Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Protecting Immortality: Germ line Development in Drosophila

Hosts: Daniel St Johnston & Julie Ahringer

Ruth Lehmann, Skirball Institute, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 11:30-12:30

Stem Cell Institute Research Associates

Commercialization Processes and Career Opportunities in Biotech

Dr. Allen Eaves, CEO and Founder of STEM CELL Technologies.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 30 June 2015, 11:30-12:30

Stem Cell Institute Research Associates

The origin of early lineages in the mammlian embryo

Dr. Berenika Plusa.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 22 June 2015, 10:00-11:00

Pharmacology Tea Clubs Michaelmas 2014

Adenylyl cyclases – an evolving story

Dermot Cooper (Dept of Pharmacology, Cambridge) .

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 28 November 2014, 16:00-17:00

Pharmacology Tea Clubs Michaelmas 2014

Epigenetic reprogramming in mammalian development

Wolf Reik (Babraham Institute, Cambridge) .

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 21 November 2014, 16:00-17:00

Pharmacology Tea Clubs Michaelmas 2014

A proteomic method for characterising local protein clusters on the plasma membrane

Tony Jackson (Biochemistry Dept, Cambridge).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 14 November 2014, 16:00-17:00

Pharmacology Tea Clubs Michaelmas 2014

How and why cells switch off clathrin-mediated endocytosis during mitosis

Steve Royle (Medical Cell Biology, Warwick) .

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 07 November 2014, 16:00-17:00

Pharmacology Tea Clubs Michaelmas 2014

Regulation of NMDA receptor activity in substantia nigra dopamine neurons

Sue Jones (PDN, Cambridge) .

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 31 October 2014, 16:00-17:00

Pharmacology Tea Clubs Michaelmas 2014

Targeted cancer therapy: act locally, think globally

Dr Momo Bentires-Alj (Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel) .

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 24 October 2014, 16:00-17:00

Pharmacology Tea Clubs Michaelmas 2014

Human obesity and insulin resistance: lessons from genetics

Stephen O'Rahilly (Metabolic Research Laboratories, Cambridge).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 17 October 2014, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Roles of Immunity in Influenza Virus Evolution.

John Skehel, NIMR.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The earliest tetrapods: What were they, and what are they?

Jenny Clack.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Abandoning a medical career for sex, conflict, and violence

Geoff Parker, Liverpool.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

New Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases

Chris Dobson.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Rho GTPase signalling in tumour invasion

Chris Marshall, ICR.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 15 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Research Involving Animals Containing Human Material

Martin Bobrow, NHS.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Evolution of Animal Societies

Tim Clutton-Brock.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Early Days of Single Ion Channel Recording: Proof of Concept and Surprises

Nobel Laureate Erwin Neher, Germany.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 25 January 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Cells move! But how do they do it?

Dr Rob Kay, FRS.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 09 November 2011, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Branching out!

Professor Ottoline Leyser, FRS.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 02 November 2011, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Intrinsic Lability of DNA, and the continuous DNA repair triggered in this fashion

Professor Tom Lindahl, FRS.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 19 October 2011, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

BioSoc AGM

BioSoc members.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 23 May 2011, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

How I got into the mitochondrion

Prof Sir John Walker.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 24 January 2011, 20:00-21:30

Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine

Some missing lincRNAs in Chromatin, Cancer and Stem Cells

Host: Tony Kouzarides, Gurdon Institute

John L. Rinn, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Broad Institute, United States of America.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 09 December 2010, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Reading the human genome: the reconstruction of the past

Prof Sydney Brenner.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 30 November 2010, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University First Aid Society

Helimedicine and pre-hospital care

Last talk of term

Dr Ari Ercole (University of Cambridge).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 23 November 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

What have we learned from structures of the ribosome?

Prof Venki Ramakrishnan.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 08 November 2010, 20:00-21:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The mechanism of mRNA transport and localized translation in Drosophila oocytes and neurons

Ilan Davis (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 05 October 2010, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Sex and Molecular Evolution

Sir Brian Charlesworth.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 01 March 2010, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Building Bridges between Genes, Brains and Language

Dr Simon Fisher.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 17 February 2010, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Control of Cell Division

Sir Tim Hunt.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 15 February 2010, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Sperm from Stem Cells

Professor Karim Nayernia.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 08 February 2010, 18:00-19:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Understanding the Complexity of Eukaryotic Cells: Triumphs of Fungal Genetics

Professor Lorna Casselton.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 25 January 2010, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

HIV/AIDS: Science & Myth

Professor Robin Weiss.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 23 November 2009, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD or NoT?

PhD Students, Career Service, Board of Graduate Studies....

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 26 October 2009, 18:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

"Global Education of Cervical Cancer"

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz (Chief Executive Officer of the MRC).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 27 May 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The plastic brain

Prof Colin Blakemore.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 21 May 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Mental programs and the frontal lobe

Prof. John Duncan (Medical Research Council - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 18 May 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Human Stem Cells: Therapeutic and Research Potential

Dr Stephen Minger (King's College London).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 11 May 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Darwinspotting in 2009: Are there any real ones out there?

Dr Peter C. Kjærgaard, Visiting Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 12 March 2009, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

"Identifying lipid signals in normal and diseased cells"

Prof Michael Wakelam (Babraham Institute Director).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 11 March 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

"Plant-insect-interactions to drug development"

Prof Monique Simmonds, Kew Garden, London.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 09 March 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

How moral is bioethics?

Prof Lewis Wolpert, UCL.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 23 February 2009, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Parasites, people and policy: Infectious diseases and millenium development goals.

Lord Robert May (Oxford).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 09 February 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Forensic Genetics: application to crime scene investigation and the identification of human remains.

Dr William Goodwin (University of Central Lancashire).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 02 February 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

All about stress in plants, from oxidative stress to programmed cell death.

Dr Ilse Kranner.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 26 January 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

"Mysteries and Mechanisms of General Anaesthesia"

Prof. Nick Franks.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 24 November 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

"Personal genomics, expectations and democracy"

Dr Adam Hedgecoe.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 10 November 2008, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD or not PhD?

PhD students (Cambridge).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 27 October 2008, 18:30-21:30

ChemSoc - Cambridge Chemistry Society

Will Feeding the World Kill the Planet?

Caroline Hurford, spokesperson for the World Food Programme; Dr Malcolm Hawkesford, Rothamsted Agricultural Research Centre; Dr Peter Craufurd, School of Agriculture Policy and Development, Reading University; Dr Howard Griffiths, Cambridge University.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 23 October 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Cancer and the cell cycle

Sir Tim Hunt.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 06 May 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Can we trust biologists?

Lord Robert Winston.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 28 April 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Memories are made of this

Prof Steven Rose, Open University.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 13 March 2008, 18:30-20:00

All Talks (aka the CURE list)

Title to be confirmed

Dept of Pharmacology – tea club talks.

Dr. Fulvio D'Acquisto Centre for Biochemical Pharmacology, Barts and The London John Vane Research Centre, Charterhouse Square, London.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 07 March 2008, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

From cells to embryo: the magic of gastrulation

Professor Claudio Stern.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 25 February 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Skin, scales and fins: Genetic Analysis of the Development of Adult Integumentary Organs in the Zebrafish

Prof Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 18 February 2008, 20:00-21:30

kct1000's list

What if science doesn't save the world? Energy security in crisis

David MacKay (chair), Jonathan David, Pierre Noel, and Andrew Woods.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 07 February 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Deadly companions - how microbes have shaped our history

Professor Dorothy Crawford, University of Edinburgh.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 21 January 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Converting knowledge into treatments (Sex, drugs and frustration)

Dr Peter Goodfellow, Head of Discovery, GSK.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 26 November 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

What are imprinted genes doing in the brain: sex, polygamy and mental illness

Professor Lawrence Wilkinson, University of Cardiff.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 19 November 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life

Dr Nick Lane, UCL.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 05 November 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Mystery of Intracellular Timers in Animal Development

Professor Martin Raff, Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, UCL.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 22 October 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Stem cell biology: hype and reality

Professor Austin Smith, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 19 February 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

From antibody inventions to start-up companies and blockbuster therapeutics

Sir Greg Winter, MRC-LMB.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 12 February 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Mission Possible: Defeating the silent killer

Professor Frances Balkwill, Institute of Cancer, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 29 January 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Taking the stink out of instinct

Sir Patrick Bateson, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 22 January 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Protein folding, misfolding and disease

Sir Alan Fersht, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 27 November 2006, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Influenza virus membrane glycoproteins in virus replication and variation

Sir John Skehel, MRC-NIMR.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 13 November 2006, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Sleepfaring: A journey through the science of sleep

Professor Jim Horne, Loughborough Sleep Research Centre.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 06 November 2006, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Malaria: from science to action

Professor Nicholas White, Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 23 October 2006, 20:00-21:30