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1993 Seminar Programme


WINTER PROGRAMME

January

21 Dr. Phil Shephard

T-cell responses to Type 16 Human Papilloma virus.

Department of Immunology, Guy's Hospital, UMDS, London. (Contact: A. Childerstone)

28 Mr. Ian Robertson

Research with exotic viruses - the ministry view point.

Head of Notifiable Diseases Section, MAFF, Tolworth. (Contact: D. Barr)

 

February

4 Dr. Peter Wills

Potential pseudoknots in PrP mRNA.

University of Auckland, New Zealand. (Contact: C. Bostock)

11 No seminar

18 Dr. D.J. Rogers

Modelling African Trypanosomiasis in space and time.

Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford. (Contact: P. Mellor)

25 Dr. Adrien Harwood

Pattern formation and PKA in slime moulds.

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. (Contact: J. Hammond)

 

March

4 Dr. Richard Le Page

Lactococcus lactis as a potential oral vaccine vector.

Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge. (Contact: T. Collen)

11 No seminar

18 Dr. Trevor Poole

Environment enrichment for large animal species.

University Federation for Animal Welfare, Potters Bar, Hartfordshire. (Contact: D. Mackay)

25 Dr. Arnie Akbar

The role of apoptosis in T-cell memory.

Department of Immunology, Royal Free Hospital, London. (Contact: M. Parkhouse)

 

 

 

SPRING PROGRAMME

April

1 Dr. Graham Mitchell

Malaria parasites in the blood: aspects of immunology and biology.

Department of Immunology (MS3), The Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT. (Contact: A. Childerstone)

7 Professor Roger Morris

Unravelling an enigma: Tuberculosis transmission between wildlife and cattle.

Gilruth Professor of Animal Sciences, Department of Veterinary and Clinical Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand. (Contact: A. Donaldson)

15 BSI/SGM

22 Dr. Jane Langley

Antibody responses to Schistosoma mansoni.

Department of Immunology, IAH Pirbright. (Contact: M. Parkhouse)

29 Dr. Sue Jacobs

High level expression of the tick bourne encephalitis virus NS1 protein using an adenovirus based vector: protection elicited in a murine model.

Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford. (Contact: N.J. Knowles)

 

May

6

13 Dr. Josef Coulston

Immune responses to Mycobacterial antigens.

National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London. (Contact: M. Parkhouse.

20

27 Charles Penn

Selection of the antiviral drug-of-choice: HIV and Influenza virus.

Glaxo Group Research, Greenford, Middlesex. (Contact: J. McCauley)

 

June

3 Professor Roger Morris

EpiMan

Open Meeting.

Gilruth Professor of Animal Sciences, Department of Veterinary and Clinical Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand. (Contact: A. Donaldson)

10

17

24 Dr. Paul Kincade

Cell interaction molecules involved in B lymphopoiesis.

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City. (Contact: M. Parkhouse)

 

 

1993 Summer/Autumn Seminar Programme

 

 

July (Thursdays at 4:30pm)

22 Dr. T.E. Wileman

Protein degradation in the endoplasmic reticulum.

Harvard Medical School, USA.

(Contact: M. Parkhouse)

 

August (Mondays at 4:30pm)

16 Dr. Peter Mason

Site Directed Mutants of FMDV: How Flexible is the G-H Loop?

Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Greenport, NY, USA.

(Contact: A.M.Q. King)

23 Dr. Ed Westaway

Replication of flaviviruses.

Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia.

(Contact: T. Barrett)

25 Dr. B.W.J. Mahy

Wednesday at 4:30pm

 

1993-94 Autumn/Winter Seminar Programme

1993

October (Thursdays at 4:30pm)

7 No seminar

14 No seminar - Bournemouth meeting

21 Dr. Brian Reavy

Sequiviridae - Plant Picorna-like Viruses

Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowie (Contact: N.J. Knowles)

28 Dr. Mike Skinner (in the canteen!)

Studies of HPRS-103, a Novel Avian Leukosis Virus, and of "Very Virulent" Strains of IBDV

IAH, Compton (Contact: T. Barrett)

On Friday at 3:30pm:-

29 Dr. Esteban Domingo

Persistence of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain (Contact: Mike Parkhouse)

 

November

4 Dr. Ann Ager

Biology of Endothelia

NIMR, Mill Hill, London (Contact: Sylvia Denham)

11 Dr. Sacha Belayev

Baculovirus Multiple Expression Vectors

NERC, Oxford (Contact: Tom Barrett)

18 No seminar (Conf. room already booked)

25* Prof. M.S. Shaila

Peste des Petits Ruminants: Understanding an Underestimated Disease

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

 

December

2 no seminar

9 no seminar

On Friday at 3:30pm:-

10 Dr. Anne O'Garra

The Role of Cytokines and Antigen-presenting Cells in Directing T Helper Cell Responses

DNAX, California (Contact: Mike Parkhouse)

16, 23, 30 - No seminars

Winter-Spring 1994 Programme

January

6 no seminar (SGM, Warwick)

13 Dr. Nigel Stow

Interactions between herpes simplex virus DNA-replication proteins

Institute of Virology, University of Glasgow (Contact: Linda Dixon)

20 Dr. Gary Taylor

Structural Studies on Bacterial and Viral Sialidases

University of Bath (Contact: Tom Barrett)

27* Dr. John McCauley

Epidemiology of Influenza

IAH, Compton (Contact: Nick Knowles)

 

February

3 Prof. Alan Rickinson

Title to be announced (EBV)

Cancer Research Campaign Labs., Univ. of Birmingham Medical School (Contact: Linda Dixon)

10 Dr. Dave Cavanagh

Title to be announced

IAH, Compton (Contact: Tom Barrett)

17

Wednesday at 4:30pm

23 Dr. Bert Rima

(Mumps)

Medical Biology Centre, The Queen's Univ. of Belfast (Contact: Tom Barrett)

24 no seminar

17/24? Dr. John Jenkins

(P53 Oncogene)

? (Contact: Alison Wade-Evans)

 

March

3

10 Dr. Moira Bruce

Spongiform Encephalopathies

IAH-NPU Edinburgh (Contact: Tom Barrett)

17

24

31 No seminar (Easter)

? (Fiona Tomley, Molecular Biology of Emeria, Contact: Linda Dixon)

Dr. Mick Bailey

The Intestinal Lamina Propria: An Immunological Organ Specialized for Digestion

Division of Cellular & Molecular Biology, Dept. of Clinical Veterinary Science, Univ. of Bristol (Contact: Sylvia Denham)

 

April

7

14

21

28

 

May

5

12

19

26

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