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16 May 2017 - 16 May 2017
Some of our scientists will be showcasing their research that involves clinical trials at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on Tuesday 16th May, by taking part in the hospital’s Clinical Trials Day. Clinical Trials Day will be in the East Atrium Level 2...
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11 May 2017
Hosted by: Melinda Mayer Professor Lindsay joined St George’s in November 1998 as a tenure-track lecturer, and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2005, reader in 2009, and professor in 2012. She graduated with a BSc degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University...
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04 May 2017
Shotgun metagenomics holds the promise to uncover the diversity of the human microbiome, but culture-independent strain-level investigations of the microbiome are still in their infancy. I will present our work on profiling strains from metagenomes with a genomic resolution approaching the one currently attainable...
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27 April 2017
Hosted by: Ian Charles The mouse pathogen Citrobacter rodentium, a model organism to study infection with human pathogenic E. coli, triggers effacement of the brush border microvilli, colitis, hyperplasia and dysbiosis. We investigated the impact of infection with antibiotic resistant C. rodentium on intestinal...
View Event Details20 April 2017
Hosted by: Norihito Kawasaki Prof. Yvette van Kooyk leads dendritic cell immunobiology group at Vrije university medical centre in Amsterdam. Her work focuses on understanding the biology of lectin receptors expressed on human dendritic cells and exploiting their functions to combat cancer. Her earlier...
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30 March 2017
Host: Paul Finglas Dr Tamara Bucher, University of Newcastle, Australia will present a Food & Health ISP/FDNC seminar: “Using fake foods and augmented reality technology to investigate consumer portion size choice and other dietary determinants” Abstract: Research involving food is often limited...
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23 March 2017
IFR Seminar – Professor Trevor Dale The Wnt pathway is frequently described as either ON or OFF in text books, but in reality is regulated across a range of different levels via tissue and context-specific mechanisms. In this talk, I will discuss how the...
View Event Details13 March 2017
Speaker: Prof. Frédéric Carrière, French National Centre for Scientific Research Hosted by: Myriam Grundy Galactolipids, mainly monogalactosyl diglycerides (MGDG) and digalactosyl diglycerides (DGDG, are the main lipids found in the membranes of plants, algae and photosynthetic microorganisms like microalgae and cyanobacteria. As such, they...
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23 February 2017
Host: Ian Charles Abstract: Real progress has been made over the last decade in characterising the complex gene-environmental interactions involved in the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis; in parallel the successful development of new therapies has exceeded expectation. The challenge for...
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09 February 2017
I have recently joined the IFR and work in my group will be focussing on the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance with particular interests in evolution within biofilms and the regulation of multidrug efflux pumps. We study real world isolates and use in vitro mutagenesis...
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