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28 September 2017
Speaker: Dr Gillian Douce, Senior Lecturer (Bacteriology) and Associate (School of Life Sciences), Glasgow University Host: Lindsay Hall Abstract: Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea worldwide and continues to cause significant morbidity and mortality, with a consequent healthcare cost...
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05 October 2017
Speaker: Prof Philippe Jay, Team Leader, Department Cancer Biology, Institute of Functional Genomics of Lyon (IGFL). Montpelier, will present seminar entitled: Tuft cells: epithelial sentinels linking luminal danger to immune responses Host: Aimée Parker Abstract: Gut homeostasis relies on a tight regulation of inflammation...
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19 October 2017
Speaker: Professor Martha Clokie, Professor of Microbiology, University of Leicester, will present seminar entitled : Roles of phages in human diseases Host: Simon Carding Abstract: Bacteriophages are extremely abundant in most environments including the human microbiome where they outnumber their hosts in a ratio...
View Event Details27 October 2017 - 29 October 2017
The Quadram Institute at the Norwich Science Festival
Tummy Time! – Meet your microbes Friday 27th & Saturday 28th October, 10am-4pm, The Forum Inside us all lives an amazing community of microbes. In fact there are at least as many bacterial cells as human cells in your body, including 2kg of bacteria in your gut alone! We...
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31 October 2017 - 02 November 2017
Total Food 2017 will be the 5th in a series of international conferences which focus on the sustainable exploitation of agri-food co-products and related biomass, thereby helping to minimise waste. Under the auspices of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Food Group), this three day...
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10 November 2017
Speaker: Dr Bernard Corfe, University of Sheffield, will present seminar entitled: Dietary prevention of colorectal adenoma recurrence – False starts, fresh insights & future directions Host: Carmen Pin Abstract Colorectal adenomas are benign lesions which form a critical step in progression to colorectal...
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14 November 2017
Speaker: Professor Nick Thomson, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, will present seminar entitled: Demystifying cholera epidemiology using phylogenetic inference and next generation sequencing Host: Ian Charles Abstract Cholera is thought by many to be a disease of the Victorian era. However, current...
View Event Details16 November 2017
Speaker: Dr Tim Dallman, Lead for Gastrointestinal Bioinformatics, Public Health England will present seminar entitled: Routine genomic surveillance of salmonellosis in England Host: Rob Kingsley Abstract Since 1st of April 2014 all isolates from English human cases of Salmonella received by Public Health...
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20 November 2017
Speaker: Professor Miles Carroll, Deputy Director, Head of Research, National Infection Service, Public Health England, will present a seminar entitled: Ebola: sequencing, molecular epidemiology, vaccines and survivors Host: Simon Carding Biography Miles Carroll joined Public Health England as Deputy Director, Head...
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23 November 2017
Speaker: Dr Jo Goossens, Senior Partner, ShiftN, will present a seminar entitled Personalised Nutrition – A new paradigm and a possible solution to the complex health and nutrition issues in our society Host: Paul Finglas Abstract Our society is bearing a huge...
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