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06 December 2018
Speaker: Dr Lesley Ogilvie, Honorary Lecturer in Microbial Ecogenomics, University of Brighton will present a seminar entitled: The human gut virome: from dark matter to microbial source tracking Host: Simon Carding Abstract: High-throughput metagenomic studies are providing unprecedented glimpses into the human gut microbiome,...
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29 November 2018
Speaker: Prof. Jeroen Raes, Associate Professor and VIB Group Leader Department of Microbiology & Immunology University of Leuven, Belgium will present a seminar entitled: Towards population-level microbiome monitoring: the Flemish Gut Flora Project Host: Simon Carding Abstract: Alterations in the gut microbiota have been...
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22 November 2018
Speaker: Prof. Jose Vazquez-Boland, Chair of Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh will present a seminar entitled: Regulation of Listeria virulence by PrfA: from the lab to the clinic. Time: 11:00am Venue: QIB Lecture Theatre Host: John Wain Abstract: The ubiquitous facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria...
View Event Details08 November 2018
Speaker: Susannah Salter, Advanced Research Assistant, Wellcome Sanger Institute, will present a seminar entitled: Unculturable bugs hiding in plain sight: a potential pathogen and a cautionary tale Host: Andrew Page Abstract: Human microbiome research has been revolutionised by culture-independent methods, allowing us to observe species...
View Event Details05 November 2018
Speaker: Dr Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Associate Professor, Centre for Genomic Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), will present a seminar entitled: Phylogeography and genomic variation of a neglected lineage of Acinetobacter baumannii Host: Ben Evans (Norwich Med School) / Laura Wagstaff Abstract:...
View Event Details01 November 2018
Speaker: Dr Mads Albertsen, Associate Professor, Centre for Microbial Ecology, Aalborg University, Denmark will present a seminar entitled: Towards a fully populated tree of life Host: Lindsay Hall Abstract: Small subunit (SSU) ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes have been the standard phylogenetic markers for...
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25 October 2018 - 27 October 2018
QI at the Norwich Science Festival
Thursday 25th October How clean is your house? Part of Chemistry Day in the Explorium, The Forum, Norwich 10am to 4pm We are living in a microbial world, surrounded by trillions of microscopic organisms. Most of these are harmless, some can even be beneficial, but...
View Event Details11 October 2018
Dr Kai Blin, Researcher, Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, will present a lecture entitled: The antiSMASH platform, a collection of web-based tools to hunt for interesting metabolites in bacterial genomes Host: Andrew Page Abstract: Secondary metabolites produced by microorganisms...
View Event Details04 October 2018
Speaker: Prof Leanne Hodson, Professor of Metabolic Physiology, University of Oxford, will present a seminar entitled: The ins and outs of liver metabolism Host: Richard Mithen Abstract: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome encompasses a spectrum of conditions...
View Event Details24 September 2018
Speaker: Dr James McIlroy, Founder and CEO, EnteroBiotix Ltd, Aberdeen, will present a seminar entitled: Faecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) – novel approaches to an ancient therapeutic strategy Host: Christian Roghi Abstract: Faecal Microbiota Transplantation (also known as a stool transplant or FMT) is a therapeutic...
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