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2020-2021 Seminars
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
MS Teams
Wednesday, 10th February 2021 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
2019-2020 Seminars
Fibronectin matrix formation by fibroblasts and platelets: new insights enabled by super-resolution microscopy
Dr Ingmar Schoen, Research Lecturer, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
Biosciences Institute (BSI) Seminar Room 1.13
Tuesday, 23rd March 2020 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Paul Young
Putting the breaks on Intestinal Inflammation: microRNA targets & therapeutics
Dr Eoin McNamee, Assistant Professor & Principal Investigator, Department of Biology, Maynooth University
Western Gateway G03
Tuesday, 31st March 2020 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Pasha Baranov
Getting a grip: Exploiting proteins involved in host-cell attachment as vaccine antigens for bacterial pathogens
Professor Siobhán McClean, Associate Professor, Head of Biochemistry, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin
Cavanagh Pharmacy LG52
Wednesday, 5 February 2020 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Anne Moore
Dynamics and heterogeneity of mRNA translation
Dr Marvin Tanenbaum, Group Leader of SunTag, Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands
Western Gateway G15
Friday, 4 October 2019 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Pasha Baranov
Roles of Polyamines in Translation (too much of a good thing)
Dr Ivaylo Ivanov, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
Western Gateway 1.06
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Gary Loughran
2018-2019 Seminars
Classifying and Visualizing Students: Cognitive Engagement in Course Readings
Professor Michele Igo, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Academic Programs, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
Western Gateway G01
Thursday, 20 June 2019 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Kellie Dean
Applying novel design and non-invasive investigations to advance the fields of tissue engineering and optics
Dr Michael Monaghan, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin
Western Gateway 1.06
Thursday, 2 May 2019 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Ruslan Dmitriev
Tumour suppressive role of small nucleolar RNAs in control of lipid and ribosome dynamics
Dr Mary McMahon, University of California, San Francisco
Western Gateway 3.04
Thursday, 7 March 2019 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Rosemary O'Connor
From cap to start codon: insights gleamed from the EIF4E3 and 53BPI genes
Professor Joseph Curran, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Western Gateway 1.06
Tuesday, 4 December 2018 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Pasha Baranov
Phenotypic plasticity in cancer
Dr Lynne-Marie Postovit, Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta, University of Alberta, Canada
Western Gateway 1.06
Tuesday, 27 November 2018 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Pasha Baranov
Neurodevelopmental disorder linked kinase, CDKL5, regulates dendritic microtubule dynamics
Dr Sila Ultanir, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Western Gateway 1.06
Tuesday, 6 November 2018 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Mary McCaffrey
A Gene Editing approach to develop novel therapeutics for Hemoglobinopathies
Dr Ciaran Lee, Genome Editing Core, Rice University, Houston, USA
Western Gateway 1.06
Tuesday, 11 September 2018 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Ken Nally
2017-2018 Seminar Series
Getting out the Golgi complex thanks to the RAB6 GTPase
Dr Stéphanie Miserey-Lenkei, Institut Curie, Paris
Biosciences Institute 1.13 (Seminar Room)
Monday, 13 August 2018 @ 4.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Mary McCaffrey
Regulation of inflammation and metabolism by trafficking control in the secretory pathway
Dr Colin Adrain, Principal Investigator, Membrane Traffic Group, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal
Western Gateway G02
Thursday, 12 April 2018 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Rosemary O'Connor
Diverse biology of tRNA-derived fragments
Professor Pavel Ivanov, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 20 March 2018 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Pasha Baranov
The regulation of protein complexes in breast cancer
Dr Colm J. Ryan, Systems Biology Ireland & School of Computer Science, University College Dublin
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 13 March 2018 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Paul Young
Activation of ghrelin signalling transiently elevates the rate of mRNA translation
Dr Alexander Zhdanov, Research Support Officer, School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, UCC
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 6 March 2018 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Dmitri Papkovsky
The non-standard biology of protists: How reading protist genomes challenges textbook knowledge
Dr Marek Elias, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 20 February 2018 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Pasha Baranov
Prediction of human physical appearance from DNA: Forensic DNA phenotyping
Dr Susan Walsh, Department of Biology, Forensic & Investigative Sciences Program, IUPUI Indianapolis, USA
Western Gateway G01
Friday, 15 December 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Tommie McCarthy
'Molecular Glues' for protein assembly
Dr Peter Crowley, School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, Ireland
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 10 October 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Dmitri Papkovsky
Neuronal network dysfunction in a murine model of tauopathy-associated dementia
Dr Jonathan Witton, Alzheimer’s Research UK Research Fellow, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, UK
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 19 September 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Cora O'Neill
How to squeeze the most out of a genetic code
Dr Estienne Swart, Institute of Cell Biology, Universität Bern, Switzerland
Western Gateway G04
Tuesday, 5 September 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Pasha Baranov
2016-2017 Seminars
RNA viruses: comparative genomics and gene expression mechanisms
Dr Andrew Firth, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK
Western Gateway G14
Thursday, 13 July 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Pasha Baranov
The blurred boundary between coding and non-coding RNAs
Dr Julie Aspden, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, UK
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 9 May 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Pasha Baranov & Dr Kellie Dean
Modifying ribosomal peptides: making rings and other hard-to-do chemistry
Professor James Naismith, Professor of Chemical Biology, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 25 April 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Dmitri Papkovsky
PLEASE NOTE: This seminar is part of the British Biophysical Society lecture tour
Life with less oxygen: how mitochondria sustain membrane potential in metabolic reprogramming
Professor Eiji Takahashi, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saga University, Japan
Western Gateway G01
Monday, 24 April 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Dmitri Papkovsky
Building immunological synapses through the coordinated action of cytoskeleton and vesicle traffic: consequences for T lymphocyte activation
Professor Andres Alcover, Lymphocyte Cell Biology Unit, Department of Immunology, Institut Pasteur, France
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 21 March 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Mary McCaffrey
Phenotypes–Patents–Patients: Unbiased discovery of targets and drugs for cancer and blindness
Professor Breandán Kennedy, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 7 March 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Thomas Cotter
Breaking Bad: The role of macrophages in retinal degeneration and neuroprotection
Dr Sarah Roche, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 14 February 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor Thomas Cotter
New insights into the molecular mechanisms of translation initiation and polyprotein processing in noroviruses
Professor Stephen Curry, Imperial College London, UK
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 7 February 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Gary Loughran
Norgestrel and Nrf2 in neuroprotection
Dr Ashleigh Byrne, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Paul Young
Making big things happen with nanoparticles: silver and titanium nanoparticles as adjuvants in protein crystallization
Professor David Sheehan, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: n/a
Exploring chloroplast biology and biotechnology using green algae
Professor Saul Purton, Algal Biology and Biotechnology, University College London, UK
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 6 December 2016 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Professor David Sheehan.
Translational control of energy metabolism
Dr Ivan Topisirovic, Department of Oncology, McGill University, Canada
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 11 October 2016 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Pasha Baranov.
Understanding how defects in membrane traffic at the Golgi apparatus cause disease
Professor Martin Lowe, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 20 September 2016 @ 1.00 pm
Academic host: Dr Kellie Dean.
2015-2016 Seminars
In 2015 -2016, our seminar series was organised by Dr Tom Moore.
The primary cilium: a paradigm for signal transduction regulation via membrane diffusion barriers
Dr Oliver Blacque, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 26 April 2016 @ 1.00 pm
The maternal fetal interface: presenting the human placenta as a high-yield research environment
Dr Elizabeth Taglauer, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, The Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Science, Trinity College Dublin
Cavanagh Pharmacy LG52
Monday, 25 April 2016 @ 1.00 pm
Proteomics analysis of ancient tissues
Dr Mike Buckley, Paleoproteomics Lab, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 19 April 2016 @ 1.00 pm
Parkinson’s disease – new model systems, compounds and pathways
Professor Oliver Bandmann, Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, UK
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 12 April 2016 @ 1.00 pm
PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately the Professor Oliver Bandmann seminar advertised above is cancelled until further notice...
Targeting energy metabolism: aiming at a tumour's sweet spot in gastrointestinal cancers
Dr Jacintha O'Sullivan, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 8 March 2016 @ 1.00 pm
Cytostatic or cytotoxic effects from targeting mRNA translation in cancer
Professor Ola Larsson, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 9 February 2016 @ 1.00 pm
Structural Aspects of Rab Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Dr Amir Khan, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin
Cavanagh Pharmacy LG51
Monday, 8 February 2016 @ 1.00 pm
In vivo role of mediator of ErbB2-driven cell motility (MEMO)
Professor Olivier Bonny, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 26 January 2016 @ 1.00 pm
Bacteria & Cancer: Causers or Curers?
Dr Mark Tangney, Cork Cancer Research Centre, University College Cork
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 19 January 2016 @ 1.00 pm
Redox sensing by IRE1 governs activation of the antioxidant response
Dr John Hourihan, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Western Gateway 4.05
Thursday, 14 January 2016 @ 1.00 pm
Strange bedfellows - long noncoding RNAs and ribosomes
Dr Rory Johnson, Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona (PRBB), Bioinformatics and Genomics Research Group, Centre de Regulacio Genomica (CRG), Barcelona, Spain
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 15 December 2015 @ 1.00 pm
The microbiota and environmental factors in intestinal inflammation
Dr Silvia Melgar, APC Microbiome Institute Faculty and School of Medicine, University College Cork
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 8 December 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Microbially mediated bile alterations affects host metabolism
Dr Susan Joyce, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 1 December 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Towards quantitative and multiparametric live cell imaging with fluorescent proteins
Professor Konstantin Lukyanov, Laboratory of Molecular Technologies, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 3 November 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Nutrient regulation of intestinal gene expression
Professor Ian Sanderson, Professor of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Centre for Immunobiology, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 27 October 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Targeted sequencing with SeqCap RNA, the next step for RNA-Seq: discover more, sequence less
Dr Xavier Miro, Sequence Capture Field Application Specialist, Roche Diagnostics
Western Gateway 4.05
Tuesday, 20 October 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Vascular disease and stem cell behaviour - patching it all together
Professor Paul Cahill, Vascular Biology and Therapeutics group, School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 13 October 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Sensing and imaging of cell and tissue oxygenation by means of phosphorescent probes: new tools for hypoxia research
Professor Dmitri Papkovsky, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 6 October 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Insulin receptor substrate proteins: the keys to insulin actions
Professor Shin-Ichiro Takahashi, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 29 September 2015 @ 1.00 pm
2014-2015 Seminars
Obesity, metabolism and cancer: mechanistic lessons from transdisciplinary studies
Professor Stephen D. Hursting, Department of Nutrition and the Nutrition Research Institute, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina, USA
Western Gateway G01
Monday, 22 June 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Signalling by protein tyrosine phosphatases in health and disease
Dr Anton Bennett, Professor of Pharmacology and Comparitive Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Yale University, Connecticut, USA
Biosciences Institute 1.13
Thursday, 18 June 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Shining light on memory
Dr Mazahir Hasan, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 26 May 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Identifying pathogenic mechanisms in Triple Negative breast cancers to help improve clinical outcomes
Dr Paul Mullan, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast
Western Gateway G01
Thursday, 14 May 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Cell-Cell adhesion regulation by GTPases and cytoskeletal remodelling
Dr Vania Braga, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 12 May 2015 @ 1.00 pm
The actinin family of actin cross-linking proteins: new perspectives on their non-muscle functions and potential applications as building blocks for synthetic protein nanostructures
Dr Paul Young, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 5 May 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Mechanisms of protein evolution and innovation in animals: birds, bears and beyond!
Dr Mary O'Connell, Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution Group, School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 28 April 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Nuclear receptor regulated metabolic pathways as targets in breast cancer
Professor Donald McDonnell, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham NC27710, USA
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 21 April 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Post-transcriptional regulation by multifunctional RNA-binding proteins: vertebrate phenotypes and regulatory mechanisms
Professor Nicola Gray, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 14 April 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Nanoparticle-biomolecule interactions: signalling and secretory impacts
Dr Iseult Lynch, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Western Gateway G01
Thursday, 9 April 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Translation initiation profiling by N-terminomics and ribosome profiling
Professor Petra Van Damme, Proteomics Lab, Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Belgium
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 24 March 2015 @ 1.00 pm
PERP-ing into cell death
Dr Luminita Paraoan, Department of Eye and Vision Science, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, UK
Western Gateway 4.05
Thursday, 12 March 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Nanoparticle-Biomolecule interactions - signalling and secretory impacts
Dr Iseult Lynch, School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 10 March 2015 @ 1.00 pm
NOTE: Unfortunately the Dr Iseult Lynch seminar advertised above is cancelled until further notice.
Biological Self-Assembly - natural and artificial membranes
Professor Paula Booth, Head of Department of Chemistry and Daniell Professor of Chemistry, King's College, London, UK
Western Gateway G03
Monday, 23 February 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Lecture part of the British Biophysical Society Irish Lecture Tour.
Can mitochrondrial death be predicted?
Dr Tríona Ní Chonghaile, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 3 March 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Predictive network modelling: a modern tool for signalling and therapeutic research
Dr Lan Nguyen, Systems Biology Ireland, Conway Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Research, University College Dublin (UCD)
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 24 February 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Plastic antibodies for in vivo and diagnostic applications
Professor Sergey Piletsky, Leicester Biotechnology Group, University of Leicester, UK
Western Gateway G14
Wednesday, 18 February 2015 @ 3.00 pm
Centromere regulation in meiosis
Dr Elaine Dunleavy, Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, NUI Galway Dublin
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 17 February 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Mining the neurobiology of synaptic plasticity to develop new neurotherapeutics
Dr Keith Murphy, Theme Leader for Neuroscience Research, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 10 February 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Quality Control at the ER - for better, for worse, in sickness and in health
Dr Eoin Fleming, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork
Western Gateway G02
Friday, 30 January 2015 @ 1.00 pm
PhD Information Evening
Dr Kellie Dean, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork (UCC) and Dr John Morrissey, School of Microbiology, UCC
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 20 January 2015 @ 6.00 pm
Beyond GWAS - genetic insights into physiology and diseases
Professor Alan Wright, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 20 January 2015 @ 1.00 pm
Redox Proteomics as a readout for nanoparticle toxicity in aquatic organisms
Professor David Sheehan, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 9 December 2014 @ 1.00 pm
The World's Oceans: Responses of echinoderm development to warming and acidification and analysis of the effects of multiple stressors on marine embryos and larvae
Professor Maria Byrne, University of Sydney, Australia
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 3 December 2014 @ 1.00 pm
A Joint seminar organised by the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC and the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UCC.
The Insulin-IGF System: at the nexus of lifespan and diseases of ageing: cancer and Alheimer's Disease
Professor Rosemary O'Connor, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC
Western Gateway G01
Tuesday, 2 December 2014 @ 1.00 pm
Ribosome Profiling: The Dawn of Translatomics
Dr Pasha Baranov, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCCWestern Gateway G01
Tuesday, 25 November 2014 @ 1.00 pm
2013-2014 Seminars
Mechanisms of nervous system homeostasis through autophagy regulation
Dr Manolis Fanto, King's College LondonWestern Gateway G01
Tuesday, 13 May 2014 @ 1.00 p.m.
Lysosomal flux: Taking the trash out of neurodegenerative diseases
Dr Barry Boland, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, UCCWestern Gateway G01
Tuesday, 6 May 2014 @ 1.00 p.m.
Too much of a good thing: How immune effector signalling pathways contribute to anti-viral defence, tumour suppression and immunopathology
Dr Ken Nally, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCCWestern Gateway G03
Tuesday, 8 April 2014 @ 1.00 p.m.
The therapeutic role of cannabinoids in Multiple Sclerosis: A new story toll'd
Dr Eric Downer, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, UCCWestern Gateway G01
Tuesday, 25 March 2014 @ 1.00 p.m
Forensic biology: Current and future challenges
Dr Louise McKenna, Director of Science, Forensic Science Laboratory, Dublin, IrelandWestern Gateway G01
Tuesday, 11 March 2014 @ 1.00 p.m.
Cell-specific contribution of ADAM family proteases towards pulmonary inflammation
Professor Andreas Ludwig, Aachen University, GermanyWestern Gateway G01
Tuesday, 18 February 2014 @ 1.00 p.m.
The impact of next-generation sequencing technology on finding rare disease genes in the Irish and Irish Traveller populations
Dr Jillian Casey, National Children's Research Centre, University College DublinWestern Gateway G01
Tuesday, 28 January 2014 @ 1.00 p.m.
The role of novel IL-1 family members in autoimmune disease
Dr Pat Walsh, Trinity College DublinWestern Gateway G01
Thursday, 21 January 2014 @ 1.00 p.m.
EGFR and HER2: At last, cancer therapy meets systems biology
Professor Yosef Yarden, Weizmann Institute of Science, IsraelWestern Gateway G01
Thursday, 14 January 2014 @ 1.00 p.m.
Oncogene-driven redox cell survival mechanisms
Professor Tom Cotter, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCCWestern Gateway G01
Thursday, 26 November 2013 @ 1.00 p.m.
Looking at big data in cancer biology: Make it simpler
Dr Andrei Zinovyev, Institut Curie, ParisWestern Gateway G01
Thursday, 19 November 2013 @ 1.00 p.m.
Enacting a sustainable ecosystem for data-intensive biomedical research
Professor Anton Nekrutenko, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University(Founder of Galaxy Project)
Western Gateway G01
Thursday, 14 November 2013 @ 1.00 p.m.
How purple photosynthetic bacteria harvest light energy
Professor Richard Cogdell FRS, Hooker Chair of Botany, University of GlasgowWestern Gateway G01
Wednesday, 13 November 2013 @ 1.00 p.m.
2012-2013 Seminars
Genome defence by small RNAs
Dr Ramesh Pillai, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Grenoble, FranceLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday, 5 September 2013 @ 1.00pm
Redox pathways: From yeast to aging and exercise
G01 Western Gateway Building, University College Cork
Tuesday, 21 May 2013 @ 1.00pm
Calcium Signalling and Alzheimer’s Disease
Sir Michael Berridge, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 14 May 2013 @ 4.00 pm
Seminar co-hosted by the Department of Biochemistry and the Department of Physiology.
Sponsored by the Physiological Society and the Irish Area Section of the Biochemical Society.
Strategies to overcome resistance to HER2 targeted therapies in breast cancer
Dr Norma O’Donovan, National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City UniversityLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 7 May 2013 @ 1.00 pm
Protein-protein interactions – a suitable case for drug discovery?
Dr Paul England, School of Biochemistry, University of BristolLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 30 April 2013 @ 1.00 pm
The biology of lithium: not just any old ion
Professor Adrian Harwood, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 23 April 2013 @ 1.00 pm
Multivesicular endosomes and their contacts with the endoplasmic reticulum
Professor Clare Futter, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 26 February 2013 @ 1.00 pm
Fast-tracking molecular diagnostics in oncology via antibody-based proteomics and digital pathology
Professor William Gallagher, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College DublinLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 12 February 2013 @ 1.00 pm
Membrane proteins for structure-function studies
Professor Martin Caffrey, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College DublinLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 5 February 2013 @ 1.00 pm
Unlocking histone lysine demethylases as epigenetic drug targets
Dr Laurens Kruidenier, Biology Discovery Leader, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 29 January 2013 @ 1.00 pm
Structural aspects of vesicle trafficking by Rab GTPases
Dr Amir Khan, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College DublinLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 15 January 2013 @ 1.00 pm
The busy genome: Mechanistic diversity and impact of transposable elements in bacteria
Dr Michael Chandler, Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Universite Paul Sabatier de Toulouse, Toulouse, FranceLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 18 December 2012 @ 1.00 pm
Insulin-like growth factor 1 in neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders
Professor Friedrich Metzger, Hoffman-LaRoche, Basel, SwitzerlandG01 Western Gateway, University College Cork
Tuesday, 11 December 2012 @ 1.00pm
Next generation animal breeding: gaps in knowledge and expertise
Dr Donagh Berry, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, IrelandG01 Western Gateway, University College Cork
Tuesday, 20 November 2012 @ 1.00pm
Droplet networks containing engineered protein pores
Professor Hagan Bayley, Chemical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UKG01 Western Gateway, University College Cork
Tuesday, 30 October 2012 @ 1.00pm
2011-2012 Seminars
Mitochondria, boom & bust: therapeutic opportunities in disease
Karl Morten PhD, Oxford UniversityLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Monday 28 May 2012 @ 4.00 pm
Using Switchable Mouse Genetics to Identify Cancer Drug Targets
Professor Gerard Evan, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKBrookfield Health Sciences Complex G05, University College Cork
Thursday, 26 of April, 2012@ 3.00 pm
Definition of the Molecular Mechanisms that link Hypercholesterolemia to Increased Risk of Breast Cancer
Professor Donald McDonnell, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USABrookfield Health Sciences Complex G05, University College Cork
Thursday, 26 of April, 2012@ 3.00 pm
Cell and molecular mechanisms of epilepsy
Professor David Henshall, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI)LG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 19 April 2012 @ 4.00 pm
Cancer stem cells in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia – is cure possible
Professor Tessa L Holyoake, Professor of Experimental Haematology, Director of the Paul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of GlasgowG14 Western Gateway, University College Cork
Friday 9 March 2012 @ 14.10 pm
Kindly sponsored by Novartis
Co-Chair Dr Mary Cahill (Haematology), Dr Sharon McKenna (Cork Cancer Research Centre)
A special welcome to all staff medical, scientific and all students from Cork University Hospital and University College Cork.
Vile bile pigments: a jaundiced view of linear tetrapyrrole biology
Dr Tim Mantle, Molecular Enzymology, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College DublinLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday, 1 March 2012@ 4.00 pm
Towards Google Maps of gene expression
Dr Pasha Baranov, Department of Biochemistry, University College CorkLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 2nd February 2012 @ 4.00 pm
Fishing for proteins: Strategies for finding oxidatively damaged proteins in the proteome
Professor David Sheehan, Department of Biochemistry, University College CorkLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 19 January 2012 @ 4.00 pm
Jak Stat signalling
Dr Ana Costa-Pereira, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UKLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday, 12 January 2012 @ 4.00 pm
Grb10, a single imprinted gene with two expression patterns and multiple functions
Dr Andrew Ward, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of BathLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 1 December 2011 @ 4.00 pm
Applications of proteomics tools within cell biology
Dr Kathryn Lilley, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Proteomics, Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, UKAL-G18 Aras na Laoi, University College Cork
Thursday 17 November 2011 @ 4.00 pm
Molecular control of inflammatory signal transduction: lessons from genetic screens
Dr Endre Kiss-Toth, Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Sheffield, UKLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 3 November 2011 @ 4.00 pm
Transcriptional and epigenetic control of the hepatic inflammation fibrosis-cancer axis
Professor Derek Mann, Professor of Hepatology, Liver Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Medical School, Newcastle University, UKLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 27 October 2011 @ 4.00 pm
2010-2011 Seminars
PNC1 regulates mitochrondrial activity and the invasive phenotype of cancer cells
Dr Cedric Favre, Department of Biochemistry, UCCLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 19 May 2011 @ 4.00 pm
Regulation of cancer cell proliferation and cell survival by NF-kB
Professor Neil Perkins, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, UKLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 12 May 2011 @ 4.00 pm
Fibre-shaped nanoparticles and mesothelioma
Professor Ken Donaldson, Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, ScotlandLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 5 May 2011 @ 4.00 pm
Signalling ballet in four dimensions
Professor Boris Kholodenko, Conway Institute, University College DublinLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 28 April 2011 @ 4.00 pm
Macrophage systems biology
Professor David Hume, Director of The Roslin Institute and Research Director, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, ScotlandLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 14 April 2011 @ 4.00 pm
Protein dynamics illuminated through bacterial behaviour
Professor Judith Armitage, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UKWW5 West wing, University College Cork
Tuesday 22 March 2011 @ 4.00 pm
Soluble CEA-related cell adhesion molecule 8 (sCEACAM8), a novel ligand of CEACAM1, has a potential role in inflammation, infection and wound healing
Dr Bernhard B Singer, University of Duisburg-Essen, GermanySeminar Room, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork
Wednesday 16 March 2011 @ 4.00 pm
Oxygen sensing and adaptive responses to hypoxia in plants
Professor Joost van Dongen, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Potsdam, GermanyLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 10 March 2011 @ 4.00 pm
Genome-wide analysis of secretory pathway function in mammalian cells
Professor Jeremy Simpson, School of Biology and Environment Science, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College DublinLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 3 March 2011 @ 4.00 pm
The biochemistry of the placebo effect
Dr Dylan Evans, School of Medicine, University College CorkLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 10 February 2011 @ 4.00 pm
2009-2010 Seminars
A novel signalling pathway initiating adhesion-dependent platelet thrombosis
Professor Michael Berndt, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, IrelandLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 11 May 2010 @ 1.00 pm
Cell autonomous and non-autonomous effects of the Retinoblastoma Protein in cellular differentiation and invasion
Professor Dennis McCance, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern IrelandLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Wednesday 5 May 2010 @ 1.00 pm
The Regulation of NF-kappaB
Professor Michael J. May, Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USALG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 4 May 2010 @ 1.00 pm
Nuclear Receptor Signalling Pathways as Targets for Drug Discovery in Cancer
Professor Donald P. Mc Donnell, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USALG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 29 April 2010 @ 1.00 pm
How to keep in touch with reality during the sequencing race in the era of i-Genomics
Dr Pasha Baranov, Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork, IrelandLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 27 April 2010 @ 1.00 pm
Stalled ribosomes – the end of the road……. or not
Dr Jeremy Brown, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 13 April 2010 @ 1.00 pm
The origin of the tRNA molecule
Dr Massimo Di Giulio, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR-IGB, Naples, ItalyLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 30 March 2010 @ 1.00 pm
The sarcomere: a mechanically active signal transduction hub
Professor Mathias Gautel, Brithish Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 23 March 2010 @ 1.00 pm
From the metabolome to the ancient proteome: a post-genomic journey through time
Professor Jane Thomas-Oates, Department of Chemistry, University of York, UKG2 Kane building, University College Cork
Monday 15 March 2010 @ 11.00 am
From Neurodevelopment to Neurodegeneration: The role of the neurotrophic factor, Growth Differentiation Factor-5 in the promotion of neuronal survival and growth and its relevance to Parkinson’s disease
Dr Gerard O'Keeffe, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork, IrelandLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 9 March 2010 @ 1.00 pm
Dissecting the roles of ES cell maintenance factors as a prelude to chondrogenic differentiation
Dr Susan Kimber, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 2 March 2010 @ 1.00 pm
Identification of New Transcriptional Hosts for the Coactivator SRC-1: Defining New Networks in Breast Cancer
Dr Leonie Young, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin, IrelandLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 16 February 2010 @ 1.00 pm
Taking insult from injury: novel mediators in diabetic kidney disease
Professor Catherine Godson, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, IrelandLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 26 January 2010 @ 1.00 pm
Visibly Stressed: The TAO of RNA Triage
Dr Nancy Kedersha, Division of Rheumatology/Immunology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USALG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Wednesday 20 January 2010 @ 1.00 pm
Cryo-electron microscopy of chaperone machines
Professor Helen Saibil, Bernal Professor of Structural Biology, Department of Crystallography, Institute for Structural & Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College LondonLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Wednesday 11 November 2009 @ 1.00 pm
British Biophysical Society Lecture
Computational Gene Finding. Ab initio approach
Dr Mark Borodovsky, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University Atlanta, Georgia, USALG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 1 September 2009 @ 12.00 noon
2008-2009 Seminars
RNA Editing and the Evolution and Engineering of Animal Behavior
Professor Robert Reenan, Brown University, New England, USALG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Wednesday 13 May 2009 @ 1.00 PM
hMOF, a histone acetyltransferase involved in cancer
Dr Stephen Rea, Department of Biochemistry, NUI, GalwayLG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 1.00 PM
The role of microRNAs in tumor progression
Professor Marcus Peter, Ben May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, USALG52 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Friday 13 March 2009 @ 1.00 PM
Molecular choreography in the human platelet: a central role for integrins
Professor Niamh Moran, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, DublinLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 10 March 2009 @ 1.00 PM
IGF and Cancer in Mouse Models
Professor Derek LeRoith, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USALG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 3 March 2009 @ 1.00 PM
Interpreting the Malignant Genome and its consequences; implications for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer
Dr Mark Lawler, Medicine, Trinity College DublinG05 Brookfield, University College Cork
Thursday 26 February 2009 @ 1.00 PM
The giant protein titin as a mechanosensor in muscle
Professor Mathias Gautel, King’s College, London, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 24 February 2009 @ 1.00 PM
PML nuclear bodies and the regulation of NF-kappaB
Dr Ruaidhri Carmody, Department of Biochemistry, University College CorkLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 3 February 2009 @ 1.00 PM
PTEN a critical checkpoint in regulating T cell responses
Dr Patrick Walsh, School of Medicine, Trinity College DublinLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 27 January 2009 @ 1.00 PM
Genetics drives therapy for Haematological malignancies
Professor Finbarr Cotter, Queen Mary School of Medicine London, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 20 January 2009 @ 1.00 PM
Structural basis for Rab-Effector Specificity
Dr Amir Khan, Department of Biochemistry, Trinity College, DublinAL 10 Aras na Laoi, University College Cork
Tuesday 13 January 2009 @ 1.00 PM
Membrane Attack Complex/Perforin-like proteins in immunity
Professor James Whisstock, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, AustraliaLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Monday 1 December 2008 @ 4.00 PM
Identification and targeting of a metastatic program regulated by the IGF-1 receptor
Professor Pnina Brodt, Centre for Translational Research in Cancer, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Medicine, McGill University and the McGill University Health Center, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, CanadaLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Friday 7 November 2008 @ 1.00 PM
Human amniotic fluid as a new source for stem cell research
Professor Markus Hengstschlager, Institute of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, AustriaG19 Kane Building, University College Cork
Thursday 16 October 2008 @ 6.00 PM
Thiol-dependent redox signalling
Dr Philip Eaton, Department of Cardiology, Rayne Institute GKT School Of Medicine, London, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 16 October 2008 @ 1.00 PM
The role of prolyl hydroxylases in metabolism and cancer
Professor Eyal Gottlieb, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Glasgow, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Wednesday 15 October 2008 @ 1.00 PM
Signal Transduction from a Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Perspective
Professor Nick Tonks, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USALG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 14 October 2008 @ 1.00 PM
Role of DNA polymerase eta, and PIK kinase signalling, in the response of human cells to cisplatin-induced DNA damage
Dr Michael Carty, Department of Biochemistry, School of Natural Sciences, NUI, GalwayLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 7 October 2008 @ 1.00 PM
Cell survival effects of the ghrelin mimetic GHRP-6 in the neuroendocrine system
Dr Julie Ann Chowen, Departamento de Endocrinología, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Instituto de Investigación, Biomédica Princesa, MadridLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 11 September 2008 @ 1.00 PM
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA): Scientific research-for-development to enhance food security and improve livelihoods in Africa
Dr Peter Hartmann, Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, NigeriaG19 Kane building, University College Cork
Tuesday 2 September 2008 @ 11.45 am
2007-2008 Seminars
Identification and characterisation of Ryanodine Receptor Mutations in Malignant Hyperthermia
Dr Kathyrn Stowell, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New ZealandLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 5 June 2008 @ 1.00 pm
Compartmentalisation of cAMP signalling by intracellular targeting of phosphodiesterases
Professor Miles Houslay, Dvn Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Glasgow, ScotlandLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 15 April 2008 @ 1.00 pm
Worming through cilia biology
Dr Oliver Blacque, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, UCDLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 8 April 2008 @ 1.00 pm
A stroll across the bio/electronic interface
Professor Ciara O’Sullivan, Nanobiotechnology and Bioanalysis Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Tarragona, SpainLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 1 April 2008 @ 1.00 pm
Nuclear Regulation of the Nuclear Factor-kappaB
Dr Ruaidhri Carmody, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USALG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 13 March 2008 @ 1.00 pm
Molecular basis of insulin signalling: from the bench to the bedside
Professor Jeremy Tavare, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 11 March 2008 @ 1.00 pm
Cancer cell progression: Role of the αvβ6 heterodimer in tumour cell invasion
Professor Ian Hart, Centre for Tumour Biology, Institute of Cancer and CR-UK Clinical Centre, John Vane Science Centre, London, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 4 March 2008 @ 1.00 pm
Mass spectrometry imaging of (neuro) peptides at Delft University of Technology: Towards using the mass spectrometer as a (bio) molecular microscope
Professor Peter Verhaert, Department of Biotechnology, Kluyver Laboratory, Delft University of Technology, The NetherlandsLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Friday 29 February 2008 @ 1.00 pm
Stress-induced modulation of chromatin compaction in Arabidopsis thaliana
Dr Paul Fransz, Synthetic Systems Biology and Nuclear Organization, Cell and Systems Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 26 February 2008 @ 1.00 pm
From calcium signaling to mitochondrial functions
Professor Alexei Tepikin, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, UKLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 19 February 2008 @ 1.00 pm
The retinal response to injury: lessons for neuroprotection
Dr Christian Grimm, Lab of Retinal Cell Biology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Zurich, SwitzerlandLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 12 February 2008 @ 1.00 pm
The Alzheimer protein: insights into how Abeta mediates disease
Professor Dominic Walsh, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College DublinLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 29 January 2008 @ 1.00 pm
Enzyme catalysis, protein electrostatics and NMR titration curves
Dr Jens Nielson, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, UCDLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 22 January 2008 @ 1.00 pm
Molecular analysis of RNA-directed DNA methylation and transcriptional gene silencing in Arabidopsis
Dr Tatsuo Kanno, Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna, AustriaLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 17 January 2008 @ 12.00 noon
The role of RACK1 in mediating crosstalk between growth factor and adhesion signalling
Dr Patrick Kiely, Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University College CorkLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 15 January 2008 @ 1.00 pm
The nucleosome is not a tuna can: the dynamics of chromatin structure
Dr Andrew Flaus, Centre for Chromosome Biology, Department of Biochemistry, NUI GalwayLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 8 January 2008 @ 1.00 pm
p63, regulator of stem cells in cancer and aging
Dr Bill Keyes, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USALG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Thursday 20 December 2007 @ 1.00 pm
Playing Chess with Tumors: Evaluation of Cancer Cell Plasticity upon Immunotherapy
Dr Robert Kammerer, Tumor Immunology Laboratory, University of Munich, GermanyLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 11 December 2007 @ 1.00 pm
Chemical modulation of S1P receptors in the therapy of Multiple Sclerosis- Atypical signal transduction and trafficking of a GPCR
Dr Florian Mullershausen, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, SwitzerlandLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 20 November 2007 @ 1.00 pm
Genetic defects predisposing to cancer and/or neurodegeneration.
Professor Martin Lavin, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, AustraliaLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Monday 12 November 2007 @ 1.00 pm
Toll-like receptor signal transduction in infection and inflammation
Professor Luke O’Neill, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College DublinLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Monday 5 November 2007 @ 1.00 pm
Assembly of Centromeres on Human Chromosomes
Professor Kevin F. Sullivan, SFI Research Professor of Cell Biology, Department of Biochemistry, National University of Ireland, GalwayLG51 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Tuesday 16 October 2007 @ 1.00 pm
CASTing Light on Pol I Transcription
Dr Kostya Panov, Wellcome Trust Biocentre, University of Dundee, UKSeminar Room 1.13 Biosciences Institute, University College Cork
Friday 24 August 2007 @ 12.00 Noon