One messenger, many responses: how cAMP nanodomains shape physiology
Prof. Manuela Zaccolo
University of Oxford
- Date and time
- October 2nd, 2026 1:00pm
- Host
- Dr Paolo Annibale
- Location
- Purdie LT B
Understanding molecular adaptions in alkaliphilic CAZymes for their applications in modern biotechnology
Dr Jose Munoz
Durham University
- Date and time
- September 23rd, 2026 1:00pm
- Host
- Dr Rafael G. da Silva
- Location
- Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001
Using ATR-X syndrome-causing mutations to understand ATRX protein function
Dr Rebekah Tillotson
Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh
- Date and time
- September 16th, 2026 1:00pm
- Host
- Dr Helder Ferreira
- Location
- Biomolecular Sciences Building – Seminar Room RM001
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