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 |
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.” |
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 |