Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus


2019-09-18 12:30: New functions for the lncRNA Xist in the control of X-chromosome dosage compensation (Kathrin Plath, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California)

2019-09-27 13:00: Tumor-derived glucocorticoids as a novel immune escape mechanism (Thomi Brunner, University of Konstanz. Hosted by Bidesh Mahata)

2019-10-09 12:30: Reconstructing developmental lineages and trajectories (Alexander Schier, Biozentrum, University of Basel)

2019-10-18 13:00: Reconstructing the thymus microenvironment: implications for tissue engineering (Paola Bonfanti, The Francis Crick Institute. Hosted by Jongeun Park.)

2019-10-25 13:00: Identifying and responding to crisis after vaccination (Madhava Ram Balakrishnan, WHO. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja)

2019-11-06 12:30: Angiogenesis Revisited: role and (therapeutic) implications of endothelial metabolism (Prof. Dr. Peter Carmeliet, Head of the Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Vascular Metabolism and former director of the VIB-Vesalius Research Center, Leuven)

2019-11-08 13:00: From rarity to clarity: gamma/delta T cells in cancer (Seth Coffelt, University of Glasgow.  Hosted by Maike De La Roche)

2019-11-18 14:30: Immune cell and microbiome niches of the healthy colon (Kylie James, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Hosted by Ken Smith.)

2019-11-19 11:00: Discovering essential extracellular receptor-ligand interactions: methods and application to pathogen and human leukocyte cellular recognition” (Gavin Wright, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Hosted by Julian Rayner.)

2019-11-22 13:00: KRAB zinc finger proteins, transposable elements and the evolution of gene regulatory networks (Michael Imbeault, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Paul Lehner)

2019-12-06 13:00: Immunology of the human biliary tract: from basic mechanisms to a single gene causing disease (Niklas Bjorkstrom, Karolinska Institute. Hosted by Tim Halim.)

2019-12-11 12:30: "Cancer as a wound that never heals : insights from YAP/TAZ biology" (Stefano Piccolo, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova)

2020-01-16 13:00: Unravelling early host intestinal epithelia interactions with whipworms. (María Adelaida Duque-Correa, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hosted by Gordon Dougan)

2020-01-24 13:00: Mechanisms of immune decline and strategies for enhancing immunity during ageing. (Arne Akbar, University College London, Hosted by Menna Clatworthy)

2020-01-30 16:00: New approaches to target metabolite and oxygen sensing pathways (James Nathan (CITIID))

2020-01-30 16:00: AI for identifying therapeutic targets, biomarkers and drug repositioning opportunities (Namshik Han (Milner Therapeutics Institute))

2020-01-31 15:00: Defining “at risk states”: molecular pathways and clinical phenotypes associated with rheumatoid arthritis. (Andrew Cope, King’s College London. Hosted by Ken Smith.)

2020-02-05 12:30: "The enigma of histone 3 lysine 4  (Francis Stewart, Professor of Genomics at the Dresden University of Technology)

2020-02-07 13:00: The translational journey of quorum sensing inhibition approach to managing chronic bacterial infections: a case study. (Michael Graz, University of Bristol, Hosted by Ankur Mutreja)

2020-02-20 12:00: NK cells and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. (Veronique Braud, Nice, France. Hosted by Francesco Colucci.)

2020-02-27 16:00: Study of liver diseases using human pluripotent stem cells (Ludovic Vallier (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute))

2020-02-27 16:00: Liver fibrosis and epigenetics: potential for a BETter treatment (Pal Mander (GlaxoSmithKline))

2020-03-06 13:00: Tumours induce immune cell-mediated steroid biosynthesis to evade immunity. (Bidesh Mahata, University of Cambridge. Hosted by CIN.)

2020-03-19 13:00: CANCELLED  Translational approaches with human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes CANCELLED   (Thomas Eschenhagen, University Medical Centre Hamburg)

2020-03-26 16:00: EVENT POSTPONED: Functional genomics approaches to guide cancer drug discovery (Mathew Garnett (Wellcome Sanger Institute))

2020-03-26 16:00: EVENT POSTPONED: Exploiting the cell's quality control machinery for therapeutic benefit (Laura Itzhaki (PolyProx Therapeutics))

2020-04-23 09:00: ONLINE seminar: Functional genomics approaches to guide cancer drug discovery (Mathew Garnett (Wellcome Sanger Institute))

2020-05-07 13:00: ONLINE seminar: Single-cell transcriptomics analysis of SARS-CoV-2 entry factors (Waradon Sungnak (Wellcome Sanger Institute))

2020-05-21 13:00: ONLINE seminar: Myelin regeneration in the CNS: reversing the ravages of time (Robin Franklin (Wellcome MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute))

2020-06-04 13:00: ONLINE seminar: Mechanisms of estrogen receptor activity in breast cancer (Jason Carroll (CRUK Cambridge Institute))

2020-06-04 13:00: TALK POSTPONED (Chris Torrance (Phoremost))

2020-06-17 16:00: TALK POSTPONED (Mark Kotter (bit bio))