Plenary Lecture Series 2006-2007
Venue - Physiology A Lecture Theatre, Biomedical Sciences Building, Cardiff University (Except where indicated otherwise)
Time - 15.30 - 17.00
Tuesday 5th September 2006
15.00 Onwards - Coffee, tea and cookies in West Wing Foyer
15.30 - Professor Chris Evans, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Title: Progress towards a gene therapy for arthritis
17.00 Onwards - Drinks and snacks to follow in West Wing Foyer
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Wednesday 4th October 2006
15.00 Onwards - Coffee, tea and cookies in West Wing Foyer
15.30 - Dr Carl Jones MBE, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Mauritius
Title: The dodo's tale, conservation lessons from Mauritius
17.00 Onwards - Drinks and snacks to follow in West Wing Foyer
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Wednesday 1st November 2006
15.00 Onwards - Coffee, tea and cookies in West Wing Foyer
15.30 - Professor Peter J. Brophy, Director, Centre for Neuroscience Research, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Title: How Do Vertebrate Nerves Switch to Saltatory Conduction?
17.00 Onwards - Drinks and snacks to follow in West Wing Foyer
Host
Wednesday 13th December 2006
15.00 Onwards - Coffee, tea and cookies in West Wing Foyer
15.30 - Professor Robin Irvine, Pharmacology, University of Cambridge
Title: Inositol, evolution's favourite molecule - towards turtle domination?
17.00 Onwards - Drinks and snacks to follow in West Wing Foyer
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Wednesday 14th March 2007
15.00 Onwards - Coffee, tea and cookies in West Wing Foyer
15.30 - Professor Michael Wagner, Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria
Title: Our Earth, the planet of uncultivated bacteria: An expedition to characterise novel microbes with major environmental and medical importance
17.00 Onwards - Drinks and snacks to follow in West Wing Foyer
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Wednesday 21st March 2007
15.00 Onwards - Coffee, tea and cookies in West Wing Foyer
15.30 - Professor Alan North, FRS, The University of Manchester
Title: "Molecular Physiology of P2X Receptors"
17.00 Onwards - Drinks and snacks to follow in West Wing Foyer
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Wednesday 9th May 2007
15.00 Onwards - Coffee, tea and cookies in West Wing Foyer
15.30 - Professor Yves Barde, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
Title: Embryonic stem cells and neurotrophic signalling
17.00 Onwards - Drinks and snacks to follow in West Wing Foyer