MCB/LISCB Seminar Series 2022-23

Seminars will take place Wednesday at 12:30pm in the Frank and Katherine May Lecture Theatre. The series is organized by Tennie Videler and Thomas Schalch.

Date
Speaker
Affiliation

MCB/LISCB Seminar Series 2023-24

Wed, 01. Nov. 2023
12:30, HWB FKMLT
University of Nottingham
Hosted by John Challiss
Wed, 21. Sep. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Molecular Immunity Unit, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge
How do cells sense viral RNA? Role of ATP-dependent proofreading by MDA5
Hosted by Thomas Schalch
Wed, 12. Oct. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
University College London
Genomic and metabolic processes promoting the proliferation and ageing of fission yeast cells
Hosted by Thomas Schalch
Wed, 02. Nov. 2022
15:00, GDC LT2
University of York
Hosted by Philip Ash
Wed, 09. Nov. 2022
15:00, HWB FKMLT
Syngenta
Wed, 16. Nov. 2022
15:00, GDC LT2
King's College London
Hosted by Richard Doveston
Wed, 23. Nov. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
The Institute of Cancer Research, London
Hosted by Thomas Schalch
Wed, 23. Nov. 2022
15:00, GDC LT2
University of Nottingham
Wed, 30. Nov. 2022
15:00, GDC LT2
University of Sheffield
Wed, 18. Jan. 2023
12:30, HWB FKMLT
University of Birmingham
Dissecting heterogeneity to build light harvesting machines
Hosted by Tennie Videler
Wed, 15. Feb. 2023
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Tristram Hughes
Wed, 22. Feb. 2023
12:30, HWB FKMLT
University of Oxford
Hosted by Andrey Revyakin
Wed, 01. Mar. 2023
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Imperial College London
"Targeting DNA with luminescent compounds – imaging and therapy"
Hosted by Rama Suntharalingam
Wed, 08. Mar. 2023
15:00, GP LTA
University of Essex
‘Serial and time-resolved femtosecond crystallography to investigate Fe(IV)-oxo reactivity in peroxidases’
Hosted by Philip Ash
Wed, 22. Mar. 2023
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Imperial College London
“DNA replication – Mechanisms, Structure & Inhibitor Development”
Hosted by Amanda Chaplin
Wed, 05. Apr. 2023
12:30, HWB FKMLT
University of Liverpool
Hosted by Martin Dyer
Wed, 19. Apr. 2023
12:30, HWB FKMLT
King's College London
Measuring and manipulating mechanical force in the B cell immune synapse
Hosted by Cyril Dominguez
Wed, 26. Apr. 2023
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Structural and biophysical studies of RalA and RLIP76/RalBP1
Hosted by Kayoko Tanaka
Wed, 07. Jun. 2023
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Role of proofreading exonuclease activity of polymerase ε in the maintenance of genome integrity
Wed, 05. Jul. 2023
11:30, HWB FKMLT
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Hosted by Richard Doveston
Tentative

MCB/LISCB Seminar Series 2021-22

Wed, 22. Sep. 2021
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
Advanced 3D super-resolution imaging of chromatin and RNA structure & dynamics
Hosted by Daniel Panne
Wed, 06. Oct. 2021
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Towards predicting gene expression from DNA sequence
Hosted by Daniel Panne
Wed, 20. Oct. 2021
12:30, HWB FKMLT
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
Understanding the molecular basis of G protein-coupled receptor pharmacology: insights from X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM
Hosted by Nicholas Brindle
Wed, 27. Oct. 2021
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Shaun Cowley
Cowley lab
Understanding the role of HDAC1/2 complexes in development and disease
Wed, 03. Nov. 2021
12:30, HWB FKMLT
University of Oxford
REDFEARN MEMORIAL LECTURE "GIVING WINGS TO MOLECULAR ELEPHANTS"
Hosted by John W.R. Schwabe
Wed, 10. Nov. 2021
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Helen Boyd
Astra Zeneca Cambridge
Science through collaboration
Hosted by Richard Doveston
Virtual
Wed, 24. Nov. 2021
12:30, HWB FKMLT
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
Mechanistic insights into the mRNA poly(A) tail machinery and DNA repair
Hosted by Thomas Schalch
Wed, 01. Dec. 2021
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, University of East Anglia
Sensing mechanisms in iron-sulfur cluster protein regulators
Hosted by Rama Suntharalingam
Wed, 26. Jan. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool
Wed, 02. Feb. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Andrey Revyakin
Revyakin lab
Real-time single-molecule visualization of human transcription: from biochemistry to nanotechnology.
Wed, 09. Feb. 2022
15:30, GP LTA
Imperial College London
Chemistry seminar
Wed, 23. Feb. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Jenny Shepherd
Department of Engineering, University of Leicester
'A materials scientist's approach to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine'
Hosted by Andrew Hudson
Wed, 16. Mar. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Human Technopole, Milan
Blobology 2.0 - Pushing the Limits of In Situ Cryo-ET
ONLINE only
Wed, 23. Mar. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Jonathan Heddle
Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University
Bionanomachines, natural and designed
Wed, 06. Apr. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Saiful Islam
MRC Toxicology Unit, Cambridge
"The Role of Methylation in RNA Epigenetics"
Hosted by John W.R. Schwabe
Wed, 11. May. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut
Using a scaffold to build a viral capsid
Hosted by Peter Moody
Wed, 18. May. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Ellen Nisbet
University of Nottingham
Algae, malaria and coral reefs: the impact of RNA processing
Hosted by Cyril Dominguez
Wed, 25. May. 2022
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool
Hosted by Richard Doveston
Wed, 15. Jun. 2022
11:30, HWB FKMLT
Rachael Wilkinson
Life Sciences Hub Wales
The potential role of structural biology in the exploitation of bacteriophages
Hosted by Tennie Videler
Wed, 29. Jun. 2022
11:30, HWB FKMLT
University of Durham
Innovative Advanced Cell Technologies to Bioengineer Human Tissues In Vitro for Use in R&D and Modelling Human Disease

MCB/LISCB Seminar Series 2020-21

Wed, 07. Oct. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
Understanding the molecular basis of G protein-coupled receptor pharmacology: insights from X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM
Hosted by Peter Moody
Wed, 28. Oct. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Towards predicting gene expression from DNA sequence
Hosted by Daniel Panne
Wed, 11. Nov. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
King's College London
Epithelial contributions to lung inflammation
Hosted by Bibek Gooptu
Joint seminar with Respiratory Sciences
Wed, 09. Jun. 2021
13:30, online
Srinivasan Rengachari
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, Göttingen, Germany
Structural insights into the role of Mediator complex in RNA polymerase II transcription initiation
Hosted by Ziad Ibrahim
Wed, 16. Jun. 2021
13:30, online
Michal Sharon
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Specific regulation of the protein degradation pathway
Wed, 23. Jun. 2021
13:30, online
Gordon Joyce
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, USA
Wed, 30. Jun. 2021
16:00, online
Skirball Institute, NYU, New York, USA
Mechanistic studies of chromatin modifiers
Hosted by Thomas Schalch

MCB/LISCB Seminar Series 2019-20

Wed, 23. Oct. 2019
11:30, HWB FKMLT
Jésus Gil
Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London
Senescence as a therapeutic target in cancer and ageing
Hosted by Salvador Macip
Wed, 06. Nov. 2019
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Daniel Panne
Panne lab
Structural Insights into 3D chromatin foldin
Hosted by Thomas Schalch
Wed, 20. Nov. 2019
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Peter Rosenthal
The Francis Crick Institute
Imaging Viruses and Membrane Events by Cryomicroscopy
Hosted by Pietro Roversi
Wed, 27. Nov. 2019
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Laura O'Regan
Cowley lab
EML4-ALK translocations in lung cancer: from molecular mechanisms to precision medicines
Hosted by Thomas Schalch
Wed, 15. Jan. 2020
12:30,
Joanna Fox
Fox lab
To Die or not To Die: Visualising the protein complexes that decide
Hosted by Thomas Schalch
Wed, 22. Jan. 2020
12:30,
Matthew Higgins
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
Structural steps towards a malaria vaccine
Hosted by Ivan Campeotto
Wed, 29. Jan. 2020
12:30,
Pietro Roversi
Roversi lab
Rescue of secretion of responsive glycoprotein mutants in rare disease: Panacea or Pandora's box?
Hosted by Thomas Schalch
Wed, 05. Feb. 2020
12:30,
Richard Coward
Bristol Royal hospital for Sick Children & University of Bristol
Insulin signalling, the podocyte and kidney disease: Insights from knockouts…
Hosted by Shaun Cowley
Wed, 12. Feb. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Elizabeth Bayne
University of Edinburgh
Mechanisms of genome regulation by small RNAs
Hosted by Thomas Schalch
Wed, 19. Feb. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Stephen Curry
Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London
Why diversity matters to the success and well-being of UK universities
Hosted by Peter Moody
Wed, 26. Feb. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Gill Holdsworth
UCB
Romosozumab - from gene to clinic
Hosted by Mark Carr
Wed, 04. Mar. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
Understanding the molecular basis of G protein-coupled receptor pharmacology: insights from X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM
Hosted by Peter Moody
Canceled due to strike action
Wed, 11. Mar. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
Mechanistic insights into the mRNA poly(A) tail machinery and DNA repair
Hosted by Thomas Schalch
Canceled due to strike action
Thu, 19. Mar. 2020
15:00, HWB FKMLT
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Understanding and correcting U1 SNRNP Biogenesis defects triggering motor neurone diseases
Hosted by Cyril Dominguez
Canceled due to travel restrictions (COVID-19)
Wed, 25. Mar. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Towards predicting gene expression from DNA sequence
Hosted by Daniel Panne
Canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions
Wed, 08. Apr. 2020
14:30, HWB FKMLT
Wednesday before Easter
Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester
The quest for the sound-sensitive ion channel and the physiological basis of concussion.
Hosted by Shaun Cowley
Wed, 22. Apr. 2020
13:30, HWB FKMLT
Helen Boyd
Astra Zeneca Cambridge
Identification of a novel cyclic peptide that disrupts the homodimerization of the E3 ligase IDOL
Hosted by Richard Doveston
Canceled due to travel restrictions (COVID-19)
Wed, 29. Apr. 2020
14:30, HWB FKMLT
Jonathan Heddle
Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University
A Triggerable Artificial Protein Cage and Other Bionano Objects
Hosted by Chris Willmott
Canceled due to personal reasons
Wed, 06. May. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Campeotto lab
Structure-guided design of protein immunogens for the development of a Chagas vaccine
Hosted by Thomas Schalch
Wed, 27. May. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
Leicester schools summer half term
University of Oxford
Redfearn Memorial Lecture: Giving Wings to Molecular Elephants
Hosted by Tennie Videler
Wed, 17. Jun. 2020
12:30, HWB FKMLT
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
Mechanistic insights into the mRNA poly(A) tail machinery and DNA repair
Hosted by Thomas Schalch