The PREVENT Dementia programme: past, current and future insights into neurodegenerative diseases

Prof. Craig Ritchie
School of Medicine, University of St Andrews
Date and time
April 29th, 2026 1:00pm
Host
Prof. Frank Gunn-Moore
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

The Minshull Lecture 2026: Encoding neuronal shape in the stochastic dynamics of branching processes

Prof. Thomas Lecuit
Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille (IBDM), CNRS & Aix-Marseille Université, and Collège de France
Date and time
April 15th, 2026 1:00pm
Host
Dr Marcus Bischoff
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Regulation of recombination by large serine recombinases

Dr Femi Olorunniji
School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University
Date and time
April 8th, 2026 1:00pm
Host
Prof. Malcolm White
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Drivers of intrinsic permeability in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Dr Thamarai Schneiders
Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh
Date and time
April 1st, 2026 1:00pm
Host
Dr Jo Hobbs
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

Synaptic tau in Alzheimer’s disease, Progressive supranuclear palsy, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, and Parkinson’s disease

Prof. Tara Spires-Jones
Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Date and time
March 25th, 2026 11:00am
Host
Prof. Sonja Vernes
Location
Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001

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

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