Institute for Animal Health
Compton Laboratory
Nr. Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 7NN. Tel: 01635 578411
Seminar Programme - January to December 2000
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12 January 2000: Dr Rene Stet,
Wageningen University. "Evaluation of MHC Genes as QTL for
Disease Resistance in Farmed Atlantic Salmon." Contact:
Shirley Ellis
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20 January 2000: THURSDAY TO BE HELD IN THE EDWARD
JENNER LECTURE ROOM (Ground Floor):
Prof Angus Lamond, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
University of Dundee. "How the Nucleus Got its Spots: A
Molecular Analysis of Subnuclear Organisation." Contact:
John McCauley
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26 January 2000: Dr David
O’Connor, School of Biological Sciences, University of
Southampton. "Unravelling Pathogen Survival Responses Using
Proteomics." Contact:
Mark Stevens
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2 February 2000: Dr Pietro
Mastroeni, Centre for Veterinary Science, University of
Cambridge. "Mechanisms of Phagocyte Recruitment and
Activation in Systemic Salmonella Infections." Contact:
Adrian Smith
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9 February 2000: Dr Gerard
Hoyne, University of Edinburgh Medical School. "The Role
of Notch Signalling in Periferal Tolerance." Contact:
Shirley Ellis
/ Ivan Morrison
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16 February 2000: Dr Pauline
Rudd, Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford. "The
Glycosylation of the Prion Protein." Contact:
Jim Hope
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23 February 2000: Dr Yvonne
Boyd, Division of Molecular Biology, IAH Compton. "Why
Bacon and Eggs Might Be Good for You: the Mouse Tattered
Phenotype and Human X-linked Dominant Chondrodysplasia Are
Caused by Defects in the Sterol Biosynthetic Pathway."
Contact: John
McCauley
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1 March 2000: Dr Catherine
Lawrence, Division of Infection & Immunity, Glasgow
University. "The Role of Cytokines in Protection and
Pathology in Intestinal Helminth Infection." Contact:
Pete Kaiser
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8 March 2000: Prof Ian Roberts,
School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester. "Bacterial
Capsules: Why Are They Made and How?" Contact: Mark Stevens
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15 March 2000: Prof Tony
Turner, School of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
University of Leeds. "Membrane Anchors, Protein Secretases
and Neurodegeneration." Contact:
Mike Skinner
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22 March 2000: Dr Gregor Meyers,
Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Tübingen,
Germany. "Pestivirus Erns: a Unique Glycoprotein
with Influence on Virus Virulence." Contact:
Bryan Charleston
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29 March 2000: Prof Timothy J.
Williams, Biomedical Sciences Division, Imperial College
School of Medicine, London. "Eotaxin and its Chemokine
Receptor, CCR3: Targets for Novel Therapy Based on Blocking
Osiniphil Trafficking in Asthma and Allergy." Contact:
John McCauley
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26 April 2000: Professor Guy
Cornelis, Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Universite Catholique
de Louvain & Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology.
Title to be announced. Contact:
Mark Stevens
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10 May 2000: Prof. Richard
Elliott, University of Glasgow. "Bunyavirus RNA
Synthesis: Proteins and Signals." Contact:
Mike Skinner
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24 May 2000: Prof. Chris Lowe,
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge. "Biosensors."
Contact: Jim Hope
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31 May 2000: To be announced.
Contact: Adrian Smith
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7 June 2000: Oxford Immunology
Group meeting at Compton. (Contacts:
Adrian Smith,
Shirley Ellis,
Helen Bodmer)
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Tuesday,
13 June 2000 (12.00 noon): Dr John Lowenthal,
CSIRO Animal Health, Geelong, Australia. “Interferon Therapy
- Does It Work?” Contact:
Pete Kaiser
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14 June 2000: Prof Mark
Woolhouse, University of Edinburgh, Institute for Tropical
Veterinary Medicine, Easter Brook. "Scrapie: A Centuries Long
Epidemic?" Contact:
Angela McLean
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21 June 2000: Dr. Tracy
Hussell, NHLI at St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College School
of Medicine, "The Interaction of Immunity to Different
Pathogens at Mucosal Surfaces." Contact:
Pete Kaiser
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28 June 2000: Dr. David Haig,
The Moredun Research Institute, Scotland. "The Local In Vivo
Immune Response to Orf Virus and Its Modulation by Virus
Proteins." Contact:
Pete Kaiser
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19 July 2000: Dr. Don
Williamson, NIMR, Mill Hill, London. "Apicomplexan Snakes
and Ladders: Topology and Replication of Organelle Genomes."
Contact: Martin
Shirley
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26 July 2000: Prof. Adrian
Hill, University of Oxford. "New Malaria Vaccines."
Contact: Shirley
Ellis
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Speaker |
Affliliation |
Title |
Contact |
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| 13 September 2000 |
Dr. Stacey Efstathiou |
Dept of Pathology, University of Cambridge |
"Mammalian Herpes Virus Latency." |
John McCauley |
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| 20 September 2000 |
Dr. Brian Williams |
CSIR Johannesberg, South Africa |
"The Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in South Africa." |
Matthew
Baylis |
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| Thursday, 28 September 2000 |
Dr. Wilhelm Schwaeble |
University of Leicester, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology |
"The Role of Lectin Activation Pathway of Complement, Novel Antimicrobial
Defense Route of Innate Immunity, in the Maintenance of Human and Animal
Health." |
Ivan Morrison
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| 4 October 2000 |
CANCELLED |
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| Thursday, 12 October 2000 |
Dr. G. S. Besra |
Newcastle |
"Structure, Function and Biosynthesis of the
Mycobacterial Cell Wall." |
John McCauley
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| 18 October 2000 |
Dr. Lucas Bowler |
Dept of Molecular Microbiology, School of Biological
Sciences, University of Sussex |
"Analysis of Differential Gene Expression in Bacteria:
the Hunt for Virulence Factors." |
Jamie Leigh
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| Thursday, 19 October 2000
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Dr. Petter Hopp |
Norwegian Veterinary Institute |
"Scrapie in Norway. History and Epidemiology." |
Rowland Kao
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| 25 October 2000 |
Dr. John Ladbury |
University College London |
"Isothermal Titration Calorimetry as a Means of
Studying Protein Structure/Ligand Interactions." |
Jim Hope
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1 November 2000
(POSTPONED UNTIL 10 January 2001) |
Prof. Ron Hay |
University of St. Andrew's |
"Activation of NF-kB Under Pathogenic and Non-pathogenic Conditions." |
John McCauley |
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8 November 2000
CANCELLED |
Prof. Chris Newbold |
Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford |
"Immunity, Pathogenesis and the Infected Red Cell Surface in Malaria." |
Martin
Shirley |
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| 15 November 2000 |
Prof. Tim Hirst |
Dept. of Pathology & Microbiology, University of Bristol |
"Immunomodulation by Cholera Toxin." |
Mark Stevens |
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| 22 November 2000 |
No seminar (IAH SCIENCE REVIEW, BOURNEMOUTH) |
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| 29 November 2000 |
Prof. Hugh Miller |
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies,
University of Edinburgh |
"Regulation of Expression and Biological Function of a
Mucosal Mast Cell Granule-specific Chymase." |
Shirley Ellis
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| 6 December 2000 |
Dr. Ursula Gompels |
Dept. of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, University London
School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
"Infection, Immune Evasion and Molecular Mimicry in
Human Herpesvirus 6.”
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Mike Skinner
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13 December 2000
CANCELLED |
Dr. Kevin Rigley |
The Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research, Compton |
“APC as a Conduit for Sensing the Outside World
and Orchestrating Adaptive Immunity …3 Years On.” |
John
Young |
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Seminar Co-ordinator:
John McCauley
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