Seminar series

The Seminar Series attracts distinguished scientists from around the world working in the fields of genetics, molecular medicine and cancer research, and whose research complements that being done at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer.

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Sessions are open to all within CMVM, University of Edinburgh - Please contact seminars@igc.ed.ac.uk for more information.

Unless stated, seminars take place on Thursdays at 1pm in the IGC Lecture Theatre

2024 

Treating the untreatable. Lessons in pediatric brain disease

Wednesday 12th June - NOTE THIS IS A WEDNESDAY

Professor Joe Gleeson

Host: Andrew Jackson

Pan-cancer analysis of Intra-tumor heterogeneity

Thursday 13th June

Dr Itay Tirosh

Weizmann Institute

Host: Martin Taylor

Structural Investigations of Protein Folding on the Ribosome

Tuesday 18th June - PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A TUESDAY AT 11AM

Prof John Christodoulou

Host: Joseph Marsh

Title - TBC

Thursday 20th June

Dr Benoit Bruneau

Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, UCSF

Host: Pleasantine Mill

Structural Investigations of Protein Folding on the Ribosome

Monday 24th June - PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ON A MONDAY AT 11AM

Prof John Christodoulou

E4.07 East Seminar Room

Host: Joseph Marsh

Allelic interactions as drivers of metabolic and genetic phenomena in cancer

Friday 28th June - PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ON A FRIDAY

Dr Ed Reznik

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)

Host: Charlie Gourley

Title - TBC

Thursday 22nd August

Dr Kelly Nguyen

MRC LMB, Cambridge

Host: Pleasantine Mill

Title - TBC

Thursday 29th August

Daniel Zilberman

Institute of Science and Technology Austria 

Host: Duncan Sproul

Title - TBC

Thursday 12th September

Ana Banito 

German Cancer Research Centre

Host: Nezha Benabdallah

Title - TBC

Thursday 10th October

Professor Julie Aspden

University of Leeds

Host: Andrew Wood

Title - TBC

Thursday 31st October

Dr Sara Macias

School of Biological Sciences, UoE

Host: Javier Caceres

Title - TBC

Thursday 7th November 

Professor Simona Parrinello

UCL

Host: Margaret Frame

Title - TBC

Thursday 14th November 

Dr Nicholas McGranahan

University College London

Host: Martin Taylor

Title - TBC

Thursday 28th November

Professor Ivan Dikic

Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Medical Faculty, Frankfurt

Host: Professor Simon Wilkinson

2025 

Title - TBC

Thursday 23rd January

Francesca Mattiroli

Hubrecht Institute, the Netherlands

Host: Tom Deegan

Title - TBC

Thursday 13th March

Dr Marta Shahbazi

MRC LMB, Cambridge

Host: Pleasantine Mill

Title - TBC

Thursday 1st May

Professor Ziga Avsec

DeepMind/Crick Institute

Host: Greg Kudla

Title - TBC

Thursday 19th June

Professor Steve West

Crick Institute

Host: Andrew Jackson