Centre for Regenerative Medicine seminar series Autumn 2013

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

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