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Termly seminar programme If you have a question about this list, please contact: Fiona Roby. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser. 1 upcoming talk and 312 talks in the archive. Epidemiology and modelling to support the routine infant immunisation programme in EnglandLauren Adams, Department of Veterinary Medicine. LT2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 29 January 2025, 16:00-17:00 Epithelial and immune cell dynamics in non-traditional models of mammary postnatal developmentBen Davies, Department of Veterinary Medicine. LT1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Tuesday 21 January 2025, 16:00-17:00 Disarm and disengage: Understanding Aurodox - a Type III Secretion System inhibitor from StreptomycesProfessor Paul A Hoskisson, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.. LT2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Tuesday 03 December 2024, 16:00-17:00 Gene-based vaccines to combat bacterial diseases, hurdles and opportunitiesProfessor Christine Rollier, Professor of Vaccinology, University of Surrey. LT2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Thursday 28 November 2024, 14:00-15:00 Infection- and Vaccine-induced Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2 and Other Human Coronaviruses.Ernest Aguinam, Department of Veterinary Medicine. LT2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 27 November 2024, 16:00-17:00 Active Surveillance of Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Fresh Push to Identify Reservoir HostsJames O Olopade, Humboldt Research Hub for Zoonotic Arboviral Diseases, University of Ibadan. LT2. Tuesday 23 July 2024, 16:00-17:00 Advances, challenges, and new initiatives in veterinary clinical microbiologyDorina Timofte, University of Liverpool. LT2. Wednesday 05 June 2024, 13:00-14:00 How use of SSRI impacts placenta and mammary gland developmentContact Fiona Roby for zoom link Laura L. Hernandez, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wednesday 15 May 2024, 16:00-17:00 Modelling optimal intervention strategies for animal diseases in data poor settingsThis talk will be streamed and will be accessible remotely once it has started, with raven login here: https://cambridgelectures.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx#folderID=%220c72d750-7bc0-4938-88f2-ae7c00b8c25d%22 Professor Mike Tildesley, Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling, University of Warwick. LT2. Friday 19 January 2024, 12:00-13:00 Predicting in vivo metabolic vulnerabilities in Streptococcus suis using metabolic modelsKarl Kochanowski. Wednesday 22 November 2023, 16:00-17:00 Dissecting coronavirus-host interactions in bats and white-tailed deerArinjay Banerjee and Samira Mubareka, Laboratory of Zoonotic Viruses and Comparative Immunology (LZCI) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) University of Saskatchewan. LT1. Tuesday 03 October 2023, 13:00-14:00 Clec9A-targeting as a pathogen agnostic vaccine platform for pandemic vaccine responseDr Sylvie Alonso, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme (ID TRP) . LT1. Friday 22 September 2023, 12:00-14:00 Multireceptor targeting of the glioma microenvironmentDr John Rossmeisl, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. LT2. Monday 18 September 2023, 16:30-17:30 Nationwide HLA frequency and Network based viral host prediction.Dr David Wells, Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Vaccitech Ltd, Oxford. LT2. Wednesday 13 September 2023, 10:30-11:30 Tick-borne diseases with special focus on Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever in Humans and AnimalsDr. Lawrence Mugisha, Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and BioSecurity (COVAB), Makerere University Department of Wildlife and Animal Resources Management (WARM). LT2. Wednesday 28 June 2023, 16:00-17:00 Mitigating zoonotic risk from bats in rural KenyaDr Kristian Forbes, University of Arkansas. LT2. Wednesday 31 May 2023, 16:00-17:00 Real-time Genomics and One Health – The River Cam and novel pathogen surveillance technologyDr Lara Urban & Anastasia Grekova, Helmholtz AI, Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, Technical University of Munich. LT1. Tuesday 16 May 2023, 11:30-12:30 One Health In Action in the CaribbeanProfessor Chris Oura, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of the West Indies. LT2. Thursday 11 May 2023, 16:00-17:00 Brain and Serum profile of the African Giant Rat brain (Cricetomys gambianus) after natural exposure to heavy metal environmental pollution in the Nigerian Niger DeltaProfessor James O Olopade, Alexander von Humboldt Center of Excellence for Zoonotic Arboviral Diseases (ACEZAD) University of Ibadan. LT2. Wednesday 03 May 2023, 16:00-17:00 Scalable monitoring of Infectious Diseases through biological weather stationsProf Simon Frost, Principal Data Scientist at Microsoft Research, Professor of Pathogen Dynamics at LSHTM. LT2. Friday 28 April 2023, 12:00-13:00 Optical monitoring of cerebral metabolism: from seizures to dogsRe-scheduled! Dr Gemma Bale, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. LT2. Wednesday 08 March 2023, 16:00-17:00 Unravelling the whipworm niche at the host intestinal epitheliaDr Maria Duque, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. LT2. Tuesday 21 February 2023, 13:00-14:00 Contribution of pneumococci to the risk of developing pneumonia: The Drakenstein Child Health StudyDr Felix Dube, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town. LT2. Tuesday 07 February 2023, 12:00-13:00 Spillover Surveillance and One Health Response: Understanding Emerging Zoonotic Threats in Real TimeProfessor Emily Gurley, Johns Hopkins University. LT1. Tuesday 10 January 2023, 16:00-17:00 The journey of XDR typhoid in PakistanDr. Farah Naz Qamar, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health Medical College, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan. LT2. Wednesday 16 November 2022, 16:00-17:00 One health, many challenges no silver bullet.Andres M Perez, University of Minnesota. Wednesday 20 July 2022, 16:00-17:00 Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome economization for pathogenesis: “More from less for more”Room changed - will be Seminar Rooms 2/3, Pathology Block, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Prof Seyed E. Hasnain, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Sharda University, Greater Noida . Thursday 07 July 2022, 16:00-17:00 Investigating inherited diseases in the domestic dog - an introduction to the Canine Genetics Research GroupDr Cathryn Mellersh, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Wednesday 09 June 2021, 16:00-17:00 Adaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to growth as a biofilmProfessor Caitlin Pepperell, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin Madison. Wednesday 19 May 2021, 16:00-17:00 Targeting protein aggregate clearance pathways to slow neurodegeneration in prion disordersDr Christina J. Sigurdson, Center for Veterinary Sciences and Comparative Medicine, UC San Diego. Wednesday 28 April 2021, 16:00-17:00 Spillover – lessons learned from emerging bat virusesDr Raina Plowright, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University. Wednesday 24 March 2021, 16:00-17:00 NHP models of prion disordersDr Emmanuel Comoy, Unit of Prion Disorders and Related Infectious Agents (SEPIA), François Jacob Institute of biology. Wednesday 17 March 2021, 16:00-17:00 New developments in the understanding of canine intervertebral disc extrusionPaul Freeman, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Wednesday 10 March 2021, 16:00-17:00 Therapies for hereditary retinal diseasesProfessor Simon Petersen-Jones, Michigan State University. Wednesday 03 March 2021, 16:00-17:00 A booster dose enhances immunogenicity of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 in aged miceDr Michelle Linterman, Babraham Institute. Wednesday 24 February 2021, 16:00-17:00 A Tale of Two Sigmas; It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…with Fasciola.Dr Russ Morphew, The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University. Wednesday 10 February 2021, 16:00-17:00 Shuffling the pack: the dynamic genome of Bordetella pertussis.Dr Andrew Preston, The Milner Centre for Evolution and Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath. Wednesday 03 February 2021, 16:00-17:00 Safe food (meat) or that which appears to be ‘safe’Dr Milorad Radakovic, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Wednesday 20 January 2021, 16:00-17:00 Vaccines to prevent the next PandemicProfessor Jonathan Heeney, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Wednesday 13 January 2021, 16:00-17:00 tbcDr Andrew Preston, The Milner Centre for Evolution and Department of Biology and Biochemistry University of Bath. Thursday 17 December 2020, 16:00-17:00 AO Global Data – revolutionising medical data collection, enabling outcome reporting and evidence-based medical decision making.Dr Alexander Joeris, Head of Clinical Science, AO Innovation Translation Centre (AO ITC). Wednesday 02 December 2020, 16:00-17:00 Detection and Characterization of Blood-borne PrionsDr Candace K Mathiason, Colorado State University. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 25 November 2020, 16:00-17:00 Unsocial Medicine: exploring intersections between livestock health epidemiology and local knowledge networksDr Alex Tasker, Embedded Scientist at UK Government International Joint Comparisons Unit; Teaching Fellow in Human Ecology/Health and Environment, Dept of Anthropology, University College London. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 04 November 2020, 16:00-17:00 'Use of genetic and serological data in dynamical models of infectious disease'Dr Henrik Salje, Pathogen Dynamics Group, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge . Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 28 October 2020, 16:00-17:00 The Cancer Paradox: Investigations into the somatic mutation rate across mammalsDr Alex Cagan, Wellcome Sanger Institute. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 21 October 2020, 16:00-17:00 The therapeutic utility of inhibiting the lectin pathway of complement activationDr Wilhelm Schwaeble, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 October 2020, 16:00-17:00 Morris Animal Foundation: Grant funding opportunities and access to the Golden Retriever Lifetime StudyDuring Covid Lockdown these seminars will be held via Zoom Janet Patterson-Kane, Chief Scientific Officer, Morris Animal Foundation. Wednesday 10 June 2020, 16:00-17:00 Cannabis Medicines - a Modern RealityZoom Dr Geoffrey Guy, GW Pharmaceuticals . Zoom. Wednesday 03 June 2020, 16:00-17:00 Commensal E. coli are a reservoir for the transfer of XDR plasmids into epidemic fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella sonneiDuring Covid lockdown these seminars will be held via Zoom Prof. Stephen Baker, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge. Wednesday 27 May 2020, 16:00-17:00 Of cats and men: Studying feline biliary tract disease’During Covid lockdown these seminars will be held via Zoom Dr Penny Watson, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Wednesday 20 May 2020, 16:00-17:00 Metabolomics: Applications and impact in animal health and husbandryDuring Covid lockdown these seminars will be held via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/834693107 Meeting ID: 834 693 107 Alessandro Busetti, Metabolomics Field Application Scientist, Metabolon, Inc.. Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/834693107 Meeting ID: 834 693 107. Wednesday 13 May 2020, 16:00-17:00 Using genomics to enrich our knowledge of the human gut microbiomeDuring Covid lockdown these seminars will be held via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/834693107 Meeting ID: 834 693 107 Dr Alexandre Almeida, ESPOD Postdoctoral Fellow - Finn research group, EMBL-EBI. Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/834693107 Meeting ID: 834 693 107. Wednesday 06 May 2020, 16:00-17:00 Dogs, Cats, Disease, and the Galapagos IslandsBen Howitt MRCVS, Galapagos Animal Doctors. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 11 March 2020, 16:00-17:00 Genomic epidemiology of bacterial antimicrobial resistance across the One Health spectrumDr Alison Mather, Group Leader and Food Standards Agency Fellow, Quadram Institute. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 26 February 2020, 16:00-17:00 Exploring the intimacy between bats and viruses: the evolution and function of bat antiviral IFITM proteinsDr Camilla Benfield, Royal Veterinary College, University of London. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 19 February 2020, 16:00-17:00 A Wobbly Path: Looking for answers on Cervical SpondylomyelopathyProfessor Ronaldo C. da Costa, The Ohio State University, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 February 2020, 16:00-17:00 Ancient DNA, extinction, domestication and the cost of modern farmingDr Laurent Frantz, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 29 January 2020, 16:00-17:00 Unravelling mysterious interactions between viruses and antibodies: molecular mechanisms and importance in vaccinationDr Sarah Caddy, Senior Research Fellow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 22 January 2020, 16:00-17:00 Organoids: closing the gap between in vitro & in vivo modelsProfessor Jerry Wells (Wageningen University & Research). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 15 January 2020, 16:00-17:00 Paint-on antimicrobial bandages: a new approach for veterinary wound managementDr Nuno Faria (University of Cambridge). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 04 December 2019, 16:00-17:00 The lectin pathway of complement: The Swiss army knife of innate immunityProfessor Peter Garred, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 27 November 2019, 16:00-17:00 Dissecting the host response during pathogen-specific mastitis in cowsDr Wolfram Petzl, Ludwig (Maximillians-Universitat Munich (LMU)). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 13 November 2019, 16:00-17:00 Genome remodelling in Streptococcus pyogenesDr Claire Turner (The University of Sheffield). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 06 November 2019, 16:00-17:00 Title to be confirmedSpeaker to be confirmed. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 30 October 2019, 16:00-17:00 Role of extracellular vesicles in helminth-host interactions: From immunomodulation to vaccine developmentDr Javier Sotillo-Gallego (Instituto Carlos III, Madrid). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 23 October 2019, 16:00-17:00 The role of nutrients in host-pathogen interactionsDr Sheena Cotter (University of Lincoln). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 16 October 2019, 16:00-17:00 Equine Rotavirus Diarrhoea in Neonates: Situation in Argentina and optimisation of prevention and therapeutic methodsDr Aldana Vissani, Institudo de Investigación Virología, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 09 October 2019, 16:00-17:00 The parallelism of evolution of multi-drug resistant clonesProfessor Alan McNally, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 June 2019, 16:00-17:00 Title to be confirmedCanceled - will be rescheduled Dr Alex Cagan, Wellcome Sanger Institute. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 05 June 2019, 16:00-17:00 Understanding Unconscious/Implicit BiasDr Miriam Lynn, Equality and Diversity Consultant, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 29 May 2019, 16:00-17:00 Sickle cell anaemia: the first molecular diseaseProf John Gibson, Department of Veterinary Medicine.. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 22 May 2019, 16:00-17:00 How Listeria sense the environment-to-host transition via PrfAProfessor Jose Vazquez-Boland, Chair of Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 15 May 2019, 16:00-17:00 Canine Babesiosis: selected aspects of the topicProf. Stanislaw Winiarczyk, University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lublin, Poland. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 08 May 2019, 16:00-17:00 Machine Learning in RadiologyDr Joshua Kaggie, Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 24 April 2019, 16:00-17:00 Direct from sputum sequencing of TB in the field, and connecting them to a global google.Dr Zamin Iqbal, Research Group Leader, The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 13 March 2019, 16:00-17:00 Pathophysiology of feline diabetes mellitusProf Thomas Lutz, University of Zurich | UZH · Institute of Veterinary Physiology. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 06 March 2019, 16:00-17:00 The dynamics of haemorrhagic fever in AfricaProf Simon Frost, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 27 February 2019, 16:00-17:00 Broad complement inhibition in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s diseaseDr Elena M. Ribe, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 20 February 2019, 16:00-17:00 The Evolutionary Genomics of Staphylococcus aureus InfectionsProf Daniel Wilson, Big Data Institute, University of Oxford. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 13 February 2019, 16:00-17:00 Udderly different?: A comparative approach to studying the mammary gland in health and disease.Dr Kate Hughes, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 06 February 2019, 16:00-17:00 Jockeying for position: defining Streptococcus equi gene essentiality in the horseDr Andrew Waller, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 30 January 2019, 16:00-17:00 New materials and devices for interfacing with the nervous systemProf George Malliaras, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 16 January 2019, 16:00-17:00 Phasevarions of bacterial pathogens: shedding new light on old enemiesDr John M. Atack, Research Fellow, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University . Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 December 2018, 16:00-17:00 Challenges in Veterinary Forensic PathologyDr Lorenzo Ressel, Head of Department of Veterinary Pathology and Public Health, University of Liverpool. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 28 November 2018, 16:00-17:00 Brachycephalic dogs: There is plenty of bad news. So is there any good news?Dr David Sargan, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 21 November 2018, 16:00-17:00 Comparative glucocorticoid metabolism; lessons from horses, humans and miceDr Ruth Morgan, University of Edinburgh. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 November 2018, 16:00-17:00 AGE IMMUNE: do bats hold the secret of extended longevity?Professor Emma C Teeling, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Ireland. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 07 November 2018, 16:00-17:00 Engineering biology – where science meets imaginationDr Wayne Bowen, Chief Scientific Officer, TTP Laptech. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 17 October 2018, 16:00-17:00 The HIV glycan shield as a target for broadly neutralizing antibodiesDr Katie Doores, MRC Career Development Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, King's College London . Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 03 October 2018, 16:00-17:00 'Friends or Foes? Helminth-microbiota interactions in the equine gastrointestinal tractDr Laura Peachey, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 20 June 2018, 16:00-17:00 Who gave that to me? Carriage and transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in schools.Citizen Scientists from Cottenham Village College and St Bedes Inter-Church School and Dr Andrew Conlan, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 13 June 2018, 16:00-17:00 Unlocking medical questions with a developmental biology keyDr Laura Hardwick, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 23 May 2018, 16:00-17:00 Vaccines for notorious Zoonotic VirusesProf. Jonathan Heeney, Department of Veterinary Medicine, (University of Cambridge). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 16 May 2018, 16:00-17:00 Optimisation of a recombinant vaccine to control parasitic nematodesDr Alasdair Nisbet, Moredun Research Institute. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 09 May 2018, 16:00-17:00 The Power of Non-invasive Approaches to Conservation ScienceProfessor Samuel K Wasser, Department of Biology, University of Washington on sabbatical, Department of Zoology, Cambridge University. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 02 May 2018, 16:00-17:00 Insect-based biomass valorisation: using Hermetia illucens to convert waste into food & medicineMiha Pipan, Entomics, Chief Scientific Officer, Entomics. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 25 April 2018, 16:00-17:00 Accelerating the control of bovine Tuberculosis in developing countriesDr Andrew Conlan, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 21 March 2018, 16:00-17:00 Sneks long balusProfessor David Pritchard, University of Nottingham. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 March 2018, 16:00-17:00 The MHC ligandome of two contagious cancers within the Tasmanian devil population, Devil Facial Tumour 1 and Devil Facial Tumour 2Dr Hannah Siddle, Lecturer in Molecular Immunology, University of Southampton. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 21 February 2018, 16:00-17:00 Participatory approaches to encourage responsible use of antibiotics in livestockDr Kristen Reyher, Senior Lecturer in Farm Animal Science, University of Bristol. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 February 2018, 16:00-17:00 Streptococcus suis - managing a global zoonotic pathogen of pigsDr Dan Tucker, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 07 February 2018, 16:00-17:00 Cancelled - Intracellular Salmonella persistersCanceled - This talk will be rescheduled for a later date Dr. Sophie Helaine, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 31 January 2018, 16:00-17:00 DEVELOPMENT OF BIOMATERIALS AND CELL THERAPIES FOR BONE REGENERATIONJosé Miguel Campos DVM MRCVS, Veterinary Clinics, Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), University of Porto (UP), Porto, PORTUGAL. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 24 January 2018, 16:00-17:00 Rapid host-pathogen co-evolution following a severe emerging infectious outbreakDr Camille Bonneaud, Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Exeter. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 29 November 2017, 16:00-17:00 Horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance drives multi-species population level epidemicsDr Kate Baker, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 22 November 2017, 16:00-17:00 The value of improving livestock health and fitness through geneticsProf Eileen Wall, Professor of Integrative Livestock Genetics at SRUC. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 15 November 2017, 16:00-17:00 Dissecting disease transmission between speciesDr Mafalda Viana,Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 08 November 2017, 16:00-17:00 Sustainability of livestock production: water, welfare and woodlandProfessor Don Broom, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 25 October 2017, 16:00-17:00 Could pluripotent stem cells ever be used for equine tendon regeneration?Dr Debbie Guest, Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, UK. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 11 October 2017, 16:00-17:00 A transmissible RNA pathway in honeybeesDr Eyal Moari, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 04 October 2017, 16:00-17:00 Linking Mammary Development and Breast CancerProfessor Pamela Cowin, NYU School of Medicine. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 June 2017, 16:00-17:00 Selection and diseases in structured populationsDr. Andrea Manica ( Dept. of Zoology, Cambridge University). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 07 June 2017, 16:00-17:00 Compensatory lameness in dogs: kinematic description and inertial sensors detectionDr Constanza B. Gómez Álvarez, Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Biomechhanics, Head of Veterinary Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 31 May 2017, 16:00-17:00 THERE IS NO TALK ON WEDNESDAY 24TH MayCancelled. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 24 May 2017, 16:00-17:00 Recent advances in the molecular diagnosis of canine and feline lymphomaDr Sabine Hammer (Molecular Geneticist), and Dr Barbara Rütgen (Clinical Pathologist) Dept of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 17 May 2017, 16:00-17:00 Can we exploit companion dogs to advance therapies for spinal cord injury?Dr Nicolas Granger, Research Fellow, School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 10 May 2017, 16:00-17:00 Molecular dissection approaches to study diseased tissuesDr Walker Jackson, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 03 May 2017, 16:00-17:00 IgA-mediated enchained growth mediates protection and modulates bacterial evolution in the intestinal lumenDr Emma Slack, Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 22 March 2017, 16:00-17:00 It's a dog's life - or is it? The health and welfare of dogs owned by homeless peopleDr David Williams, Associate Lecturer in Veterinary Ophthalmology, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 15 March 2017, 16:00-17:00 Please note: Talk now CancelledCanceled Dr Jaume Forcada, British Antarctic Survey. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 08 March 2017, 16:00-17:00 Vector-borne helminths of zoonotic concern in Europe: emerging or neglected?Professor Domenico Otranto, Professor of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Bari. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 01 March 2017, 16:00-17:00 Sensitivity to BST-2 restriction correlates with Orthobunyavirus host range.Dr Mariana Varela, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 22 February 2017, 16:00-17:00 Title to be confirmedDr. Andrea Manica ( Dept. of Zoology, Cambridge University). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Tuesday 21 February 2017, 16:00-17:00 A Biotechnology Start Up Approach to Developing Medicines for Animal HealthSimon Aspland, General Manager Acidophil Ltd, VP Business Development. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 15 February 2017, 16:00-17:00 'Translational orthopaedics - vet in a medics world'Dr Fran Henson, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 08 February 2017, 16:00-17:00 Understanding and manipulating the T-cell response to peptide-MHCProf Linda Wooldridge, University of Bristol. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 01 February 2017, 16:00-17:00 Zoonotic leishmaniosis: don’t put the blame on dogs onlyProfessor Emanuele Brianti, Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, University of Messina. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 25 January 2017, 16:00-17:00 Mechanical signalling in stem cells and developmentDr Kevin Chalut, WT-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 18 January 2017, 16:00-17:00 Complement therapeutics on the crossroads between inflammatory and infectious diseaseProfessor Wilhelm Schwaeble, Professor of Immunology, University of Leicester. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 11 January 2017, 16:00-17:00 Large Animal Models For Retinal Gene TherapyProf Simon Petersen-Jones, Myers-Dunlap Endowed Chair in Canine Health, Michigan State University. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 07 December 2016, 16:00-17:00 The highs and lows of rotavirus vaccines; why don’t they work as well where they are needed most?Prof Miren Iturriza-Gomara, Institute of Infection and global health, Univeristy of Liverpool. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 30 November 2016, 16:00-17:00 Informing immunisation policy for meningitis vaccines in UK and Africa using mathematical modelsDr Caroline Trotter, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 23 November 2016, 16:00-17:00 A Natural History of SentienceDr Liz Paul, Senior Research Fellow, University of Bristol. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 16 November 2016, 16:00-17:00 Cognitive antimicrobial discoveryDr Max Ryadnov, Science Leader for Biosciences, National Physical Laboratory, UK. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 09 November 2016, 16:00-17:00 Woofing it down – lessons on the neurobiology of appetite from man’s best friendDr Eleanor Raffan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Canine Obesity Group, WT-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 02 November 2016, 16:00-17:00 Interpreting variants in the genomic era and utility of IPSC derived retinal cells and optic cups to explore mechanisms of disease and potential therapies for retinal degenerationsProf Alison Hardcastle, Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 26 October 2016, 16:00-17:00 Disease dynamics in animal hosts: How natural selection affects disease transmission in insects; and how animal density and climatic factors can influence the prevalence of zoonotic diseasesDr David Paez, Montana State University. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 19 October 2016, 16:00-17:00 Syntax in C. elegans locomotionDr Andre Brown, Group leader, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London . Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 October 2016, 16:00-17:00 Debunking the Neandertal mythProfessor William Amos, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 05 October 2016, 16:00-17:00 The translation of discovery research with nanostructured bio-minerals: from Cancer to Crohn’s disease’Prof Jonathan Powell, Group Leader, Biomineral Research Group, MRC Human Nutrition Research. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 10 August 2016, 16:00-17:00 Biocompatible Virucidal Materials as Broad Spectrum AntiviralsDr Samuel Jones, Postdoctoral Researcher SuNMIL Lab, EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Friday 22 July 2016, 14:30-15:30 Non-antibiotic Strategies to Prevent and Control Respiratory Bacterial Infections in SwineDr Tracy Nicholson, The Swine Respiratory Disease Project of the USDA, USA. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 20 July 2016, 13:30-14:30 (Cancelled:) Understanding and manipulating the T-cell response to peptide-MHCCancelled Professor Linda Wooldridge, Chair in Translational Immunology, University of Bristol. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 15 June 2016, 16:00-17:00 Climate Change, Infectious Disease and the Arctic: Are we opening Pandora's box?Dr Claire Heffernan, Chair in Infectious diseases, School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 08 June 2016, 16:00-17:00 Hello From the Other Side: The Cutting Edge of Skeletal Reconstruction in Human Medicine’Dr Will Eward, Orthopaedic Oncology Section, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, NC, USA. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 01 June 2016, 16:00-17:00 Rapid adaptation and the predictability of evolutionRichar Neher, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 25 May 2016, 16:00-17:00 Horizontal transfer of mitochodria in cancer.Professor Jiri Neuzil, Head of Apoptosis Research Group, Griffith University, Australia. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 11 May 2016, 16:00-17:00 Recombinant adeno-associated virus for therapeutic gene delivery: 30 million years in the making.Dr Grant Logan, Research Fellow in the Gene Therapy Research Unit at the Children's Medical Research Institute, Sydney Australia. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Monday 09 May 2016, 16:00-17:00 100 years after William Bateson - what can we learn about epistasis by today's statistical machine learning?Professor Jukka Corander, Bayesian Statistics Group, University of Helsinki. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 04 May 2016, 16:00-17:00 "The meaning of art, life and everything" An introduction to your resident artistJohn Piper, Artist in Residence, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambrdige. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 27 April 2016, 16:00-17:00 People, pathogens and parks: ecosystem health research in TanzaniaSarah Cleaveland, University of Glasgow. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 02 March 2016, 16:00-17:00 Functional genomics for schistosomes: approaches to interrogate host-parasite interaction, and schistosomiasis-associated diseases.Dr Gabriel Rinaldi, Sanger Institute. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 24 February 2016, 16:00-17:00 Title to be confirmedDr Mariana Varela, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflamation, University of Glasgow.. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Monday 22 February 2016, 16:00-17:00 New discoveries about ageing in C. elegansProf David Gems, Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 17 February 2016, 16:00-17:00 Natural history collections and parasitology - links with veterinary researchDr Tim Littlewood, Head of Life Sciences Department, Natural History Museum. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 10 February 2016, 16:00-17:00 Parasites on the move. Travelling pets and parasite control.Professor Laura Kramer, University of Parma Veterinary School, Parma, Italy. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 03 February 2016, 16:00-17:00 Bottlenecks, diversity and phase variation during infection; the pneumococcal model.Professor Marco Oggioni, Department of Genetics, University of Leicester. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 13 January 2016, 16:00-17:00 Flying high: a Drosophila model of mammalian prion diseaseNote unusual time slot and venue Dr Raymond Bujdoso, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 06 January 2016, 15:30-16:30 What is a Pet?Dr Philip Howell, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 25 November 2015, 16:00-17:00 Invasive Salmonella infections in animal models and man: castles of cards, roundabouts, vaccines and diseaseDr Piero Mastroeni, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 11 November 2015, 16:00-17:00 Introducing the High Performance Computing Service: a computing resource for researchersJenny Barna, High performance computing service . Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 21 October 2015, 13:00-14:00 Understanding parasites in fish maricultureNote unusual day and venue Barbara F Nowak, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Thursday 15 October 2015, 16:00-17:00 “If only they could talk” – the role of a vet in ParliamentHannah Jordan, Parliamentary Veterinary Intern. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 07 October 2015, 16:00-17:00 Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Infectious DiseaseAdditional evening talk Dr. Eric Ledbetter, DVM, DACVO, Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Cornell University. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 August 2015, 18:30-19:30 Ocular Canine Herpesvirus-1 Infections: Recurrent Disease Triggers and TreatmentsDr. Eric Ledbetter, DVM, DACVO, Cornell University. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 August 2015, 16:00-17:00 Of worms, germs and men: a role for the gut microbiota in helminth-induced suppression of inflammationDr Cinzia Cantacessi, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 17 June 2015, 16:00-17:00 Ebola: Response, vaccines, survivors and sequencingonNote unusual time Professor Miles W Carroll, Head of Research & Deputy Director, Public Health England. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 10 June 2015, 15:00-16:00 Microbiota-host interplay in the intestine and its impact on health and diseaseProf Jerry Wells, Chair - Host-Microbe-Interactomics Group University of Wageningen. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 03 June 2015, 16:00-17:00 Noisy stress responses and their fitness consequences for C. elegansOlivia Casanueva, Group Leader, Epigenetics ISPG, Babraham Institute. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 27 May 2015, 16:00-17:00 Onobrychis viciifolia a natural alternative to ivermectinMarina Mora Ortiz, The Legume Plus Project, NIAB, Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 13 May 2015, 16:00-17:00 The impact of Toxoplasma gondii on host behaviour: can this parasite play a role in some cases of human schizophrenia?Joanne Webster, Chair of Parasitic Diseases, Department of Pathology and Pathogen Biology,, Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases (CEEED), RVC; and Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 29 April 2015, 16:15-17:15 Generating Evidence from Vetcompass for Practice: Survival of dogs with Degenerative Mitral Valve DiseaseDavid Brodbelt, Senior Lecturer, Companion Animal Epidemiology, The Royal Veterinary College. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 11 March 2015, 16:15-17:15 Nutritional and immunoparasitological insights into the cause of death in a wild ruminant populationDr Romain Garnier, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 25 February 2015, 16:15-17:15 Finding cancer drivers in mouse, man and dogDr David Adams, Experimental Cancer Genetics, Faculty Lead Mouse Genetic Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 11 February 2015, 16:15-17:15 The political economy of bovine tuberculosisRichard Bennett, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Director of Research and Enterprise, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 28 January 2015, 16:15-17:15 Neurones calling: neuronal activity regulates oligodendrocyte differentiation in health and diseaseDr Ragnhildur Thora Karadottir, Cambridge Neuroscience, Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 January 2015, 16:15-17:15 Hedgehog signalling in Cytotoxic T cell functionMaike de la Roche, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 07 January 2015, 16:15-17:15 Evidence-based Veterinary medicine – so what?Nick Royle, Executive Director of RCVS Knowledge,. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 26 November 2014, 16:15-17:15 Fowling things up for avian flu - transgenic intervention as an approach to combatting influenza infection in livestock.Dr Laurence Tiley, Dept of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 19 November 2014, 16:15-17:15 Understanding Mechanisms of Sterile InflammationDr David Brough, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 November 2014, 16:15-17:15 Re-building the diseased retina with stem cellsDr Rachael Pearson, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 05 November 2014, 16:15-17:15 Vets and Animal Research - 5 short talksDr Bella Williams, Head of Engagement, Understanding Animal Research. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 29 October 2014, 16:15-17:15 Ebola Wave Spread and Gorilla VaccinationDr Peter Walsh (University of Cambridge). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 22 October 2014, 16:15-17:15 Regenerating the brain - from mechanisms to medicinesNote unusual time and venue (LT1) Professor Robin Franklin, Wellcome Trust-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1 - Department of Veterinary Medicine. Tuesday 14 October 2014, 16:15-17:15 Evolving technologies for liver targeted gene and cell therapies.Professor Ian Alexander, Professor in Paediatrics & Molecular Medicine, Disciplines of Paediatrics and Child Health and Genetic Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, . Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 08 October 2014, 16:15-17:15 One Health and the future of the Veterinary ProfessionRefreshments served from 3.45 in SCR Professor Jonathan Heeney, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 01 October 2014, 16:15-17:15 Regulators of inflammatory responsesDr. Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, USA. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 18 June 2014, 16:15-17:15 Molecular subclasses in canine osteosarcoma and mammary cancerGeoffrey Wood, Associate Professor, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 04 June 2014, 16:15-17:15 Working internationally and locally; rolling out the Global Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control Strategy, one step at a timeKeith Sumption, Executive Secretary, European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EUFMD) Animal Health Service, Food-and-Agriculture Organization of the United Nations . Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 21 May 2014, 16:15-17:15 Cellular self-defense: how cell-autonomous immunity protects against pathogensDr Felix Randow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 07 May 2014, 16:15-17:15 Lessons in innate immunity taught by a virusDr Brian Ferguson, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 30 April 2014, 16:15-17:15 Just how do the poor chickens survive all those pathogens?Professor Jim Kaufman. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 March 2014, 16:15-17:15 Digital Pathology: Why bother?Will Howat, Cancer Research UK. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 05 March 2014, 16:15-17:15 Preclinical and Clinical Animal Models in Translational Orthopaedic ResearchMatthew J. Allen, Vet. M.B., Ph.D.Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH . Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 26 February 2014, 16:15-17:15 In place of the usual scientific seminar Clare Bryant will be giving her Inaugural Lecture: 'From infection to allergy: a tail of specks, spots, hooves and whiskers'Prof Clare Bryant. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 19 February 2014, 16:15-17:15 Sensors and systems for animal monitoring and welfare assessmentMalcolm Mitchell, SRUC, the Roslin Institute Building, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 February 2014, 16:15-17:15 Understanding and manipulating CNS remyelination - in mouse, man and zebrafish.Dr Anna Williams, University of Edinburgh, MRC Centre for Inflammation Research. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 29 January 2014, 16:15-17:15 Bovine TB: A Black and White Issue?Prof Glyn Hewinson, Chief Scientist Animal Health & Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA). Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 04 December 2013, 16:15-17:15 Linking Pathogen Virulence, the Microbiota and DiseaseProfessor Gabriel Nunez, Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Thursday 11 July 2013, 12:00-13:00 Targeting the glial scar to promote repair following spinal cord injuryDr Elizabeth Bradbury, King's College London. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 June 2013, 16:15-17:15 Molecular mechanisms of synapse degeneration in prion and Alzheimer's diseaseDr Clive Bate, Pathology & Infectious Diseases, The Royal Veterinary College. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 15 May 2013, 16:15-17:15 Science, Media, Policy and Wildlife: The Badger/Bovine TB ControversyDr Angela Cassidy, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Imperial College, London. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 01 May 2013, 16:15-17:15 Lympho-epithelial cross talk in the gutProfessor Claudio Nicoletti, Gut Health and Food Safety, Institute of Food Research. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 24 April 2013, 16:15-17:15 The application of advanced imaging techniques for horsesSarah Powell, Rossdales Equine Diagnostic Centre. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 06 March 2013, 16:30-17:30 Working with Livestock Health in the Developing WorldPeter Roeder, BVA Overseas Group. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 27 February 2013, 16:30-17:30 The Function of the Bacterial Cytoskeleton in the Virulence of SalmonellaDr. C. M. Anjam Khan, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 20 February 2013, 16:30-17:30 Transcriptional control and immune evasion in African trypanosomesDr Gloria Rudenko, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 13 February 2013, 16:30-17:30 Sympathetic Nerve Activity during Deep Brain StimulationDr Yrsa Sverrisdottir, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 06 February 2013, 16:30-17:30 A matter of size: molecular basis and diagnostic approach to inherited macrothrombocytopeniaDr Maria Elena Gelain, Comparative Pathology and Veterinary Hygiene, University of Padova. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 28 November 2012, 16:30-17:30 Brachyspira hampsonii: discovery of a novel porcine spirochaete causing mucohaemorrhagic colitisProfessor John Harding, University of Saskatchewan. Senior Common Room, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Thursday 15 November 2012, 16:30-17:30 Multi-strain transmission dynamics of Johne's disease in commercial dairy farmsDr Rebecca Mitchell, Cornell University. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 November 2012, 16:30-17:30 How dogs and breeds influenced DarwinDr David Allan Feller, Darwin College, Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 07 November 2012, 16:30-17:30 Next Generation Genome Engineering using CompoZr Zinc Finger NucleasesGurpreet Balrey & Mark Skinner, Sigma Life Sciences. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 10 October 2012, 16:30-17:30 Avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC): hidden genetic diversity in an economical important poultry pathogenProfessor Lothar Wieler, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität, Berlin. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 September 2012, 16:30-17:30 The epidemiology and control of meningococcal disease in the UK and AfricaDr Caroline Trotter, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 18 July 2012, 16:30-17:30 Use of FLOW cytometery for diagnosing and staging of round cell tumoursDr Stefano Comazzi, Department of Animal Pathology, Hygiene and Public Health, University of Milan. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 13 June 2012, 16:30-17:30 Schmallenberg virus in the UK - initial results after the incursionDr Falko Steinbach, Virology Division, Veterinary Laboratories Agency. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 06 June 2012, 16:30-17:30 Do schistosomes maximize fitness over changing environments?Professor Joanne Webster, School of Public Health, Imperial College. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 23 May 2012, 16:30-17:30 LINE-1 retrotransposition in stem cellsDr Jose Luis García Pérez, Universidad de Granada, Junta de Andalucía Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 09 May 2012, 16:30-17:30 Bats and viruses: enemies or friends?Professor Linfa Wang, CSIRO, Australian Animal Health Laboratories. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 04 April 2012, 10:30-11:30 Combating TB: the challenges aheadsProfessor Seyed E Hasnain, Professor of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology and Emertius Vice C. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Friday 16 March 2012, 15:30-16:30 Win-win-win - Bond-centred veterinary practiceElizabeth Ormerod, Chair of the Society of Companion Animal Studies (SCAS). Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 March 2012, 16:30-17:30 Recent advances in the pathogenesis and diagnosis of feline corona virus infections.Professor Saverio Paltrinieri, Department of Animal Pathology, Hygiene and Public Health, University of Milan. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 07 March 2012, 16:30-17:30 Parasite modulation of autoimmune diseasesDr Paola Zaccone, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 22 February 2012, 16:30-17:30 Parasitic worms, IgE, immunity and allergyDr David Dunne, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 08 February 2012, 16:30-17:30 Bacterial chemotaxisProfessor Howard Berg, Herchel Smith Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 01 February 2012, 16:30-17:30 The role of UK vets in a global neighbourhoodKaren Reed, Chairman of the BVA Overseas Group and Head of Animal Welfare and Research at The Brooke. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 25 January 2012, 16:30-17:30 Bio-mechanical testing - how can an engineer help?Dr Michael Sutcliffe, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 30 November 2011, 16:30-17:30 Modulation of immune response by vitamin D: studies from lab to labradorDr Richard Mellanby, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 16 November 2011, 16:30-17:30 Advanced echocardiographic imaging techniques and their clinical application in heart disease in dogsDr Anna Tidholm, Albano Animal Hospital, Stockholm. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 09 November 2011, 16:30-17:30 An ecological approach to antimicrobial resistance: genes, hosts, and populationsDr Alison Mather, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 19 October 2011, 16:30-17:30 Rinderpest to Rinderpast - the global eradication of a major animal diseaseProfessor John Anderson MBE, Institute of Animal Health. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 October 2011, 16:30-17:30 World Rabies Day Seminar: "Rabies Control – challenges in implementing the science!"Ray Butcher MRCVS and partner, Rabies Alliance & Wylie Vet Clinic in Upminster. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 28 September 2011, 16:30-17:30 Rotavirus vaccination: How modeling can help us understand impactDr Virginia Pitzer, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princetown University. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 21 September 2011, 16:30-17:30 The role of veterinary medicine in the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseasesLorenzo Savioli, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Director, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Monday 11 July 2011, 16:30-17:30 Identification, Bioinformatics Analyses, and Expression of Immunoreactive Antigens of Mycoplasma haemofelisProfessor Rose Raskin & Joanne B. Messick, Dept of Pathology College of Veterinary Medicine Purdue University, Indianna USA. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 15 June 2011, 16:30-17:30 Neural stem cell-based therapies and inflammatory neurological syndromesDr Stefano Pluchino, Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 08 June 2011, 16:30-17:30 Insights into the pathogenicity of Haemophilus parasuis; implications in diagnosis and controlDr Virginia Aragon, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 01 June 2011, 16:30-17:30 How can host immunity shape parasite evolution?Dr Grainne Long, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 25 May 2011, 16:30-17:30 Discovery of sRNA-mediated gene regulation in SalmonellaProfessor Jay Hinton, Department of Microbiology, Trinity College, Dublin. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 18 May 2011, 16:30-17:30 Roles of receptor activity modifying proteins (RAMPs) in receptor biology, physiology and diseaseProfessor Tim Skerry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 11 May 2011, 16:30-17:30 Role of Ca2+ in rotavirus entry, assembly and the pathogenesis of diarrhoeaProfessor Fabian Michelangeli, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 09 March 2011, 16:30-17:30 Recombinatorial cloning tools for probing Staphylococcus aureusDr Phil Hill, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Nottingham. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 02 March 2011, 16:30-17:30 Are epigenetic proteins the next great therapeutic opportunity?Dr Nessa Carey, Cellcentric. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 23 February 2011, 16:30-17:30 Genetic, molecular and physiological mechanisms involved in human obesity-lessons from animal modelsDr Sadaf Farooqi, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 16 February 2011, 16:30-17:30 Viral DNA polymerase inhibitors: drug resistance among herpesviruses and poxvirusesProfessor Graciela Andrei, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Belgium. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 09 February 2011, 16:30-17:30 Innate signals regulating the Th1 cell life cycleDr Claudia Kemper, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London, Guy’s Hospital. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 02 February 2011, 16:30-17:30 Cryomicroscopy of calicivirus entryDr David Bhella, MRC Virology Unit, Glasgow. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 19 January 2011, 16:30-17:30 Therapeutic vaccines for cancer and the role of immunomodulatory drugsProfessor Angus Dalgleish, Consultant Medical Oncologist, St. George’s University of London/St George’s Hospital NHS Trust. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 15 December 2010, 16:30-17:30 Retroviral induced pulmonary adenocarcinoma originates from infection of lung alveolar progenitorsDr Claudio Murgia, University of Glasgow. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 01 December 2010, 16:30-17:30 The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Receptor: A means of targeting epithelial cancers in man for diagnosis and treatmentProfessor Ian Hart, Institute of Cancer, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 24 November 2010, 16:30-17:30 From the whole CNS to defined brain nuclei to neurotransmitter cell type-specific circuits: Using mouse genetics to dissect CRF-dependent mechanisms driving stress-induced emotional behaviourDr Damian Refojo, Molecular Neurobiology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich.. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 17 November 2010, 16:30-17:30 Retro and Rota – a tale of two virusesProfessor Andrew Lever, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 03 November 2010, 16:30-17:30 Journeys into mechanisms of airways inflammationProfessor Ian Sabroe, Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sheffield. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 20 October 2010, 16:30-17:30 Photorhabdus asymbiotica: the bioluminescent bacteria with a dark secretDr Nick Waterfield, University of Bath, Department of Biology and Biochemistry. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 13 October 2010, 16:30-17:30 The Antigenic Evolution of Influenza VirusesDerek Smith, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 09 June 2010, 16:30-17:30 What feline immunodeficiency virus can teach us about HIVMauro Pistello, Retrovirus Center and Virology Section, University of Pisa. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 02 June 2010, 16:30-17:30 Molecular Determinants of Bluetongue Virus PathogenesisProfessor Massimo Palmarini, Professor of Molecular Pathogenesis, University of Glasgow. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 26 May 2010, 16:30-17:30 Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus: Wonderful Virus – Dreadful DiseaseDavid Rowlands, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 19 May 2010, 16:30-17:30 CLRs and TLRs in anti-fungal immunityProfessor Gordon Brown, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 May 2010, 16:30-17:30 An unexpected role for RNA in the recognition of DNA by the innate immune systemProfessor Veit Hornung, Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology, University of Bonn, Germany. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 05 May 2010, 16:30-17:30 Stones, bones and 'phones - functional consequences of mutations causing renal acidosisProfessor Fiona Karet, Professor of Nephrology / Hon. Consultant in Renal Medicine, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 28 April 2010, 16:30-17:30 What and how do cells calculate when they decide their fatesProfessor Alfonso Martinez-Arias, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 10 March 2010, 16:30-17:30 What can the olfactory system offer for CNS repair?Professor Sue Barnett, Professor of Cellular Neurosciences, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 03 March 2010, 16:30-17:30 Receptor usage and the pathogenicity of the felid lentivirusesProfessor Brian Willet, Division of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 24 February 2010, 16:30-17:30 Species-differences in pathogen recognition and their consequences for VaccinesProfessor Dirk Werling, Dept. of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 17 February 2010, 16:30-17:30 Hunting foot-and-mouth disease virusDr Bryan Charleston, The Institute for Animal Health. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 10 February 2010, 16:30-17:30 Emerging virus infections and novel intervention strategiesProfessor Ab Osterhaus, Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 27 January 2010, 16:30-17:30 Learning from clinical trials of gene therapy for inherited immunodeficiencyProfessor Adrian Thrasher, Institute of Child Health. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 20 January 2010, 16:30-17:30 Devil Facial Tumour Disease: MHC genetics of a contagious cancerDr Hannah Siddle, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Thursday 17 December 2009, 16:30-17:30 Causes and processes of liver disease in man. Are there lessons for the veterinary world?Dr Graeme Alexander, Department of Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 02 December 2009, 16:30-17:30 Expanding the one-host one-pathogen framework: implications for disease emergence and wildlife healthDr Amy Pedersen, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 25 November 2009, 16:30-17:30 Evolution of clonally transmissible cancers in dogs and Tasmanian devilsDr Elizabeth P. Murchison, Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 18 November 2009, 16:30-17:30 Structured Light Plethysmography (SLP): a non invasive method of measuring thoracic and tidal volumesDr Richard Iles, Paediatrics Department, Addenbrooke's Hospital. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 11 November 2009, 16:30-17:30 Innate responses in acute HIV-1 infectionDr Persephone Borrow, Viral Immunology, The Jenner Institute, Oxford. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 October 2009, 16:30-17:30 Current theories on the pathophysiology of equine laminitis – the link between the gut and footProfessor Jonathan Elliott, Royal Veterinary College, London. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 10 June 2009, 16:30-17:30 Comparisons between how influenza A viruses and parainfluenza viruses interact with the interferon system.Professor Rick Randell, Biomolecular Sciences, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 03 June 2009, 16:30-17:30 Autoimmunity: malaria, evolution and auguryDr Ken Smith, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 27 May 2009, 16:30-17:30 Overview of long-term health, reproduction and genetic research on Namibia cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)Dr Laurie Marker, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 06 May 2009, 16:30-17:30 Of men and beasts, parasite-altered transmembrane transportDr Henry Staines, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 29 April 2009, 16:30-17:30 The role of Dicer in T cell developmentDr. Bradley Cobb, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Royal Veterinary College. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 11 March 2009, 16:30-17:30 Looking at retinal development as it happensProfessor Bill Harris, Department of Physiology, Development and Neurosciences, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 25 February 2009, 16:30-17:30 Of Mice, Men (and Dogs). Lessons from the Study of Autoimmune Responses to Red Blood CellsProfessor Robert Barker, Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 18 February 2009, 16:30-17:30 Catch me if you can: Intracellular innate restriction of viral infectionProfessor Greg Towers, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 04 February 2009, 16:30-17:30 Studying single molecules on living cellsProfessor David Klenerman, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 21 January 2009, 16:30-17:30 Who do you think you are? The activities and identities of the late 19th century vetDr Abigail Woods, Imperial College, London. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 January 2009, 16:30-17:30 The role of the KCC transporters in epithelial cancers: evidence for involvement in cell migration, proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transitionClive Ellory, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 03 December 2008, 16:30-17:30 The balance between Th17 and Treg cells - influence of infection and implications for autoimmunityKingston Mills, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College, Dublin. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 26 November 2008, 16:30-17:30 Why pain gets worse – molecular mechanisms of inflammatory heat painPeter McNaughton, Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 19 November 2008, 16:30-17:30 System-level analysis of salmonella metabolism during infectionProf. Dr. Dirk Bumann, Biozentrum, Focal Area Infection Biology, University Basel, Switzerland. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Thursday 13 November 2008, 16:30-17:30 Host immune responses in models of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage and acute respiratory infectionAras Kadioglu, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 November 2008, 16:30-17:30 Improbable appendages: deer antler renewal as a unique case of mammalian regenerationJoanna Price, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 22 October 2008, 16:30-17:30 The South American Camelids in Peru. Strategies for the Conservation, Genetic Improvement and Sustainable UseDr William Vivanco, Head of the Division of Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, National Institute of Agricultural Innovation (INIA), Lima, Peru.. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 15 October 2008, 16:30-17:30 Evolution of viral host ranges through alterations of receptor binding - canine and feline parvovirus capsid interactions with host transferrin receptors and antibodies.Colin R. Parrish, Professor of Virology, Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Tuesday 14 October 2008, 12:30-13:30 Avian influenza in China: Epidemiology, Control Strategies and ProblemsXiufan Liu, Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine,. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 17 September 2008, 16:30-17:30 Transgenic animals and bacteria as tools for providing passive imunity in humansProfessor Lennart Hammarstrom, Karolinska University, Sweden. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 11 June 2008, 16:30-17:30 Multiple sclerosis: a mitochondrial diseaseDr Don Mahad, Mitochondrial Research Group, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 21 May 2008, 16:30-17:30 'Stem cells and MS'Professor N J Scolding, University of Bristol Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, Bristol University. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 May 2008, 16:30-17:30 Squirrelpox virus: will the red squirrel survive in the UK into the 22nd century?Dr Colin J McInnes, Principal Research Virologist, Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 30 April 2008, 16:30-17:30 Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour DiseaseHanna Bender, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 02 April 2008, 16:30-17:30 ‘Xenotransplantation: pigs in space?’Dr Linda Scobie, University of Glasgow. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 12 March 2008, 16:30-17:30 Salmonella and its antigens: T cells, B cells and some controversiesDr Adam Cunningham, MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 20 February 2008, 16:30-17:30 ‘Worms, fish, cats and dogs’-Insights in to the pathogenesis of polycystic kidney diseasesDr Richard Sandford, Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Research, University Reader in Renal Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute of Medical Research, Addenbrooke's Hospital. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 06 February 2008, 16:30-17:30 Somatic cell genetics for the study of Toll like receptors and NF-kBDr Felix Randow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 30 January 2008, 16:30-17:30 Porcine maternal infanticide: a model for puerperal psychosis in humansProfessor Nabeel A Affara, Dept. of Patholog, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 23 January 2008, 16:30-17:30 "Pancreatic Cancer Models and Medicine"David Tuveson, Tumour Modelling & Experimental Medicine (Pancreatic Cancer), Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 16 January 2008, 16:15-17:30 "Infection and Autoimmunity: Co-habitation may be a good thing."Prof. Anne Cooke, Dept. of Pathology, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 21 November 2007, 16:30-17:30 "Stem Cells: The Good and The Bad"Prof. Austin Smith, Director Wellcome Trust, Centre for Stem Cell Research University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 14 November 2007, 16:30-17:30 Detecting early tumour responses to therapy using magnetic resonance imaging and hyperpolarized spectroscopyProfessor Kevin M. Brindle, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 24 October 2007, 16:30-17:30 CTLA-4 regulation of T-cell immunityProfessor Christopher E. Rudd, Dept. of Pathology, University of Cambridge. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 17 October 2007, 16:30-17:30 LYMPHOPOIESIS IN THE FOETUS AND NEONATEDr Wayne Kimpton, Laboratory for Foetal and Neonatal Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Australia. Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Wednesday 10 October 2007, 16:30-17:30 tbcDr Emma Slack, Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich. Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine. Time not fully specified Please see above for contact details for this list. |
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