Biomedical Sciences Unit

Department of Biological Sciences



Seminars: 2006 - 2007 Series

Back to the 2007-2008 seminar series

11th October 2006: Parkinson's disease in the fly: models, mechanisms and therapies

Dr Alex Whitworth, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: Alan Shirras

25th October 2006: Stem cells in health and disease

Professor Malcolm Alison, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: Frank Martin

8th November 2006: BRCA1, ubiquitin and inherited chromosomal instability

Dr Kevin Hiom, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: Fiona Benson

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22nd November 2006: Regulation of base excision repair: mechanisms and consequences

Dr Grigory Dianov, Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, MRC Harwell

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: Sarah Allinson

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24th January 2007: The search for novel anti-protozoan drugs: lessons from plants and yeast

Dr Paul Denny, Centre for Infectious Disease, University of Durham

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: Paul McKean

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7th February 2007: The molecular pathology of chronic, degenerative diseases of tendon

Dr Graham Riley, Rheumatology Research Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: Bob Lauder

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21st February 2007: Fitting data to gene network models

Professor Ernst Wit, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: Clive Price

7th March 2007: Targeted cancer therapies based on DNA repair inhibition

Dr Mark O'Connor, KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Cambridge

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: Clive Price

21st March 2007: BACE1, a key transmembrane aspartic proteinase in Alzheimer's disease; links to SOD1 and copper homeostasis

Professor Colin Dingwall, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, King's College London

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: David Allsop

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25th April 2007: Immune-sensing of Candida albicans: the taste of a fungus

Professor Neil Gow, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: Clive Price

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2nd May 2007: Travel safely through the cell cycle

Dr Thomas Caspari, NWCRF Institute, University of Wales - Bangor

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: Howard Lindsay

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9th May 2007: DNA adducts as markers of carcinogen exposure and cancer risk

Dr Volker Arlt, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton

4pm Fylde LT1

Host: Frank Martin