Institute Seminar Programmes
Immunobiology External Seminars 2020-21
Contacts: Dr Georgia Perona-Wright
All seminars will be held on a Thursday from 1pm to 2pm (unless stated otherwise)
| Date | Location | Speaker | Institution |
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28/9/20 |
Zoom | Dr Laura Cook | The University of Melbourne, Australia |
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3/12/20 |
Zoom | Chris Schiering | London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London |
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4/3/21 |
Zoom | Dr Titus Divala | University of Malawi College of Medicine / LSHTM |
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11/3/21 |
Zoom | Dr Gary Reynolds | Langhans-type Multinucleated Giant in Giant Cell Arteritis |
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18/3/21 |
Zoom | Dr Linda Sinclair | University of Dundee |
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6/5/21 |
Zoom | Prof Daniela Carnevale | Sapienza University of Rome |
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13/5/21 |
Zoom | Dr Rebecca Drummond | University of Birmingham |
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20/5/21 |
Zoom | Professor Kevin Blyth | The Beatson Institute |
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27/5/21 |
Zoom | Dr Ruaidhri Carmody | iii |
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3/6/21 |
Zoom | Dr Julia Edgar | iii |
Parasitology External Seminars 2020-21
All seminars will be held on Friday at 12 noon (unless stated otherwise)
For further details, please contact Dr Clare Harding.
| Date | Location | Speaker | Institution | Title |
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28/8/20 |
Zoom |
Dr Abdirahman Abdi | kemri-wellcome.org | |
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11/9/20 |
Zoom | Dr Alex Muhleip | Stockholm University | The structural basis of cristae formation in Toxoplasma mitochondria |
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18/9/20 |
Zoom | Dr Freddy Frischknecht | Heidelberg University | Malaria parasite migration: into and out of the mosquito |
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25/9/20 |
Zoom | Professor Andy Waters | University of Glasgow | Acetyl CoA transporter of Plasmodium is the target of new antimalarial KAF154 and essential for parasite transmission |
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2/10/20 |
Zoom | Dr Giulia Bandini | University of York | Understanding the biochemistry and function on nucleocytoplasmic O-fucosylation in Toxoplasma gondii |
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8/10/20 |
Zoom | Dr Virginia Howick | University of Glasgow | Red blood cell tension protects against severe malaria in the Dantu blood group |
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9/10/20 |
Zoom | Supriya Khanra | University of Glasgow | Molecular characterization of the drug resistant Leishmania and identification of potential drugs |
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16/10/20 |
Zoom | Dr Silvia Portugal | MPIIB, Berlin | Plasmodium falciparum dry season survival strategies |
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23/10/20 |
Zoom | Dr Kerry Woods | University of Bern | Exploring the host-parasite interface: Interactions between Theileria and it’s immortalized host cell |
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27/11/20 |
Zoom |
University of Glasgow |
Tuft cells and nematode infection in sheep | |
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15/1/21 (12pm) |
Zoom | RUM: Using CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screens to dissect gene function in Leishmania | ||
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28/1/21 (4pm) |
Zoom |
WCIP Parasitology Journal Club Schistosoma mansoni venom allergen-like protein 6 (SmVAL6) maintains tegumental barrier function |
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29/1/21 (2pm) |
Zoom |
Glasgow Research in Parasitology (GRiP-ing) CRISPR Cas9-Genome editing in P. knowlesi: Redefining merozoite invasionbiology and translational tools for P. vivax |
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12/2/21 (2pm) |
Zoom |
Glasgow Research in Parasitology (GRiP-ing) The mystery of the Malaria plastid: A struggle for autonomy |
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Glasgow Research in Parasitology (GRiP-ing) 'Drug resistance in Leishmania: does it really matter? |
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Zoom |
Glasgow Research in Parasitology (GRiP-ing) Stockpiles of mRNAs: A solution for Plasmodium, too |
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Wake Forest University |
Glasgow Research in Parasitology (GRiP-ing) 'A metabolomics approach identifies markers of disease severity in human malaria' |
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| Zoom |
Professor Ariel Silber |
(University of São Paulo) |
Glasgow Research in Parasitology (GRiP-ing) 'Amino acids and bioenergetics in Tyrpanosoma cruzi: three ways of charging batteries' |
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| Zoom |
Jean-Mathieu Bart |
(IRD, Marseille) |
Glasgow Research in Parasitology (GRiP-ing) |
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Zoom |
Leiden University |
Glasgow Research in Parasitology (GRiP-ing) 'Experimental infections of healthy Dutch volunteers with schistosomes and hookworm' |
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| Zoom | Dr Emma Briggs | University of Edinburgh |
WCIP Parasitology Journal Club |
Virology (CVR) Seminars 2020-21
See complete listings of both the CVR external and internal Communications & events
Bacteriology External Seminars 2020-21
All seminars will be held on Thursday at 12 noon (unless stated otherwise).
Contact: Dr Hua Wang
| Date | Location | Speaker | Institution |
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5/11/20 |
Zoom | Jasmina Wiemann | Yale University |
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19/11/20 |
Zoom | Iona Walker | University of Edinburgh & BEYOND RESISTANCE network |
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3/12/20 |
Zoom | Prof Dorothy Yeboah-Manu | University of Ghana |
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TBC |
Zoom | Dr Marin Sawa | Imperial College London |
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21/1/21 |
Zoom | Dr Luiz Carvalho | The Francis Crick Institute |
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4/2/21 |
Zoom | Dr Lukas Lercher | Proteros Biostructures |
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11/2/21 |
Zoom | Dr Clarissa Melo Czekster | University of St Andrews |
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25/2/21 |
Zoom | Dr Sara Sattin | University of Milan |
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4/3/21 |
Zoom | Dr Antonio Maldonado | |
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18/3/21 |
Zoom | Dr Sampriti Mukherjee | University of Chicago |
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25/3/21 |
Zoom | Dr Teresa Cortes | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
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27/5/21 |
Zoom | University of Newcastle | |
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17/6/21 |
Zoom | University of Dundee |
Glasgow Single Cell RNA-Seq Seminar Series 2020-21
Weekly Single Cell RNA-Seq clinic Wednesdays are held on Zoom at 4pm. The aim is to give attendees the change to discuss analysis and sample preparation of scRNA-Seq data in which participants are encouraged to show their data.
| Date | Location | Speaker | Institution | Title |
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07/09/20 (3pm) |
Zoom |
Dr Martin Hemberg | Wellcome Sanger Institute |
'De novo motif discovery using convolutional neural networks from single cell data' |
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14/12/20 (3pm) |
Zoom |
KEMRI – Wellcome Trust Research Programme University of Glasgow |
'Effect of Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes with dendritic cell' 'Application of single-cell transcriptomics to resolve asynchronous differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei bloodstream forms' |
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17/5/21 (3pm) |
ID: 968 9790 0070 Passcode: 349852 |
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'Identification and RNA profiling of ovine tuft cells in response to gastro-intestinal nematode infections' 'Exploring macrophage heterogeneity in the lung cancer tumour immune microenvironment by scRNA-seq' |
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19/5/21 (2pm) |
Meeting ID: 952 3450 7911 Passcode: 152887 |
Single-cell metabolism by SCENITH |
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1/6/21 (2pm) |
Meeting ID: 952 3450 7911 Passcode: 152887 |
Dr Rafael Arguello | Centre d'Immunologie | Single-cell metabolism by SCENITH, for measuring metabolic function at the single-cell level. |