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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, unless the seminar is held online and joining information is included in the seminar information below. 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

  • Next Generation Biophysics (via Zoom)

    Speaker: Various
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 29/09/2021 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.

    You can find a full programme and details of registration here:

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

  • Life Science Across the Globe: Plant Biology

    Speaker: Luis Herrera-Estrella, Director, Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance (IGCAST), US Sandra Díaz, Professor, CONICET - National University of Córdoba, Argentina Dame Caroline Dean, Royal Society Professor, John Innes Centre, UK
    Host: Life Science Across the Globe
    Date: 06/10/2021 at 2:00pm in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Time: 2-3:30pm (BST)

    Title: Plant Biology

    Moderator: Jonathon Jones, Group Leader, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK

    Speakers:

    Luis Herrera-Estrella, Director, Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance (IGCAST), US
    Sandra Díaz, Professor, CONICET - National University of Córdoba, Argentina
    Dame Caroline Dean, Royal Society Professor, John Innes Centre, UK

    Zoom link: https://hhmi.zoom.us/j/95859517201?pwd=b2pha2xhWWk4a1BteWJrcStVUWdOQT09

    Zoom ID: 958 5951 7201

    Zoom Passcode: 489171

    More information: https://lifescienceacrosstheglobe.org/

  • LMB Seminar: Biomolecular condensates and their implications for physiology and disease

    Speaker: Tony Hyman, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
    Host: Andrew Carter
    Date: 19/10/2021 at 11:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/92425532683?pwd=bXhPUkh0dm8xRlVmUkthREQwUnc4UT09
    Passcode: 627628

    Cells organize many of their biochemical reactions by formation and dissolution of non-membrane-bound compartments. Recent experiments show that one common mechanism for such biochemical organization is phase separation of disordered proteins to form liquid-like compartments. These compartments can subsequently harden to form compartments with new material properties such as gels and glasses. These compartments can be described by principles elucidated from condensed-matter physics and are therefore termed biomolecular condensates. I will discuss potential roles of phase separation in organization and robustness of cellular biochemistry and the role of aberrant phase separation in disease.