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Internal seminars are held on every Wednesday from 1pm - 2pm. Each Principal Investigator is responsible for their allocated Wednesday.
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| Date | Speaker | Title | Venue | Sponsor |
| 2017 | ||||
| 1.00pm Wed Sept 6 |
Prof Philip Cooper | Effects of geohelminths and bacterial dysbiosis on the development of asthma in an Ecuadorian birth cohort | H2.6 | Cooper |
| 1.00pm Wed Sept 13 |
Dr Angela Loyse | The DREAMM project - an update | J0.8 | Loyse |
| 1.00pm Wed Sept 20 |
Dr Sile Molloy |
ACTA and beyond | J0.7 | Ma |
| 1.00pm Wed Sept 27 |
Cancelled | J0.7 | External | |
| 1.00pm Wed Oct 4 |
Manoja Rasamanikkam Becky Flynn Francesco Strambi |
Evasion of host innate immunity by Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) - V protein Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection suppresses the expression of host genes involved in lysosomal targeting in the macropage TBC |
J0.7 | PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed Oct 11 |
Dr Tim Planche | Clinical studies - bacteremia and myeloma | J0.7 | Planche |
| 1.00pm Wed Oct 18 |
Dr Neil Stone | A minority of cells causing a major problem? Heteroresistance to fluconazole in cryptococcal meningitis | J0.7 | Baines |
| 1.00pm Wed Oct 25 |
Prof Debbie Baines | Gene editing for CF lung disease - a co-ordinated approach | H2.6 | Stone |
| Wed Nov 1 13:00 - 16:40 17:00 - 18:00 |
JENNER DAY Prof Paul Lerner, Cambridge Dr Tihana Bicanic Dr Henry Staines Prof Andrea Cooper, Leicester Dr Tim Bull Jenner Lecture - Prof Sharon Peacock, LSHTM & Sanger |
JENNER DAY -Silencing incoming lentiviruses - identification of HUSH, a novel epigenetic repressor complex -Fungal and host factors affecting the clinical course of human cryptococcal meningitis -The ins and outs of solute transport in malarial parasites -T cells and TB: friends or foes? -Growth enhancers for pathogenic mycobacteria Are bacterial pathogens isolated from animals a common cause of drug-resistant infections in humans? |
Michael Heron Lecture Theatre Register : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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| 1.00pm Wed Nov 8 |
Dr Tim Szeto | Colicins as antimicrobial candidates against multi-drug resistant E. coli | J0.8 | Harrison |
| 1.00pm Wed Nov 15 |
Dr Wai Liu | Exploring the potential therapeutic effects of Naltrexone in vitro | J0.8 | Dalgleish |
| 1.00pm Wed Nov 22 |
Blair Strang | Jenner Day discussion | J0.8 | PhD students |
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1.00pm |
Dr Matthew Avison |
Prediction and inhibition of antibacterial drug resistance in Gram negative bacteria | H2.7 | External |
| Wed Dec 6 | RESEARCH DAY | |||
| 1.00pm Wed Dec 13 | Prof Sanjeev Krishna | Controversies about artemisinins | J0.7 | Krishna |
| 1.00pm Wed Dec 20 | Prof Anthony Coates | Carbapenem resistant Gram-negatives: Are we winning or losing? | J0.7 | Y Hu |
| 2017 | ||||
| 1.00pm Wed Jan 10 | Prof Sanjeev Krishna | Controversies about artemisinins | J0.7 | Baker |
| 1.00pm Wed Jan 17 | Dr Nidhi Sofat | Inflammation, pain and osteoarthritis | J0.7 | Sofat |
| 1.00pm Wed Jan 24 |
H2.6 | PhD students | ||
| 1.00pm Wed Jan 31 | Dr Heather Murton, QuantuMDx | Development of a novel point of care diagnostic test for tuberculosis | Lecture Theatre B | External |
| 1.00pm Wed Feb 7 | J0.8 | Sharland | ||
| 1.00pm Wed Feb 14 |
Dr Pascal Drake | Pharming antibody conjugates | J0.8 | Hilpert |
| 1.00pm Wed Feb 21 |
Prof Mike Sharland | Global neonatal sepsis | J0.8 | Drake |
| 1.00pm Wed Feb 28 |
Dr Jessica Strid Imperial College London |
From epithelial dysregulation to atopy - are we allergic to cancer? |
J0.8 | External |
| 1.00pm Wed March 7 |
J0.8 | PhD students | ||
| 1.00pm Wed March 14 |
Dr Blair Strang | A new model for human cytomegalovirus replication in the placenta | Lecture Theatre A | Strang |
| 1.00pm Wed March 21 |
Samuel Hardy Charlotte Barker |
dsRNA-mediated apoptosis and its antagonism by Classical swine fever (CSFV) Npro Paediatric population pharmacokinetics of co-amoxiclav reveal poor target attainment: evidence of need for revisiting dosing regimens |
J0.7 | |
| 1.00pm Wed March 28 |
Geoff Gray | GDPR May 18 - The new Data Protection Regulations, are they an Evolution or Revolution in the handling of personal data (yours and mine)? | J0.7 | External |
| 1.00pm Wed April 11 |
Louise Philips, JRES Jade Bearham Jurnorain Gan |
Research application process Sweet disposition: imaging glucose in the airways Identifying and optimising antimicrobial peptides against multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa towards clinical studies |
Lecture Theatre A | PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed April 18 |
Dr Rada Savic, University of California |
TBREFLECT programme | J0.7 | Heath |
| 1.00pm Wed April 25 |
Prof Paul Heath | Vaccination of pregnant women: when is best? | J0.7 | External |
| 1.00pm Wed May 2 |
Prof Jodi Lindsay | REF2021: new rules and strategies for St George's | Lecture Theatre A |
Lindsay |
| 1.00pm Wed May 9 |
Joe Fenn Jack Hankinson |
BCG primes anti-tumour responses in Vgamma9Vdelta2 T-cells In vitro analysis of interferon sensitivity of paramyxoviruses |
Lecture Theatre A | PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed May 16 |
Dr Rajko Reljic | New TB and dengue vaccine candidates | J0.8 | Reljic |
| 1.00pm Wed May 23 |
Dr Maite Perez-Cidoncha | Interferon lambda - the latest addition to the family | J0.8 | Goodbourn |
| 1.00pm Wed May 30 |
Dr Rachel Allen | new roles for MHC proteins and their receptors | H2.6 | Allen |
| 1.00pm Wed June 6 |
Prof Moon-Sik Young Chonbuk University, South Korea |
Production of recombinant proteins using transgenic rice cell suspension culture | J0.8 | PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed June 13 |
Dr Tim Bull | Linking chronic slow growing mycobacterial persistance with disease | H2.6 | Bull |
| 1.00pm Wed June 20 |
Daniel Burrage | The effects of COPD exacerbations on microvasculature | Lecture Theatre A | |
| 1.00pm Wed June 27 |
Prof Angela Brueggemann |
Using genomics to understand pneumococcal biology | J0.7 | External |
| 1.00pm Wed July 4 |
Max Woodhall |
J0.7 | PhD students | |
| 1.00pm Wed July 11 |
Jennerosity Charity SeminarAmina Jindani |
A world without TB Whole genome sequencing applications for TB TB vaccines or immunotherapy of MDR-TB |
J0.7 | Bicanic |
| 1.00pm Wed July 18 |
H2.6 | Staines | ||
| 1.00pm Wed July 25 |
H2.6 | External | ||
| 1.00pm Wed Sept 26 |
Prof Helen Lambert Bristol Medical School |
External | ||
| 1.00pm Wed Nov 28 |
Dr Lori Snyder Kingston University |
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