2024/25 events

Professor Ken Taylor - Florida State University - USA

Wednesday 19 March 2025

The Striated Muscle Thick Filament: the More it Changes, the More it Remains the Same

Professor Andy Pickford - Director, Centre for Enzyme Innovation - University of Portsmouth

Wednesday 12 March 2025

Currently leads the Centre for Enzyme Innovation and the BBSRC Engineering Biology - Preventing Plastic Pollution with Engineering Biology (P3EB) Mission Hub in supporting a transition towards plastics circularity.

Dr Felix Randow - MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - University of Cambridge

Wednesday 5 March 2025

Cell-autonomous immunity: How cells defend their cytosol against invasive bacteria

Dr Alex Ball - Natural History Museum

Wednesday 26 February 2025

How accessible can we make electron microscopy and 3D data? Two projects: The Hitachi STEM Education Outreach programme and Make it Visible address different audiences, but demonstrate that innovation in outreach can enhance STEM learning.

Molly Magarotto & Dr Anita Ho - Chen Lab

Wednesday 22 January 2025

Molly Magarotto - Transcriptomic profiling of familial ALS/FTD-associated RNA-binding deficient TDP-43 mutants reveals dysregulation of neuronal and synaptic genes in vitro Dr Anita Ho - Identification of novel small molecule chaperone activators for neurodegenerative disease treatment

Dr Alyssa Cull - Centre for Blood Research at York - Kent Lab

Wednesday 15 January 2025

Haematopoietic stem cell clonal dynamics following gene therapy for sickle cell disease

Professor Patrick Yizhi Cai - Manchester Institute of Biotechnology - University of Manchester

Wednesday 8 January 2025

By integrating engineering principles with biological research, we aim to see research through from idea to applicable knowledge and technologies. In doing so, we are committed to filling in our piece of the scientific puzzle, helping the field of synthetic biology reach its full potential.

Dr Eugene V. Koonin - National Center for Biotechnology Information - USA

Wednesday 11 December 2024

Exploration of the world of viruses in the age of metagenomics and metatranscriptomics

Dr Charlotta Boiers - Lund University

Wednesday 27 November 2024

From development to malignancy: Modelling the origin of childhood leukemia

Dr Onyou Nam - University of York - Mackinder Lab

Wednesday 20 November 2024

Protein organisation of the diatom CO2-fixing organelle

Dr Kevin Chalut - Altos labs Cambridge Institute of Science

Wednesday 13 November 2024

Extracellular matrix and its regulation of tissue function