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Lectures & Seminars

The JIC has a very active programme of seminars and lectures, including a series of Named Lectures, given by external, invited speakers, which is managed by the site seminar committee.These are open to the scientific community.

Future lectures & seminars:

10 February 2012: 11:30
The Hopwood Lecture - Resistance guided antibiotic discovery
Dr Gerry Wright , Dept Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Mark Buttner
24 February 2012: 11:30
The root apex as headquarter for root branching
Professor Tom Beeckman , VIB Dept Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Lars Ostergaard
02 March 2012: 11:30
Wading through murky paddies: clarifying broad spectrum resistance in rice
Professor Jan Leach , Plant Pathology, Colorado State University, USA
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Christopher Ridout
09 March 2012: 11:30
Dynamic organization of epithelia
Professor Frank Julicher , Max Planck Institute, Dresden
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Martin Howard
23 March 2012: 11:30
Gene regulatory networks in Arabidopsis flower development
Professor José Luis Riechmann, Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Barcelona, Spain
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Susana Sauret-Gueto
30 March 2012: 11:30
Protein glycosylation: Pathways, processes and potential virulence targets
Professor Barbara Imperiali , Department of Biology, MIT
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Sarah O'Connor
20 April 2012: 11:30
seminar by Professor Karen Garrett
Professor Karen Garrett , Dept of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Ruth Bryant
11 May 2012: 11:30
The Darlington Lecture - by Professor Sir David Baulcombe
Professor Sir David Baulcombe , Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Jonathan Jones
18 May 2012: 11:00
seminar by Professor Calestous Juma - please note earlier time
Professor Calestous Juma , Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Alastair Skeffington
14 September 2012: 11:30
The Biffen Lecture by Professor Sarah Hake
Professor Sarah Hake , Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA-ARS
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Xana Rebocho
21 September 2012: 11:30
seminar by Professor Wolf Frommer
Professor Wolf Frommer , Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Stanislav Kopriva
19 October 2012: 11:30
seminar by Professor Veronica Franklin-Tong
Professor Veronica Franklin-Tong , School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Dale Sanders
26 October 2012: 11:30
seminar by Professor Dan Tawfik
Professor Dan Tawfik , Dept Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Paul O'Maille
02 November 2012: 11:30
The Chatt Lecture by Professor Christopher Walsh
Professor Christopher Walsh , Harvard Medical School
In the Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Tony Maxwell
30 November 2012: 11:30
The Woolhouse Lecture by Professor Julian Schroeder
Professor Julian Schroeder , Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Jonathan Jones
19 April 2013: 11:30
seminar by Professor Jennifer Doudna
Professor Jennifer Doudna , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Berkeley, USA
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by David Lawson