Dunn School of Pathology Departmental Seminars

These seminars cover a wide range of topics including microbiology, immunology, cell biology, molecular biology, and pathology. Lectures are normally given in the Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, which is behind the Department, and are followed by refreshments in the Bridge Cafe in the Department. All are welcome.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Anton van der Merwe (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology), Chris Norbury (University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The Queen's College), Fumiko Esashi (University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Jo Peel (University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology), Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Organising department: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

Talks:

Friday 10 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

The Type VI secretion system of Serratia marcescens and bacterial arms races
Date: 10 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Sarah Coulthurst (University of Dundee)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Chris Tang (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Friday 17 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

The Biology of Proteostasis in Health, Aging and Disease
Date: 17 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Rick Morimoto (Northwestern University)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Pedro Carvalho (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Friday 24 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

How mRNA nuclear export allows you to live with a genome filled with junk DNA
Date: 24 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Alexander Palazzo (University of Toronto)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Pedro Carvalho (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Friday 7 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Rare Disease Patient-Led Functional Genomics- A Tale of Tubulins
Date: 7 June 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Pleasantine Mill (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Dr Girish Mali (Dunn School of Pathology)

Friday 14 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Does Cdk order the cell cycle, and what does life look like without loop extrusion?
Date: 14 June 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Frank Uhlmann (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Ulrike Gruneberg (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Friday 5 July 2024 (11th Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 5 July 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 11th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Christian Behrends (LMU Germany)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Dr Viktoriya Stancheva (Dunn School of Pathology)

Editors: Anne Bowtell, Jo Peel, Fumiko Esashi, Anton van der Merwe, Melissa Wright