Cambridge Immunology

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Human inborn errors of immunity: revealing key mechanisms of antiviral immunity

Dr Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu. Imperial College London.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 23 March 2023, 12:00-13:00

Worms and Bugs

Tragicomedy of the COVID-19 Response in Latvia – confession of a policymaker/modeller

Nikita Trojanskis - University of Oxford.

Zoom.

Wednesday 15 March 2023, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Double-edged swords: innate and adaptive immune factors that inhibit or promote SARS-CoV-2 entry

Prof. Stuart Neil King's College London.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 09 March 2023, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Optical monitoring of cerebral metabolism: from seizures to dogs

Re-scheduled!

Dr Gemma Bale, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

LT2.

Wednesday 08 March 2023, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Incorporating contact network structures into SARS-CoV-2 transmission models for care homes

Li Pi, University of Oxford.

Zoom.

Wednesday 08 March 2023, 12:00-13:00

Worms and Bugs

A novel discrete-time model with waning immunity

Desmond Lai, University of Cambridge.

Zoom.

Wednesday 08 March 2023, 12:00-13:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: 'Methods for Bayesian optimal design of experiments, with application in biological science’

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrd-uoqjMiGN3f68WQc7zJQ7LmM4sZa2rx

Prof Dave Woods, University of Southampton.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

Tuesday 07 March 2023, 14:00-15:00

Worms and Bugs

Models and Bayesian inference for disease outbreaks with whole-genome-sequence data

Philip O'Neill, University of Nottingham.

Zoom.

Friday 03 March 2023, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Using cryo-EM to unravel bunyavirus native RNPs and endosomal K+ requirement during entry

Dr Juan Fontana Jordán de Urriés. University of Leeds.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 23 February 2023, 12:00-13:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: 'Bayesian Covariance Structure Modelling of Clinical Trial Data'

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpf-uvrDMiGtLpMKemoVfOPmiD91Ju0-Xq

Stef Baas, University of Twente.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

Tuesday 21 February 2023, 14:00-15:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Unravelling the whipworm niche at the host intestinal epithelia

Dr Maria Duque, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

LT2.

Tuesday 21 February 2023, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

Modelling informing policy: Process and the Modeler’s role

Hannah Clapham, National University of Singapore.

Zoom.

Monday 20 February 2023, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

Improving the representativeness of UK’s national COVID-19 Infection Survey through spatio-temporal regression and post-stratification

Koen Pouwels, Oxford.

Zoom.

Friday 17 February 2023, 12:00-13:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: 'From Data to Decisions: Causal Inference Motivated by Policy Questions'

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwodOytqjItGNL_he9tZXSxmdT7KTWWQRgF

Prof Mats Stensrud, EPFL.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

Tuesday 14 February 2023, 14:00-15:00

Worms and Bugs

Inference on compartmental models: COVID-19 modelling at Sussex

Eduard Campillo-Funollet, Lancaster.

Zoom.

Wednesday 08 February 2023, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Contribution of pneumococci to the risk of developing pneumonia: The Drakenstein Child Health Study

Dr Felix Dube, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town.

LT2.

Tuesday 07 February 2023, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

The interplay between cell cycle and immunity in the setting of viral infection

Dr Petra Mlcochova. Department of Medicine/Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 02 February 2023, 12:00-13:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: 'Phases of research for statistical methods’

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtd--hrzItHtTIezm0p763Lsc95VI0Q254

Dr Tim Morris, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

Tuesday 31 January 2023, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Milstein Lecture 2023: Understanding the Hox timer by Using mammalian Pseudo-Embryos

Denis Duboule, Collège de France, Paris France, Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) .

Thursday 26 January 2023, 10:30-11:30

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: 'Detecting National, Regional and Global Changes in Terror Activity'

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtf-iqrjoiGd3egbADJAIx6u477THr4Et9

Dr Sam Tickle, University of Bristol.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

Tuesday 24 January 2023, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Systematic discovery of ORFs in ~700 human viruses using massively parallel ribosome profiling

Dr Shira Weingarten-Gabbay. Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, USA.

Webinar (via Zoom online).

Thursday 19 January 2023, 14:00-15:00

Worms and Bugs

The importance of vaccinated individuals to population-level evolution of pathogens

Maria A. Gutierrez - University of Cambridge.

Zoom.

Wednesday 18 January 2023, 12:00-13:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Engineering a bacteria for lung therapy

Prof. Luis Serrano.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99349389275?pwd=ZHI3em1DQTA0VTlVLzkvUTN6ZGkxdz09.

Tuesday 17 January 2023, 11:00-12:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Spillover Surveillance and One Health Response: Understanding Emerging Zoonotic Threats in Real Time

Professor Emily Gurley, Johns Hopkins University.

LT1.

Tuesday 10 January 2023, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Statistical approaches for differential analyses on transcriptomics data"

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkfuivpj0jEta0t6wA4iKlz8YOaojvNwdt

Dr Simone Tiberi, Universita di Bologna.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

Tuesday 10 January 2023, 14:00-15:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: 'Double soft-thresholded model for multi-group scalar on vector-valued image regression'

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIucOmvrj4pHd3vnOm5ReIZ1wmXR9x-xC1z

Prof Arkaprava Roy, University of Florida.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

Friday 16 December 2022, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

CD4+ T cell memory during type 1 immune response

Professor Marc Jenkins, University of Minnesota. Hosted by Dr Antonio Pagan-Velez.

Professor Marc Jenkins, University of Minnesota. Hosted by Dr Antonio Pagan-Velez..

This talk will happen virtually via Zoom (due to speaker location).

Friday 09 December 2022, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Structural basis of how the BIRC6/SMAC complex regulates apoptosis and autophagy

Tim Clausen, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP).

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94050407947?pwd=ZFZZYkxhd0JsbGJuMFNHQnlzOSsydz09.

Thursday 08 December 2022, 10:00-11:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Infecting under the radar: lentiviral evasion of DNA sensing

Dr Rebecca Sumner (University of Surrey, UK).

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Thursday 01 December 2022, 12:00-13:00

Worms and Bugs

Modelling the impact of social behaviour on infectious disease transmission: what we do and don't know!

Alison Hale, University of Lancaster.

Zoom.

Thursday 01 December 2022, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Mechanism and regulation P element transposition in Drosophila

Donald Rio, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94108711681?pwd=cXN4VGlQVHBZYkpMUVJ0SXV3emtaUT09.

Tuesday 29 November 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

How Salmonella reprogrammes a host kinase to drive macrophage polarisation

Dr Teresa Thurston, Imperial College London. Hosted by Professor Felix Randow

Dr Teresa Thurston, Imperial College London. Hosted by Professor Felix Randow.

Meeting in person, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre .

Friday 25 November 2022, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Modelling informing COVID policy in a highly vaccinated Singapore

Hannah Clapham (NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health).

Zoom.

Thursday 24 November 2022, 11:00-12:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Using Electronic Health Records for Scientific Research: Promises and Perils”

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctduyqrjgsEtYxJkz-fTWdzMmjL7qFrnAC

Professor Bhramar Mukherjee, John D. Kalbfleisch Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics, University of Michigan.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

Tuesday 22 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The journey of XDR typhoid in Pakistan

Dr. Farah Naz Qamar, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health Medical College, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan.

LT2.

Wednesday 16 November 2022, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "The HealthGap study: Using linked administrative data to understand cardiovascular health of Indigenous people living in Victoria, Australia"

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpc-qtqD4iHtMcJUj5fiD4uVwRqMWP4XkI

Dr Karen Lamb, University of Melbourne.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

Tuesday 15 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"BYOB – Organising Appropriate Gatherings in the Lymph Node"

Dr Ed Roberts, CRUK Beatson Institute. Hosted by: Dr Maike De La Roche.

Meeting in person, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre .

Friday 11 November 2022, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Derivative-Based Neural Modelling of Cumulative Distribution Functions for Survival Analysis"

This will be a free online seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdu6gpjgrHd1yp38Mi3xQxgCg_5BOQThO

Prof Christopher Yau, University of Oxford .

Virtual Seminar .

Thursday 10 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

New Frontiers in PKA Signaling

Susan Taylor, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99725572898?pwd=NG82MzVpQmczczAvdkZzN2lJNkt1UT09.

Wednesday 09 November 2022, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Zika virus emergence: the African exception

Dr Louis Lambrechts (Institut Pasteur, France).

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Thursday 03 November 2022, 12:00-13:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Crick Lecture 2022: Neurobiology of Social and Sickness Behaviors

Catherine Dulac, Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91021060396?pwd=c1o1TWVTSTNHTWM1dW5lcm54cURKQT09.

Thursday 03 November 2022, 11:00-12:00

Worms and Bugs

Data-driven approaches to surveillance of Covid-19 in the UK.

Ben Swallow University of St Andrews.

Zoom.

Thursday 03 November 2022, 11:00-12:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Making all pairwise comparisons in multi-arm clinical trials without control treatment"

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlc-Grrj0vHNCSqPPY92EKkTJG5Xjm5yhY

Dr Thomas Burnett, University of Bath.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

Tuesday 01 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Team with Microbes: Lessons from the Zebrafish Digestive Tract

Professor Karen Guillemin, University of Oregon. Hosted by Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan.

Professor Karen Guillemin, University of Oregon. Hosted by Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan..

In person meetings, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre .

Friday 28 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Prediction Models For COVID-19 – lessons learnt

Glen Martin (University of Manchester).

Zoom.

Thursday 27 October 2022, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Adventures in Inflammation Research

Prof Luke O'Neill, Trinity College Dublin. Hosted by Prof Clare Bryant

Prof Luke O'Neill, Trinity College Dublin. Hosted by Prof Clare Bryant.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 21 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Investigating enteric virus-host interactions in human intestinal organoids

Dr Christiane Wobus (University of Michigan Medical School, USA).

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Thursday 20 October 2022, 12:00-13:00

Worms and Bugs

A retrospective look at the challenges of modelling for policy during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Kenya from Jan 2020 to BA.2/3/4/5

Sam Brand, University of Warwick.

Zoom.

Thursday 20 October 2022, 11:00-12:00

Worms and Bugs

A retrospective look at the challenges of modelling for policy during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Kenya from Jan 2020 to BA.2/3/4/5

Sam Brand, University of Warwick.

Zoom.

Thursday 20 October 2022, 11:00-12:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual BSU Seminar: "Variable Selection and Prioritization in Bayesian Machine Learning Methods"

This will be a free virtual seminar. To register, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlc--rrT8qGNMFApbQ8304Icj6vW4CDcFo

Lorin Crawford, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Brown University .

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 18 October 2022, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Cryo-ET reveals sarcomere structures at molecular resolution

Prof. Dr. Stefan Raunser, Director, Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96648790745?pwd=Tkx6OVpoY01ieTRMTFMzZ0QvWWR2UT09.

Tuesday 18 October 2022, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

The many ways that vaccinia virus interferes with interferon: does monkeypox virus do so too?

Prof. Geoffrey Smith (Department of Pathology. University of Cambridge).

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Thursday 13 October 2022, 12:00-13:00

Worms and Bugs

An estimation framework to study epidemic fade-out using multiple outbreak data

Punya Alahakoon, University of Melbourne.

Zoom.

Thursday 13 October 2022, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Cell death and decision making in macrophages during inflammation

Associate Professor Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic, Kennedy Institute, Oxford. Hosted by Professor Felix Randow

Associate Professor Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic, Kennedy Institute, Oxford. Hosted by Professor Felix Randow.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 07 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Predictive performance of Covid-19 forecasts

Seb Funk LSHTM.

Zoom.

Thursday 06 October 2022, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Cell death as an antimicrobial mechanism against extracellular bacterial infection

Assistant Professor Kaiwen Chen, National University of Singapore .

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 05 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Title to be confirmed

Salim Khakoo.

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 28 September 2022, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Regulation of mRNA translation and decay

David Bartel, Professor of Biology, MIT, HHMI, and Whitehead Institute.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99553714360?pwd=bVRGN3o1a0dsazJIMnVIemlRbjltZz09.

Tuesday 27 September 2022, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Cambridge Immunology Forum - 22nd Cambridge Immunology Forum: Cancer at the interface of immunity, metabolism and microbiota

Please see speakers below.

Queens College, Cambridge.

Friday 23 September 2022, 08:30-18:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Immunotherapy: A piece of the puzzle for treating brain cancer

Associate Professor Misty Jenkins, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne. Hosted by Prof Gillian Griffiths

Associate Professor Misty Jenkins, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne. Hosted by Prof Gillian Griffiths.

CRUK Cambridge Institute lecture theatre, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE.

Friday 09 September 2022, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Encoding tissue morphogenesis with genetics, mechanics and geometry

Professor Thomas Lecuit, Group leader at IBDM and Turing Center for living systems, Marseille. Professor at Collège de France, Paris.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91594582633?pwd=UlBaTk1uTHJ4bW9JbFMwSEZxRE0zdz09.

Thursday 08 September 2022, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Of novel MAMPs and DAMPs: Discovery of novel inflammatory pathways mediated by innate immunity

Prof Alex Weber, University of Tübingen, Germany. Hosted by Prof Felix Randow

Prof Alex Weber, University of Tübingen, Germany. Hosted by Prof Felix Randow.

Sanger Seminar Room, Level 3, LMB.

Monday 05 September 2022, 14:00-15:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Genome-wide genetic models for association, heritability analyses and prediction"

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpcuipqTMuGtP_pIJrVQDLQGbP3ndqAh-N

David Balding, Honorary Professor of Statistical Genetics at UCL Genetics Institute and University of Melbourne.

Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, School of Clinical Medicine, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0SP.

Monday 22 August 2022, 15:30-16:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

naRNA is a canonical neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) component and novel inflammation-amplifying composite DAMP

Prof Alex Weber, University of Tübingen, Germany. Hosted by Prof Nick Gay

Prof Alex Weber, University of Tübingen, Germany. Hosted by Prof Nick Gay.

Seminar Room, Sanger Building, 80, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA.

Wednesday 17 August 2022, 14:30-15:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Location matters: the complosome and cell physiology in health and disease

Professor Claudia Kemper, NIH/NHLBI, Bethesda MD. Hosted by Professor Menna Clatworthy

Professor Claudia Kemper, NIH/NHLBI, Bethesda MD. Hosted by Professor Menna Clatworthy.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 29 July 2022, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Milstein Lecture 2022 - Project Lightspeed – The discovery of the first Covid-19 mRNA Vaccine

Özlem Türeci, M.D., Professor Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Co-founder, CMO BioNTech, Germany.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94050407947?pwd=ZFZZYkxhd0JsbGJuMFNHQnlzOSsydz09.

Tuesday 26 July 2022, 11:30-12:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Milstein Lecture 2022 - mRNA Cancer Vaccines

Ugur Sahin, M.D., Professor Translational Oncology & Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Co-founder, CEO BioNTech, Germany.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94050407947?pwd=ZFZZYkxhd0JsbGJuMFNHQnlzOSsydz09.

Tuesday 26 July 2022, 10:00-11:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

One health, many challenges no silver bullet.

Andres M Perez, University of Minnesota.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 20 July 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Mechanisms underlying host-microbiota relationships in the vertebrate intestine

Prof John Rawls, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Hosted by Prof Lalita Ramakrishnan

Prof John Rawls, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Hosted by Prof Lalita Ramakrishnan.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 15 July 2022, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Challenges in risk prediction using routinely collected health data"

This will be a free online seminar. To register, click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkdOupqDspHtK1D30gXlBykdbIvLV8DMdH

Dr Elizabeth Williamson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine .

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 14 July 2022, 14:00-15:00

Worms and Bugs

Introducing JUNE

Frank Krauss, Durham University.

Zoom.

Wednesday 13 July 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Capsid and the inhibition of retroviral replication

Prof Jonathan Stoye, The Francis Crick, London. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner

Prof Jonathan Stoye, The Francis Crick, London. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 08 July 2022, 16:00-17:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome economization for pathogenesis: “More from less for more”

Room changed - will be Seminar Rooms 2/3, Pathology Block, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Prof Seyed E. Hasnain, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Sharda University, Greater Noida .

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 07 July 2022, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Identifying sources of transmission for zoonotic mosquito-borne viruses

Dr Jennifer Lord, Department of Vector Biology Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

Zoom.

Wednesday 06 July 2022, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Design and Inference for Enrichment Trials with a Continuous Biomarker"

This will be a hybrid seminar. If you would like to attend virtually, please register for free here - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErduCprzwiEtQhPshDBMXcqhwlvdZtp_IP

Prof William Rosenberger, George Mason University.

Seminar Room 12, School of Clinical Medicine, Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 0SP.

Tuesday 05 July 2022, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Phenotypic Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Dami Aderonke Collier.

https://zoom.us/j/3099086970?pwd=NDhZc2ZjUkNaOXQ5SlZha1k2QjVZZz09.

Thursday 30 June 2022, 12:00-13:00

Worms and Bugs

Critical weaknesses in shielding strategies for COVID-19

Cameron Smith & Kit Yates, University of Bath.

Zoom.

Wednesday 29 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Unexpected roles for ubiquitin in immunity.

Justine Mintern .

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 29 June 2022, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Immunity to acute and persistent virus infections with aging

Prof Janko Nikolich- Žugich, University of Arizona. Hosted by Dr Mark Wills

Prof Janko Nikolich- Žugich, University of Arizona. Hosted by Dr Mark Wills.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 17 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

CpG Enrichment as a Vaccine Strategy for Influenza A Virus

Dr Elly Gaunt, The University of Edinburgh.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Thursday 16 June 2022, 12:00-13:00

Worms and Bugs

What activity types posed the greatest risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection for a university community?

Kirsty Bolton (University of Nottingham) & Emma Fairbanks (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR12, CMS.

Wednesday 15 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Optimising the discovery and development of gene silencing drugs with genetics and genomics”

This will be a virtual seminar. To register for free, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEudeGqrDgpH9w6XLGADT0ZoJB-ARc5EdD0

Dan Swerdlow, Silence Therapeutics .

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 14 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Leukocyte dynamics in lung metastasis

Dr Leo Carlin, University of Glasgow. Hosted by Dr Maike De La Roche

Dr Leo Carlin, University of Glasgow. Hosted by Dr Maike De La Roche.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 10 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Modelling the impact of asymptomatic testing and isolation policies on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in workplaces

Carl Whitfield, University of Manchester.

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR12, CMS.

Wednesday 08 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Therapeutic targeting of recurrently mutated driver oncogenes using TCR gene therapy

Chris Klebanoff.

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 08 June 2022, 12:30-13:30

Immunology in Pathology

Can viral infections exacerbate the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Mathew Clement.

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 01 June 2022, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar - Using connectomes to accelerate studies of the neuronal control of behavior in Drosophila

Gerald M. Rubin, Senior Group Leader, Janelia Research Campus, HHMI, LMB Fellow.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91661708050?pwd=WS9Ua0czQm9FaC9qaWk3S2VQMjE5dz09.

Thursday 26 May 2022, 11:00-12:00

Worms and Bugs

SARS-CoV-2 evolution: (Dis)entangled on multiple scales

Simon Rella, Institute of Science and Technology Austria.

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR12, CMS.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Regulation of innate immune activation during viral infections

Ian Humphreys.

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Into Thin Air: the Hypoxia / Inflammation axis

Prof Cormac Taylor, University College Dublin. Hosted by Prof James Nathan

Prof Cormac Taylor, University College Dublin. Hosted by Prof James Nathan.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 20 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Aaron Klug Memorial Symposium

Various - see Further Information.

Registration via https://www3.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/sites/klug/.

Friday 20 May 2022, 09:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Virtual Seminar: “Group Testing in Structured and Dynamic Networks”

This will be a virtual seminar. To register for free, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85960970204?pwd=dnVyWUFTSkM1bjJkWGMvc0ViLzA2Zz09

Batuhan Arasli, University of Maryland.

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 19 May 2022, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Attachment, Uptake and Cytosol Penetration: How non-enveloped viruses enter the cell

Prof. Stephen Harrison.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Thursday 19 May 2022, 14:00-15:00

Immunology in Pathology

T cells in the brain

Professor Adrian Liston.

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 18 May 2022, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Understanding alloreactive T cell targeting of leukaemia for therapeutic application

Prof Paresh Vyas, Professor of Haematology, University of Oxford. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner

Prof Paresh Vyas, Professor of Haematology, University of Oxford. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 13 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Kendrew Lecture 2022: Chemogenetic and optogenetic technologies for probing molecular and cellular networks

Alice Ting - Professor of Genetics, of Biology and, by courtesy, of Chemistry, Stanford University, USA and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator .

Zoom link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99780084619?pwd=V3RmYTdTbmlBLzFLd1NOR0hHcjFIZz09.

Thursday 12 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

What kind of distance underlies influenza transmission in the US?

Maria Tang, University of Cambridge.

Zoom.

Wednesday 11 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Optimal design of First in Human trials via dynamic programming”

This will be a hybrid seminar. If you would like to participate virtually, please register using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvf-qgrTwrHNMDOZ_UZNN7h-wCbi90t9bA

Dr Lizzi Pitt, University of Bath.

Seminar Room 2, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital.

Tuesday 10 May 2022, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Lung epithelia under attack: Infections, Interferon, Inflammation

Prof Andreas Wack, The Francis Crick Institute. Hosted by Prof James Nathan

Prof Andreas Wack, The Francis Crick Institute. Hosted by Prof James Nathan.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 06 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

The Role of Mononuclear Phagocytes in Sexual Transmission

Dr Andrew Harman, The University of Sydney.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Thursday 05 May 2022, 12:00-13:00

Worms and Bugs

Estimating global spatial dynamics and vaccine-induced fitness changes of Bordetella pertussis using genetic data.

Noemie Lefrancq (University of Cambridge).

Zoom.

Wednesday 04 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Leveraging early life immunity to end pandemics

Prof Sallie Permar, Dept of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine. Hosted by Dr Sarah Caddy

Prof Sallie Permar, Dept of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine. Hosted by Dr Sarah Caddy.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 29 April 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Preventing and reversing immunopathology: respective roles of regulatory CD4 T cells and regulatory plasma cells

Professor Simon Fillatreau.

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 27 April 2022, 12:30-13:30

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Sparse Hamiltonian Flows (or: Bayesian Coresets Without all the Fuss)"

This will be a virtual seminar. FREE registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rc-2vpz4qHNxdJ4Cm4hyLEn4BVOG5YcIt

Prof Trevor Campbell, The University of British Columbia .

This will be a virtual seminar. FREE registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rc-2vpz4qHNxdJ4Cm4hyLEn4BVOG5YcIt .

Tuesday 26 April 2022, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Engineering Organoid Development

Professor Matthias Lutolf, Roche Institute for Translational Bioengineering, Basel, Switzerland and Laboratory of Stem Cell Bioengineering, EPFL, Switzerland.

Zoom link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97051627883?pwd=cUh3ZDZkT3I2bHdxVXo0TytZSEJkdz09.

Tuesday 19 April 2022, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Max Perutz Lecture 2022: Therapeutic Opportunities in Glycoscience

Carolyn Bertozzi, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Chemistry, Baker Family Director, Stanford ChEM-H, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Stanford University.

Zoom: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92288963882?pwd=MEFqUURaRmJ1dkpTNkl1dzhDcHE2QT09.

Tuesday 29 March 2022, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

The ethics of being a disease modeler

Dr Nathaniel Hupert, Weill Cornell Medicine.

Zoom.

Wednesday 23 March 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Mazes models and maths - discovering how chemotactic cells decide where to go, and how reverse chemotaxis can work

Professor Robert Insall.

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 16 March 2022, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Coordination of Transcription and Repair during the DNA damage response

Dr Ana Tufegdzic Vidakovic, MRC-LMB, Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner

Dr Ana Tufegdzic Vidakovic, MRC-LMB, Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 11 March 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Transcription and Genome Replication Machinery of Non-segmented Negative Strand RNA Viruses

Dr Rachel Fearns, Boston University, USA.

https://zoom.us/j/94063949846?pwd=UW8wTlNKR09UTWZqdHBubjlQSGJxUT09.

Thursday 10 March 2022, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

The discriminatory power of the T cell antigen receptor

Omer Dushek.

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 09 March 2022, 12:30-13:30

Worms and Bugs

A household-structured approach to modelling non-pharmaceutical interventions

Dr Joe Hilton, University of Warwick.

Zoom.

Wednesday 02 March 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Control of cGAS-STING signalling in cancer

Eileen Parks (Oxford).

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 02 March 2022, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Mycobacterial virulence vs. macrophage metabolism in the TB granuloma

Dr Antonio Pagán, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Lalita Ramakrishnan

Dr Antonio Pagán, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Lalita Ramakrishnan.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 25 February 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Systemic Cancer Therapy with Oncolytic Adenovirus

Dr Svetlana Atasheva, Emory University, USA.

https://zoom.us/j/99110614960?pwd=OG1oLzdEMTNvQWQ2VTZmMGo4UFJRZz09.

Thursday 24 February 2022, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

The COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub: a multi-model effort towards addressing uncertainty during the pandemic in the United States

Dr Rebecca Borchering, The Pennsylvania State University.

Zoom.

Wednesday 23 February 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Myeloid Cell Dynamics in Type 2 immunity: insights from tissue-dwelling nematodes

Prof Judi Allen, University of Manchester. Hosted by Dr Rahul Roychoudhuri

Prof Judi Allen, University of Manchester. Hosted by Dr Rahul Roychoudhuri.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 18 February 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Neural stem cells encounters with immunity in the adult brain

Prof Isabel Fariñas, University of Valencia. Hosted by Dr Alexandra Nicaise

Prof Isabel Fariñas, University of Valencia. Hosted by Dr Alexandra Nicaise.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 11 February 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Ecology and Evolution of Plant and Fungal Viruses

Prof. Marilyn Roossinck, Pennylvania State University.

https://zoom.us/j/97565767222?pwd=WTdERFh2L2ZTUWVNZGtJVFhMekhOdz09.

Thursday 10 February 2022, 15:00-16:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual BSU Seminar: "A flexible sensitivity analysis for sample selection bias"

This will be a virtual seminar. To register for free, please click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bsu-seminar-dr-matt-tudball-tickets-251838374357

Matt Tudball, University of Bristol.

Virtual Seminar .

Thursday 10 February 2022, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

A MAIT cell journey, from Salmonella to COVID

Dr Mariolina Salio, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. Hosted by Prof Gillian Griffiths

Dr Mariolina Salio, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. Hosted by Prof Gillian Griffiths.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 04 February 2022, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual BSU Seminar: "Using Variational Bayes for fast inference in large longitudinal datasets”

This will be a free virtual seminar. If you would like to attend, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bsu-virtual-seminar-dr-david-hughes-tickets-242962345917

Dr David Hughes, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool.

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 01 February 2022, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Necrophagia, DaNGeRous indigestion and immunity to cancer

Prof Caetano Reis e Sousa, The Francis Crick Institute, London. Hosted by Prof Yorgo Modis

Prof Caetano Reis e Sousa, The Francis Crick Institute, London. Hosted by Prof Yorgo Modis.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 28 January 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

How cells defend their cytosol against bacteria: Ubiquitylation of LPS and other tricks

Prof Felix Randow, MRC-LMB, Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner

Prof Felix Randow, MRC-LMB, Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 21 January 2022, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Modelling the COVID-19 pandemic in England using a metapopulation approach

Dr Christopher Davis (University of Warwick).

Zoom.

Wednesday 19 January 2022, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

The progression of severity of variants throughout the pandemic

Dr David Pascall (MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge).

Zoom.

Wednesday 12 January 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Fast runners and lazy couch potatoes – the spectrum of migrating immune cells

Dr Tim Lämmermann, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics Freiburg, Germany. Hosted by Prof Menna Clatworthy.

Dr Tim Lämmermann, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics Freiburg, Germany. Hosted by Prof Menna Clatworthy..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 10 December 2021, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Connecting myeloid cell metabolism and function

Dr David Sancho, The National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), Madrid. Hosted by Dr Patrycja Kozik.

Dr David Sancho, The National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), Madrid. Hosted by Dr Patrycja Kozik..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 03 December 2021, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Milstein Lecture 2021: Organoids to model human diseases

Hans Clevers, Professor in Molecular Genetics, Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Zoom: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96610458150?pwd=RmI5RUZZU0JRNzBBNlh3NnFWQWpjZz09.

Tuesday 30 November 2021, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Multi-omics analysis of in vivo human immune response to malaria

Assistant Professor Youssef Idaghdour, New York University Abu Dhabi. Hosted by Dr Bidesh Mahata.

Assistant Professor Youssef Idaghdour, New York University Abu Dhabi. Hosted by Dr Bidesh Mahata..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 26 November 2021, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

Effectiveness of symptomatic and asymptomatic testing strategies on reducing transmission in a population with high vaccination coverage &Inferring the relationship between viral load and infectiousness using contact tracing data

Dr Miguel Silva, University of Manchester & Dr Martyn Fyles, University of Manchester.

Zoom.

Wednesday 24 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU virtual seminar: "Assessing batch effects and their implications in single cell RNA sequencing experiments"

This will be a virtual seminar. If you would like to attend, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for the joining information.

Prof Sarah Langley, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU, Singapore.

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 23 November 2021, 12:00-13:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Functional heterogeneity of tissue-resident lymphocytes

Professor Laura Mackay, The University of Melbourne. Hosted by Dr Raquel Bartolomé Casado. Due to speaker location please note different time.

Professor Laura Mackay, The University of Melbourne. Hosted by Dr Raquel Bartolomé Casado..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 19 November 2021, 09:00-10:00

Worms and Bugs

Functional Phylogenetics on the Scale of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

Dr Emily Scher, University of Edinburgh.

Zoom.

Wednesday 17 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Crick Lecture 2021: Human Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Vaccination

Michel C. Nussenzweig, Zanvil A. Cohn and Ralph M. Steinman Professor, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA.

Zoom: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98167346283?pwd=UStva0JBNFpiNTE4czlSS283WGJlQT09.

Monday 15 November 2021, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

PI3Kd coordinates transcriptional, epigenetic and metabolic changes to promote effector CD8+ T cells at the expense of central memory

Due to speaker location - please note different time.

Dr Jennifer Cannons, NIH/NIAID, Bethesda MD. Hosted by Professor Klaus Okkenhaug..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 12 November 2021, 14:00-15:00

Worms and Bugs

Markers of mucosal immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination

Dr Amy Thomas, University of Bristol.

Zoom.

Wednesday 10 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

A multidisciplinary approach to SARS-CoV-2 modeling

Dr Josh Schiffe, Fred Hutchingson Cancer Research Centre.

Zoom.

Wednesday 03 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Interplay between tissue tension and tumor immunity

Valerie Weaver, Director of the Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration and Professor in the Department of Surgery, UCSF, USA.

Zoom: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92866604568?pwd=TlljTHk5VGEzd2YzM3JHQkxOaWdRUT09.

Tuesday 02 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual BSU seminar: "NanoSplicer: Accurate identification of splice junctions using Oxford Nanopore sequencing"

This will be a online seminar. You can register for free at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bsu-seminar-dr-heejung-shim-tickets-198278104147

Dr Heejung Shim, Melbourne Integrative Genomics (MIG), University of Melbourne.

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 02 November 2021, 10:00-11:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Mitochondrial translation is required for sustained killing by cytotoxic T cells

Professor Gillian Griffiths, Cambridge Institute of Medical Research. Hosted by Professor Arthur Kaser.

Professor Gillian Griffiths, Cambridge Institute of Medical Research. Hosted by Professor Arthur Kaser..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 29 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual BSU Seminar: “Methodological Advances in Risk Prediction"

This will be a virtual seminar. If you would like to attend, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for the joining information.

Dr Glen Martin, University of Manchester.

Virtual Seminar .

Friday 22 October 2021, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

The radial intranuclear position of the provirus determines selective clonal survival of human retroviruses in vivo

Charles Bangham, Imperial College London. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

Charles Bangham, Imperial College London. Hosted by Paul Lehner..

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 22 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

A renewal equation model for disease transmission dynamics with contact tracing

Dr Francesca Scarabel, University of Manchester.

Zoom.

Wednesday 20 October 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Biomolecular condensates and their implications for physiology and disease

Tony Hyman, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.

Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/92425532683?pwd=bXhPUkh0dm8xRlVmUkthREQwUnc4UT09.

Tuesday 19 October 2021, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Targeting T cell ion transport to advance cancer immunotherapy

Robert Eil, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri.

Robert Eil, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 15 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Kendrew Lecture (part 2): Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

John Jumper, Research scientist and AlphaFold lead.

YouTube link to watch the talk: https://youtu.be/6hlgADbBvZs.

Wednesday 13 October 2021, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Cluster outbreaks: are they isolated incidents and how can they be managed?

Dr Helena Stage, University of Manchester.

Zoom.

Wednesday 13 October 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Kendrew Lecture (part 1): Using AI to accelerate scientific discovery

Demis Hassabis, Founder & CEO DeepMind, AlphaFold project lead.

YouTube link to watch the talk: https://youtu.be/6hlgADbBvZs.

Wednesday 13 October 2021, 14:30-15:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

An essential role for interferon epsilon in gonococcal infection

Doug Golenbock, University of Massachusetts. Hosted by Clare Bryant.

Doug Golenbock, University of Massachusetts. Hosted by Clare Bryant..

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 01 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

The smallest unit: Deciphering adaptive immune responses by fate mapping of single lymphocytes

Veit Buchholz, Technical University Munich. Hosted by Arianne Richard.

Veit Buchholz, Technical University Munich. Hosted by Arianne Richard..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 24 September 2021, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Virtual Seminar: “Estimating treatment effects from adaptive clinical trials”

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Prof Ian Marschner, University of Sydney.

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 14 September 2021, 09:30-10:30

Worms and Bugs

Bayesian estimation of the instant growth rate of SARS-CoV-2 positive cases in England and forecasting, using Gaussian processes.

Dr Laura Guzman Rincon, University of Warick.

Zoom.

Wednesday 08 September 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Using stem cell technology to combat age-related neurodegenerative diseases

Sally Temple PhD, Scientific Director, Neural Stem Cell Institute, USA.

Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/99447632193?pwd=QU9vbXliNXcvcXZqVFFBbHVpd2tSUT09.

Tuesday 27 July 2021, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

A longitudinal survey of contacts, symptoms, and behaviour in a university setting: Results, applications, and participants’ perspectives

Dr Emily Nixon, University of Bristol.

Zoom.

Wednesday 21 July 2021, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Quantifying social mixing patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic; a cross-sectional study

Jessica Bridgen, Univerity of Lancaster.

Zoom.

Wednesday 14 July 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Role of astrocytes in the control of CNS inflammation

Francisco Quintana, Harvard Medical School. Hosted by Stefano Pluchino.

Francisco Quintana, Harvard Medical School. Hosted by Stefano Pluchino..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 09 July 2021, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

Selection in human viruses: From HIV to SARS-CoV-2 (and what the future might hold)

Dr Katrina Lythgoe, BDI, University of Oxford.

Zoom.

Wednesday 07 July 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: The biomass distribution on Earth

Ron Milo, Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/93763520674?pwd=WTlDZThITTFUaEpKL2xMZ1YzZWVkZz09.

Tuesday 06 July 2021, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

2A or not 2A?: Structural insights into a new viral gene expression switch

Chris Hill, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

Chris Hill, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Paul Lehner..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 02 July 2021, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

Open and FAIR – how can we improve traceability of modelling for public policy?

Dr Richard Reeve, University of Glasgoe.

Zoom.

Wednesday 30 June 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Membrane Mechanics: cryo-EM insights and challenges

Adam Frost, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF, USA.

Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/97224999053?pwd=aitsUFFSQ3dKVlM0MUFVWC83S0E0UT09.

Tuesday 29 June 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

CTLA-4-mediated control of follicular helper T cells and autoimmunity

Lucy Walker, University College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri.

Lucy Walker, University College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 25 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

Wastewater epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Scotland: a tool for surveillance support?

Dr Gianluigi Rossi, University of Edinburgh.

Zoom.

Wednesday 23 June 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Mechanisms of centriole assembly

Pierre Gönczy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/91953336333?pwd=ZnV2R1dNSW1FdVhmK1J6UmcvdnNOdz09.

Tuesday 22 June 2021, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Mechanisms of centriole assembly

Pierre Gönczy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/91953336333?pwd=ZnV2R1dNSW1FdVhmK1J6UmcvdnNOdz09.

Tuesday 22 June 2021, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

NLRP3 inflammasome activation in neurodegenerative disease

Michael Heneka Univ. of Bonn DZNE. Hosted by Clare Bryant.

Michael Heneka Univ. of Bonn DZNE. Hosted by Clare Bryant..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 18 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

An agent-based model to simulate workplace transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Dr Nicholas Warren, Health and Safety Executive, Science and Research Centre.

Zoom.

Wednesday 16 June 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Role of the IgE-FceRI axis in cancer immune-surveillance

Jessica Strid, Imperial College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri.

Jessica Strid, Imperial College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 11 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Investigating inherited diseases in the domestic dog - an introduction to the Canine Genetics Research Group

Dr Cathryn Mellersh, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 09 June 2021, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

LSOA level risk model and early detection system; a framework to incorporate mobility, vaccination, health background, land use factors, and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in evaluating COVID19 prevalence and risk

Dr Kaveh Jahanshahi, Office of National Statistics.

Zoom.

Wednesday 09 June 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Antibody Mediated Protection Against SARS-CoV-2 If we have it, will it last?

Michael Diamond, Washington University in St. Louis. Hosted by Yorgo Modis.

Michael Diamond, Washington University in St. Louis. Hosted by Yorgo Modis..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 04 June 2021, 15:00-16:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

AMR surveillance for public health

Dr Veeraraghavan Balaji, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja.

Dr Veeraraghavan Balaji, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 28 May 2021, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual BSU Seminar: 'Confidence intervals for policy evaluation in adaptive experiments’

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Dr Vitor Hadad, Stanford University.

Virtual Seminar .

Thursday 27 May 2021, 14:00-15:00

Worms and Bugs

Novel methods for estimating the instantaneous and overall COVID-19 case fatality ratio among care home residents in England

Dr Chris Overton, University of Manchester.

Zoom.

Wednesday 26 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Investigating thymic Treg selection and death by a transcriptional timer and single cell methods.

Host: Rahul Roychoudhuri, rr257@cam.ac.uk

Dr Masahiro Ono, Imperial College London.

On Microsoft Teams (email ec682@cam.ac.uk for the link) .

Wednesday 26 May 2021, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Systemic regulation of brain aging and function

Tony Wyss-Coray, D. H. Chen Professor II, Stanford University, USA.

Webinar - Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91691820397?pwd=aUNFUFFib1V5S2V4RUswRmlhN0pRQT09.

Tuesday 25 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

An ancient immunoreceptor educates maternal natural killer cells to optimise reproduction

Francesco Colucci, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Andrew Sharkey.

Francesco Colucci, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Andrew Sharkey..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 21 May 2021, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual Seminar: 'Probabilistic models of transcriptomic dysregulation in human genetic disease'

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Prof David Knowles, Columbia University.

Virtual Seminar .

Thursday 20 May 2021, 14:00-15:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Adaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to growth as a biofilm

Professor Caitlin Pepperell, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin Madison.

Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/834693107?pwd=SzhzMXdPbmJJOHJubEFpZm8rVnRkZz09 Meeting ID: 834 693 107 - Passcode: 533456.

Wednesday 19 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Global studies of the host-pathogen interface using physical and genetic interaction mapping

David Gordon , University of California San Francisco. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

David Gordon , University of California San Francisco. Hosted by Paul Lehner..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 14 May 2021, 15:00-16:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual Seminar: 'Adapting Real-World Experimentation To Balance Enhancement of User Experiences with Statistically Robust Scientific Discovery'

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Professor Joseph Jay Williams, University of Toronto .

Virtual Seminar .

Thursday 13 May 2021, 14:00-15:00

Immunology in Pathology

Uncertainties around SARS-CoV-2 infection and immunity.

Host: Nick Holmes, nh106@cam.ac.uk

Professor George Kassiotis, Francis Crick Institute.

On Microsoft Teams (email ec682@cam.ac.uk for the link) .

Wednesday 12 May 2021, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Visualizing Myddosome assembly and the induction of IL-1 receptor signalling

Marcus Taylor, MPIIB Berlin. Hosted by Gillian Griffiths.

Marcus Taylor, MPIIB Berlin. Hosted by Gillian Griffiths..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 07 May 2021, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

Modelling the impact of lateral flow testing and isolation of close contacts on Covid-19 transmission within secondary schools in England

Trystan Leng, University of Warwick.

Zoom.

Wednesday 05 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Principles of squamocolumnar transition zone homeostasis: metaplasia, infections, and cancers.

Host: Margherita Turco, myt25@cam.ac.uk

Dr Cindrilla Chumduri, University of Würzburg, Germany.

On Microsoft Teams (email ec682@cam.ac.uk for the link) .

Wednesday 05 May 2021, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Membrane-cytoskeleton mechanical crosstalk during phagocytosis

Nils Gauthier, IFOM, Milano. Hosted by Gillian Griffiths.

Nils Gauthier, IFOM, Milano. Hosted by Gillian Griffiths..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 30 April 2021, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual Seminar: 'Statistical Inference with M-Estimators on Bandit Data’

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Kelly Zhang, Harvard University.

Virtual Seminar .

Thursday 29 April 2021, 14:00-15:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Targeting protein aggregate clearance pathways to slow neurodegeneration in prion disorders

Dr Christina J. Sigurdson, Center for Veterinary Sciences and Comparative Medicine, UC San Diego.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 28 April 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

The Marginal Zone B cell - T follicular helper cell connection.

Host: Klaus Okkenhaug, ko256@cam.ac.uk

Dr Meritxell Nus, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge.

On Microsoft Teams (email ec682@cam.ac.uk for the link) .

Wednesday 28 April 2021, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Perutz Lecture 2021: The coming of age of de novo protein design

Professor David Baker, Director of the Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington, USA .

Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/92141784758?pwd=MC9UVVBLaUdkTkg4dDdJb2RRaGhmUT09.

Tuesday 27 April 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Development and maintenance of human tissue immune responses

Donna Farber, Columbia University Medical Center. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde.

Donna Farber, Columbia University Medical Center. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 23 April 2021, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

Fast predictions of the COVID-19 spatiotemporal infection risk in indoor space

Dr Katerina Kaouri and Dr Thomas Woolley Cardiff University.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 21 April 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Molecular views into cellular functions by in-cell cryo-electron tomography

Dr Julia Mahamid, Group Leader, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany.

Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/97074945822?pwd=NWZvc3VEVWJxWmREVXJhaisxTkJ5dz09.

Tuesday 20 April 2021, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Understanding the CD28-CTLA-4 pathway from a ligand perspective

David Sansom, UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation. Hosted by Gosia Trynka.

David Sansom, UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation. Hosted by Gosia Trynka..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 16 April 2021, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

Building an open platform for pandemic modelling

Professor Simon Frost, Microsoft Research.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 14 April 2021, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Genomics and epidemiology of the novel SARS-CoV-2 P.1 lineage in Manaus

Professor Samir Bhatt, Imperial College London and University of Copenhagen .

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 07 April 2021, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Who gets freshers' flu and why? - a survey of coughs, colds and freshers' flu in the University of Cambridge, 2007-2008

Maria Tang, University of Cambridge.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 31 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual Seminar: 'Bayesian pyramids: Identifying interpretable deep structure underlying high-dimensional data’

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Professor David Dunson, Professor of Statistical Science, Duke University, USA.

Virtual Seminar .

Wednesday 31 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Non-canonical cross-presentation: what is it and when does it work?”

Julie Magarian Blander, Cornell University. Hosted by Patrycja Kozik.

Julie Magarian Blander, Cornell University. Hosted by Patrycja Kozik. .

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 26 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Spillover – lessons learned from emerging bat viruses

Dr Raina Plowright, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 24 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Visualizing uncertain advice for command decision makers

Professor Nick Holliman (Newcastle University).

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 24 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Environment control of T cell function

Doreen Cantrell, University of Dundee. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde.

Doreen Cantrell, University of Dundee. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 19 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Coronaviruses: activation and antagonism of innate immune response

Prof Susan Weiss (Dept Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, USA).

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3acc3fcb2535da4e97be5f2664d5e1673c%40thread.tacv2/1615452276828?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2249a50445-bdfa-4b79-ade3-547b4f3986e9%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d2a81d23-5c22-41c0-990d-f480478a0a4c%22%7d.

Thursday 18 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

NHP models of prion disorders

Dr Emmanuel Comoy, Unit of Prion Disorders and Related Infectious Agents (SEPIA), François Jacob Institute of biology.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 17 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK university students: Lessons from September-December 2020 and modelling insights for future student return

Dr Edward Hill, University of Warwick.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 17 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Functions of Ribosome-Associated Chaperones in Health and Disease

Prof. Dr. Elke Deuerling, Chair of Molecular Microbiology, University of Konstanz, Germany.

Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/97041423092?pwd=dDFuelNtb0o2cTdWL1BabFBhbldFQT09 .

Tuesday 16 March 2021, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

T cell metabolism in aging and age-related diseases

María Mittelbrunn, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Hosted by Meritxell Nus.

María Mittelbrunn, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Hosted by Meritxell Nus..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 12 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

New developments in the understanding of canine intervertebral disc extrusion

Paul Freeman, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 10 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Estimating the impact of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 on mortality due to COVID-19 in the UK

Dr Rob Challen, University of Exeter.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 10 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Regulating the regulators: controlling transcription factor and chromatin modifier function during cell differentiation

Richard Jenner, University College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri.

Richard Jenner, University College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 05 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Therapies for hereditary retinal diseases

Professor Simon Petersen-Jones, Michigan State University.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 03 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Rules of engagement: molecular arms races between host and viral genomes

Dr. Harmit Singh Malik, Professor, Division of Basic Sciences & HHMI Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/92208122335?pwd=UGJIN3k3TnJYNWloNFBhVDlOaldZUT09.

Tuesday 02 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Accelerating vaccine development: from COVID-19 to the future

Alexander (Sandy) Douglas, University of Oxford. Hosted by Gavin Wright.

Alexander (Sandy) Douglas, University of Oxford. Hosted by Gavin Wright..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 26 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

A booster dose enhances immunogenicity of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 in aged mice

Dr Michelle Linterman, Babraham Institute.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 24 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Virtual Seminar: 'A Simulation-Free Approach To Assessing the Performance of the Continual Reassessment Method'

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Professor Thomas Braun, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA.

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 23 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Innovations to Tackle COVID19 Pandemic in South Asia

Mohammad Nowroz Haqma, University of London. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja.

Mohammad Nowroz Haqma, University of London. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 19 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

A Tale of Two Sigmas; It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…with Fasciola.

Dr Russ Morphew, The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 10 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

The role of microbes and microbial metabolites in regulation of host responsiveness

Kathy McCoy, University of Calgary. Hosted by Katharina Ramshorn.

Kathy McCoy, University of Calgary. Hosted by Katharina Ramshorn..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 05 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Shuffling the pack: the dynamic genome of Bordetella pertussis.

Dr Andrew Preston, The Milner Centre for Evolution and Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 03 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Environmental exposures shape the immune system early in life

Petter Brodin, Karolinska Institutet. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde.

Petter Brodin, Karolinska Institutet. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 22 January 2021, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Safe food (meat) or that which appears to be ‘safe’

Dr Milorad Radakovic, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 20 January 2021, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Post-transcriptional control of T cell differentiation

Vigo Heissmeyer, Helmholtz Zentrum München. Hosted by Martin Turner.

Vigo Heissmeyer, Helmholtz Zentrum München. Hosted by Martin Turner..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 15 January 2021, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Vaccines to prevent the next Pandemic

Professor Jonathan Heeney, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 13 January 2021, 16:00-17:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

tbc

Dr Andrew Preston, The Milner Centre for Evolution and Department of Biology and Biochemistry University of Bath.

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 17 December 2020, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual Seminar: ‘The DURATIONS design: a practical trial design to optimise treatment duration’

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email: research_admin@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Dr Matteo Quartagno, MRC Clinical Trials Unit, UCL.

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 15 December 2020, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

RIG-I-like receptors: assembly, action and clearance of the signalosome.

Sun Hur, Harvard University. Hosted by Yorgo Modis

Sun Hur, Harvard University. Hosted by Yorgo Modis..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 11 December 2020, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Translation defects and neurological disease

Susan L Ackerman, PhD. Professor, Cellular and Molecular Biology Steven W. Kuffler Chair of Biology University of California San Diego USA/HHMI.

Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/95280655660?pwd=RzhzSlQvWXFVS1dVdURPUUxocElkQT09 Passcode: 628922.

Tuesday 08 December 2020, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual Seminar: 'PROGRESS in sample size calculations for clinical prediction model research'

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email: research_admin@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Professor Richard Riley, Centre for Prognosis Research, School of Medicine, Keele University.

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 08 December 2020, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Persistent asymptomatic malaria in the dry season: host control or parasite ploy?

In partnership with Cambridge Infectious Disease IRC

Peter Crompton, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Hosted by Georgie Bowyer..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 04 December 2020, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

AO Global Data – revolutionising medical data collection, enabling outcome reporting and evidence-based medical decision making.

Dr Alexander Joeris, Head of Clinical Science, AO Innovation Translation Centre (AO ITC).

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 02 December 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Tissue resident CD4 T cells: division of labor in the lung.

Carolyn King, University of Basel. Hosted by Michelle Linterman.

Carolyn King, University of Basel. Hosted by Michelle Linterman..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 27 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Sir Martin Wood Prize Lecture: The emerging world of microbial rhodopsins in photobiology

Keiichi Inoue, Associate Professor, The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo.

Webinar - register at https://nanoscience.oxinst.com/campaigns/sir-martin-wood-prize-lecture.

Thursday 26 November 2020, 11:00-12:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Detection and Characterization of Blood-borne Prions

Dr Candace K Mathiason, Colorado State University.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 25 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Influence of vaccine on the evolution of Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

Vartul Sangal, Northumbria University. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja.

Vartul Sangal, Northumbria University. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 20 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual Seminar: ‘Score driven modeling of spatio-temporal data’

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email: research_admin@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Alessandra Luati, University of Bologna .

Virtual Seminar .

Thursday 19 November 2020, 14:00-15:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual Seminar: 'Using auxiliary variables in mediation analysis to address unmeasured confounding'

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email: research_admin@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Professor Richard Emsley, NIHR Research Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London.

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 10 November 2020, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Mitochondrial dynamics fine-tunes T cell exhaustion.

Ping-Chih Ho, University of Lausanne. Hosted by Christoph Hess

Ping-Chih Ho, University of Lausanne. Hosted by Christoph Hess.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 06 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Unsocial Medicine: exploring intersections between livestock health epidemiology and local knowledge networks

Dr Alex Tasker, Embedded Scientist at UK Government International Joint Comparisons Unit; Teaching Fellow in Human Ecology/Health and Environment, Dept of Anthropology, University College London.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 04 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

The African killifish: a vertebrate model to understand aging and ‘suspended animation'

Anne Brunet, Michele and Timothy Barakett Professor of Genetics, Stanford University, USA.

Webinar (via Zoom online).

Tuesday 03 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

How is electrical signal generated?

Nieng Yan, Shirley M. Tilghman Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, USA.

Webinar via Zoom.

Monday 02 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

'Use of genetic and serological data in dynamical models of infectious disease'

Dr Henrik Salje, Pathogen Dynamics Group, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge .

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 28 October 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Tissue-specific features of human innate lymphoid cells.

Jenny Mjosberg Karolinska Institute, Hosted by Tim Halim

Jenny Mjosberg Karolinska Institute, Hosted by Tim Halim.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 23 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The Cancer Paradox: Investigations into the somatic mutation rate across mammals

Dr Alex Cagan, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 21 October 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Dynamic regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α activity is essential for normal B cell development.

Natalie Burrows, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy

Natalie Burrows, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 16 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The therapeutic utility of inhibiting the lectin pathway of complement activation

Dr Wilhelm Schwaeble, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 14 October 2020, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual BSU Seminar: 'Stochastic treatment interventions in causal survival analysis'

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Dr Lan Wen, Harvard University .

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 13 October 2020, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

The wonderful world of archaeal viruses

Via Microsoft Teams

Dr Mart Krupovic (Institut Pasteur, Paris).

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3acc3fcb2535da4e97be5f2664d5e1673c%40thread.tacv2/1601401009394?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2249a50445-bdfa-4b79-ade3-547b4f3986e9%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d2a81d23-5c22-41c0-990d-f480478a0a4c%22%7d.

Thursday 08 October 2020, 12:00-13:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual BSU Seminar: 'Assumption-lean inference for generalised linear model parameters'

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Prof Stijn Vansteelandt, Ghent University .

Virtual Seminar .

Thursday 24 September 2020, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

RNP granules in health and disease (via Zoom)

Roy Parker, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Executive Director, BioFrontiers Institute, Distinguished Professor and Cech-Leinwand Endowed Chair of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, USA.

Webinar via Zoom.

Tuesday 22 September 2020, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Study virus assembly and host interactions in vitro and in cells by cryoEM and cryoET

Peijun Zhang, Professor of Structural Biology and Wellcome Trust Investigator, University of Oxford .

Webinar via Zoom - https://zoom.us/j/97493748184?pwd=Z1dZM2pxUk16QytPeU5NVWZ3bnZmdz09 Meeting ID: 974 9374 8184 Passcode: 404662.

Tuesday 08 September 2020, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

'Resistance to Helminths: Location, Immunity and Modulation.'

Richard Grencis, University of Manchester. Hosted by Bidesh Mahata.

Richard Grencis, University of Manchester. Hosted by Bidesh Mahata..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 24 July 2020, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

'Multidimensional Super-resolution Imaging.'

Steven Lee, University of Cambridge, Hosted by Andres Floto

Steven Lee, University of Cambridge, Hosted by Andres Floto.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 10 July 2020, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

'Role of PYHIN proteins in innate immune sensing and signalling'

Andrew Bowie, University of Dublin. Hosted by Clare Bryant.

Andrew Bowie, University of Dublin. Hosted by Clare Bryant..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 03 July 2020, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

'Identification of a Kupffer cell subset capable of reverting the T cell dysfunction induced by hepatocellular priming.'

Matteo Iannacone, San Raffaele Scientific Institute. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy.

Matteo Iannacone, San Raffaele Scientific Institute. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 26 June 2020, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

'A distal enhancer at the human chromosome 11q13.5 risk locus promotes suppression of colitis by Treg cells'

Rahul Roychoudhuri, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Andrew McKenzie.

Rahul Roychoudhuri, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Andrew McKenzie..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 19 June 2020, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual BSU Seminar: 'Parameterizing Causal Marginal Models'

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email: research_admin@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Prof Robin Evans, University of Oxford.

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 16 June 2020, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

'Cohort-based whole genome sequencing in Primary Immune Deficiency: the end of the beginning of PID genetics?'

James Thaveniran & Ken Smith, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy.

James Thaveniran & Ken Smith, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 12 June 2020, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Morris Animal Foundation: Grant funding opportunities and access to the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study

During Covid Lockdown these seminars will be held via Zoom

Janet Patterson-Kane, Chief Scientific Officer, Morris Animal Foundation.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 10 June 2020, 16:00-17:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Cannabis Medicines - a Modern Reality

Zoom

Dr Geoffrey Guy, GW Pharmaceuticals .

Zoom.

Wednesday 03 June 2020, 16:00-17:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Commensal E. coli are a reservoir for the transfer of XDR plasmids into epidemic fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella sonnei

During Covid lockdown these seminars will be held via Zoom

Prof. Stephen Baker, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 27 May 2020, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual Seminar: “Delayed-acceptance Sequential Monte Carlo”

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email: research_admin@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Joshua Bon, Queensland University of Technology.

Virtual Seminar .

Thursday 21 May 2020, 10:00-11:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Of cats and men: Studying feline biliary tract disease’

During Covid lockdown these seminars will be held via Zoom

Dr Penny Watson, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Online.

Wednesday 20 May 2020, 16:00-17:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Metabolomics: Applications and impact in animal health and husbandry

During Covid lockdown these seminars will be held via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/834693107 Meeting ID: 834 693 107

Alessandro Busetti, Metabolomics Field Application Scientist, Metabolon, Inc..

Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/834693107 Meeting ID: 834 693 107.

Wednesday 13 May 2020, 16:00-17:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Using genomics to enrich our knowledge of the human gut microbiome

During Covid lockdown these seminars will be held via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/834693107 Meeting ID: 834 693 107

Dr Alexandre Almeida, ESPOD Postdoctoral Fellow - Finn research group, EMBL-EBI.

Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/834693107 Meeting ID: 834 693 107.

Wednesday 06 May 2020, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual Seminar: “Including expert knowledge in genomic selection through intuitive tree-based joint priors”

Ingeborg Hem, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Virtual Seminar .

Thursday 16 April 2020, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

To be confirmed

Neva Caliskan (University of Wurzburg).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Dogs, Cats, Disease, and the Galapagos Islands

Ben Howitt MRCVS, Galapagos Animal Doctors.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 11 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

TALK POSTPONED

Conni Ciavarella, Imperial.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 06 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Tumours induce immune cell-mediated steroid biosynthesis to evade immunity.

Bidesh Mahata, University of Cambridge. Hosted by CIN.

Bidesh Mahata, University of Cambridge. Hosted by CIN..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 06 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Isolation and analysis of Immune niches along the human intestine.

Host: Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk), tea and coffee available at 12.15

Dr. William Winston Agace, Danish Technical University .

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 04 March 2020, 12:30-13:30

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

“Squeezing the most out of ridge”

Professor Mark van de Wiel, Amsterdam University Medical Center.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 03 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Worms and Bugs

Multi-Scale Superinfection Models in Evolutionary Epidemiology

Helena Stage, Manchester.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 28 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

African swine fever virus mechanisms for evading host defences and application to vaccine development

Linda Dixon (Pirbright Institute).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Genomic epidemiology of bacterial antimicrobial resistance across the One Health spectrum

Dr Alison Mather, Group Leader and Food Standards Agency Fellow, Quadram Institute.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Protection against pathogen colonisation and transmission by the microbiota.

Host: Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk), tea and coffee available at 12.15

Dr. Thomas B. Clarke, Imperial College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Perutz LMB Seminar Series: How our chromosomes are replicated

John Diffley, Associate Research Director, the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar: Mitochondrial Behaviour

Jodi Nunnari, Distinguished Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Univeristy of California, Davis.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Tuesday 25 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

NK cells and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Veronique Braud, Nice, France. Hosted by Francesco Colucci.

Veronique Braud, Nice, France. Hosted by Francesco Colucci..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Exploring the intimacy between bats and viruses: the evolution and function of bat antiviral IFITM proteins

Dr Camilla Benfield, Royal Veterinary College, University of London.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 19 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Oxygen-dependent control of T-cell mediated immunity.

Host: Nick Holmes, (nh106@cam.ac.uk), tea and coffee available at 12.15

Dr. Sarah Ross, Babraham Institute.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 19 February 2020, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Antagonistic inflammatory phenotypes dictate tumor fate and response to immunotherapy.

Santiago Zelenay, The University of Manchester, Hosted by Bidesh Mahata

Santiago Zelenay, The University of Manchester, Hosted by Bidesh Mahata.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 14 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Vector-host interactions and innate immunity in hematopoietic stem cell gene engineering

Anna Kajaste (Ospedale San Raffaele Milan).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

A Wobbly Path: Looking for answers on Cervical Spondylomyelopathy

Professor Ronaldo C. da Costa, The Ohio State University, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 12 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

The translational journey of quorum sensing inhibition approach to managing chronic bacterial infections: a case study.

Michael Graz, University of Bristol, Hosted by Ankur Mutreja

Michael Graz, University of Bristol, Hosted by Ankur Mutreja.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 07 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Mechanisms of germinal centre dependent antibody dysregulation in early life.

Host: Naomi McGovern, nm390@cam.ac.uk; Tea and coffee will be available at 12.15

Dr James Harker, Imperial College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 05 February 2020, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Defining “at risk states”: molecular pathways and clinical phenotypes associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

Andrew Cope, King’s College London. Hosted by Ken Smith.

Andrew Cope, King’s College London. Hosted by Ken Smith..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 31 January 2020, 15:00-16:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Transforming heathcare through AI-enabled pathways.

Mihaela van der Schaar, The Alan Turing Institute, Hosted by Andres Floto

Mihaela van der Schaar, The Alan Turing Institute, Hosted by Andres Floto.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 31 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Candida recognition and manipulation of NK cells.

Host: Dr Francesco Colucci (fc287@medschl.cam.ac.uk)

Professor Ofer Mandelboim, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 15:00-16:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Ancient DNA, extinction, domestication and the cost of modern farming

Dr Laurent Frantz, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Adaptive control of RIPK1 dependent cell death signalling in T-cells.

Tea and coffee will be available at 12.15

Professor Ben Seddon, University College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Milstein LMB Seminar Series: Stem Cells in Silence, Action and Cancer

Elaine Fuchs, Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute .

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Monday 27 January 2020, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Mechanisms of immune decline and strategies for enhancing immunity during ageing.

Arne Akbar, University College London, Hosted by Menna Clatworthy

Arne Akbar, University College London, Hosted by Menna Clatworthy.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 24 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Unravelling mysterious interactions between viruses and antibodies: molecular mechanisms and importance in vaccination

Dr Sarah Caddy, Senior Research Fellow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 22 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Molecular approaches for studying antigen processing topology and T-cell activation kinetics.

Host: Louise Boyle (lhb22@cam.ac.uk), tea and coffee available at 12.15pm

Dr. Sander van Kasteren, Leiden University.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 22 January 2020, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Within-host bacterial infection dynamics: from cells to vaccines.

Piero Mastroeni, University of Cambridge, Hosted by Menna Clatworthy

Piero Mastroeni, University of Cambridge.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 17 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Unravelling early host intestinal epithelia interactions with whipworms.

María Adelaida Duque-Correa, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hosted by Gordon Dougan

María Adelaida Duque-Correa, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hosted by Gordon Dougan.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Organoids: closing the gap between in vitro & in vivo models

Professor Jerry Wells (Wageningen University & Research).

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 15 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Epitope target discovery: what can we see when we think outside the box.

Host: Louise Boyle (lhb22@cam.ac.uk), tea and coffee available at 12.15pm

Dr Michele Mishto, Kings College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 15 January 2020, 12:30-13:30

Immunology in Pathology

Integrative NMR, Molecular Modeling, and Functional studies of immune recognition complexes

Host: Louise Boyle (lhb22@cam.ac.uk), tea and coffee available at 12.15pm

Dr Nikolaos Sgourakis, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 11 December 2019, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Immunology of the human biliary tract: from basic mechanisms to a single gene causing disease

Niklas Bjorkstrom, Karolinska Institute. Hosted by Tim Halim.

Niklas Bjorkstrom, Karolinska Institute. Hosted by Tim Halim..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 06 December 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Host factors that shape influenza evolution.

Wendy Barclay.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 06 December 2019, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Purinergic control of inflammation and cell death

Leanne Stokes (UEA Norwich), Hosted by Jane Goodall

Leanne Stokes (UEA Norwich), Hosted by Jane Goodall .

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 05 December 2019, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Paint-on antimicrobial bandages: a new approach for veterinary wound management

Dr Nuno Faria (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 04 December 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Fishing for mechanisms of genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis

Francisco J Roca, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan

Francisco J Roca, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 29 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Antiviral Immunity against dengue and Zika viruses in Aedes mosquitoes

João Trindade Marques, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 28 November 2019, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The lectin pathway of complement: The Swiss army knife of innate immunity

Professor Peter Garred, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 27 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Meticulous and Multifaceted: How herpes viruses fine tune the innate immune response.

Host: Brian Ferguson (bf234@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Melanie Brinkman, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 27 November 2019, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

KRAB zinc finger proteins, transposable elements and the evolution of gene regulatory networks

Michael Imbeault, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Paul Lehner

Michael Imbeault, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 22 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Folding and assembly of newly synthesized proteins revealed by ribosome profiling

Bernd Bukau, Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University and German Cancer Research Center.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Immune cell recognition on a nanoscale.

Host: Louise Boyle (lhb22@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Daniel Davis, University of Manchester.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Discovering essential extracellular receptor-ligand interactions: methods and application to pathogen and human leukocyte cellular recognition”

Gavin Wright, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Hosted by Julian Rayner.

Gavin Wright, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Hosted by Julian Rayner..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Tuesday 19 November 2019, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Immune cell and microbiome niches of the healthy colon

Kylie James, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Hosted by Ken Smith.

Kylie James, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Hosted by Ken Smith..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Monday 18 November 2019, 14:30-15:30

Worms and Bugs

Modelling Large Scale Epidemiological Modelling of Infectious Tree Disease

John Holden, Leeds.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 15 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Living with a million-year long infection

George Kassiotis, Frances Crick Institute.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 14 November 2019, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Dissecting the host response during pathogen-specific mastitis in cows

Dr Wolfram Petzl, Ludwig (Maximillians-Universitat Munich (LMU)).

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 13 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

HLA-E Revisited

Host: John Trowsdale (Jt233@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Andrew McMichael, Oxford University.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 13 November 2019, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

From rarity to clarity: gamma/delta T cells in cancer

Seth Coffelt, University of Glasgow. Hosted by Maike De La Roche

Seth Coffelt, University of Glasgow. Hosted by Maike De La Roche.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 08 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Genome remodelling in Streptococcus pyogenes

Dr Claire Turner (The University of Sheffield).

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 06 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Understanding hepatic macrophage heterogeneity and function in NAFLD

Host: Naomi McGovern (nm390@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Charlotte Scott, University of Ghent.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 06 November 2019, 12:30-13:30

Worms and Bugs

Modelling Ebola vaccination

Roz Eggo, LSHTM.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 01 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Epithelial endoplasmic reticulum stress drives intestinal immune responses

Joep Grootjans, Amsterdam University. Hosted by Arthur Kaser

Joep Grootjans, Amsterdam University. Hosted by Arthur Kaser .

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 01 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

CD8 T cell surveillance of lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues.

Host: Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Jens Stein, University of Fribourg.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Identifying and responding to crisis after vaccination

Madhava Ram Balakrishnan, WHO. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja

Madhava Ram Balakrishnan, WHO. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 25 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Role of extracellular vesicles in helminth-host interactions: From immunomodulation to vaccine development

Dr Javier Sotillo-Gallego (Instituto Carlos III, Madrid).

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 23 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

How do macrophages respond to danger?

Host: Naomi McGovern, nm390@cam.ac.uk; Tea and coffee will be available at 12.15

Dr Gloria Lopez-Castejon, University of Manchester.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 23 October 2019, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Reconstructing the thymus microenvironment: implications for tissue engineering

Paola Bonfanti, The Francis Crick Institute. Hosted by Jongeun Park.

Paola Bonfanti, The Francis Crick Institute. Hosted by Jongeun Park..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 18 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

A novel mechanism of stress response antagonism by viral accessory proteins

Frank van Kuppenveld, University of Utrecht.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 17 October 2019, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The role of nutrients in host-pathogen interactions

Dr Sheena Cotter (University of Lincoln).

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 16 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Equine Rotavirus Diarrhoea in Neonates: Situation in Argentina and optimisation of prevention and therapeutic methods

Dr Aldana Vissani, Institudo de Investigación Virología, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 09 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Feast, famine, and function: Towards imaging nutrient micro-environments and their impact on immunity.

Mark Boothby, Vanderbilt University. Hosted by James Nathan.

Mark Boothby, Vanderbilt University. Hosted by James Nathan..

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 04 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Can plant viruses manipulate their transmission by insects and influence the evolution of their hosts?

John Carr, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 03 October 2019, 12:00-13:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Kendrew Lecture - How a ubiquitin-like protein brings ubiquitylation to life

Brenda Schulman, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 03 October 2019, 10:30-11:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Tumor-derived glucocorticoids as a novel immune escape mechanism

Thomi Brunner, University of Konstanz. Hosted by Bidesh Mahata

Thomi Brunner, University of Konstanz. Hosted by Bidesh Mahata.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 27 September 2019, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Staying in shape: mechanisms and consequences of cell morphology in the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori

Nina Salama, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan

Nina Salama, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 20 September 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Organelle contact sites: a new layer in the organization of Eukaryotic cells

Benoit Kornmann, Associate professor – Dept. of Biochemistry, Oxford University, and C.W. Maplethorpe Tutorial Fellow in Bio-chemistry – St-Hugh’s College, Oxford University.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 12 September 2019, 10:30-11:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

T cell tolerance: new thoughts on an old issue

Hosted by Gillian Griffiths, Speaker Jonathan Sprent, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Jonathan Sprent, Garvan Institute of Medical Research.

CIMR, Sackler Lecture Theatre.

Friday 30 August 2019, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Reining in T follicular helper cells in humoral immunity and T cell lymphoma

Hosted by: Klaus Okkenhaug. There will be tea and coffee available at 12.15.

Woong-Kyung SUH, Ph.D. Research Unit Director, Immune Regulation Laboratory, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 21 August 2019, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Antibodies against Ebola and Lassa: A Global Collaboration

Erica Ollmann Saphire, La Jolla Institute for Immunology.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Monday 19 August 2019, 12:00-13:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Antibodies against Ebola and Lassa: A Global Collaboration

Erica Ollmann Saphire, Professor Department of Immunology and Microbiology California Campus.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Tuesday 23 July 2019, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Francis Crick Lecture - Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life

Frances Arnold, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A..

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 18 July 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Integrating T cell Signals

Note unusual time, (Tuesday 1230) (12.15 Refreshments available)

Dr Pamela Schwartzberg MD PhD, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Maryland, USA.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 16 July 2019, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Determining the role of lineage-defining transcription factors in ILC3 and Th17 cell function

Hosted by Menna Clatworthy, Speaker Dave Withers, University of Birmingham

Dave Withers, University of Birmingham.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 12 July 2019, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Comparative transcriptomics identifies a single SNP mutation that controls virulence of African Salmonella

Hosted by Leo James, Speaker Jay Hinton, University of Liverpool

Jay Hinton, University of Liverpool.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 05 July 2019, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Genetic basis for immunoglobulin repertoire diversity and plasma cell differentiation

Hosten by Ken Smith, Speaker Gunilla B. Karlsson Hedestam, Karolinska Institute

Gunilla B. Karlsson Hedestam, Karolinska Institute.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Thursday 04 July 2019, 13:30-14:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

IL-22 and inflammatory bowel disease – hunting the wolf in sheep’s clothing

Hosted by James Lee, Speaker Nicholas Powell, Kings College London

Nicholas Powell, Kings College London.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 28 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

What next for your career in science?

Rebecca Aarons, Jenny Gallop, Emma Gleave.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 28 June 2019, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

'Hitchin' a ride: how herpesviruses modulate host-cell membrane trafficking

Dr Stephen Graham (University of Cambridge).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 27 June 2019, 12:00-13:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

The pathogenesis and management of HIV-associated tuberculosis

Hosted by Paul Lehner, Speaker Robert Wilkinson, The Francis Crick Institute

Robert Wilkinson, The Francis Crick Institute.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Monday 24 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Regulation of mucosal macrophage function by the microbiota,

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker Elizabeth Mann, University of Manchester

Elizabeth Mann, University of Manchester.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 21 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Hijacking the Golgi: insights into the mechanism of Orthobunyavirus assembly in mammalian cells

Luis da Silva, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 20 June 2019, 12:00-13:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Structural and mechanistic studies of key components in DNA damage signalling and repair

Xiaodong Zhang.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Tuesday 18 June 2019, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning antibiotic resistance evasion

Luiz de Carvalho, The Francis Crick Institute

Luiz de Carvalho, The Francis Crick Institute.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 14 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Folding and assembly of newly synthesized proteins revealed by ribosome profiling

Bernd Bukau, Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University and German Cancer Research Center.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 14 June 2019, 10:30-11:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The parallelism of evolution of multi-drug resistant clones

Professor Alan McNally, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 12 June 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

From SNPs to biology in autoimmune disease

Host: James Traherne (jat51@cam.ac.uk)

Dr James Lee, Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow and Consultant Gastroenterologist, University of Cambridge .

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 12 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“How much T cell immunity is sufficient? - Lessons from primary immunodeficiencies”

Hosted by Gillian Griffiths

Stephan Ehl, Centre for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Freiburg.

CIMR, Sackler Lecture Theatre.

Friday 07 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Studying viruses in people using mathematics

Dr Chris Illingworth ( Department of Genetics, Cambridge).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 06 June 2019, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

Canceled - will be rescheduled

Dr Alex Cagan, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 05 June 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Intracellular trafficking for immunity

Host: Brian Ferguson (bf234@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Justine Mintern, Head of Vaccine Biology Laboratory & ARC Future Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 05 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

An atlas of human thymic development reveals single cell dynamics of TCR repertoire formation

Jong-Eun Park, The Sanger Institute.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 31 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Understanding Unconscious/Implicit Bias

Dr Miriam Lynn, Equality and Diversity Consultant, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 29 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Uterine immunity one cell at a time

Host: Dr Bidesh Mahata (bm11@sanger.ac.uk)

Dr Roser Vento-Tormo, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 29 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Towards a mechanistic understanding of cellular processes by cryo-EM

Gaia Pigino, Research Group Leader at the MPI-CBG.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Tuesday 28 May 2019, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB PNAC Seminars

Black Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: The Tales of Bacterial Effectors

Prof. Kim Orth, Chair in Biomedical Science, UT Southwestern Medical Center, .

Sanger Room, Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Tuesday 28 May 2019, 10:00-11:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Interrogating effector T cell signalling and function in hypoxic environments

Dr. Sarah Ross.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 24 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - The 100,000 genomes project and beyond

Tim Hubbard, Professor of Bioinformatics & Head of Department, King’s College London.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 23 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Regulating the balance of cytomegalovirus latency and reactivation through the viral GPCR US28

Christine O'Connor, Cleveland Clinic, USA.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 23 May 2019, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Sickle cell anaemia: the first molecular disease

Prof John Gibson, Department of Veterinary Medicine..

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 22 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

‘In vivo tracking of immune cell migration: towards a better understanding of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes’

Host: Dr Bidesh Mahata (bm11@sanger.ac.uk)

Dr David Withers, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Birmingham.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 22 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Nieng Yan, Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Saturday 18 May 2019, 00:00-00:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Modifications of RNA: their function and role in cancer

Tony Kouzarides, PhD FRS FMedSci, Professor of Cancer Biology, Cancer Research UK Gibb Fellow, Director of the Milner Therapeutics Institute, Member of the Department of Pathology.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 16 May 2019, 10:30-11:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

How Listeria sense the environment-to-host transition via PrfA

Professor Jose Vazquez-Boland, Chair of Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Adaptive immunity in wild songbirds

Host: Professor Jim Kaufman (jfk31@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Helena Westerdahl, Lund University,Sweden.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

Co-infections by non-interacting pathogens are not independent: deriving new tests of interaction

Nik Cunnifee, Department of Plant Sciences.

Meeting Room 14, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 10 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Canine Babesiosis: selected aspects of the topic

Prof. Stanislaw Winiarczyk, University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lublin, Poland.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Antigen receptor repertoires and specificities at single-cell resolution

Host: Dr Bidesh Mahata (bm11@sanger.ac.uk)

Dr Mike Stubbington, 10X Genomics.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Synthesis and hydrolysis of the gram-positive cell wall: revisiting old models with new data

David Rudner, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 03 May 2019, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Merkel cell polyomavirus: the role of the early gene products during viral life cycle and Merkel cell cancer pathogenesis

Nicole Fischer, University of Hamburg, Germany.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 02 May 2019, 12:00-13:00

Immunology in Pathology

Regulators of chicken B cell development – basic research and application

Host: Professor Jim Kaufman (jfk31@cam.ac.uk)

Dr. Sonja Härtle, Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 01 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - CryoEM of proton pumping macromolecular machines

John Rubinstein.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Monday 29 April 2019, 11:00-12:00

Worms and Bugs

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Meeting Room 14, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 26 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Functional interactions between components involved in alphavirus regulation

Andres Merits, University of Tartu, Estonia.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 25 April 2019, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Machine Learning in Radiology

Dr Joshua Kaggie, Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 24 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Fish 'n' HIFs: Hypoxia signalling in zebrafish models of infection and inflammation

Host: Dr Naomi McGovern (nm390@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Philip Elks, University of Birmingham .

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 24 April 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Building Representative Matched Samples with Multi-valued Treatments in Large Observational Studies”

Professor Jose Zubizarreta, Harvard University.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Thursday 11 April 2019, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Factors and Functions of ER Membrane Contact Sites

Gia Voeltz PhD, HHMI Investigator and Professor University of Colorado at Boulder.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Wednesday 10 April 2019, 11:00-12:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Information theory in dose-finding trials"

Prof. Thomas Jaki, Lancaster University.

Small Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Monday 08 April 2019, 15:00-16:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Pathogen restriction and host specificity: insights from the human pathogen Salmonella Typhi

Jorge Galan, PhD, DVM, Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Professor of Cell Biology; Chair, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 05 April 2019, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Gerry Rubin, Vice President, HHMI, and Executive Director, Janelia Research Campus.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Wednesday 03 April 2019, 00:00-00:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Gerry Rubin, Vice President, HHMI, and Executive Director, Janelia Research Campus.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Wednesday 03 April 2019, 00:00-00:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Stromal cells act as niches for lymphoid macrophages

Hosted by Menna Clatworthy, Speaker: Marc BAJENOFF

Marc BAJENOFF, Marseilles.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 29 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

RNA interference as an antiviral immunity in mammals

Xi Zhou, Wuhan Institute of Virology, China.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 28 March 2019, 12:00-13:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Julie Ahringer, PhD FMedSci, Director, Wellcome Senior Research Fellow, Professor of Genetics and Genomics, Member of the Department of Genetics.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Wednesday 27 March 2019, 00:00-00:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Julie Ahringer, PhD FMedSci, Director, Wellcome Senior Research Fellow, Professor of Genetics and Genomics, Member of the Department of Genetics.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Wednesday 27 March 2019, 00:00-00:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Targeted cancer immunotherapy using oncolytic viruses"

Hosted by Leo James, Speaker: Len Seymor

Len Seymor, Oxford University.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 22 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Bluetongue virus structure and replication

Polly Roy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 21 March 2019, 12:00-13:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“Drug Development in Obstructive Lung Disease: why it is hard and how we can make progress"

Hosted by Ankur Mutreja, Speaker: Stephen Rennard

Stephen Rennard, University of Nebraska Medical Centre / AstraZeneca.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 15 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Hitchin' a ride: how herpesviruses modulate host-cell membrane trafficking

Dr Stephen Graham (University of Cambridge).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 12:00-13:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - ANNA KARENINA AND THE GENETICS OF COMPLEX DISEASE: DE NOVO MUTATIONS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

Mary-Claire King, human geneticist professor, University of Washington.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 10:30-11:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Direct from sputum sequencing of TB in the field, and connecting them to a global google.

Dr Zamin Iqbal, Research Group Leader, The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 13 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Immune regulatory functions of group 2 innate lymphoid cells

Host: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Tim Halim, CRUK.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 13 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

TALK POSTPONED

Nik Cunniffe, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 08 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Interferon Induced Guanylate Binding Proteins (GBPs) Mediate Immunity Against Intracellular Pathogens“

Hosted by Felix Randow, Speaker: Klaus Pfeffer

Klaus Pfeffer, University of Düsseldorf.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 08 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Animating Molecular Biology

Janet Iwasa, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Department, University of Utah.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 08 March 2019, 11:30-12:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Pathophysiology of feline diabetes mellitus

Prof Thomas Lutz, University of Zurich | UZH · Institute of Veterinary Physiology.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Niche dependencies for normal and malignant B1 cells

Host: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Ingo Ringshausen, Department of Haematology.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series Milstein Lecture - Intracellular Membrane Contact Sites, Lipid Dynamics and Neurodegeneration

Pietro De Camilli Departments of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Kavli Institute for Neuroscince, Yale University School of Medicine.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Tuesday 05 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Ecology and emergence of bat-borne viruses

Emma Glennon, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 01 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“Interferon-induced GBPs assemble non-canonical inflammasomes on cytosolic bacteria"

Hosted by Paul Lyons, Speaker Michal Wandel

Michal Wandel, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Friday 01 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Stem cells, regeneration and organoid cultures

Meritxell Huch, Wellcome Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Member of the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Spatiotemporal regulation of host immune defences to HSV-1 infection

Chris Boutell, University of Glasgow.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The dynamics of haemorrhagic fever in Africa

Prof Simon Frost, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Organoid Systems to Study the Maternal-Fetal Interface of Human Pregnancy

Host: Dr Naomi McGovern (nm390@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Margherita Turco, Department of Pathology, Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 12:30-13:30

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Optimal Feature Selection using model-based Deep Reinforcement Learning”

Dr Konstantina Pallas, Microsoft.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 26 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

Worms and Bugs

Genomic and epidemiological surveillance of Zika and yellow fever virus: lessons from Brazil

Nuno Faria, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 22 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“Mind the gut: environmental influences on intestinal inflammation and homeostasis”

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker: Brigitta Stockinger

Brigitta Stockinger, The Francis Crick Institute.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 22 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Sample size considerations for the design clinical trials – quantifying the target difference and the target no-difference”

Prof Steven Julious, University of Sheffield.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Broad complement inhibition in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Dr Elena M. Ribe, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Beyond the cancer cell: Exploring the tumour stroma as immune modulators

Host: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Jacqueline Shields, MRC Cancer Unit.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 12:30-13:30

Worms and Bugs

When does spatial diversification usefully maximise the durability of crop disease resistance?

Benjamin Watkinson-Powell, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge).

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 15 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Innate immune training resulting from malaria

Hosted by Clare Bryant, speaker: Doug Golenbock

Doug Golenbock, University of Massachusetts Medical School.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Friday 15 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

RNA-binding proteins step into the host-virus battlefront

Alfredo Castello, University of Oxford.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 14 February 2019, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The Evolutionary Genomics of Staphylococcus aureus Infections

Prof Daniel Wilson, Big Data Institute, University of Oxford.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Engineering the genetic events of lymphomagenesis in normal human germinal centre B-cells

Host: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Daniel Hodson, Department of Haematology.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"From genetic associations to disease biology in autoimmunity"

Hosted by Andrew Thompson, Speaker: James Lee

James Lee, University of Cambridge.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 08 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Udderly different?: A comparative approach to studying the mammary gland in health and disease.

Dr Kate Hughes, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Mathematical modelling at different stages of an infectious disease outbreak

Robin Thompson, Christ Church, University of Oxford.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 01 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Dendritic Cells and Macrophages: From Development to Functions"

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Florent Ginhoux

Florent Ginhoux, A*STAR.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 01 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Viruses and the circadian clock: Rhythms, replication and pathogenesis

Rachel Edgar, Imperial College London.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Jockeying for position: defining Streptococcus equi gene essentiality in the horse

Dr Andrew Waller, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

CANCELLED

Canceled

Dr Andrea Ablasser, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series-Epigenetic inheritance in mammals

Anne Ferguson Smith, Department of Genetics, Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 11:00-12:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Probabilistic approaches for optimal sequential feature acquisition"

Dr Christopher Yau, University of Birmingham and The Alan Turing Institute.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Monday 28 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

'Unexpected targets of intracellular antibodies - LCMV and rotavirus'

Hosted by Josefin Bartholdson-Scott, Speaker: Sarah Caddy

Sarah Caddy, LMB .

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 25 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Darwin's digital moth: predicting the existence of new components of immune systems by evaluating convergent patterns of nucleotide motif usage in viruses and their hosts

Host: Dr Brian Ferguson (bf234@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Francisco Lobo, Belo Horizonte.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 25 January 2019, 12:30-13:30

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “How to obtain valid tests and confidence intervals for treatment effects after confounder selection”

Dr Oliver Dukes, Ghent University .

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 22 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Worms and Bugs

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 18 January 2019, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Understanding cell fate decisions in early development using single cell genomics"

Hosted by Paul Lyons, Speaker John Marioni

John Marioni, EBI.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 18 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

New materials and devices for interfacing with the nervous system

Prof George Malliaras, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 16 January 2019, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Flavivirus assembly and maturation process

Shee-Mei Lok, Duke – NUS Medical School, Singapore.

LMB MRC.

Friday 11 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Phasevarions of bacterial pathogens: shedding new light on old enemies

Dr John M. Atack, Research Fellow, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University .

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 12 December 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Macrophage reprogramming in mycobacterial granuloma formation”

Mark Cronan, Duke University.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 07 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series-Solving a 3D jigsaw with 1000 pieces - Structure and assembly of the nuclear pore complex

Martin Beck.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Monday 03 December 2018, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

‘Dissecting the fibrotic niche of human liver cirrhosis using single cell transcriptomics’

Hosted by Menna Clatworthy, Speaker: Neil Henderson

Neil Henderson, University of Edinburgh.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 30 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Perutz Lecture- How synapses work: Architecture and mechanism of neurotransmitter receptors and transporters

Eric Gouaux.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Estimation in two-stage adaptive threshold enrichment clinical trials”

Dr Peter Kimani, University of Warwick.

Small Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 13:30-14:30

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Emerging virus spillover - overcoming the entry-barrier

Jonathan Ball, University of Nottingham.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Challenges in Veterinary Forensic Pathology

Dr Lorenzo Ressel, Head of Department of Veterinary Pathology and Public Health, University of Liverpool.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Mitochondria as inflammatory killers

Host: Dr Brian Ferguson (bf234@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Stephen Tait, University of Glasgow.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Macrophages, type 2 immunity and tissue repair: Learning from helminths

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Judith Allen

Judith Allen, University of Manchester.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 23 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Brachycephalic dogs: There is plenty of bad news. So is there any good news?

Dr David Sargan, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

T cell intrinsic role of Arginase 2 in modulating anti-tumor immunity

Host: Professor Jim Kaufman (jfk31@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Walter Reith, University of Geneva .

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series-Title to follow

Carrie Partch.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Tuesday 20 November 2018, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“Harnessing Natural Killer cells against cancer”

Hosted by Maike De La Roche, speaker: Adelheid Cerwenka

Adelheid Cerwenka, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 16 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Reconstructing Tissue Architecture by Single Cell Genomics

Sarah Teichmann.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 11:00-12:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Comparative glucocorticoid metabolism; lessons from horses, humans and mice

Dr Ruth Morgan, University of Edinburgh.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Worms and Bugs

Should we expect attack rates for infectious disease to vary across small spatial scales?

David Haw (Imperial).

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 09 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Unsupervised substructure discovery in mass spectrometry metabolomics data”

Dr Simon Rogers, University of Glasgow.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Thursday 08 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Activation of T cells is under mechanical control"

Hosted by Gillian Griffith, speaker; Marco Fritzsche

Marco Fritzsche, The Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine University of Oxford.

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Thursday 08 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Vaccines for Notorious Zoonotic Viruses

Jonathan Heeney, University of Cambridge.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 08 November 2018, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

AGE IMMUNE: do bats hold the secret of extended longevity?

Professor Emma C Teeling, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Host MHC and genomic diversity retards experimental evolution of viral virulence

Host: Professor Jim Kaufman (jfk31@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Wayne Potts, University of Utah.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 12:30-13:30

Worms and Bugs

Modelling social structure and infectious disease: transmission, control and equity

James Munday (LSHTM).

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 02 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Cancer immune cellular therapy

Hosted by Ankur Mutreja, Speaker: Peng Li

Peng Li, Tsinghua University.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 02 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series-Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of host cells in time and space

Max Gutierrez.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 01 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Influenza virus-host cell interactions

Nadia Naffakh, Institut Patsur, Paris, France.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 01 November 2018, 12:00-13:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“Primary Antibody Defects: Insights and Surprises”

Hosted by Andres Floto, Speaker: Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles

Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Sanger Seminar Room, MRC LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, CBC.

Monday 29 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Worms and Bugs

BBC Pandemic, National Edition

Petra Klepac (DAMTP and LSHTM).

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 26 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Generating data-informed cellular consensus maps as exemplified for the human myeloid cell compartment

Hosted by Paul Lyons, Speaker Joachim Schultze

Joachim Schultze, University of Bonn.

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Friday 26 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Understanding human innate immune memory

Host: Dr Naomi McGovern (nm390@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Andreas Schlitzer,University of Bonn.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Light Sleep

Gero Miesenboeck.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 11:00-12:00

Worms and Bugs

BBC Pandemic, Haslemere Edition: Evaluating epidemic dynamics using fine-scale interpersonal distance data from mobile phones

Stephen Kissler (DAMTP).

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 19 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“ A powerful methodology for detecting health consequences from any treatment: test cases of suspected toxins, mutations, MHC, pharmaceuticals and diet”

Hosted by Jim Kaufman, speaker; Wayne Potts

Wayne Potts, University of Utah.

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Friday 19 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

The viral capsid, a critical determinant of Enterovirus pathogenicity

Caroline Tapparel, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Engineering biology – where science meets imagination

Dr Wayne Bowen, Chief Scientific Officer, TTP Laptech.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Monocyte kinetics and functions in health and disease

Host: Dr Naomi McGovern (nm390@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Simon Yona, University College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 12:30-13:30

Worms and Bugs

Accelerating the control of bovine TB in developing countries

Andrew Conlan (Vet School).

Meeting room 15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Friday 12 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“The human antibody response in dengue and Zika virus infection”

Hosted by Patrick Maxwell, Speaker Gavin Screaton,

Gavin Screaton, University of Oxford, .

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 12 October 2018, 14:30-15:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"The Unfinished Saga of the Hepatitis C Epidemic: Is Virus Neutralizing Antibody the Last Piece of the Puzzle in Vaccine Development?"

Hosted by Julia Kenyon, Speaker: Mansun Law

Mansun Law, The Scripps Research Institute.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 12 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

New insights into how Butyrophilin(-like) proteins shape gammadelta T cell repertoires

Host: Professor Jim Kaufman (jfk31@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Pierre Vantourout, Kings College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“Rescuing T Cell Function in Nutrient Restricted Environments”

Hosted by Andrew McKenzie, Speaker: Erika Pearce

Speaker to be confirmed.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 05 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Ubiquitin-mediated regulation of innate immune signaling during influenza virus infection

Sumana Sanyal, University of Hong-Kong, Hong-Kong.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 04 October 2018, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The HIV glycan shield as a target for broadly neutralizing antibodies

Dr Katie Doores, MRC Career Development Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, King's College London .

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 03 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Statistical learning for drug screening in personalized cancer therapy”

Manuela Zucknick, University of Oslo.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 02 October 2018, 15:30-16:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Reconstructing the human maternal-fetal interface during early pregnancy using single cell transcriptomics

Hosted by Sarah Teichmann, Speaker: Roser Vento-Tormo

Roser Vento-Tormo, Sanger Institute.

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Friday 28 September 2018, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“The role of the intestinal microbiome in allo HCT”

Hosted by Dr Hilary Browne on behalf of Dr Trevor Lawley

Marcel van den Brink, Head of the Division of Hematologic Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. .

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Tuesday 25 September 2018, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Lncing 3D chromatin structure to trained to immunity

Hosted by Andres Floto, Speaker: Musa Mhlanga

Musa Mhlanga, University of Cape Town.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 21 September 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Evidence that sub-cellular oscillators may time and execute organelle biogenesis

Jordan Raff.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 20 September 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Tracking hematopoietic clonal life histories in the rhesus macaque model

Host: Dr Andrew Sharkey (as168@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Cindy Dunbar, NIH / NHLBI.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 12 September 2018, 09:30-10:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“Quantitative assays to measure human B lymphocyte health”

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Jessica Tempany

Jessica Tempany, PhD Student, Hodgkin Laboratory,.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Monday 10 September 2018, 14:30-15:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Nitric Oxide in Host-Bacterial Interactions

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Ferric Fang

Ferric Fang, University of Washington.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Monday 10 September 2018, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Tapping into developmental processes to discover new targets for cancer therapy

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Joan Heath

Joan Heath, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne.

KLUG seminar room, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Wednesday 01 August 2018, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“T cell immunity during dengue virus infection”

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Laura Rivino

Laura Rivino, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore .

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Using Gaussian processes to model branching dynamics from single-cell data" (provisional)

Prof. Magnus Rattray, University of Manchester.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 14:30-15:30

Worms and Bugs

Modelling avian influenza outbreak risk in the Australian chicken industry

Prof. Katie Glass, Australian National University.

Meeting room 4, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 16 July 2018, 12:00-13:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“Kaposi Sarcoma Herpesvirus Latent Nuclear Antigen (LANA): multiple facets of latent replication”

Hosted by Paul Lehner, speaker Thomas Schulz

Thomas Schulz, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Friday 13 July 2018, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Mycobacterial adaptive translation, indirectly speaking"

Babak Javid, Tsinghua University School of Medicine.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 06 July 2018, 15:00-16:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“Genes, Sex and SLE”

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Tim Vyse

Tim Vyse, King’s College.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 06 July 2018, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

'HIV-1 evasion of antiretroviral drugs and innate immunity'

Ravindra Gupta, UCL.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Thursday 05 July 2018, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

'Immune Evasion Strategies of M. tuberculosis'

Jennifer Philips, Washington University School of Medicine.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 29 June 2018, 15:00-16:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Effects of Influenza Immune History on Responses to Influenza Vaccines

Hosted by Jim Kaufman, speaker; Tomer Hertz

Tomer Hertz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 29 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Kinetochore Structure

Steve Harrison.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 28 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Global outbreaks: interferons as first responders

Host: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Eleanor N Fish, University of Toronto.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 26 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Understanding diversity in the human immune system"

Hosted by Alice Denton, Speaker: Adrian Liston

Adrian Liston, Univ. of Leuven.

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Friday 22 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

'Targeting proteostatic mechanisms of resistance in malaria’

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Kasturi Haldar

Kasturi Haldar, University of Notre Dame.

KLUG seminar room, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 22 June 2018, 10:00-11:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

‘Fetal tolerance and anti-viral immunity at the maternal-fetal interface in human pregnancy’

Hosted by Francesco Colucci, Speaker: Tamara Tilburgs

Tamara Tilburgs, Harvard University.

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Thursday 21 June 2018, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

'Friends or Foes? Helminth-microbiota interactions in the equine gastrointestinal tract

Dr Laura Peachey, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 20 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Understanding the dynamics of host-pathogen interaction"

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Amit Singhal

Amit Singhal, A. Star Singapore.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 15 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Biomarker discovery through statistical signal processing and Bayesian modelling on large-scale quantitative proteomics data”

Professor Andrew Dowsey, University of Bristol.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 14:30-15:30

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Cell-Autonomous Mechanisms of HIV Suppression

Michael Malim, King's College London.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Who gave that to me? Carriage and transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in schools.

Citizen Scientists from Cottenham Village College and St Bedes Inter-Church School and Dr Andrew Conlan, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 13 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Iron at the interface of immunity and infection"

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker: Günter Weiss

Günter Weiss, Medical University of Innsbruck.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 08 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Mass spectrometry-based proteomics: challenges and opportunities"

Dr Laurent Gatto, University of Cambridge .

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Thursday 07 June 2018, 14:30-15:30

Immunology in Pathology

Challenges in human respiratory viral infection

Host: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Christopher Chiu, Imperial College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 06 June 2018, 12:30-13:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Regulation of natural killer cell responses in the tumor microenvironment"

Hosted by Maike De La Roche, speaker: Andreas Lundqvist

Andreas Lundqvist, Karolinska Institute.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 01 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Adaptive immunesurveillance by human γδ T cells

Host: Dr David Rhodes (dar32@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Martin Davey, University of Birmingham.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series-Title to follow

Michael Hall.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Tuesday 29 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Optimal bootstrapping with dependent data"

Prof Alastair Young, Imperial College London.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 29 May 2018, 14:30-15:30

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“Novel signalling pathways controlling T cell adhesion and migration”

Hosted by Gillian Griffiths, speaker; Victor Tybulewicz

Victor Tybulewicz, Francis Crick Institute.

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Friday 25 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Role of RNA chaperons in segment assortment and RNA packaging of dsRNA viruses

Roman Tuma, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 24 May 2018, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Unlocking medical questions with a developmental biology key

Dr Laura Hardwick, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Regulation of resistance and tolerance at the intestinal barrier

Host: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Virginia Pedicord, Sanger Institute.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series-Title to follow

Titia De Lange Rockefeller.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 11:00-12:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Local environmental cues in the specification of red pulp macrophages"

Ziad Mallat, University of Cambridge.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 18 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Vaccines for notorious Zoonotic Viruses

Prof. Jonathan Heeney, Department of Veterinary Medicine, (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Red Queen drives selection on MHC genes

Host: Professor Jim Kaufman(jfk31@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Jacek Radwan, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 12:30-13:30