Biomedical Seminars on Campus

 The following is a non-exhaustive list of biomedical seminars taking place on campus. The host department is listed below each item should you need to contact the organiser. All are welcome to attend.  


Biomedical Seminar Speaker Schedule 2010  
NFB Seminar Series
?Emulating Nature: Making Microenvironments for Differentiated and Stem Cells using Macromolecular Crowding?
Professor Michael Raghunath
ETS Walton Visitor
All Welcome
Monday, 26th July 2010
2pm
DERI Seminar Room 



NFB Seminar Series
"Bioengineering and Living Systems Analysis Laboratory (Biolisys) at the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the Cyprus University of Technology"
Dr. Andreas Anayiotos, Cyprus University of Technology
All Welcome
Monday 19th July 2010
2pm
DERI Seminar Room


"Trib family of oncogenes in acute myeloid leukemia"
Karen Keeshan BSc PhD
SFI-PIYRA Principal Investigator
Biochemistry Department
BioSciences Institute
University College Cork
Monday, March 29th
1pm
NCBES Seminar Room


Joint Biochemistry/REMEDI Seminar
"Dormant and Activated Hematopoietic Stem Cells during Homeostasis and Repair"
Dr Anne Wilson,
Associate Investigator
Developmental Immunology Laboratory
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Lausanne Branch
Chemin des Boveresses 155
CH 1066 Epalinges
Switzerland
Hosted by Rhodri Ceredig/Noel Lowndes
Friday March 19th,
13.00,
McMunn Lecture Theatre


Research talk "Integrated Bioprocessing"
Prof Ian Marison
Head of Biotechnology 
Dublin City University 

Hosted by Prof Lokesh Joshi

Monday March 15th, 11.00, NCBES Library


'Building and Maintaining International Industry Clusters: Galway's Medical Devices Cluster'
Facilitated by Mr. Mark Little, Journalist and Author
Panel Members:
Paraic Curtis, Managing Director and VP Operations, Boston Scientific (Galway)
Mike Devane, Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce R&D Working Group and Partner, Quilly
Jim OHara, General Manager, Intel Ireland and Vice President, Technology Manufacturing Group (TMG), Intel Corporation
Helen Ryan, CEO, Creganna Tactx Medical (Galway)
Thursday 4th March 2010, 6.00pm
Aras Moyola, North Campus, National University of Ireland, Galway


Human Biology Seminar
"Stress, emotionality and the endocannabinoid system"    
Prof. Maria-Paz Viveros,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
February 11th 11am
NCBES Seminar Room


Biomechanics Seminar
"Mechanical modulation of cell function and tissue remodeling"
Professor Kristen Billiar
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts
Fulbright Scholar, NFB
February 5th
12pm
NCBES Seminar Room


Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB) Seminar
"Mechanical Modulation of Cell Function and Tissue
Remodeling"

Professor Kristen L Billiar
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts
Fulbright Scholar, NFB
 January 20th
1pm
DERI Seminar Room


"Regulation of Gene Expression by Hypoxia"
Professor Cormac Taylor
University College Dublin
January 12th
10am
NCBES Library 


"Hypoxic Regulation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells"
Catherine Forristal
PhD Student, University of Southampton
January 12th
12pm
NCBES Library


Seminar Speakers in 2009

Neil Perkins    
Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol  
"Regulation of Cancer Cell Proliferation and Survival by NF-kappaB"
Hosted by Andrew Flaus, Dept. of Biochemistry
November 27th


Dr Sanjeev Gupta, Biochemistry, School of Natural Sciences, NUI Galway
"The role of microRNAs in ER stress response"
Hosted by Prof. Afshin Samali
26th November


Oliver Blacque    
School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science,
Conway Institute, University College Dublin
"Using C. elegans genetics and cell biology to investigate the
molecular basis of protein transport to cilia and human ciliary disease"
Hosted by Ciaran Morrison, Dept. of Biochemistry
20th November


Seminar in Orthpaedic Science
"Hypoxia - a Force for Good in Cartilage"
Dr. Chris Murphy
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Imperial College LondonHosted by REMEDI
6th November