The Centre for Reproductive Biology organises an annual programme of seminars by research scientists from around the world whose work complements that being done within MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit and University of Edinburgh Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences. Autumn 2011 The programme also features presentations by Unit and University scientists and students. Attendees for seminars should be seated five minutes before the advertised start time. Mobile phones and other devices with audible alarms should be switched off when entering the Auditorium. An Induction Loop system is in operation within the Auditorium. A Computational Model of Excitation-Contraction Coupling in the Uterus: From Single Cells, To Whole Organ, To Drug Discovery Presented by: Dr Andrew Blanks, RCUK Research Fellow, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick. Seminar Host: Professor Jane Norman Monday 12 September 2011, 11.30am Monday 12 September 2011, 12.30pm The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh QMRI Transcriptomic and Pathway Studies of Macrophage Systems Presented by: Tom Freeman, Systems Immunology Group, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh. Seminar Host: Professor Philippa Saunders Monday 19 September 2011, 11.30am Monday 19 September 2011, 12.30pm The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh QMRI Chromosome dynamics in the mammalian oocyte: notes from a big cell Presented by: Dr Greg FitzHarris, Institute for Women’s Health, University College London. Seminar Host: Dr Andrew Childs Monday 3 October 2011, 11.30am Monday 3 October 2011, 12.30pm The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh QMRI Animal models to study pregnancy-related disorders Presented by: Dr Guillermina Girardi, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh. Seminar Host: Professor Philippa Saunders Monday 10 October 2011, 11.30am Monday 10 October 2011, 12.30pm The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh QMRI Final year PhD seminar: tbc Presented by: Miss Sharon Eddie, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh Seminar Host: tbc Monday 14 November 2011, 12.30pm Monday 14 November 2011, 1.30pm The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh QMRI The sarcolemmal calcium pump – from the heart to contraception Presented by: Professor Ludwig Neyses, Cardiovascular Research Group, School of Biomedicine, University of Manchester Seminar Host: Professor Philippa Saunders Monday 21 November 2011, 12.30pm Monday 21 November 2011, 1.30pm The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh QMRI How to grow a fetus: a gene therapy approach to treat severe fetal growth restriction Presented by: Dr Anna David, Institute for Women’s Health, University College London. Seminar Host: Dr Colin Duncan Monday 28 November 2011, 12.30pm Monday 28 November 2011, 1.30pm The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh QMRI Mechanistic aspects of epigenetic reprogramming in mouse development - CANCELLED Presented by: Dr Petra Hajkova, Reprogramming and Chromatin Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Seminar Host: Dr Andrew Childs THIS SEMINAR IS CANCELLED Monday 5 December 2011, 12.30pm Monday 5 December 2011, 1.30pm The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh QMRI Final year PhD seminar: Pathophysiological study of post-operative adhesion: the role of peritoneal mesothelial cells and the inflammatory response Presented by: Mr Xuan Wu, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh Seminar Host: tbc Monday 12 December 2011, 12.30pm Monday 12 December 2011, 1.30pm The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh QMRI Development and function of the human gonad: new insights from new tools Presented by: Professor Kenneth McElreavey, Director, Human Developmental Genetics Unit, Institute Pasteur, Paris Seminar Host: Professor Philippa Saunders Friday 9 December 2011, 2.00pm Friday 9 December 2011, 3.00pm The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh QMRI The MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit The Centre for Reproductive Health Publication date 18 Jun, 2015
