Seminars
2023-2024 Seminars
This year, our seminar series is organised by Dr Susan Joyce, Dr Anne Moore and Dr Katja Burk and supported with advertisements and graphics by Orla Murphy.
Please check this page every week from September for news of our 2023-2024 seminars.
Multiple Sclerosis Research on a Burning Planet
Dr Una FitzGerald, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Galway
WGB G14
Wednesday 17th April 2024, at 1pm
Academic host: Dr Paul Young School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
Exploring the potential of (gold)nanoparticles in biomedical applications: from sensing to drug delivery
Dr. Maria Marin-Altaba, Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry, University of East Anglia, UK
HUB 172 SHTEPPS
Monday 11th March 2024 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Dmitri Papkovsky, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
LRRK2 control of membrane trafficking in Parkinson's Disease
Professor Amir Khan, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin
AL G18
Wednesday, 31st January 2024 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Mary McCaffrey, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
Protein synthesis during host:bacterial interaction
Dr Betty Chung, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge
WGB 402
Wednesday, 13 December 2023 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Justin McCarthy, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
Oncogenic fusion proteins: a deadly combination of phase separation and DNA-binding in cancer
Dr Rita Pancsa, Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest
BHSC 102
Wednesday, 29 November 2023 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Kellie Dean, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
Long, circular and small non-coding RNA: roles in dopamine neurons and neurological disease
Prof. Jeroen Pasterkamp, Head of Department of Translational Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht.
WGB 405
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Katja Burk, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
How macrophage metabolism controls the lung environment
Dr Adam Byrne, School of Medicine, UCD
MS Teams
Wednesday, 8 November 2023 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Justin McCarthy, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
Uncovering mechanisms of hippocampal synaptic dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease
Professor Joris De Wit, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Belgium.
WGB G14
Wednesday, 4 October 2023 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Katja Burk, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
Mechanistic underpinnings of cellular plasticity in cancer
Dr Lynne-Marie Postovit, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Canada.
HUB 172 SHTEPPS
Friday, 22 September 2023 @ 2.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Pasha Baranov, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC