Past Seminars at the Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory - 1996

24 January 1996: Dr. Nigel Carter, Sanger Centre, Hinxton Hall, Cambridge. "FISHing for Complements." Contact: Shirley Ellis.

31 January 1996: Prof. Alan Rickinson, Centre for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham. "The Biology and Immunology of Epstein-Barr Virus." Contact: Norman Ross.

7 February 1996: Dr. Pete Andrew, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Leicester. "Virulence Determinants of Streptococcus pneumoniae." Contact: Tim Wallis.

14 February 1996: Prof. David Walliker, Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh. "The Genetics of Malarial Parasites." Contact: Martin Shirley.

21 February 1996: Dr. Peter Stern, The Patterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester. "The Role of 5D4 Onco-trophoblast Molecules in Development and Cancer." Contact: Shirley Ellis.

28 February & 6 March 1996: NO SEMINARS (due to Poultry Disease Course).

13 March 1996: Dr. Helena Browne, Dept. of Pathology, University of Cambridge. "How Herpes Viruses Acquire their Envelopes." Contact: John McCauley.

20 March 1996: Dr. Sarah Rowland-Jones, Molecular Immunology Group, Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. "Title to be announced." Contact: Shirley Ellis.

17 April 1996: Prof. Michael Waterfield, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, UC + Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London. "Structure and Function of PI3 Kinases Involved in Signal Transduction." Contact: John McCauley.

24 April 1996: Dr. William James, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. "Antisense RNA and Ribozymes: Structural and Kinetic Correlates of In Vivo Potency." Contact: Norman Ross.

Monday, 29 April 1996: Dr. Michael Kogut, USDA, College Station, Texas. "Efficacy and Mechanism of Salmonella Enteritidis-immune Lymphokine Mediated Resistence of Chicks and Poults to Invasive Salmonellosis." Contact: Phil Jones.

1 May 1996: Dr. A. Neil Barclay, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. "Biochemical Characterisation of Interactions Between Leukocyte Membrane Proteins." Contact: Jim Kaufman.

8 May 1996: Dr. Peter Mertens, IAH, Pirbright Laboratory. "Recent Advances on the 3D Structure of Bluetongue Virus." Contact: John McCauley.

15 May 1996: Dr. Jim Ajoika, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge. "The Toxoplasma Gondii Genome Project." Contact: Martin Shirley.

22 May 1996: Prof. Mick F. Tuite, Department of Biosciences, University of Kent at Canterbury. "Prions and Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Yeast." Contact: John McCauley.

29 May 1996: Dr. Antonius Rolinck, Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland. "B Cell Development." Contact: Jim Kaufman.

5 June 1996: Cancelled

Monday 10 June 1996: Dr. Yvan Heyman. INRA, France. "Cloning of the Bovine Embryo - by Nuclear Transfer." Contact: Martin Fray.

12 June 1996: Dr. Barbara Ink, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London. "Induction of Apoptosis in the c-myc and Pox Virus System." Contact: Gang Zhang.

19 June 1996: Cancelled - due to IAH/WCEID Symposium, Oxford.

26 June 1996: CANCELLED.

10 July 1996: Dr. Walter Bottje, University of Arkansas. "Oxidase Stress in Pulmonary Hypertension Syndrome of Poultry."

11 September 1996: Dr. Mark Woolhouse, Dept of Zoology, University of Oxford. "The Epidemiology of BSE." Contact: John McCauley.

18 September 1996: Dr. John Trowsdale, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London. "The MHC." Contact: Shirley Ellis.

25 September 1996 (12 noon): Dr. Carlos Hormaeche, Dept of Microbiology, University of Newcastle. "Immunity to Salmonella and Vaccine Development." Contact: John McCauley/Tim Wallis.

2 October 1996: [CANCELLED] Prof. Mick Tuite, Research School of the Biosciences, University of Kent at Canterbury. "Prions and Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Yeast." Contact: John McCauley.

9 October 1996: Dr. Jean Manson, NPU, IAH. "PrP in Normal Development and Neurodegeneration." Contact:John McCauley.

16 October 1996: Dr. Peter O'Hare, Marie Curie Cancer Research Laboratories, Oxted. "Multiple Control Mechanisms in Selective Regulation of Herpesvirus Transcription." Contact: Norman Ross.

30 October 1996: Dr. Jill Bailey, Cellular Genetics Group, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Oxford. "Tracing Cattle Population Movement Using Ancient DNA." Contact: Shirley Ellis.

Thursday, 14 November 1996: Dr. Marie Kosko-Vilbois, Glaxo-Wellcome, Geneva. "Follicular Dendritic Cells and Germinal Centres." Contact: Jim Kaufman.

20 November 1996: Dr. David Holden, Infectious Diseases Unit, RPMS, Hammersmith. "Signal Tagging and Island Hopping in Salmonella: New Insights into Pathogenesis." Contact: Tim Wallis.

27 November 1996: Dr. Terry Jackson, IAH, Pirbright. "The Binding of FMDV to Cell Surface Molecules."

4 December 1996: Prof. Roger Morris, Dept. of Experimental Pathology, UMDS Guy's Hospital, London. "What Thy-1 does in Brain-lessons from a Harmless GPI-anchored Protein."