Weekly seminars held at the Roslin Institute Auditorium. The complexity of mammalian transcription The speaker is Dr Piero Carninci, Omics Science Centre, Riken, Yokohama Institute, Japan. The host is Geoff Faulkner. Wednesday 11 January 2012, 12.00pm Wednesday 11 January 2012, 1.00pm Tracking development of haematopoietic stem cells in the mammalian embryo The speaker is Dr Alexander Medvinsky, Institute of Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh. The host is Adam Balic. Wednesday 18 January 2012, 5.00pm Wednesday 18 January 2012, 6.00pm Paratuberculosis: A sleeping sickness The speaker is Dr Tim Bull, St George’s, University of London. The host is Jayne Hope. Wednesday 25 January 2012, 5.00pm Wednesday 25 January 2012, 6.00pm How does Salmonella really grow in a host? The in vivo infection dynamics of an invasive bacterium The speaker is Dr Duncan Maskell, University of Cambridge. This host is Ross Fitzgerald. Wednesday 1 February 2012, 5.00pm Wednesday 1 February 2012, 6.00pm The role of FoxF transcription factors in development and cancer The speaker is Dr Peter Carlsson, University of Gotenburg, Sweden. The host is Janette Johansson. Wednesday 8 February 2012, 5.00pm Wednesday 8 February 2012, 6.00pm Cognitive Ageing and cognitive epidemiology in the Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936 The speaker is Dr Ian Deary, University of Edinburgh. The host is Jean Manson. Wednesday 22 February 2012, 5.00pm Wednesday 22 February 2012, 6.00pm Tricks with bacteriophage: research tools and rapid diagnostics for Mycobacterium paratuberculosis The speaker is Professor Cath Rees, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham. Wednesday 29 February 2012, 12.30pm Wednesday 29 February 2012, 1.30pm Fate switching enables progenitors to maintain and regenerate oesophageal epithelium The speaker is Dr Phil Jones, University of Cambridge. The host is Denis Headon. Wednesday 29 February 2012, 5.00pm Wednesday 29 February 2012, 6.00pm Danger signals and the regulation of interleukin-1 The speaker is Dr David Brough, University of Manchester. The host is Barry McColl. Wednesday 7 March 2012, 5.00pm Wednesday 7 March 2012, 6.00pm Mining for Candidate Genes in QTL Intervals using Integrative Bioinformatics and the Ondex system The speaker is Professor Chris Rawlings, Rothamsted Research. The host is Andy Law. Wednesday 14 March 2012, 12.00pm Wednesday 14 March 2012, 1.00pm Recent advances in the treatment and control of footrot and future perspectives on management of this persistent infectious disease The speaker is Dr Laura Green, University of Warwick. The host is Steve Bishop. Wednesday 14 March 2012, 5.00pm Wednesday 14 March 2012, 6.00pm Spying out on immune cells by intravital 2-photon microscopy The speaker is Dr Matthias Gunzer, University of Duisburg/Essen, Germany. The host is Andreas Lengeling. Wednesday 21 March 2012, 5.00pm Wednesday 21 March 2012, 6.00pm beta-defensins: modulators of immunity and their potential as therapeutics The speaker is Julia Dorin, MRC Human Genetics Unit. The host is Ian Dunn. Wednesday 28 March 2012, 4.00pm Wednesday 28 March 2012, 5.00pm 'The Big Picture' and 'Diabetes and TB; Modelling an epidemic comorbidity' The speakers are Professor Susan Vandewoude and Dr Randall Basaraba, Colorado State University. Monday 2 April 2012, 12.00pm Monday 2 April 2012, 1.00pm Role of bovine γδ T lymphocytes in promoting cellular immunity and vaccine efficacy The speaker is Dr Cynthia Baldwin, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA (CURRENTLY VISITING MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE) Wednesday 25 April 2012, 4.00pm Wednesday 25 April 2012, 5.00pm For confirmation of dates/times email Sheelagh Strachan: Email Sheelagh Strachan Publication date 18 Jun, 2015
