Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Flying high: a Drosophila model of mammalian prion disease

Note unusual time slot and venue

Dr Raymond Bujdoso, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 06 January 2016, 15:30-16:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Understanding parasites in fish mariculture

Note unusual day and venue

Barbara F Nowak, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Thursday 15 October 2015, 16:00-17:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

In place of the usual scientific seminar Clare Bryant will be giving her Inaugural Lecture: 'From infection to allergy: a tail of specks, spots, hooves and whiskers'

Prof Clare Bryant.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 19 February 2014, 16:15-17:15

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Bovine TB: A Black and White Issue?

Prof Glyn Hewinson, Chief Scientist Animal Health & Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA).

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 04 December 2013, 16:15-17:15

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Linking Pathogen Virulence, the Microbiota and Disease

Professor Gabriel Nunez, Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Thursday 11 July 2013, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Targeting the glial scar to promote repair following spinal cord injury

Dr Elizabeth Bradbury, King's College London.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 12 June 2013, 16:15-17:15

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Molecular mechanisms of synapse degeneration in prion and Alzheimer's disease

Dr Clive Bate, Pathology & Infectious Diseases, The Royal Veterinary College.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 16:15-17:15

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Science, Media, Policy and Wildlife: The Badger/Bovine TB Controversy

Dr Angela Cassidy, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Imperial College, London.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 01 May 2013, 16:15-17:15

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Lympho-epithelial cross talk in the gut

Professor Claudio Nicoletti, Gut Health and Food Safety, Institute of Food Research.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 16:15-17:15

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The application of advanced imaging techniques for horses

Sarah Powell, Rossdales Equine Diagnostic Centre.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 06 March 2013, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Working with Livestock Health in the Developing World

Peter Roeder, BVA Overseas Group.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The Function of the Bacterial Cytoskeleton in the Virulence of Salmonella

Dr. C. M. Anjam Khan, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 20 February 2013, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Transcriptional control and immune evasion in African trypanosomes

Dr Gloria Rudenko, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Sympathetic Nerve Activity during Deep Brain Stimulation

Dr Yrsa Sverrisdottir, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 06 February 2013, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

A matter of size: molecular basis and diagnostic approach to inherited macrothrombocytopenia

Dr Maria Elena Gelain, Comparative Pathology and Veterinary Hygiene, University of Padova.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Multi-strain transmission dynamics of Johne's disease in commercial dairy farms

Dr Rebecca Mitchell, Cornell University.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

How dogs and breeds influenced Darwin

Dr David Allan Feller, Darwin College, Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 07 November 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Next Generation Genome Engineering using CompoZr Zinc Finger Nucleases

Gurpreet Balrey & Mark Skinner, Sigma Life Sciences.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 10 October 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The epidemiology and control of meningococcal disease in the UK and Africa

Dr Caroline Trotter, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 18 July 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Use of FLOW cytometery for diagnosing and staging of round cell tumours

Dr Stefano Comazzi, Department of Animal Pathology, Hygiene and Public Health, University of Milan.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Schmallenberg virus in the UK - initial results after the incursion

Dr Falko Steinbach, Virology Division, Veterinary Laboratories Agency.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 06 June 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Do schistosomes maximize fitness over changing environments?

Professor Joanne Webster, School of Public Health, Imperial College.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 23 May 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

LINE-1 retrotransposition in stem cells

Dr Jose Luis García Pérez, Universidad de Granada, Junta de Andalucía Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 09 May 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Bats and viruses: enemies or friends?

Professor Linfa Wang, CSIRO, Australian Animal Health Laboratories.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 04 April 2012, 10:30-11:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Win-win-win - Bond-centred veterinary practice

Elizabeth Ormerod, Chair of the Society of Companion Animal Studies (SCAS).

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Recent advances in the pathogenesis and diagnosis of feline corona virus infections.

Professor Saverio Paltrinieri, Department of Animal Pathology, Hygiene and Public Health, University of Milan.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Parasite modulation of autoimmune diseases

Dr Paola Zaccone, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Parasitic worms, IgE, immunity and allergy

Dr David Dunne, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Bacterial chemotaxis

Professor Howard Berg, Herchel Smith Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The role of UK vets in a global neighbourhood

Karen Reed, Chairman of the BVA Overseas Group and Head of Animal Welfare and Research at The Brooke.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 25 January 2012, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Bio-mechanical testing - how can an engineer help?

Dr Michael Sutcliffe, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 30 November 2011, 16:30-17:30

Centre for Animal Welfare & Anthrozoology Seminars

Human/Animal Interactions on a Crowded Planet

James Kirkwood, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Monday 28 November 2011, 16:30-18:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Modulation of immune response by vitamin D: studies from lab to labrador

Dr Richard Mellanby, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 16 November 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Advanced echocardiographic imaging techniques and their clinical application in heart disease in dogs

Dr Anna Tidholm, Albano Animal Hospital, Stockholm.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 09 November 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

An ecological approach to antimicrobial resistance: genes, hosts, and populations

Dr Alison Mather, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 19 October 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Rinderpest to Rinderpast - the global eradication of a major animal disease

Professor John Anderson MBE, Institute of Animal Health.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 12 October 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

World Rabies Day Seminar: "Rabies Control – challenges in implementing the science!"

Ray Butcher MRCVS and partner, Rabies Alliance & Wylie Vet Clinic in Upminster.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 28 September 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Rotavirus vaccination: How modeling can help us understand impact

Dr Virginia Pitzer, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princetown University.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 21 September 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The role of veterinary medicine in the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases

Lorenzo Savioli, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Director, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Monday 11 July 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Identification, Bioinformatics Analyses, and Expression of Immunoreactive Antigens of Mycoplasma haemofelis

Professor Rose Raskin & Joanne B. Messick, Dept of Pathology College of Veterinary Medicine Purdue University, Indianna USA.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 15 June 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Neural stem cell-based therapies and inflammatory neurological syndromes

Dr Stefano Pluchino, Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 08 June 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Insights into the pathogenicity of Haemophilus parasuis; implications in diagnosis and control

Dr Virginia Aragon, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 01 June 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

How can host immunity shape parasite evolution?

Dr Grainne Long, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 25 May 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Discovery of sRNA-mediated gene regulation in Salmonella

Professor Jay Hinton, Department of Microbiology, Trinity College, Dublin.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 18 May 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Roles of receptor activity modifying proteins (RAMPs) in receptor biology, physiology and disease

Professor Tim Skerry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 11 May 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Role of Ca2+ in rotavirus entry, assembly and the pathogenesis of diarrhoea

Professor Fabian Michelangeli, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 09 March 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Recombinatorial cloning tools for probing Staphylococcus aureus

Dr Phil Hill, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Nottingham.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 02 March 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Are epigenetic proteins the next great therapeutic opportunity?

Dr Nessa Carey, Cellcentric.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 23 February 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Genetic, molecular and physiological mechanisms involved in human obesity-lessons from animal models

Dr Sadaf Farooqi, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 16 February 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Viral DNA polymerase inhibitors: drug resistance among herpesviruses and poxviruses

Professor Graciela Andrei, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Belgium.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 09 February 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Innate signals regulating the Th1 cell life cycle

Dr Claudia Kemper, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London, Guy’s Hospital.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 02 February 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Cryomicroscopy of calicivirus entry

Dr David Bhella, MRC Virology Unit, Glasgow.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 19 January 2011, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Therapeutic vaccines for cancer and the role of immunomodulatory drugs

Professor Angus Dalgleish, Consultant Medical Oncologist, St. George’s University of London/St George’s Hospital NHS Trust.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 15 December 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Retroviral induced pulmonary adenocarcinoma originates from infection of lung alveolar progenitors

Dr Claudio Murgia, University of Glasgow.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 01 December 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Receptor: A means of targeting epithelial cancers in man for diagnosis and treatment

Professor Ian Hart, Institute of Cancer, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 24 November 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

From the whole CNS to defined brain nuclei to neurotransmitter cell type-specific circuits: Using mouse genetics to dissect CRF-dependent mechanisms driving stress-induced emotional behaviour

Dr Damian Refojo, Molecular Neurobiology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich..

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 17 November 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Retro and Rota – a tale of two viruses

Professor Andrew Lever, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 03 November 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Journeys into mechanisms of airways inflammation

Professor Ian Sabroe, Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sheffield.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 20 October 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Photorhabdus asymbiotica: the bioluminescent bacteria with a dark secret

Dr Nick Waterfield, University of Bath, Department of Biology and Biochemistry.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 13 October 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The Antigenic Evolution of Influenza Viruses

Derek Smith, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 09 June 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

What feline immunodeficiency virus can teach us about HIV

Mauro Pistello, Retrovirus Center and Virology Section, University of Pisa.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 02 June 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Molecular Determinants of Bluetongue Virus Pathogenesis

Professor Massimo Palmarini, Professor of Molecular Pathogenesis, University of Glasgow.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 26 May 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus: Wonderful Virus – Dreadful Disease

David Rowlands, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 19 May 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

CLRs and TLRs in anti-fungal immunity

Professor Gordon Brown, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 12 May 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

An unexpected role for RNA in the recognition of DNA by the innate immune system

Professor Veit Hornung, Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology, University of Bonn, Germany.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 05 May 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Stones, bones and 'phones - functional consequences of mutations causing renal acidosis

Professor Fiona Karet, Professor of Nephrology / Hon. Consultant in Renal Medicine, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 28 April 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

What and how do cells calculate when they decide their fates

Professor Alfonso Martinez-Arias, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 10 March 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

What can the olfactory system offer for CNS repair?

Professor Sue Barnett, Professor of Cellular Neurosciences, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 03 March 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Receptor usage and the pathogenicity of the felid lentiviruses

Professor Brian Willet, Division of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 24 February 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Species-differences in pathogen recognition and their consequences for Vaccines

Professor Dirk Werling, Dept. of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 17 February 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Hunting foot-and-mouth disease virus

Dr Bryan Charleston, The Institute for Animal Health.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 10 February 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Emerging virus infections and novel intervention strategies

Professor Ab Osterhaus, Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 27 January 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Learning from clinical trials of gene therapy for inherited immunodeficiency

Professor Adrian Thrasher, Institute of Child Health.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 20 January 2010, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Devil Facial Tumour Disease: MHC genetics of a contagious cancer

Dr Hannah Siddle, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Thursday 17 December 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Causes and processes of liver disease in man. Are there lessons for the veterinary world?

Dr Graeme Alexander, Department of Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 02 December 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Expanding the one-host one-pathogen framework: implications for disease emergence and wildlife health

Dr Amy Pedersen, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 25 November 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Evolution of clonally transmissible cancers in dogs and Tasmanian devils

Dr Elizabeth P. Murchison, Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 18 November 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Structured Light Plethysmography (SLP): a non invasive method of measuring thoracic and tidal volumes

Dr Richard Iles, Paediatrics Department, Addenbrooke's Hospital.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 11 November 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Innate responses in acute HIV-1 infection

Dr Persephone Borrow, Viral Immunology, The Jenner Institute, Oxford.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 14 October 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Current theories on the pathophysiology of equine laminitis – the link between the gut and foot

Professor Jonathan Elliott, Royal Veterinary College, London.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 10 June 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Comparisons between how influenza A viruses and parainfluenza viruses interact with the interferon system.

Professor Rick Randell, Biomolecular Sciences, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 03 June 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Autoimmunity: malaria, evolution and augury

Dr Ken Smith, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 27 May 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Overview of long-term health, reproduction and genetic research on Namibia cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Dr Laurie Marker, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 06 May 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Of men and beasts, parasite-altered transmembrane transport

Dr Henry Staines, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 29 April 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The role of Dicer in T cell development

Dr. Bradley Cobb, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Royal Veterinary College.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 11 March 2009, 16:30-17:30

Cambridge Infectious Disease

Norovirus: epidemiology, evolution and identification of variants

Special Lecture, Cambridge Vet School

Dr Miren Iturriza (HPA Colindale).

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 11 March 2009, 09:30-10:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Looking at retinal development as it happens

Professor Bill Harris, Department of Physiology, Development and Neurosciences, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 25 February 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Of Mice, Men (and Dogs). Lessons from the Study of Autoimmune Responses to Red Blood Cells

Professor Robert Barker, Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 18 February 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Catch me if you can: Intracellular innate restriction of viral infection

Professor Greg Towers, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 04 February 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Studying single molecules on living cells

Professor David Klenerman, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 21 January 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Who do you think you are? The activities and identities of the late 19th century vet

Dr Abigail Woods, Imperial College, London.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 14 January 2009, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The role of the KCC transporters in epithelial cancers: evidence for involvement in cell migration, proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Clive Ellory, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 03 December 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The balance between Th17 and Treg cells - influence of infection and implications for autoimmunity

Kingston Mills, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College, Dublin.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 26 November 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Why pain gets worse – molecular mechanisms of inflammatory heat pain

Peter McNaughton, Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 19 November 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

System-level analysis of salmonella metabolism during infection

Prof. Dr. Dirk Bumann, Biozentrum, Focal Area Infection Biology, University Basel, Switzerland.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Thursday 13 November 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Host immune responses in models of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage and acute respiratory infection

Aras Kadioglu, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 12 November 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Improbable appendages: deer antler renewal as a unique case of mammalian regeneration

Joanna Price, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 22 October 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The South American Camelids in Peru. Strategies for the Conservation, Genetic Improvement and Sustainable Use

Dr William Vivanco, Head of the Division of Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, National Institute of Agricultural Innovation (INIA), Lima, Peru..

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 15 October 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Transgenic animals and bacteria as tools for providing passive imunity in humans

Professor Lennart Hammarstrom, Karolinska University, Sweden.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 11 June 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Multiple sclerosis: a mitochondrial disease

Dr Don Mahad, Mitochondrial Research Group, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 21 May 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

'Stem cells and MS'

Professor N J Scolding, University of Bristol Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, Bristol University.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 14 May 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Squirrelpox virus: will the red squirrel survive in the UK into the 22nd century?

Dr Colin J McInnes, Principal Research Virologist, Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 30 April 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease

Hanna Bender, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 02 April 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

‘Xenotransplantation: pigs in space?’

Dr Linda Scobie, University of Glasgow.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 12 March 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Salmonella and its antigens: T cells, B cells and some controversies

Dr Adam Cunningham, MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 20 February 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

‘Worms, fish, cats and dogs’-Insights in to the pathogenesis of polycystic kidney diseases

Dr Richard Sandford, Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Research, University Reader in Renal Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute of Medical Research, Addenbrooke's Hospital.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 06 February 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Somatic cell genetics for the study of Toll like receptors and NF-kB

Dr Felix Randow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 30 January 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Porcine maternal infanticide: a model for puerperal psychosis in humans

Professor Nabeel A Affara, Dept. of Patholog, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 23 January 2008, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

"Pancreatic Cancer Models and Medicine"

David Tuveson, Tumour Modelling & Experimental Medicine (Pancreatic Cancer), Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 16 January 2008, 16:15-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

"Infection and Autoimmunity: Co-habitation may be a good thing."

Prof. Anne Cooke, Dept. of Pathology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 21 November 2007, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

"Stem Cells: The Good and The Bad"

Prof. Austin Smith, Director Wellcome Trust, Centre for Stem Cell Research University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 14 November 2007, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Detecting early tumour responses to therapy using magnetic resonance imaging and hyperpolarized spectroscopy

Professor Kevin M. Brindle, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 24 October 2007, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

CTLA-4 regulation of T-cell immunity

Professor Christopher E. Rudd, Dept. of Pathology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 17 October 2007, 16:30-17:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

LYMPHOPOIESIS IN THE FOETUS AND NEONATE

Dr Wayne Kimpton, Laboratory for Foetal and Neonatal Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 10 October 2007, 16:30-17:30