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2 upcoming talks and 179 talks in the archive.

Cutting back malaria: CRISPR-based approaches for antimalarial target discovery

UserProfessor Marcus Lee - Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee.

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 20 March 2024, 14:00-15:00

Expanding BioID: the nuclear pore complex of trypanosomes

UserDr Susanne Kramer - Universität Wüerzburg - Germany..

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 06 March 2024, 14:00-15:00

What is still so fascinating about the trypanosome coat?

UserProf Markus Engstler - Universität Wüerzburg - Germany.

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 07 February 2024, 14:00-15:00

Reassessing red blood cell invasion in malaria parasites

Please note 16:00 start time for this seminar

UserDr Robert Moon - LSHTM.

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 31 January 2024, 16:00-17:00

Investigating host-parasite interactions in malaria to improve diagnostics and treatments

UserProf Aubrey Cunnington - Imperial College London.

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 06 December 2023, 14:00-15:00

CANCELLED: Unravelling the whipworm niche at the host intestinal epithelia

Unfortunately, this seminar had to be cancelled. There will be a new date for it soon.

UserDr Maria Duque-Correa - Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute - UoC.

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 22 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

Custom low-cost "robotics" and AI: Plant-parasitic nematode phenotyping, at scale

UserDr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker. Department of Plant Sciences - University of Cambridge.

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 18 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

The Burden of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Nigeria, Control Efforts and the Need for Research Collaboration

UserProfessor Olaoluwa Pheabian Akinwale - Nigerian Institute of Medical Research.

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 04 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

Three proteins walk into a "var"…

UserDr Jessica Bryant (Institut Pasteur, Paris) .

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 17 May 2023, 16:00-17:00

The role of small non-coding RNAs in Strongyloides parasitism

UserDr Vicky Hunt (University of Bath).

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 10 May 2023, 16:00-17:00

The deafening silence of Plasmodium falciparum asymptomatic infections

UserDr Antoine Claessens (Université Montpellier, France).

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 03 May 2023, 16:00-17:00

CANCELLED Early infection response of the first-trimester placenta at single cell resolution

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserDr Roser Vento-Tormo (Wellcome Sanger Institute).

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 05 April 2023, 16:00-17:00

SchistoTrack: A community-based, prospective cohort in rural Uganda to examine causes of periportal fibrosis associated with hepatic schistosomiasis

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserDr Goylette Chami.

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockThursday 09 March 2023, 16:00-17:00

Epigenetic memoirs of a parasite

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details.

UserDr Richard Bartfai (Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands) .

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 01 March 2023, 16:00-17:00

Can small RNAs help address the big issues in helminth parasite control?

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details.

UserDr Paul McVeigh (Queen's University, Belfast).

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 08 February 2023, 16:00-17:00

Schistosoma-gut microbiome interactions: Implications for the pathophysiology of the infection (and more?)

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserAlba Cortéz Carbonell (Universitat de València, Spain) .

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 14 December 2022, 16:00-17:00

Defining genetic and environmental determinants of malaria transmission

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserProf Matthew Marti. University of Glasgow..

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 30 November 2022, 16:00-17:00

Taming your inner parasite: novel tools to study cryptosporidiosis

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details.

UserDr Adam Sateriale (Francis Crick Institute).

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 09 November 2022, 16:00-17:00

Evidence for pervasive transcription in trypanosomes

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserDr Antonio Estevez (Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina 'López-Neyra’, IPBLN-CSIC, Granada, Spain).

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 26 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Mathematical modelling in the neglected topical disease elimination era

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserDr Martin Walker. (Royal Veterinary College and Imperial College London).

HouseSeminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

ClockWednesday 12 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Finding a needle in a haystack: Genome-wide analyses of anthelmintic resistance in helminths of livestock

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserDr Roz Laing (University of Glasgow).

HouseDepartment of Pathology Lecture Theatre.

ClockWednesday 15 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Genome-led vaccine target discovery for parasitic infections

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserProfessor Gavin Wright (University of York).

HouseMarjory Stephenson Seminar Room, Hopkins Building, Dept of Biochemistry.

ClockWednesday 18 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

Taming your intestinal parasite - building the tools to study Cryptosporidium

Canceled

UserDr Adam Sateriale (Francis Crick Institute).

HouseThomas Lecture Theatre, Dept. of Biochemistry (Sanger).

ClockWednesday 04 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

Hunting the Silent Killer: Investigating Chagas disease in a murine model

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserDr Martin Taylor. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

HouseMarjory Stephenson Seminar Room, Hopkins Building, Dept of Biochemistry.

ClockWednesday 27 April 2022, 16:00-17:00

From tagging to transcription activation in trypanosomes

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserDr Jack Sunter.

HouseThomas Lecture Theatre, Dept. of Biochemistry (Sanger).

ClockWednesday 02 March 2022, 16:00-17:00

Using scRNAseq to understand malaria parasite development and evolution

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person - no booking required - or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserDr Virginia Howick .

HouseDixon Greaves Room, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

ClockWednesday 16 February 2022, 16:00-17:00

Multidisciplinary approaches to understanding Schistosoma mansoni hotspots in Uganda

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserDr Poppy Lamberton (University of Glasgow).

HouseThomas Lecture Theatre, Dept. of Biochemistry (Sanger).

ClockWednesday 02 February 2022, 16:00-17:00

Investigating the role of glycosylation in Toxoplasma gondii protein homeostasis

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this talk will be delivered VIA ZOOM ONLY. See abstract for link.

UserDr. Giulia Bandini. University of York..

HouseMarjory Stephenson Seminar Room, Hopkins Building, Dept of Biochemistry.

ClockWednesday 17 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

Heavy metal parasite: The role of iron in Toxoplasma gondii

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

UserDr Clare Harding. Sir Henry Dale Fellow (Parasitology), University of Glasgow. .

HouseMarjory Stephenson Seminar Room, Hopkins Building, Dept of Biochemistry.

ClockWednesday 27 October 2021, 16:00-17:00

Title to be confirmed

UserProfessor Tim Gilberger, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 20 May 2020, 16:00-17:00

Title to be confirmed

UserDr Paul McVeigh, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 13 May 2020, 16:00-17:00

Cholinergic regulation of immunity to gastrointestinal nematode parasites

UserProf Murray Selkirk, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 06 May 2020, 16:00-17:00

Title to be confirmed

UserDr Vicky Hunt, Department of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Bath.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 29 April 2020, 16:00-17:00

Chromatin structure changes are essential for development and evolution of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni

UserProf Christoph Grunau, University of Perpignan Via Domitia.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 22 April 2020, 16:00-17:00

Metallic metabolism in Toxoplasma gondii

UserDr Clare Harding, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 08 April 2020, 16:00-17:00

From magnets to stigma: multiple approaches to tackle the challenges of cutaneous leishmaniasis

UserDr Helen Price, Centre for Applied Entomology & Parasitology, Keele University.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 04 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

Understanding the mechanism of chromosome segregation: lessons from diversity

UserDr Bungo Akiyoshi, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 26 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Examining trans-regulators in Leishmania parasite gene regulation

UserDr Pegine Walrad, York Biomedical Research Institute.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 27 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Is Trypanosoma brucei gambiense becoming a lab parasite?

UserDr Jean-Mathieu Bart, Institute of Research for Development, France.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

ClockWednesday 22 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Title to be confirmed

UserProf Karl Hoffmann, Aberystwyth University.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 08 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Epigenetics and schistosome development and infection success

Canceled

UserProf Christoph Granau, University of Perpignan via Domitia.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 17 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

Systematic strategies for proteome mining and antimicrobial discovery

UserDr Matthew Child, Imperial College London.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 03 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

CANCELLED - to be rescheduled in Michaelmas Term

UserDr Isabelle Tardieux, Universite ́ Grenoble.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

ClockWednesday 20 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Deciphering the regulation of Plasmodium falciparum replication

UserDr Markus Ganter, Heidelberg University Hospital .

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

ClockWednesday 20 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Developing new genetic tools to unravel Cryptosporidium transmission

UserDr Mattie Pawlowi, University of Dundee.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 13 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Cell surface profiling reveals the what, where and how of a host-parasite interface

Room changed

UserDr Catarina Gadelha, University of Nottingham.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

ClockWednesday 23 January 2019, 16:00-17:00

Ubiquitination, membrane-trafficking and the anti-trypanosomal action of apolipoprotein-L1

UserDr Sam Alsford, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 05 December 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cellular Mechanisms of Immunopathology vs. Protection in Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

UserDr Ken Gollob, Translational Immuno-oncology Group, International Center for Research, Brazil.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 07 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Trypanosoma brucei as a model for flagellar assembly

UserDr Vladimir Varga, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the ASCR, Czech Republic.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 24 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Successful Schistosomes; dynamic species interactions and host relationships

UserDr Bonnie Webster, Natural History Museum.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 03 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Chemical genetic approaches to accelerate antimalarial target discovery

Host: Ross Waller

UserMarcus Lee, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 16 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Using immunoregulatory networks to instruct therapeutic interventions in human Chagas disease and leishmaniasis in Brazil

Host: Pete Bull

UserProf Walderez Dutra, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

HouseLecture Theatre, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 10 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

New approaches to old problems: controlling pathogenic protozoan parasites of poultry

Host: Ross Waller

UserFiona Tomley, The Royal Veterinary College.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 25 April 2018, 16:00-17:00

Development of a Broadly-Neutralising Vaccine against Blood-Stage P. falciparum Malaria

Host: Peter Bull

UserSimon Draper, University of Oxford.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 11 April 2018, 16:00-17:00

Malaria’s Time Keeping

Host: Peter Bull

UserArnab Pain, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 28 March 2018, 16:00-17:00

Development of a Broadly-Neutralising Vaccine against Blood-Stage P. falciparum Malaria

Host: Ross Waller

UserSue Vaughan, Oxford Brookes University.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 21 March 2018, 16:00-17:00

Microsporidia: diverse, opportunistic and pervasive pathogens

Host: Ross Waller

UserBryony Williams, University of Exeter.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 14 February 2018, 16:00-17:00

Transfection of Babesia parasites and its application for imaging analysis

Host: Mark Carrington

UserDr Masahito Asada, Nagasaki University.

HouseDixon Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockTuesday 05 December 2017, 16:00-17:00

Fighting trypanosomiasis with snake venom toxins

Host: Mark Carrington

UserAndreas Laustsen, Technical University of Denmark.

HouseDixon Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 29 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Drug target deconvolution in the trypanosomatids

Host: Paula MacGregor

UserSusan Wyllie, University of Dundee.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 22 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

The trypanosome outer kinetochore and what it means for chromosome segregation across eukaryotes

Host: Mark Carrington

UserBill Wickstead, University of Nottingham.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 15 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Evidence suggesting a non-canonical role for the Plasmodium falciparum AP2 adapter protein m subunit, a known modulator of artemisinin susceptibility.

Host: Ross Waller **Please note change of venue and time**

UserColin Sutherland, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

HouseSeminar Room 1, Hopkins Building, Biochemistry Department.

ClockWednesday 18 October 2017, 14:00-13:00

Parasite infection dynamics and the pathogenesis of Chagas disease and visceral leishmaniasis

Host: Mark Carrington

UserMichael Lewis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 27 September 2017, 16:00-17:00

Understanding mechanisms and targets of malaria immunity to advance vaccine development

Host: Peter Bull

UserProf James Beeson, Burnet Institute, Austrailia.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 16 August 2017, 16:00-17:00

Helminth-induced suppression of inflammation – a role for the gut microbiota?

UserDr Cinzia Cantacessi, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

HouseDixon Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 31 May 2017, 16:00-17:00

Wild Immunology

UserDr Simon Babayan, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 03 May 2017, 16:00-17:00

A Personal Odyssey Amongst Trypanosomes, Scientists and Biological Questions

UserDr Paul Voorheis, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 29 March 2017, 16:00-17:00

Prof David Dunne: From Art School to Worms

UserProf David Dunne, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 15 March 2017, 16:00-17:00

Examining transmission blockade of Plasmodium

UserDr Andrew Blagborough, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 01 March 2017, 16:00-17:00

Proteolysis and life cycle progression in trypanosomatids

UserProf Jeremy Mottram, Centre for Immunology and Infection, University of York.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 15 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

How do trypanosomes express just one VSG at a time?

UserProf David Horn, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 01 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Cryptosporidium, new insights and old challenges

UserDr Anastasios Tsaousis, Laboratory of Molecular & Evolutionary Parasitology, University of Kent.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 18 January 2017, 16:00-17:00

Motility and Invasion of apicomplexan parasites: What do we know?

UserProf Markus Meissner, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 14 December 2016, 16:00-17:00

The art of sex: genetic exchange in Trypanosoma brucei within the tsetse fly

UserDr Lori Peacock, Schools of Biological Sciences & Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 30 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

Helminth parasites - masters of the immune system

Please note the change from usual venue

UserProf Rick Maizels, University of Glasgow.

HouseDixon Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 16 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

Structural insights into severe malaria

Please note change of date

UserDr Matthew Higgins, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 09 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

Lipid Metabolism in apicomplexan parasites: Routes for drug therapy

UserDr James MacRae, Francis Crick Institute, London.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 19 October 2016, 16:00-17:00

A systems approach to analysing host and parasite in murine trypanosomiasis

UserDr Liam Morrison, University of Edinburgh.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 15 June 2016, 16:00-17:00

How parasites adapt their shape to different hosts

UserDr Richard Wheeler, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford University.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 01 June 2016, 16:00-17:00

Post-transcriptional gene expression control networks in trypanosomes

UserProf Christine Clayton, ZMBH, Heidelberg.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 18 May 2016, 16:00-17:00

Parasite-induced suppression of inflammation - a role for the gut microbiota?

THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED

UserDr Cinzia Cantacessi, University of Cambridge.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 04 May 2016, 16:00-17:00

Variant antigen families in the genomes of Laveranian Plasmodium species

UserDr Thomas Otto Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 27 April 2016, 16:00-17:00

Hidden: how African trypanosomes remain transmissible

UserBrice Rotureau, Institut Pasteur, France.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 16 March 2016, 16:00-17:00

Analysis of malaria parasite adaptation as a basis for vaccine design

UserProf David Conway, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 02 March 2016, 16:00-17:00

Discovering Determinants of Protozoan Pathogenesis

UserDr Kevin Tyler, UEA, Norwich.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 17 February 2016, 16:00-17:00

Transmission dynamics of zoonotic schistosomiasis in a changing world

UserProf Joanne Webster, The Royal Veterinary College.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 03 February 2016, 16:00-17:00

Why is shape important in trypanosomes?

UserDr Jack Sunter, University of Oxford.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 27 January 2016, 16:00-17:00

Broadly reactive antibodies against malaria variant antigens

UserJoshua Tan, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockFriday 27 November 2015, 11:00-12:00

Broadly reactive antibodies against malaria variant antigens

UserJoshua Tan, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockFriday 27 November 2015, 11:00-12:00

The real flux capacitor? A putative molecular valve in trypanosomes

UserDr Brooke Morriswood, Universität Wuerzburg.

HouseSeminar Room, Hopkins Building, Department of Biochemistry.

ClockWednesday 18 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

Schistosomes in the era of high throughput sequencing

UserAnna Protasio, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

HouseSeminar Room, Hopkins Building, Department of Biochemistry.

ClockWednesday 11 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

Remote control: How do apicomplexan parasites regulate proteins beyond their own boundaries?

UserDr Moritz Treeck, The Francis Crick Institute, London.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 28 October 2015, 16:00-17:00

Dissecting iron uptake in Trypanosoma brucei

Special Summer Meeting

UserDr Martin Taylor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 27 August 2015, 17:00-18:00

Diplonemids, new major players of the ocean

UserJulius Lukes, Institute of Parasitology, České Budejovice.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 25 June 2015, 17:00-18:00

The fascinating journey of T. brucei within the tsetse fly

Resecheduled from 29th January 2015

UserDr Alvaro Acosta Serrano, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 04 June 2015, 17:00-18:00

Role of the apicoplast in the membrane biogenesis of Apicomplexa: make, assemble and give

Please note change from usual venue

UserCyrille Botte, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 28 May 2015, 17:00-18:00

Towards understanding the role of HLA-DRB1 in human susceptibility to Leishmania donovani infection

Please note change from usual venue

UserMichaela Fakiola, University of Cambridge.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 26 March 2015, 17:00-18:00

The ubiquitin pathway in host-parasite interactions

Please note the change in date and venue

UserKaterina Artavanis-Tsakonas, Imperial College London.

HouseDixon Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 11 March 2015, 17:00-18:00

VSG identity and structural integrity determine growth rate of bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei

POSTPONED - to be rescheduled

UserAngela Schwede, University of Cambridge.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 26 February 2015, 17:00-18:00

Beyond genomes: new insights into the trypanosome-tsetse interactions

POSTPONED - TO BE RESCHEDULED

UserAlvaro Acosta Serrano, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 29 January 2015, 17:00-18:00

Challenges in studying the immunobiology of human schistosomiais

UserShona Wilson, University of Cambridge.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 15 January 2015, 17:00-18:00

Regulation of calcium signalling in malaria parasites

UserMathieu Brochet, WTSI.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 11 December 2014, 17:00-18:00

Characterisation of tegument proteins from the liver fluke F hepatica

UserTerry Spithill, La Trobe University, Melbourne and WTSI.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 16 October 2014, 17:00-18:00

Parasites in Past Civilisations

Please note change of venue

UserPiers Mitchell, Biological Anthropology.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 29 May 2014, 17:00-18:00

Parasitic nematode microRNAs- finding a function

Room changed

UserEileen Devaney, Glasgow University.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 24 April 2014, 17:00-18:00

Immunity and virulence in experimental malaria

Room changed

UserJean Langhorne, NIMR, London.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 27 March 2014, 17:00-18:00

Lifting the mystery of cyclic nucleotide signalling in kinetoplastids

Room changed

UserMichael Boshart, LMU Munich, Germany.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 13 March 2014, 17:00-18:00

Function of chromatin structure in host adaptation and development in Trypanosoma brucei

Cancelled

UserChristian Janzen, Wuerzburg University, Germany.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 27 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Does the flagellum talk to the trypanosome cell body?

UserPhilippe Bastin, Pasteur Institute, France.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 13 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Protein phosphatases regulating malaria parasite development

UserRita Tewari, University of Nottingham.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 30 January 2014, 17:00-18:00

New insights into malaria parasite egress from its host erythrocyte

UserMike Blackman, NIMR, London.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 09 January 2014, 17:00-18:00

Schistosomiasis control in pre-school-aged children: from molecular epidemiology to new WHO treatment guidelines

UserRussell Stothard, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 12 December 2013, 17:00-18:00

Interactions between fish hosts and trypanosomes: How to say NO

Please note this Seminar will be held on a Wednesday – a change to the usual schedule

UserGeert Wiegertjes, Wageningen University, Netherlands.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 27 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

The co-evolutionary arms race between humans and trypanosomes

UserAnnette Macleod, Glasgow University.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 14 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Discovery and exploitation of the hexose transporter of Plasmodium falciparum as a new drug target

UserProf. Sanjeev Krishna, St George's University, London.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 31 October 2013, 17:00-18:00

Regulation of gene expression during the growth curve of procyclic Trypanosoma brucei

Room changed

UserAntonio Estevez, CSIC Granada, Spain.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 17 October 2013, 17:00-18:00

A stochastic model of antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei

UserDr Bill Wickstead, University of Nottingham.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 20 June 2013, 17:00-18:00

The genomes of four tapeworm species reveal adaptations to parasitism and new drug targets

UserDr Magdalena Zarowiecki, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 30 May 2013, 17:00-18:00

Dissecting developmental signalling pathways in Trypanosoma brucei

UserDr Keith Matthews, University of Edinburgh.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 16 May 2013, 17:00-18:00

Targets of the IgE response: helminths and allergens

UserDr Colin Fitzsimmons, University of Cambridge.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 18 April 2013, 17:00-18:00

Human schistosomiasis: a journey from immune responses to control & elimination

UserProfessor Daniel Colley, Center for Tropical and Emerging Diseases, University of Georgia, USA.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 27 March 2013, 12:30-13:30

Cell biology of the trypanosome surface coat

UserDr Markus Engstler, University of Wuerzberg.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 14 March 2013, 17:00-18:00

Post-translational modification of proteins as a regulatory mechanism in the nuclear VSG-ES body

UserDr Miguel Navarro, CSIC (Spanish National Reserach Council).

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 07 March 2013, 17:00-18:00

The role of polo-like kinase in the biogenesis of the Trypanosoma brucei cytoskeleton

Cancelled

UserDr Chris de Graffenreid, IMP, Vienna - CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER IN VIENNA. TALK WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED FOR MARCH..

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 17 January 2013, 17:00-18:00

Dendritic cells: central players in orchestration of immune responses against helminths

UserDr Andrew MacDonald, University of Edinburgh.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockThursday 29 November 2012, 15:30-16:30

Dense core secretory vesicle assembly: a ciliate approach

Host: Professor Mark Field (mcf34@cam.ac.uk)

UserDr Aaron Turkewitz, University of Chicago.

HouseLecture Theatre, Department of Pathology.

ClockFriday 28 September 2012, 14:00-15:00

Cellular remodelling, differentiation and autophage in Leishmania

UserJeremy Mottram, University of Glasgow.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 20 June 2012, 17:00-18:00

The Leishmania amastigote flagellum: from structure to function

UserEva Gluenz, University of Oxford.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 23 May 2012, 17:00-18:00

Trypanosoma brucei: sex, drugs and RNA

UserIsabel Roditi, University of Bern.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 25 April 2012, 17:00-18:00

Leishmania: life in the vector, survival in the host.

UserDebbie Smith, University of York.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 21 March 2012, 17:00-18:00

Immunity to gut nematodes: from resistance to susceptibility

UserRichard Grencis, University of Manchester.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 22 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Serological markers of malaria transmission

UserChris Drakeley, LSHTM.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 18 January 2012, 17:00-18:00

How does the African trypanosome control gene expression?

UserDr Gloria Rudenko (London).

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 27 April 2011, 17:00-18:00

Back to basics: Leishmania differentiation in the sand fly vector.

UserProf. Deborah Smith (York).

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 23 March 2011, 17:00-18:00

Systematic analysis of vesicular traffic in apicomplexan parasites.

UserDr Markus Meissner (Glasgow).

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 06 October 2010, 17:00-18:00

Unravelling the schistosome transcriptome and epigenome.

UserKarl Hoffman (Aberystwyth).

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 12 May 2010, 17:00-18:00

Ab initio identification of cis-regulatory elements in nucleotide sequences

UserSteve Kelly, University of Oxford.

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 24 March 2010, 17:00-18:00

The trypanosome flagellum: a 300 piece jigsaw.

UserPhilippe Bastin (Paris).

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 10 February 2010, 17:00-18:00

SMN-assisted assembly of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins in trypanosomes.

UserAlbrecht Bindereif (Geissen).

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 18 November 2009, 17:00-18:00

Structural insights into adhesive proteins in Malaria

Host: Professor Mark Field

UserMatthew Higgins (Cambridge).

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 14 October 2009, 17:00-18:00

The Escherichia coli K5 capsule, how is it made and what does it do

UserProf. Ian Roberts, University of Manchester.

HouseGreaves Room, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

ClockMonday 22 June 2009, 16:00-17:00

A new mechanism for multi-drug resistance in trypanosomes.

UserShane Wilkinson, (Queen Mary, University of London).

HouseSeminar Room, Department of Pathology.

ClockWednesday 13 May 2009, 17:00-18:00

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