The University of Sheffield
Department of Biomedical Science

External Seminar Programme 2012/2013

Seminars are held on Mondays at 12.00 noon (unless stated) in the Conference Room, A Floor, Alfred Denny building.

If you have any queries about the programme, please email Wendy Howard or Jane Collins in the BMS office.

Monday 13th May 2013

Professor Peter Mayinger
Oregon Health and Science University, USA

Role of phosphoinositides in the metabolic and growth control of Golgi function

Host: Dr Kai Erdmann/Dr Henry Roehl

Monday 20th May 2013

Professor Fabio Mammano
University of Padova

Hearing acquisition and calcium signaling in the developing cochlea: the role of connexin channels

Host: Professor Walter Marcotti

FRIDAY 24th May 2013
12 noon
BMS Conference Room

Dr Tom Baden
University of Tuebingen

Beyond Colour Vision? Dichromacy provides for near optimal sampling of achromatic contrast statistics in "mouse view" natural scenes

Host: Dr Anton Nikolaev

Monday 3rd June 2013

Dr Luke Tain
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne

Gene expression, ageing and insulin-mediated lifespan extension

Host: Dr Alex Whitworth

Monday 1st July 2013

Dr Chris Jopling
Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Paris

Heart regeneration in zebrafish

Host: Dr Freek van Eeden

Monday 8th July 2013

Dr Christopher Antos
Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden

Using Pharmaceutical Agents to Enhance the Regenerative Growth and Regulate the Patterning of Zebrafish Appendages

Host: Dr Henry Roehl

Monday 21st October 2013

Dr Soojin Ryu
Max Plank Institute for Medical Research

Title to be announced

Host: Dr Vincent Cunliffe

Monday 4th November 2013

Professor Will Wood
University of Bath

Title to be announced

Host: Professor David Strutt