Understanding and neutralising venom toxins: from toxin characterisation to engineered therapeutics

Dr Stefanie Menzies
University of Lancaster
Date and time
March 18th, 2026 1:00pm
Host
Dr Stuart MacNeill
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Host genetics of viral infections

Prof. Dr Kerstin Ludwig
University of Bonn
Date and time
March 11th, 2026 1:00pm
Host
Prof. Silvia Paracchini
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Repurposing the ancient chromosome segregation machinery to build neural circuits

Dr Dhanya Cheerambathur
University of Edinburgh
Date and time
March 4th, 2026 1:00pm
Host
Dr Helder Ferreira
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Engineering biology for a sustainable materials future

Dr Joanna Sadler
University of Edinburgh
Date and time
February 18th, 2026 1:00pm
Host
Dr Rafael da Silva
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

How have the internal segments shaped 2.3.4.4b H5N1 panzootic influenza A virus?

Dr Rute Maria Pinto
The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
Date and time
January 28th, 2026 1:00pm
Host
Dr Michael Nevels
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Insights into the visible and invisible of mycobacterial type VII secretion machineries

Prof. Matthias Wilmanns
EMBL Hamburg
Date and time
December 3rd, 2025 1:00pm
Host
Dr Rafael da Silva
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Targeting mitochondrial bioenergetics in kinetoplastid parasites: a One Health approach to controlling animal trypanosomiasis and safeguarding food security

Dr Godwin Ebiloma 
University of Salford
Date and time
November 26th, 2025 1:00pm
Host
Prof. Terry Smith
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

A journey into time and space: from cancer biology into the open sea with structural biology

Dr Ivo Tews
University of Southampton
Date and time
November 5th, 2025 1:00pm
Host
Dr Clarissa Czekster
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Multi-scale simulation of enzymes: insights into biocatalysts and antibiotic resistance

Dr Marc W Van der Kamp
University of Bristol
Date and time
October 29th, 2025 1:00pm
Host
Dr Clarissa Czekster
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Proteomic profiling of dried blood spots for sickle cell disease and malaria management

Dr Bodunrin Ottu
University of Lagos and University of St Andrews Global Fellow
Date and time
October 22nd, 2025 1:00pm
Host
Prof. Terry Smith
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Genetic variation in human cytomegalovirus: cure or curse for understanding its host-pathogen interactions?

Prof. Eddie Wang
School of Medicine, Cardiff University
Date and time
October 15th, 2025 1:00pm
Host
Dr Michael Nevels
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

No time to die: how cytomegaloviruses suppress apoptosis, necroptosis, and pyroptosis

Prof. Wolfram Brune
Research Department of Virus-Host Interaction, Leibniz Institute of Virology
Date and time
September 24th, 2025 1:00pm
Host
Dr Michael Nevels
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Accelerated cyclic peptide hit discovery and optimisation using mRNA-display

Prof. Akane Kawamura
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University
Date and time
September 17th, 2025 1:00pm
Host
Dr Clarissa Czekster
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

GPCR regulation from molecule to mouse

Dr Dawn Thompson and Dr James Hislop
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen
Date and time
June 11th, 2025 1:00pm
Host
Dr Paolo Annibale
Location
Purdie Lecture Theatre C

Phenotypic inheritance drives heteroresistance to antibiotics in bacteria

Dr Minsu Kim
Department of Physics, Emory University
Date and time
May 28th, 2025 1:00pm
Host
Dr Paolo Annibale
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

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