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.
2019 LMB Seminar Series speakers (click to expand)
- Anne Ferguson Smith – 11am, 30th January
- Meri Huch – 4pm, 28th February
- Milstein Lecture: Pietro Di Camilli – 4pm, 5th March
- Janet Iwasa – 4pm, 8th March
- Mary-Claire King – 11am, 14th March
- Jorge Galan – time tbc, 5th April
- Gia Voeltz – time tbc, 10th April
- John Rubinstein – time tbc, 19th April
- David Rudner – 4pm, 3rd May
- Tony Kouzarides – time tbc, 16th May
- Tim Hubbard – 4pm, 23rd May
- Gaia Pigino – time tbc, 28th May
- Perutz Lecture: Lily Jan – 4pm, 19th September
A full list of LMB Named Lectures to date can be found here.
Details of other local seminars can be found here
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Introduction to light microscopy
Speaker: Nick Barry
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 22/01/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Image analysis tools (NOTE - Change of Venue to Sanger Seminar Room)
Speaker: Jerome Boulanger
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 24/01/2019 at 10:00am in the Sanger Seminar Room, Level 3, LMB.
Immunology and Medicine Seminar series: Unexpected targets of intracellular antibodies - LCMV and rotavirus
Speaker: Sarah Caddy
Host: Josefin Bartholdson-Scott
Date: 25/01/2019 at 1:00pm in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
LMB Seminar Series - Epigenetic inheritance in mammals
Speaker: Anne Ferguson Smith, Department of Genetics,
University of Cambridge
Host: John O’Neill
Date: 30/01/2019 at 11:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract:
Epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation, contribute to the regulation of genome function. Such modifications can be heritably maintained in somatic lineages, however, between generations epigenetic modification are erased and re-established twice ensuring that most epigenetic states are not perpetuated across generations. Nonetheless, epigenetic inheritance is evident at genomic imprints – regions of the genome that regulate the parental origin-specific gene expression that is important for pre and postnatal development, neurological processes and the control of metabolic resources. Mechanisms regulating epigenetic inheritance at imprints will be discussed.
We have considered whether epigenetic inheritance occurs in a wider context. Inspired by a classic mouse model caused by the insertion of a retrotransposon upstream of the agouti coat colour locus (Avy) exhibiting non-genetic transmission of coat colour across generations, we have conducted a screen for retrotransposons exhibiting properties of Avy. Our studies have provided novel insights into the epigenetic control of the repeat genome, the contribution of epigenetically modulated repeats to genome function, and the mechanisms of non-genetic inheritance of phenotypes across generations.
Kazachenka, Bertozzi et al., Cell, 175(6):1717 (2018)
Takahashi, Coluccio et al., Genes & Development, 33(1-2):49-54 (2019
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Fluorescent labelling, FRET and light sheet microscopy
Speaker: Ben Sutcliffe
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 31/01/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Super-resolution microscopy
Speaker: Jonathan Howe
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 07/02/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Fluorescence spectroscopy and microscale thermophoresis
Speaker: Stephen McLaughlin
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 12/02/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Single molecule spectroscopy
Speaker: Chris Johnson
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 14/02/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Introduction to biomolecular NMR
Speaker: Trevor Rutherford
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 19/02/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Advanced NMR applications
Speaker: Jane Wagstaff
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 21/02/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Biomolecular thermodynamics and calorimetry (ITC)
Speaker: Chris Johnson
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 26/02/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Biosensor technologies (Biacore SPR, Switchsense, Octet)
Speaker: Stephen McLaughlin
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 28/02/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
LMB Seminar Series - Title to be confirmed
Speaker: Meri Huch
Host: Madeline Lancaster
Date: 28/02/2019 at 4:00pm in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract TBC
LMB Seminar Series Milstein Lecture - Title to be confirmed
Speaker: Pietro Di Camilli, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine
Host: Wanda Kukulski
Date: 05/03/2019 at 4:00pm in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract TBC
LMB Seminar Series - Title to be confirmed
Speaker: Janet Iwasa, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Department, University of Utah
Host: Andrew Carter
Date: 08/03/2019 in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract TBC
LMB Seminar Series - Title to be confirmed
Speaker: Mary-Claire King, human geneticist professor, University of Washington
Host: Lalita Ramakrishnan
Date: 14/03/2019 at 10:30am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract TBC
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Light scattering techniques
Speaker: Chris Johnson
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 26/03/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Flow Cytometry
Speaker: Maria Daly
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 28/03/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC)
Speaker: Stephen McLaughlin
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 04/04/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
LMB Seminar Series - Title to be confirmed
Speaker: Jorge Galan, PhD, DVM, Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Professor of Cell Biology; Chair, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Host: Lalita Ramakrishnan
Date: 05/04/2019 in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract TBC
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Curve fitting, errors and analysis of binding data
Speaker: Chris Johnson and Stephen McLaughlin
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 09/04/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
LMB Seminar Series - Title to be confirmed
Speaker: Gia Voeltz PhD, HHMI Investigator, University of Colorado Boulder
Host: Liz Miller
Date: 10/04/2019 in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract TBC
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Bioinformatics
Speaker: Balaji Santhanam
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 11/04/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Mass spectrometry
Speaker: Mark Skehel
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 16/04/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry
Speaker: Glenn Masson
Host: Chris Johnson
Date: 18/04/2019 at 10:00am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
LMB Seminar Series - Title to be confirmed
Speaker: John Rubinstein
Host: John Briggs
Date: 29/04/2019 in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract TBC
LMB Seminar Series - Title to be confirmed
Speaker: David Rudner, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School
Host: Jan Lowe
Date: 03/05/2019 at 4:00pm in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract TBC
Innate immunity to cystolic bacteria: Pyroptosis & beyond.
Speaker: Feng Shao, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing
Host: Felix Randow
Date: 08/05/2019 at 3:00pm in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
LMB Seminar Series - Title to be confirmed
Speaker: Tony Kouzarides, PhD FRS FMedSci, Professor of Cancer Biology, Cancer Research UK Gibb Fellow, Director of the Milner Therapeutics Institute, Member of the Department of Pathology
Host: Katja Roeper
Date: 16/05/2019 in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract TBC
LMB Seminar Series - Title to be confirmed
Speaker: Tim Hubbard, Professor of Bioinformatics & Head of Department, King’s College London
Host: Richard Henderson
Date: 23/05/2019 at 4:00pm in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract TBC
LMB Seminar Series: Title to be confirmed
Speaker: Gaia Pigino, Research Group Leader at the MPI-CBG
Host: Wanda Kukulski
Date: 28/05/2019 in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
LMB Seminar Series Perutz Lecture: Title to be confirmed
Speaker: Lily Jan
Host: Bill Schafer
Date: 19/09/2019 at 4:00pm in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB.
Further information
Abstract TBC