and training opportunities in in vivo sciences. Speakers from the Universities of Glasgow & Strathclyde will present their own areas of expertise and their thoughts on future opportunities in this area.
The meeting will be chaired by Professor Hugh J Willison, Professor of Neurology, BioMedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow
Speakers include:
- Professor Anna F Dominiczak, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine; Director of BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow
- Professor Mandy MacLean, Director, Centre of Integrative Mammalian Biology, University of Glasgow
- Professor Judith Pratt, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde and Co-Director of PysRING
To register for this event please follow link to the website http://www.nexxusscotland.com/events/show/709?d=1&l=0&page=1 or contact Judy Rudd at j.rudd@nexxusscotland.com
Integrative Mammalian Biology Showcase Symposium
Wednesday, 31st March 2010
1.00pm – 5.30pm
Wolfson Medical School
A partnership between biomedical scientists at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde has attracted funding from the BBSRC, BPS, SFC, KTN, MRC, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer to build capacity and support in leading integrative mammalian biology teaching and research.
As a follow up to our successful launch meeting held in March 2008, we invite you to a half-day Integrative Mammalian Biology showcase symposium to be held on
Plenary speakers:
- Professor David Wraith, University of Bristol : 'Adapting negative feedback control mechanisms of the immune system for treatment of autoimmune disease '
- Professor Mhairi MacRae, University of Glasgow: 'Imaging brain structure & function in animal models of disease'.
Registration is FREE but for organisational purposes we require everyone to register at the following web site: http://www.gla.ac.uk/ibls/US/imb/index.htm.
Registration deadline: Monday 15th March 2010.
Abstract submission deadline: Friday 26th February 2010.
There will be a prize for the best talk given by a young investigator and a prize for the best poster from a young investigator. Please encourage postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers in your lab to submit an abstract.
For further information please visit http://www.imb-glasgow.org/ or contact the IMB administrator Ms Alison Neill (email: a.neill@bio.gla.ac.uk or phone: 0141 330 6151).
7th Annual Marine Biological Association Postgraduate Conference
Monday 17th - Thursday 20th May 2010
This year's conference, hosted by the University of Glasgow's Marine Science Group, will offer a full schedule over four days. It will include keynote speeches from successful marine scientists (tbc), oral and poster presentations from participating students, career development workshops, and also time to relax and get to know other marine science postgraduates from across the UK during a variety of social events.
The conference is an annual scientific meeting designed to provide a friendly, semi-formal forum where postgraduate students can present their work and discuss current research developments in marine biology and related disciplines amongst their peers from the UK and beyond.
The MBA is a Learned Society and one of the UK's leading marine biological research institutes. Their mission is "to promote scientific research into all aspects of life in the sea and to disseminate to the public the knowledge gained".
For details on registration and submission of presentations, contact Kathy Dunlop k.dunlop.2@research.gla.ac.uk
For all other enquiries, contact Mod C. Theethakaew c.theethakaew.1@research.gla.ac.uk
See our website for further details www.gla.ac.uk/marinescience/pgconf.