The IGMM Seminar Series attracts distinguished scientists from around the world working in the fields of genetics, molecular medicine and cancer research, and whose research complements that being done at IGMM.

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Each talk has an organiser. Please contact them in the first instance if you have a query about a particular talk. Only contact one of the people below if you have a question about the list, such as whether your talk or series could be added.

TBA - John Sedivy
Professor John Sedivy
Thu 25 Jun 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA - Paola Scaffidi
Dr Paola Scaffidi
Thu 04 Jun 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA - Rebecca Fitzgerald
Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald
Thu 28 May 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA - Stephen Tait
Professor Stephen Tait
Thu 21 May 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA Xin Lu
Professor Xin Lu
Mon 18 May 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA - Stefan Mundlos
Professor Stefan Mundlos
Thu 14 May 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA 11.5.2020
Professor John D. Scott
Mon 11 May 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA - Adam Antebi
Professor Adam Antebi
Thu 07 May 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA - Gaia Pigino
Dr Gaia Pigino
Thu 30 Apr 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA - Andrea Ablasser
Dr Andrea Ablasser
Thu 23 Apr 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA - Ana Pombo
Dr Ana Pombo
Thu 02 Apr 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

mRNA translation in tissue homeostasis and tumor development
Professor Raul Mendez
Thu 26 Mar 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre



Mechanisms regulating tumor transition states
Professor Cedric Blanpain
Thu 05 Mar 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Towards the mechanisms of chromatin transcription
Professor Patrick Cramer
Tue 03 Mar 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre



TBA - Alice Meunier
Dr Alice Meunier
Thu 06 Feb 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Professor Steve Brusatte
Thu 30 Jan 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Precision Oncology – Hope or Hype?
Professor Andrew Biankin
Mon 27 Jan 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Nanopore sequencing from large genomes to small regions
Professor Matthew Loose
Thu 23 Jan 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Single cell epigenome landscape of development and ageing
Professor Wolf Reik
Thu 16 Jan 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre




ChAHP: an autism-related chromatin regulatory complex
Dr Marc Buehler
Wed 06 Nov 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


Beyond cell migration: novel roles of ROCK-Myosin II in cancer
Professor Victoria Sanz-Moreno
Thu 24 Oct 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Protecting the genome from retroelement attack
Professor Paul Lehner
Thu 03 Oct 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre




Activation of innate immune sensors by viruses and self
Professor Nicolas Manel
Thu 27 Jun 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Mosaic mobile DNA and mammals
Professor Geoffrey Faulkner
Fri 21 Jun 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Reprogramming the Genetic Code
Professor Jason Chin
Fri 07 Jun 2019, 10:00 - 11:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Super-resolution imaging of transcription in live mammalian cells
Professor Ibrahim Cisse
Tue 28 May 2019, 15:30 - 16:30
IGMM Lecture Theatre



Tuberculosis pharmacogenomics revealed by a zebrafish forward genetic screen
Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan
Thu 02 May 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre




Coping with a stressful start in life
Dr Alex Gould
Thu 21 Mar 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


DNA replication, singled out
Dr Conrad Nieduszynski
Wed 27 Feb 2019, 15:00 - 16:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre





Mental health and circadian rhythms in the UK Biobank cohort
Professor Daniel Smith
Thu 24 Jan 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Genome-wide analysis of protein-DNA interactions
Professor Jussi Taipale
Thu 17 Jan 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Structure and mechanism of INO80 family chromatin remodellers
Professor Dale Wigley
Thu 10 Jan 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre




Predicting how genetic variants impact biological mechanism
Professor Rob Russell
Thu 08 Nov 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


Writing Genomes
Professor Jef Boeke
Tue 16 Oct 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre



Epigenetic switching and antisense transcription: lessons from FLC
Professor Caroline Dean
Thu 04 Oct 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Histone mutations in paediatric Glioblastoma
Professor Nada Jabado
Thu 20 Sep 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Mechanisms of membrane protein biogenesis
Dr Ramanujan Hegde
Thu 13 Sep 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre