SMB Seminars
The School of Molecular Biosciences (SMB) seminars take place on Wednesdays at 13.00, unless otherwise stated.
2024/2025
| Date | Venue | Speaker name | Talk title | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.10.24 | Yudowitz lecture theatre | Prof Darren Monckton | Unstable DNA in Huntington disease, myotonic dystrophy and related disorders: dynamics, consequences and therapeutic opportunities | University of Glasgow |
| 16.10.24 | Yudowitz lecture theatre | Dr Jennifer Tullet | SKN-1B/Nrf: A sexually dimorphic switch to control appetite behaviour | University of Kent |
| 30.10.24 | Yudowitz lecture theatre | Prof Lilach Sheiner | Knowledge gaps and opportunities hiding in the mitochondria of the eukaryotic parasites causing toxoplasmosis and malaria | University of Glasgow |
| 13.11.24 | Yudowitz lecture theatre | Prof Neal Millar | Bench to beside via a spinout….is it worth the academic journey? | University of Glasgow |
| 27.11.24 | Hunterian Art Gallery lecture theatre | Dr Briony Yorke | Seeing the light – the role of UV radiation in cataract formation | University of Leeds |
| 12.2.25 | Hunterian Art Gallery lecture theatre | Prof Julian Dow | Functional genomics and molecular genetics of insects: model systems for renal function and peptide-based bioinsecticides | University of Glasgow |
| 25.2.25 | Graham Kerr lecture theatre | Dr Flo Camus | Genomic insights into metabolism and life-history trait evolution | UCL |
| 26.2.25 | Hunterian Art Gallery lecture theatre | Dr Joanna Rorbach | Regulation of mitochondrial gene expression: from fundamental understanding to the development of new therapies | Karolinska Institutet |
| 12.3.25 | Yudowitz lecture theatre | Prof Jose Gutierrez-Marcos | Integration and Maintenance of Environmental Memories in Plants | University of Warwick |
| 26.3.25 | Yudowitz lecture theatre | Dr Francesca Ester Morreale |
Enabling targeted protein degradation in bacteria |
Francis Crick Institute |
| 23.4.25 | Hunterian Art Gallery lecture theatre | Dr Alex Whitworth | Parkinson’s disease, mitochondria and calcium: Lessons from Drosophila | University of Cambridge |
| 7.5.25 | Yudowitz lecture theatre | Prof Francois Chaumont |
Are aquaporins expressed in stomatal complexes promising targets to enhance stomatal dynamics? |
Louvain-la-Neuve |
| 21.5.25 | Yudowitz lecture theatre | Prof Heather Knight |
Probing the potential of the plant cell wall to act as a protective barrier against winter temperatures |
University of Durham |
| 4.6.25 | Yudowitz lecture theatre | Prof Marshall Stark |
Making Marvellous Molecules (and finding out what they do) |
University of Glasgow |
| 9.6.25* extra external seminar |
Hunterian Art Gallery lecture theatre | Dr Renata Goncalves |
RETuning the electron transport chain in obesity improves metabolism |
Harvard University |
| 10.6.25* extra external seminar |
Hunterian Art Gallery lecture theatre | Dr Meg Shieh |
The Persulfide and Polysulfide Puzzle: Novel Tools and Methods to Assemble the Pieces |
Browns |