Biology Seminars: Spring Term 2010
The Department of Biological Sciences is hosting a series of seminars every Friday of the Spring Term 2010 at 12:45pm in room GLT 1, Biological Sciences building. They are as follows:
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
15 January | Dr. H. Drakesmith, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of OXFORD |
"Iron and infection – hepcidin BMPs us off" |
22 January | Professor P. Mertens, Institute for Animal Health, PIRBRIGHT |
"The threats to Europe posed by Blue-tongue and the other orbiviruses: An update and future perspective" |
29 January | Dr. C. Thompson, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of MANCHESTER |
"Towards an understanding of the genetic regulation of social behaviour: conflict and cooperation in a social amoeba" |
5 February | Professor G. Calvert, International Manufacturing Centre, University of WARWICK |
"Multisensory integration in the human brain: insights from combined neuro-imaging techniques" |
12 February | Dr. D. Biro, Department of Zoology, University of OXFORD |
"From individual to collective decisions in animal navigation" |
19 February | Professor N. Clayton, Department of Psychiatry, University of CAMBRIDGE |
"The evolution and development of mental time travel" |
26 February | Professor G. C. K. Roberts, Department of Biochemistry, University of LEICESTER |
"The cytoskeletal protein talin: versatile helical bundle domains" |
5 March | Professor S. Grant, Wellcome Sanger Centre, CAMBRIDGE |
"Organization and evolution of postsynaptic cognitive mechanisms" |
12 March | Dr. S. Fisher, The Wellcome Trust Centre, University of OXFORD |
"Building bridges between genes, brains and language" |
19 March | Mike Jetten, Department of Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen THE NETHERLANDS |
"Discovery of "impossible" methane-munching microbes: a tribute to Howard Dalton" |