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Biomedical Science and Biochemistry Seminar Series
Seminars from the RSB Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemistry.
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Past events
05
Mar
2020
Characterising putative transporter proteins in apicomplexan parasites identifies one that is critical for Toxoplasma gondii invasion »
PhD exit seminar by Sanduni Hapuarachchi from the van Dooren Group at the Research School of Biology, whose work highlights the important roles transporters play in parasites and open avenues to further explore this important class of proteins.
02
Mar
2020
Forward genetic screening identifies a link between Plasmodium falciparum fever response, artemisinin resistance and the algal origins of the apicoplast »
The emergence and spread of Plasmodium falciparum parasites that are resistant to front-line antimalarial artemisinin-combination therapies (ACT) threatens to erase the considerable gains against the disease of the last decade. We developed a new large-scale phenotypic screening pipeline and used it to carry out the fi
28
Feb
2020
Feeling hot in here: thermotolerance and drug sensitivity in malaria parasites »
Audrey Odom John, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. A physician-scientist, Dr. John’s NIH-funded research has focused on Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites, with a particular interest in targeting parasite metabolism to identify novel targets for drug development
27
Feb
2020
Exploring the evolutionary origin of insect wings from an evo-devo perspective »
Special BSB and CBA Seminar exploring evolution by Yoshinori Tomoyasu Department of Biology, Miami University
06
Feb
2020
Comparative (phylo)genomics of non-bilaterian animals »
Seminar byGERT WÖRHEIDE
Department of Earth- and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology and Geobiology & GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
SNSB – Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie
Munich, Germany
05
Feb
2020
The Staphylococcus aureus Type VII protein secretion system »
Tracy Palmer is Professor of Microbiology in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University. She is an internationally-acclaimed molecular microbiologist who has made seminal contributions regarding bacterial protein secretion
19
Dec
2019
Caenorhabditis elegans as a potential animal model to study the pathogenesis of Shigella flexneri »
PhD Candidate Pamodha Somasiri of the Verma Group, RSB, BSB gives his Exit Seminar - The use of Caenorhabditis elegans as a potential animal model to study the pathogenesis of Shigella flexneri.
13
Dec
2019
Characterisation of a Candidate Protein of the Toxoplasma gondii Mitochondrial ATP Synthase Complex »
PhD Candidate Edwin Tjhin presents his exit seminar.
12
Dec
2019
The natural function of the malaria parasite’s chloroquine resistance »
Sarah Shafik presents her PhD exit Seminar.
06
Dec
2019
Structure and interactions of glycans »
Dr Goran Widmalm presents a lecture on Structure and interactions of glycans. Dr Widmalm is from Stockholm University.
14
Nov
2019
Can humanised bacterial LeuT be used to study the pharmacology of human B0AT1 (SLC6A19)? »
The amino acid transporter B0AT1 (SLC6A19) has recently been identified as a possible target to treat type 2 diabetes, phenylketonuria and related disorders.
14
Nov
2019
Development of biomarkers for the inhibition of SLC6A19 – a potential target to treat metabolic disorders »
With the help of these biomarkers, we also evaluated the efficacy of four different SLC6A19 inhibitors biomarkers in wild type mice with metabolic disorders.
31
Oct
2019
BSB PhD Exit Seminar: Study of bacteriophage encoded glucosyltransferase genes (gtr) in Shigella flexneri serotype 1c »
We identified several hypothetical genes and putative bacteriophage regions in Y394 genome, which warrants future investigation for determining the role of these unknown genes in relevance to pathogen virulence and survival in the host environment.
24
Oct
2019
BSB Seminar Series - Host-directed therapy for infectious diseases: host cell signalome as a target »
We have recently implemented an antibody microarray-based approach to systematically assess the host cell signalling response to intracellular pathogens; most of the antibodies on the array are phospho-specific, allowing to monitor the activation of signalling pathways by infections.
17
Oct
2019
Mitochondrial Protein Import in Health and Disease »
Mitochondrial function and cell viability require a functional and healthy mitochondrial proteome.
