Centre for Regenerative Medicine hosts regular external seminars in the SCRM building, Edinburgh. Combating aging with the help of Stem cell Speaker: Prof Irina Conboy, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA Friday 13 December 2013, 12.00pm Friday 13 December 2013, 1.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Regeneration, neurogenesis and the microenvironment Speaker: Dr Simona Parrinello, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, London, UK Friday 6 December 2013, 12.00pm Friday 6 December 2013, 1.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Nuclear material properties distinguish phenotypes and possible mechanisms of stem cell differentiation Speaker: Dr Kevin Chalut, Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge Friday 29 November 2013, 12.00pm Friday 29 November 2013, 1.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Linking transdifferentiation and iPS cell reprogramming - CANCELLED Speaker: Dr Thomas Graf, Center for Genomic Regulation, CRG, Barcelona, Spain THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Tuesday 26 November 2013, 12.00pm Tuesday 26 November 2013, 1.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent New Model systems to study hepatitis C virus-host interactions Speaker: Dr Arvind Patel, MRC Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow Friday 22 November 2013, 12.00pm Friday 22 November 2013, 1.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Using pluripotent stem cells to understand and model human disease Speaker: Prof Majlinda Lako, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University Friday 15 November 2013, 12.00pm Friday 15 November 2013, 1.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Blocking the LINGO-1 Pathway as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for CNS Remyelination and Repair Speaker: Dr Mi Sha, Discovery Neurobiology, Biogen Idec Tuesday 5 November 2013, 4.00pm Tuesday 5 November 2013, 5.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Multidisciplinary Research of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: Novel 3D culture system for large-scale production and chemical control of cardiomyocyte differentiation Speaker: Prof Norio Nakasuji, Kyoto University, iCeMS, Kyoto, Japan TIME CHANGE: Now 1pm. Tuesday 29 October 2013, 1.00pm Tuesday 29 October 2013, 2.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Turning science into medicine: stem cells, cartilage and how to save a life Speaker: Prof Anthony Hollander, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, UK Monday 28 October 2013, 12.00pm Monday 28 October 2013, 1.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Chromatin and nuclear re-organisation during differentiation and development Speaker: Prof Wendy Bickmore, MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh Friday 25 October 2013, 11.00am Friday 25 October 2013, 12.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Unraveling neurodegenerative diseases using patient-specific iPSCs Speaker: Dr Haruhisa Inoue, CiRA, Kyoto University, Japan Tuesday 22 October 2013, 11.00am Tuesday 22 October 2013, 12.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Investigating key targets of the wnt signalling pathways that are important for intestinal regeneration and transformation Speaker: Prof Owen Sansom, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow Friday 18 October 2013, 11.00am Friday 18 October 2013, 12.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Wt1 and beta-catenin in kidney development and disease Speaker: Dr Peter Hohenstein, The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh Friday 11 October 2013, 11.00am Friday 11 October 2013, 12.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Genome engineering tools in rats: ZFNs, TALENs and CRISPR Speaker: Dr Tomoji Mashimo, Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan Tuesday 24 September 2013, 11.00am Tuesday 24 September 2013, 12.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent Naive pluripotency and the germline Speaker: Dr Harry Leitch, Wellcome Trust - MRC Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge Friday 20 September 2013, 11.00am Friday 20 September 2013, 12.00pm Seminar Room, SCRM, 5 Little France Crescent All interested are welcome to attend. The SCRM is a secure building. Please ensure you have your university or NHS ID card with you as you will be asked to present it when signing in. Thank you for your co-operation For more information, please contact: crmdirector-pa@ed.ac.uk Publication date 18 Jun, 2015
