| 15/07/2021 |
Epstein-Barr virus, a master manipulator of B cell biology |
Prof Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh, University of Florida |
Theresa Ward |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 01/07/2021 |
Collective mechanosensing driven by innate immune signaling drives the extrusion end masse of bacterially-infected epithelial cells |
DR Effie Bastounis, Tuebingen University |
Serge Mostowy |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 17/06/2021 |
Multiform antibiotic resistance in mycobacteria |
DR Julien Vaubourgeix, Imperial College London |
Teresa Cortes |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 15/06/2021 |
Cutting back malaria: CRISPR-based approaches for antimalarial target discovery |
Dr Marcus Lee, The Sanger Institute |
Colin Sutherland & David Baker |
11.00 – 12.00, Online |
| 03/06/2021 |
Targeting insect tyrosine metabolism for vector control |
Dr Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
Marta Moreno Leirana |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 20/05/2021 |
Contact-dependent bacterial cell-cell interactions in microbial communities |
Dr Brian Ho, Birkbeck, University of London |
Serge Mostowy |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 06/05/2021 |
Evolution of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: from biology to global tuberculosis control |
Dr Iñaki Comas, Biomedicine Institute of Valencia, Spain |
Teresa Cortes |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 22/04/2021 |
Bacterial Shapeshifting: Super-power or Achilles’ Heel? |
Prof Cynthia Whitchurch, Quadram Institute |
Serge Mostowy |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 25/03/2021 |
Dengue and our new work to understand its transmission and the potential for prophylactic prevention |
Prof Martin Hibberd, LSHTM |
David Allen |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 11/03/2021 |
L-form switching in antibiotic evasion |
Dr Katarzyna Mickiewicz, Newcastle University |
Serge Mostowy |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 25/02/2021 |
Why does Trypanosoma cruzi cause Chagas disease? |
Prof John Kelly, LSHTM |
Susana Campino |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 11/02/2021 |
Combining reverse genetics and live microscopy to investigate Plasmodium knowlesi invasion of red blood cells |
Melissa Hart, LSHTM |
Rob Moon |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 28/01/2021 |
Sneaking out with the trash’: how coronaviruses exit cells |
Dr Nihal Altan-Bonnet, NIH |
Theresa Ward |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 14/01/2021 |
Bunyavirales: An expanding order of emerging viruses |
Prof Roger Hewson, LSHTM |
David Allen |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 17/12/2020 |
Emergence of Shigella as a STI |
Dr Kate Baker, Liverpool University, UK |
Serge Mostowy |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 03/12/2020 |
Virus Restriction Factors |
Dr Rui Pedro Ribeiro Galao, King’s College London, UK |
David Allen |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 19/11/2020 |
Understanding Aetiology and Transmission of Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases in Central India: Towards a One Health Perspective |
Dr Tanya Monagham, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, UK |
Lisa Dawson |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 05/11/2020 |
Back on track: The functions of actin in apicomplexan parasites |
Prof Mark Meissner, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany |
Rob Moon |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 29/10/2020 |
Discovery and development of Bedaquiline: Story of a novel drug for MDR-tuberculosis |
Prof Anil Koul, LSHTM |
Teresa Cortes |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 22/10/2020 |
Three pathogens and three secretion systems – stories on host cell manipulation and interbacterial competition |
Dr Ethel Bayer Santos |
Richard Stabler |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 08/10/2020 |
Cells, mice and zebrafish: tackling human norovirus replication on the road to antiviral drug discovery |
Dr Joana Duarte Da Rocha Pereira, KU Leuven, Belgium |
David Allen |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 24/09/2020 |
Development of a genetic toolbox for Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae informed by genome analysis |
Dr Janine Bosse, Imperial College London, UK |
Jon Cuccui |
12.45 – 13.45, Online |
| 05/03/2020 |
Current knowledge in cell biology of Eimeria species and how this informs control strategies against coccidiosis |
Dr Virginia Marugan-Hernandez, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK |
Francisco Olmo Arevalo |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 13.02.2020 |
Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase: A potential target against schistosomiasis |
Dr Maria Cristina Nonato Costa, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Nick Furnham |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 03.10.2019 |
Elucidation of the role of cAMP in Mycobacterial antibiotics tolerance by cAMP phosphodiesterase, bioenergetics and 13C flux analysis |
Dr. Gerald Larrouy-Maumus, Imperial College London, UK |
Teresa Cortes |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 06.02.2020 |
Malaria liver stage biology |
Dr Rebecca Limenitakis, Swiss Integrative Centre for Human Health, Fribourg, Switzerland |
Robert Moon |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 10.10.2019 |
The role of an essential cyclic GMP signalling component and a downstream effector in Plasmodium falciparum merozoite egress and invasion |
Stephanie Nofal, LSHTM, UK |
David Baker |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 12.12.2019 |
Identification of perturbed immune and metabolic responses during Tuberculosis disease |
Dr Alba Llibre-Serradell, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France |
Martin Goodier |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 14.11.2019 |
Discussing new results of whole genome screens relating to antibody response |
Dr Pavel Tolar, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK |
Theresa Ward |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 16.01.2020 |
Use of zebrafish to study emerging Shigella infection |
Dr Vincenzo Torraca, LSHTM, London, UK |
Serge Mostowy |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 17.10.2019 |
Simple RNA viruses: avoiding the tyranny of symmetry to stay infectious |
Prof Peter Stockley, University of Leeds, UK |
Polly Roy |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 19.09.2019 |
Tracing infectious disease through time: case studies in antibiotic resistance and Plasmodium evolution |
Dr Lucy van Dorp, University College London, UK |
Chris Drakeley |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 21.11.2019 |
Too hot to handle! RNA thermometer mediated regulation of zinc resistance in the bacterial pathogen Campylobacter jejuni |
Dr Dennis Linton, University of Manchester, UK |
Brendan Wren |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 26.09.2019 |
Interrogating and challenging the human lung: implications for TB vaccines, diagnostics, and treatment |
Prof Keertan Dheda, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Taane Clark |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
| 28.11.2019 |
Cytokine and antibody-dependent activation of natural killer cells after Ebola vaccination |
Dr Helen Wagstaffe, University College London, UK |
Martin Goodier |
12.45 – 13.45, Manson Lecture Theatre |
