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Scientific Seminars

Below is a list of upcoming seminars at the LMB aimed at a general scientific audience and open to individuals throughout Cambridge. If you are not at the LMB and wish to attend a seminar, please contact the seminar secretary. The LMB hosts ‘The LMB Seminar Series’, where 1-2 leading scientists per month are invited to speak throughout the year. Four of these lectures are named in honour of LMB Nobel Laureates Max Perutz, Francis Crick, César Milstein and John Kendrew, given by eminent scientists from around the world. The LMB Seminar talks and LMB Named Seminar talks are advertised widely throughout the local area and are open to all.

A full list of LMB Named Lectures to date can be found here. Details of other local seminars can be found here

  • *Science Talk: Tiger survival in the 21st century: Insights from population genetics **Science Culture Talk: Capacity-building for wildlife and conservation science: Academia-practitioner collaborations as a vital tool

    Speaker: *Uma Ramakrishnan, Associate Professor & Group Leader, NCBS **Jayashree Ratnam, Associate Director, Wildlife Biology and Conservation Program, NCBS
    Host: Life Science Across the Globe: A Sister Institute Seminar Series
    Date: 12/08/2020 at 2:00pm in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Join Zoom Meeting
    https://hhmi.zoom.us/j/93793431497

    For more information, please visit
    www.lifescienceacrosstheglobe.org

  • *Science Talk: Brain control of adaptive immunity **Science Culture Talk: Center for Life Sciences

    Speaker: *Hai Qi, Professor, Tsinghua University **Chao Tang, Professor, Peking University
    Host: Life Science Across the Globe: A Sister Institute Seminar Series
    Date: 19/08/2020 at 2:00pm in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Join Zoom Meeting
    https://hhmi.zoom.us/j/93793431497

    For more information, please visit
    www.lifescienceacrosstheglobe.org

  • UKRI Job-share webinar

    Speaker: Isobel Stephen, Executive Director for Strategy, Performance and Engagement
    Host: UK Research and Innovation
    Date: 20/08/2020 at 12:30pm in the Webinar.

    Further information

    If you’ve ever wondered how job-sharing works, both in principle (what the benefits and complexities might be) as well as in practice, then come along to hear Isobel Stephen in a lunch time webinar.
    Isobel currently job-shares her role with Emma Lindsell, and will reflect on her own experiences of job-sharing, encourage more of us to consider the model and answer any questions you may have.

    Join the session using the Zoom details below. The session is open to all UKRI employees, there is no need to register, just turn up!

    Please click the link below to join the webinar:

    https://ukri.zoom.us/j/98698945045?pwd=SU5MRHRDeTZOWGZ3QUNsaE5MaEROZz09

    Passcode: 931618

    Or iPhone one-tap:

    United Kingdom: +443300885830,,98698945045#,,,,,,0#,,931618# or +441314601196,,98698945045#,,,,,,0#,,931618#

    Or Telephone:

    Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):

    United Kingdom: +44 330 088 5830 or +44 131 460 1196 or +44 203 481 5237 or +44 203 481 5240 or +44 203 901 7895 or +44 208 080 6591 or +44 208 080 6592 or 0 800 358 2817 (Toll Free) or 0 800 031 5717 (Toll Free) or 0 800 260 5801 (Toll Free)

    Webinar ID: 986 9894 5045

    Passcode: 931618

    International numbers available: https://ukri.zoom.us/u/ad14uonedY

  • Study virus assembly and host interactions in vitro and in cells by cryoEM and cryoET

    Speaker: Peijun Zhang, Professor of Structural Biology and Wellcome Trust Investigator, University of Oxford
    Host: Andrew Carter
    Date: 08/09/2020 at 11:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    With cryoEM, structures of purified proteins and protein complexes can be routinely determined to near-atomic resolution using single particle analysis (SPA) method. Structures of macromolecular complexes that are intrinsically flexible and non-homogeneous, and often function in higher-order assemblies that are difficult to purify, have recently been analyzed to near near-atomic resolution using cryo-electron tomography and sub-tomogram averaging (cryoET STA). The study of these complexes and assemblies in cells using cryoET STA, coupled with cryoFIB and correlative imaging, opens a new frontier in structural cell biology. I will present our recent studies on HIV-1 capsid and its interaction with host factor cyclophilin A, cellular assembly of human reovirus and infection of SARS-Cov-2, to illustrate the power of integrated multiscale imaging from atoms to cells by cryo-electron microscopy.

  • Next Generation Biophysics (via Zoom)

    Speaker: Various
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 07/10/2020 at 11:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    An informal one day meeting organised by Astra Zeneca, MRC LMB and Imperial College London examining the application of cutting edge biophysical techniques in complex biological settings. Bringing together scientists in both academia and industry for stimulating talks and discussions how these new and emerging technologies may be able to address challenging questions in the future.


    The below link will provide some further information on the speakers.


    https://www3.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/sites/nextgen/

    Thank you,
    Chris