2020-2021 Seminars

This year, our seminar series is organised by Dr Orla Cox, Dr Susan Joyce, Dr Malgorzata Krajewska, Yvonne Brennan (Admin) and supported with advertisements and graphics by Mary Heapes.

Please check this page every week from September for news of our 2020-2021 seminars.

2020-2021 School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series. SEMINAR TITLE: Mass Spectrometry Imaging, from peaks to pixels, the new molecular microscope. SEMINAR SPEAKER: Dr Diego Cobice, School of Biomedical Sciences Ulster University. VENUE AND DATE: MS Teams @ 1.00pm Wednesday 30 June 2021. ACADEMIC HOST: Dr Susan Joyce, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC.

Mass Spectrometry Imaging, from peaks to pixels, the new molecular microscope

Dr Diego Cobice, School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University

MS Teams
Wednesday, 30th June 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: Dr Susan Joyce, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

Fibronectin matrix formation by fibroblasts and platelets: New insights obtained by super-resolution microscopy

Dr Ingmar Schoen, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

MS Teams
Wednesday, 23 June 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: Dr Paul Young, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

2020-2021 School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series. SEMINAR TITLE: 'Targeting transcription-associated genomic instability for the treatment of cancer. SEMINAR SPEAKER: Dr Malgorzata Krajewska, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC. VENUE AND DATE: MS Teams @ 1.00pm Wednesday 9th June 2021. ACADEMIC HOST: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Targeting transcription-associated genomic instability for the treatment of cancer

Dr Malgorzata Krajewska, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 16th June 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

2020-2021 School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series. SEMINAR TITLE: Targeting the Endosomal Recycling Pathway in Cancer. SEMINAR SPEAKER: Dr Andrew Lindsay, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC. VENUE AND DATE: MS Teams @ 1.00pm Wednesday 2nd June 2021. ACADEMIC HOST: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Targeting the endosomal recycling pathway in cancer

Dr Andrew Lindsay, Membrane Trafficking and Disease lab, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 2nd June 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

2020-2021 School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series. SEMINAR TITLE: Professional shapeshifters: intrinsically disordered proteins in cellular phase transitions. SEMINAR SPEAKER: Dr Kellie Dean, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC. VENUE AND DATE: MS Teams @ 1.00pm Wednesday 26th May 2021. ACADEMIC HOST: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Professional shapeshifters: intrinsically disordered proteins in cellular phase transitions

Dr Kellie Dean, RNA Biology lab, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 26th May 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

The use of optical oxygen sensing and respirometry for food quality and safety

Dr Elisa Santovito, Biophysics and Bioanalysis lab (Papkovsky lab), School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 19th May 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

Weird Cell Death in the Gut - How are you Killing me JAK?

Dr Ken Nally, Inflammation Biology Lab, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (Lecturer) & APC Microbiome Ireland (Principal Investigator), UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 12th May 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, and APC Microbiome Ireland, UCC

Tracking interactive receptor signalling and cross-talk elicited by microbially altered metabolites

Dr Anirudh Jaisimha, Bile Research Lab (Dr Susan Joyce), School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 5th May 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

2020-2021 School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series. SEMINAR TITLES: 1)

Characterization of Bacteriophage infection of Lactococcus lactis

Dr Patrick O'Connor, LAPTI (Baranov) lab, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 28th April 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Multiparametric rewiring of Complex IV deficient colon carcinoma cells: beyond simple survival

Dr Alexander Zhdanov, Papkovsky lab, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 28th April 2021 @ 1.30 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

2020-2021 School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series. SEMINAR TITLE: Targeting the PI3K/AKT pathway in cancer. SEMINAR SPEAKER: Dr Alex Eustace, National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, DCU. VENUE AND DATE: MS Teams @ 1.00pm Wednesday 21st April 2021. ACADEMIC HOST: Dr Andrew Lindsay, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Targeting the PI3K/AKT pathway in cancer

Dr Alex Eustace, National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, DCU

MS Teams
Wednesday, 21st April 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: Dr Andrew Lindsay, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

2020-2021 School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series. SEMINAR TITLE: Natural diversity of the genetic decoding. SEMINAR SPEAKER: Professor Pasha Baranov, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC. VENUE AND DATE: MS Teams @ 1.00pm Wednesday 14th April 2021. ACADEMIC HOST: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Natural diversity of the genetic decoding

Professor Pasha Baranov, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 14th April 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

2020-2021 School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series. SEMINAR TITLE: Horizon Europe: What’s changed?” “Horizon Europe: Lessons from the past for what’s next? SEMINAR SPEAKER: Saba Loftus and Sonia Monteiro, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC. VENUE AND DATE: MS Teams @ 1.00pm Wednesday 30th March 2021. ACADEMIC HOST: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Horizon Europe: What’s changed?

Saba Loftus, EU Grants Manager, APC Microbiome Ireland.

MS Teams
Tuesday, 30th March 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Horizon Europe: Lessons from the past for what's next?

Sonia Monteiro, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), UCC

MS Teams
Tuesday, 30th March 2021 @ 1.30 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

2020-2021 School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series. SEMINAR TITLE: PDLIM2: A tumour suppressor and/or metastasis promoter? SEMINAR SPEAKER: Dr Orla Cox, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC. VENUE AND DATE: MS Teams @ 1.00pm Wednesday 24th March 2021. ACADEMIC HOST: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

PDLIM2: A tumour suppressor and/or metastasis promoter?

Dr Orla Cox, Cell Biology lab (R. O'Connor lab), School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 24th March 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

2020-2021 School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series. SEMINAR TITLE: Genetic conflicts in embryonic development: an evolving story. SEMINAR SPEAKER: Dr Tom Moore, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC. VENUE AND DATE: MS Teams @ 1.00pm Friday 19th March 2021. ACADEMIC HOST: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Genetic conflicts in embryonic development: an evolving story

Dr Tom Moore, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Friday, 19th March 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

2020-2021 School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series. SEMINAR TITLE: Exploring the effects of ribosome stalling in AMD1 3’UTR. SEMINAR SPEAKER: Dr Martina Yordanova and Dr Gary Loughran, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC. VENUE AND DATE: MS Teams @ 1.00pm Wednesday 3rd March 2021. ACADEMIC HOST: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Exploring the effects of ribosome stalling in AMD1 3’UTR

Dr Martina Yordanova, LAPTI (Baranov) lab, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 3rd March 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Nonsense and Nonsensibility: Insights into translation termination and stop codon readthrough

Dr Gary Loughran, Recoding (Atkins) and LAPTI (Baranov) labs, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

MS Teams
Wednesday, 3rd March 2021 @ 1.30 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Vaccinations through the ages from Small Pox to SARS CoV2

Professor Tom Cotter

MS Teams
Tuesday, 23rd February 2021 @ 1.00 pm

Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

VIDEO - View video of Professor Tom Cotter's seminar talk here.

IGF-1 Receptor activity at the Golgi of migratory cancer cells requires adhesion-dependent phosphorylation on Tyr¹²⁵⁰ and Tyr¹²⁵¹

Dr Leonie Rieger, Cell Biology lab (R. O'Connor lab), School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC

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2020-2021 Seminars