Medicine Case & Seminar Series
Our UCL Medicine Case and Seminar Series is on Thursdays 1pm-2pm in the Rayne Second Floor Seminar Room/Royal Free Hospital, with lunch provided. Principal Investigators lead presentations.
Organised by the Division of Medicine and ECR Network, supported through Research Culture Funding.
Winter 2025- Spring / Summer 2026 programme
| Date & Time | Title | Speakers | Location | Department | Watch Recording |
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| 4 December 2025 | Naturally acquired adaptive immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae is dependent on Stochastic Imprinting of Antibody Repertoires (SIAR) | Professor Jeremy Brown | Rayne Building 2nd floor Seminar Room | Respiratory Medicine | |
| 15 January 2026 | Stimulating outcomes in Long COVID | Dr Melissa Heightman & Dr Toby Hillman | Rayne Building 2nd floor Seminar Room | Respiratory Medicine | |
| 19 February 2026 | Ultrasound guided administration of mRNA as a therapy for congenital glomerular disease | Professor Tammy Kalber, Dr Jennie Chandler & Dr Saif Malik | Rayne Building 2nd floor Seminar Room | Imaging | |
| 26 February 2026 | Ageing, endothelial heterogeneity and primary cilia - novel mechanistic concepts of lung vascular remodeling in pulmonary arterial hypertension | Wolfgang M. Kuebler, MD, PhD Director and Full Professor at the Institute of Physiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Rayne Building 2nd floor Seminar Room | Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine | |
| 19 March 2026 | ‘Finding the Prostate Cancers That Matter: A Histological and Radiological Perspective on Screening’.
| Dr Natasha Thorley | Rayne Building 2nd floor Seminar Room | Imaging | Watch here |
| 30 April 2026 | Adaptive History & Autoimmunity: Neanderthal Clues to the Genomic Architecture of Autoimmune nephrotic syndromes
| Catalin Voinescu and Horia Stanescu | Royal Free | Renal | Watch here |
| 07 May 2026 | Finding the Source of Primary Aldosteronism | Professor Erik Arstad - Centre for Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry | Rayne Building 2nd floor Seminar Room | Imaging | Watch here |
Earlier in 2025
Autumn 2025 programme
| Date & Time | Title | Speakers | Location | Department |
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| Thursday 18 September 1pm-2pm | Scleroderma-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension | Professor Markella Ponticos and Dr Daniel Knight | Royal Free Upper 3rd Floor Seminar Room | Inflammation and Rare Diseases (Rheumatology) |
| Thursday 25 September 1pm-2pm | Antibiotics in decompensated cirrhosis, the good, the bad and the ugly | Professor Alastair O’Brien | Royal Free Upper 3rd Floor Seminar Room | Institute for Liver and Digestive Health |
| Thursday 2 October 1pm-2pm | EBV in human health and disease, modern degrader approaches to therapy | Professor Matt Lechner, Cynthia Wang & Dr Niyaz Zaman | Rayne Building 2nd floor Seminar Room | Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research |
| Thursday 9 October 1pm-2pm | Neutrophils modulate B cell metabolism and function in SLE | Dr Marilina Antonelou & Dr Kashif Anwari | Royal Free Upper 3rd Floor Seminar Room | Renal Medicine |
| Thursday 16 October 1pm-2pm | TBC | TBC | Rayne Building 2nd floor Seminar Room | Imaging |
| Thursday 23 October 1pm-2pm | Determinants of Vitamin D in low income migrant workers | Dr Rikesh Bhatt & Ms Ijeoma Ibeawuchi | Royal Free Upper 3rd Floor Seminar Room | Inflammation & Rare Diseases (Metabolism and Inflammation) |
| Thursday 13 November 1pm-2pm | Systemic immunomodulation by hepatic metabolism & Investigating the links between glycerol metabolism and innate immunity in mice | Professor Dimitrios Anastasiou & Jianxiong Pang | Royal Free Upper 3rd Floor Seminar Room | Institute for Liver and Digestive Health |
| Thursday 20 November 1pm-2pm | FGF21: Treating obesity at the expense of cardiac hypertrophy | Professor Drosatos University of Cincinnati (USA) Metabolic Biology Laboratory | Rayne Building 2nd floor Seminar Room | Aging, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine |
| Thursday 27 November 1pm-2pm | Sodium channels and Pain | Professor John Wood, Olena Didenko and Professor David Bennett (University of Oxford) | Rayne Building 2nd floor Seminar Room | Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research |
Summer 2025
| Date | Department | Location | On-site facilitator | Medicine Case | Science Seminar | Remote facilitator | Sponsor |
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| 24 April 2025 | Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine (Rayne) | Rayne | Host: Dr George Robinson AV: | Host: Dr Diana Cannetti AV: | |||
| 1 May 2025 | Respiratory Medicine | Rayne/RF | Host: Professor Rachel Chambers AV: Catriona Heredia | Rachel Chambers | Host: ? AV: Millie Williams | ||
| 8 May 2025 | ILDH | Royal Free | Host: AV: | Presenter: | Host: AV: | ||
| 15 May 2025 | No seminar due to research retreat | ||||||
| 22 May 2025 | Inflammation and Rare Diseases (Royal Free) | Royal Free | Host: Dr Guglielmo Verona AV: Lynn Knight | Metabolism and Inflammation Prof Mohammed Al Maadheed Title: TBC | Host: Dr Lizzy Rosser AV: Esther Geary | ||
| 29 May 2025 | Half Term | ||||||
| 5 June 2025 | Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine (Rayne) | Rayne | Host: Dr George Robinson AV: Esther Geary | Host: Dr Diana Cannetti AV: Kate Henderson | |||
| 12 June 2025 | Respiratory Medicine | Rayne/RF | Host: Professor Rachel Chambers AV: Catriona Heredia | Professor Hurt | Host: ? AV: Lynn Knight | ||
| 19 June 2025 | Institute for Liver and Digestive Health | Royal Free | Host: Jane Macnaughtan AV: Lynn Knight | Pilar Nunez and Steve Pereira | Host: Prof. Jack Wells AV: Alison Kelly | ||
| 26 June 2025 | Renal Medicine | Rayne/RF | Host: Harry Horsley AV:Kate Henderson | Host: Ramon Garcia Maset AV: Alison Kelly | |||
| 3 July 2025 | Imaging Centre for Computational Medicine | Rayne | Host:Simon Walker-Samuel AV: Alison Kelly | Host:? AV: Lynn Knight |
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| 10 July 2025 | Institute for Liver and Digestive Health | Royal Free | Host: Dr Joseph Ndieyira AV:Lynn Knight | Alastair O’Brien | Host: Prof. Joanna Porter AV: Alison Kelly | ||
Winter/Spring 2025
| Date | Department | Onsite Location | On-site facilitator | Presenter (s) | Remote facilitator | Sponsor | |
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| 09 January 2025 | Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine (Rayne) | Rayne | Host: George Robinson AV: Esther Geary | M.E./C.F.S. : Tackling our Ignorance Clinical Prof. Jonathan Edwards, UCL Science | Host: Claire Beesley AV: Lynn Knight | ||
| 16 January 2025 | Respiratory Medicine | Rayne/ RF | Host: Rachel Chambers AV: Catriona Heredia | ‘Bioinformatics meets respiratory infection: from computational biology to clinical data science’ Rishi Gupta & Nobby Chakrabarti | Host: AV: Kate Henderson | ||
| 23 January 2025 | Department of Inflammation | Royal Free | Host: Professor David Abraham AV: Lynn Knight | ”Generation, epitope mapping and characterisation of Dr Ibrahim Al-Mohannadi | Host: Dr Thomas McDonnell AV: Alison Kelly |
This event is sponsored by Proteintech, represented by Lauren Lowe | |
| 30 January 2025 | Inflammation and Rare Diseases (Royal Free) | Royal Free | Host: Nelson Orie AV: Millie Williams | ‘Asymptomatic amyloid infiltration.’ Dr Aldostefano Porcari | Host: George Robinson AV: Catriona Heredia | This event is sponsored by PHC represented by Tomoko Shirayama 
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| 06 February 2025 | Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research (Neurosciences) | Rayne | Host: Matthew Swire AV: Andrea Goncalves | James Cox | Host: Alan Salama AV: Lynn Knight | This event is sponsored by Standard Biotools represented by Felicity Alder 
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| 13 February 2025 | Respiratory Medicine | Rayne / RF | Host: Rachel Chambers AV: Catriona Heredia | Joe Jacob & Brintha Hayes | Host: ? AV: Lynn Knight | ||
| 20 February 2025 | Half term | ||||||
| 27 February 2025 | Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine (Rayne) | Rayne | Host: Dr Vincent Guichard AV: Esther Geary | Prof. Liz Jury & Dr Jessica Manson | Host: Dr Nelson Orie AV: Millie Williams |
This event is sponsored by Novogene, represented by Firdous Unnisa Begum | |
| 6 March 2025 | Respiratory Medicine | Rayne / RF | Host: Jerry Brown AV:Catriona Heredia | Marko Nikolic & Teixeira, Vitor Teixeira | Host: ? AV: Lynn Knight | ||
| 13 March 2025 | Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine (Rayne) | Rayne | Host: Dr Lizzy Rosser AV: Esther Geary | Prof. Sian Henson, Queen Mary Translational Medicine & Therapeutics | Host: Dr Nina Goldman AV: Lynn Knight | ||
| 20 March 2025 | Inflammation and Rare Diseases (Royal Free) | Royal Free | Host: Ms Claire Beesley AV: Millie Williams | Rheumatology Pulmonary Fibrosis Professor Markella Ponticos | Host: Dr Vincent Guichard AV: Esther Geary | ||
| 27 March 2025 | Respiratory Medicine | Rayne / RF | Host: Rachel Chambers AV:Catriona Heredia | Prof. Manu Shankar-Hari | Host: ? AV:Millie Williams | ||
| 3 April 2025 | Imaging Centre for Medical Imaging | Rayne | Host: Shereen Nizari AV: Alison Kelly | Stephen Patrick and Steve Halligan | Host: Daniel Stuckey AV: Millie Williams |
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| 10 April 2025 | Easter | ||||||
| 17 April 2025 | Easter | ||||||
Autumn 2024
| Date | Department | Location | On-site facilitator | Medicine Case | Science Seminar | Remote Facilitator | Sponsor |
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| 19 September 2024 | Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine (Rayne) | Rayne | Host: Dr Lizzy Rosser AV: Esther Geary | “Conceptual challenges in preventive medicine.” Professor Sir Nicholas Wald FRS FRCP FMedSci | Royal Free Host: Dr Guglielmo Verona AV: Millie Williams | ||
| 26 September 2024 | Intitute for Liver & Digestive Health | Royal Free | Host: Dr Neil Halliday AV: Millie Williams | ‘Improving Equity in Accessing Liver Transplantation’ Professor Manolis Tsochatzis (Recording available to UCL Medicine Staff) | Host: Prof. Simon Walker-Samuel AV: Alison Kelly | This event is sponsored by Norgine, represented by Gulen Saner 
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| 03 October 2024 | Renal Medicine | Royal Free | Host: Professor Jill Norman AV: Kate Henderson | “Is it a UTI? Yes! ……But No!…….But yes it is!” Dr Harry Horsley | Host: Prof. Sam Janes AV: Alison Kelly | ||
| 10 October 2024 | Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research (Neurosciences) | Rayne | Host: Dr Liam Browne AV: Andrea Goncalves/ | ‘Functional Connectomics.’ Dr. Arnd Roth Senior Research Fellow Wolfson Inst for Biomedical Research ‘Use of Electronic Health Records to address clinical questions.’ Prof. Irene Peterson Professor of Epidemiology and Health Informatics Primary Care & Population Health (Recording available to UCL Medicine Staff) | Host: Prof. David Abraham AV: Millie Williams | ||
| 17 October 2024 | Imaging Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging | Rayne | Host Dr Tim Bray AV: Alison Kelly | ‘Histo-MRstudy: an update on an ongoing trial.’ Dr. Manju Matthew | Host: Prof. Kris Thielemans AV: Kate Henderson |
This event is sponsored by Proteintech, represented by Laren Lowe. | |
| 24 October 2024 | Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine (Rayne) | Rayne | Host: Dr Thomas McDonnell AV: Esther Geary | ‘Precision immunomedicine for systemic lupus erythematosus’ Prof Mike Ehrenstein & Dr Dan McCluskey | Host: Dr Diana Canetti AV: Millie Williams | ||
| 31 October 2024 | Half Term - closed | ||||||
| 07 November 2024 | No seminar due to train strikes | ||||||
| 14 November 2024 | Respiratory Medicine | Rayne / RF | Host: Professor Rachel Chambers AV: Catriona Heredia | ‘Lung-ROBOT trial’ Neal Navani (Professor of Respiratory Medicine) and Ricky Thakrar (Honorary Associate Professor) (watch on Stream) | Host: Dr Manuela Platé AV: Kate Henderson |
This event is sponsored by Novogene, represented by Firdous Unnisa Begum | |
| 21 November 2024 | Intitute for Liver & Digestive Health | Royal Free | Host: Dr Pilar Nunuz AV: Kate Henderson | ‘Alcohol - related Cirrhosis Is it all in the genes?’ Marsha Morgan (watch on Stream) | Host: Prof. Tammy Kalber AV: Alison Kelly | This event is sponsored by Norgine, represented by Gulen Saner.
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| 28 November 2024 | Inflammation and Rare Diseases (Royal Free) | Royal Free | Host: Dr Angela Tam AV: Millie Williams | Rheumatology ‘Mitochondrial dysfunction in pulmonary arterial hypertension: pathobiology and therapeutic insights’ | Host: Dr Lizzy Rosser AV: Esther Geary | ||
| 05 December 2024 | Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research (Neurosciences) | Rayne | Host: Arnd Roth AV:Andrea Goncalves | ‘Cholesterol Metabolism: A Key Player in Brain Diseases.’ Professor Huiliang Li (watch on Stream) | Host: Prof. Krista Rombouts AV: Kate Henderson | This event is sponsored by Standard Biotools, represented Felicity Alder
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| 12 December 2024 | Christmas Lecture | ||||||
| 19 December 2024 | Inflammation and Rare Diseases (Royal Free) | Royal Free | Host: Dr Nina Goldman AV:Millie Williams | Metabolism and Inflammation Speakers:’ ‘Generation, epitope mapping and characterisation of dromedary VhH fragment antibody to sIL-6R.’ Dr Ibrahim Al-Mohannadi and Prof Vidya Mohamed-Ali | Host: Dr Thomas McDonnell AV: Alison Kelly | ||
| 26 December 2024 | Closed | ||||||
| 02 January 2025 | Closed | ||||||
