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- Past Events 2020/21
BDRC Seminars
17th June (please note change of regular day to Thursday this week)
Speaker: Prof. Fiona Watt, Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council
Title: "Exploring skin cell heterogeneity"
Details: 1-2pm Via ZOOM - Meeting ID 994 4821 8271 - Passcode: stemcell
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BDRC Seminars
17th May
Speaker: Professor Cornelis Jan Weijer
Title: Analysis and perturbation of cell behaviours controlling gastrulation in the chick embryo
Details: 1-2pm via Microsoft Teams
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BDRC Seminars
10th May (rescheduled from 8th Feb)
Speaker: Dr Ben Steventon
Title: Tissue tectonics and the emergence of pattern during complex morphogenesis
Details: 1-2pm via Microsoft Teams
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BDRC Seminars
26th April
Speaker: Prof. Meritxell Hurch
Title: Liver & Pancreas Organoid cultures for the study of health & disease
Details: 1-2pm Via - ZOOM Meeting ID: 936 5045 4233 Passcode: stemcell
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BDRC Seminars
22nd March
Speaker: Prof. Olivier Pourquié
Title: Deconstructing human somitogenesis in vitro
Details: 1-2pm Via ZOOM - Meeting ID 980 8441 6626 - Passcode: stemcell
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BDRC Seminars
15th March
Speaker: Sylvie Schneider-Maunoury, of the Sorbonne, Paris.
Title: “Cilia in neural development and disease: from signalling to oriented beating”
Details: 1-2pm via Microsoft Teams
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BDRC Seminars
8th March
Speaker: Dr John Robert Davis
Title: "The role of ECM remodelling in tissue growth dynamics"
Details: 1-2pm via Microsoft Teams
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BDRC Seminars
1st March
Speaker: Murielle Saade
Title: “A centrosomal view of CNS growth and disease”
Details: 1-2pm via Microsoft Teams
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BDRC Seminars
22nd February
Speaker: Prof. Bill Keyes
Title: Investigating cellular senescence in development, regeneration and ageing
Details: 1-2pm via ZOOM Meeting ID: 988 0316 4649
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BDRC Seminars
8th February (POSTPONED TILL 10th MAY)
Speaker: Dr Ben Steventon
Title: Tissue tectonics and the emergence of pattern during complex morphogenesis
Details: 1-2pm via Microsoft Teams
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BDRC Seminars
1st February
Speaker: Dr Margherita Turco
Title: Organoid systems to study human pregnancy in vitro
Details: 1-2pm via Microsoft Teams
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29th January 2021
Starting at 2pm
Title: Craniofacial and Neural Development
followed at 4pm by the Peter Thorogood Memorial Lecture, by Prof. Robert Kelsh with the title "Painting by numbers - zebrafish neural crest and pigment pattern formation?"
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BDRC Seminars
25th January
Speaker: Maxime Maho
Title: Using pluripotent stem cells to generate human intestine
Details: 1-2pm via Microsoft Teams
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BDRC Seminars
18th January
Speaker: Janet Rubin MD
Title: Structural adaptation in response to load guides stem cell differentiation
Details: 1-2pm Via Teams
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BDRC Seminars
11th January (Postponed till March 22nd)
Speaker: Olivier Pourquie
Title: Deconstructing human somitogenesis in vitro
Details: 1-2pm Via Teams
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BDRC Seminars
14th December 2020
Speaker: Frederic Lemaigre
Title: Developmental diseases of the bile duct
Details: 1-2pm via Microsoft Teams
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BDRC Seminars
7th December 2020
Speaker: Kath Niakin
Title: Genetic approaches to study early lineage specification in early embryos
Details: 1-2pm via Microsoft Teams
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BDRC Seminars
30th November 2020
Speaker: Hourinaz Behesti
Title: It's what's on the surface that counts: Membrane Protein Dynamics in Neuronal Connectivity in Autism
Details: 1-2pm via Microsoft Teams
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BDRC Seminars
23rd November 2020
Speaker: Sachi Horibata
Title: Genomics approach to understanding mechanisms of cancer drug resistance
Details: 1-2pm Microsoft Teams
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BDRC Seminar Series
16th November 2020
Speaker: Matteo Mole, University of Cambridge
Title: Human and mouse development: A journey from implantation to neurulation
Details: 1-2pm Microsoft Teams
- Past Events 2019/20
9th March 2020
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Nic Tapon, Francis Crick Institute
Title: Developmental control of tissue growth in the Drosophila abdomen
Details: 1pm-2pm: Leolin Price, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
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2nd March 2020
Stem Cell Seminar Series
Speaker: Emma Rawlins, University of Cambridge
Title: Building & rebuilding the lung: insights from human development
Details: 1pm-2pm: Ryan Connolly Seminar Room, ZCR
20th January 2020
32nd Head Group Meeting
Title: "Understanding Normal and Abnormal Development of Head Structures"
21st September 2018
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Kimberly Aldinger, Seattle Children's Hospital
Title: "Malformations of human cerebellum development: from genes to cells".28th September 2018
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Scott Haston, UCL GOSHICH
Title: "Investigation of the tumour promoting effects of cellular senescensce during pituitary and lung tumourigenesis".3rd October 2018
Cancer Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Grace Collord, Wellcome Snager Institute
Title: "Novel recurrent rearrangements of EGFR and BRAF in congenital mesoblastic nephroma and infantile fibrosarcoma".5th October 2018
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Deborah Gill, University of Oxford
Title: "Where next for gene therapy of Cystic Fibrosis lung disease".19th October 2018
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Masa Tasda, UCL
Title: "Live imaging and genetic analyses of oncogenic cell extrusion from the zebrafish embryonic epithelium".30th October 2018
The Advanced Therapies for Structural Malformations and Tissue Damage (ATMTD) Open Meeting
Details: Levinsky Room, ICH, 30 Guildford Street, 2pm-4:30pm. ALL WELCOME!
14.00 – 14.15 Prof. Jane Sowden Welcome and Theme Updates
14.15 – 14.35 Dr. Alessandro Pellegata Bioengineering of a layered oesophagus
14.35 – 1455 Prof. Manju Kurian iPSC-derived models of childhood neurological disorders: elucidating disease mechanisms and novel therapies
14.55 –15.15 Dr. Hassan Rashidi 3D tissue organoid platforms using human pluripotent stem cells
15.15 –15.45 Coffee Break
15.45 – 16.00 Prof. Tom Jacques Pathology and Histology Support
16.00 – 16.20 Dr. Dagan Jenkins Testing a novel repurposed drug for the treatment of craniosynostosis
16.20 – 16.40 Dr. Gabriel Galea Spina bifida and neural tube closure
16.40 Discussion2nd November 2018
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Agathe Chaigne, UCL
Title: "Cell division, stem cell size heterogeneities and cell fate".6th November 2018
Cancer Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Morgenstern, SickKids, Toronto, Canada
Title: "Immune checkpoint inhibitors for paediatric cancers".9th November 2018
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Ciro Chiappini, King's College London
Title: "Engineering high-aspect ratio nanomaterials to direct cell fate".23rd November 2018
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Margaret Rayman, Surrey University
Title: "Iodine deficiency in the UK: an overlooked cause of impaired nerodevelopment?28th November 2018
Cancer Seminar Series
Speaker: Prof. Francesco Dazzi, King's College London
Title: "The immunobiology of mesenchymal stromal cell".29th November 2018
29th Mammalian Genetics & Development Workshop
30th November 2018
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Arcadi Navarro, ICREA/University of Edinburgh (in sabbatical)
Title: “Why do we age? Contradictory effects of disease-causing variants in early and old age”4th December 2018
9th Developmental Biology and Cancer Symposium
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Patrick Caswell, the Unviersity of Manchester
Title: "Membrane trafick directs cell-matrix interactions in the metastatic niche"7th December 2018
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker:Robert Castelo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Title: "High-throughput transcriptomics and proteomics of the fetal inflammatory response in extremely preterm neonates"12th December 2018
Cancer Seminar Series
Speaker: Prof.Jude Fitzgibbon, Barts Cancer Institute, London
Title: "Follicular Lymphoma: curing the incurable".14th December 2018
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Abigail 'Rosie' Marshall
Title:
"The biomechanical role of the surface ectoderm and Grainyhead-like genes in neural tube closure." 18th January 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Robin Frankin, University of Cambridge
Title: 'Myelin regeneration in the CNS: reversing the ravages of time'.25th January 2019
Title: "Understanding Normal and Abnormal Development of Head Structures"
30th January 2019
PhD speed networking event
1st February 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speakers: Saba Manshaei and Michelle Cheung, UCL
UCL Viva Upgrade Titles: Investigating potential interactions of TBX1 with chromatin regulators in cardiac development.The role of senescent cells and their sectretome in pituitary tumourgenesis.
8th February 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Keynote Speaker: Eleanor Weston, UCL
UCL Viva Upgrade Title: Inositol Staus and the Risk of Neural Tube Defect15th February 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Richard Wingate, King's College
Title: 'Why we stick together: new insights into transition zone dynamics'21st February 2019, 4.00- 5.00pm followed by a drinks reception
Inaugural lecture by Professor Tom Jacques, GOSHCC Professor of Paediatric Neuropathology
Title: 'Developing Diagnoses for Developing Brains"
1st March 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, University of Oxford
Title: 'Construction and validation of the global neural crest gene regulatory network in vivo'6th March 2019
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22nd March 2019
BDRC Seminar Series Public Engagement Talk
Speakers: Oliver Gardner, Jess Pickles, Scott Haston, and Daniel Jafree
Title: If you've ever wondered... Why we do what we do? How we do it? What we have achieved?26th April 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speakers: Dr. Roberta Azzarelli, University of Cambridge
Title: Balancing proliferation and differentiation in development and cancer1st May 2019
Cancer theme Seminar
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3rd May 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speakers: Dr. Claudia Linker, King's College London
Title: How is collective cell migration regulated? Insights from the Neural Crest
Details: 1pm-2pm: Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
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10th May 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speakers: Dr. Duncan Sparrow, University of Oxford
Title: 'Environmental influences on mouse embryonic development'
Details: 1pm-2pm: Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
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17th May 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speakers: Dr. Patricia Barral, The Francis Crick Institute
Title: TBC
Details: 1pm-2pm: Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
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24th May 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speakers: Dr. Chrissy Hammond, University of Bristol
Title: TBC
Details: 1pm-2pm: Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
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31st May 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK
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7th June 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speakers: Prof. Andrea Munsterberg, University of East Anglia
Title: Investigating cell lineage commitment in vertebrate somites
Details: 1pm-2pm: Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
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14th June 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speakers: Dr. Raman Das, University of Manchester
Title: Cell behaviour underlying neurogenesis in the developing spinal cord
Details: 1pm-2pm: June Lloyd Lecture Theatre, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
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21st June 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speakers: Dr. Rui Monterio, University of Birmingham
Title: Modulation of gata2 levels through an endothelial enhancer regulate haematopoietic output in a zebrafish model of MonoMAC syndrome
Details: 1pm-2pm: Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
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21st June 2019
BDRC Seminar Series
Speakers: Anna Philpott, University of Cambridge
Title: Cell cycle regulation of differentiation in development and disease
Details: 1pm-2pm: Wolfson Room B, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
19th July 2019
Open Meeting - all welcome
Title: BRC The Advanced Therapies for Structural Malformations and Tissue Damage (ATMTD) Open Meeting
Details: 11am-1.20pm: Levinsky Room, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
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19th July 2019
DBC Information Session - all PIs, PhD Students and Postdocs welcome
Details: 3-5pm: Kennedy Lecture Theatre, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
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21st August 2019
Viva Upgrade: Warren Hazelton, UCL, GOS ICH
Title: ‘The development of multi-antigen targeting chimeric antigen receptors to treat acute myeloid leukaemia’
Details: 10.30 - 11.15am: Levinsky Room, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
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21st August 2019
Viva Upgrade: Rajesh Karattil, UCL, GOS ICH
Title: 'Endoplasmic reticulum retention sequence mediated antigen knockdown on Hematopoietic stem cells’
Details: 11.15 - 12.00: Levinsky Room, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street
