John Innes Centre

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 September 2010: 11:30
From insect and plant defensins to lipopeptides and lantibiotics - natural compounds for antibiotics
Professor Hans-Georg Sahl , Institute of Microbiology & Biotechnology, University of Bonn
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Merv Bibb
24 September 2010: 11:30
The Darlington Lecture by Professor Eddy Rubin
Professor Eddy Rubin , Director, Genomics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
In the JIC Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Anne Osbourn
01 October 2010: 11:30
Natural variation for growth and response to the environment in Arabidopsis thaliana
Dr Olivier Loudet , INRA, National Institute for Agricultural Research, Versailles
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Stanislav Kopriva
08 October 2010: 11:30
The role of calcium, SFR6 and OXI1 in plant stress signalling
Professor Marc Knight , School of Bio & Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham
In the JIC Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Ben Miller
22 October 2010: 11:30
The Bateson Lecture - Viral noncoding RNAs: Master manipulators of RNA decay
Professor Joan Steitz , Yale University
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Lars Ostergaard
29 October 2010: 11:30
Pathogens and commensals at epithelial surfaces: the Yin and the Yang of innate immunity
Professor Philippe Sansonetti , Unité de pathogénie microbienne moléculaire, INSERM U786
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Cyril Zipfel
05 November 2010: 11:30
seminar by Professor Sean Cutler
Professor Sean Cutler , Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Giles Oldroyd
12 November 2010: 11:30
Sugars and proteins
Professor Ben Davis , Dept of Chemistry, University of Oxford
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Rob Field
19 November 2010: 11:30
seminar by Professor Bernard Dujon
Professor Bernard Dujon , Dept Genomes & Genetics, Institut Pasteur, France
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Sophien Kamoun
26 November 2010: 11:30
Predatory biology of Bdellovibrio- invader of other Gram negative bacteria
Professor Elizabeth Sockett , Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Emma Sherwood
03 December 2010: 11:30
seminar by Professor Sheng-Yang He
Professor Sheng-Yang He , DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Dian Guan
10 December 2010: 11:30
Immune recognition of fungi: the taste of a fungus
Professor Neil Gow , Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Sophien Kamoun
14 January 2011: 11:30
seminar by Professor Fernando Garcia- Arenal
Professor Fernando Garcia-Arenal , Director, Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM - INIA
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by James Brown
21 January 2011: 11:30
seminar by Professor Malcolm Bennett
Professor Malcolm Bennett , Plant & Crop Sciences Div, University of Nottingham
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Lars Ostergaard
04 February 2011: 11:30
Plant development: rooting shoots or shooting roots?
Professor Ben Scheres , Dept of Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Bas Rutjens
11 February 2011: 11:30
seminar by Professor Herbert Waldmann
Professor Herbert Waldmann , Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Rob Field
18 February 2011: 11:30
seminar by Professor Thomas Lahaye
Professor Thomas Lahaye , Institute of Genetics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Jonathan Jones
25 February 2011: 11:30
sminar by Professor Pascale Cossart
Professor Pascale Cossart , Pasteur Institute
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Allan Downie
04 March 2011: 11:30
seminar by Professor Andreas Wagner
Professor Andreas Wagner , Dept of Biochemistry, University of Zurich
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Erika Kuchen
18 March 2011: 11:30
seminar by Dr Pascal Genschik
Dr Pascal Genschik , Director, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Cyril Zipfel
25 March 2011: 11:30
seminar by Dr Matthew Freeman
Dr Matthew Freeman , MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Phil Wigge
01 April 2011: 11:30
seminar by Professor Suzanne Eaton
Professor Suzanne Eaton , Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Enrico Coen
08 April 2011: 11:30
The Hopwood Lecture - to be given by Professor Nancy Moran
Professor Nancy Moran , Dept of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Saskia Hogenhout
29 April 2011: 11:30
seminar by Professor Steven Lindow
Professor Steven Lindow , Dept Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Saskia Hogenhout
06 May 2011: 11:30
seminar by Professor Jorge Galan
Professor Jorge Galan , Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Mark Banfield
20 May 2011: 11:30
The Woolhouse Lecture by Professor Mark Estelle
Professor Mark Estelle , Cell & Developmental Biology, UCSD, USA
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Lars Ostergaard
27 May 2011: 11:30
The 2011 Chatt Lecture by Professor Jay Keasling
Professor Jay Keasling , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Rob Field
17 June 2011: 11:30
seminar by Professor Jon Clardy
Professor Jon Clardy , Dept of Bio Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by David Lawson & Merv Bibb
24 June 2011: 11:30
seminar by Professor Venkatesan Sundaresan
Professor Venkatesan Sundaresan , College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Lars Ostergaard
09 September 2011: 11:30
seminar by Dr Cristina Ferrandiz
Dr Cristina Ferrandiz , Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMCP)
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Susana Sauret-Gueto
23 September 2011: 11:30
seminar by Professor Jennifer Doudna
Professor Jennifer Doudna , Dept Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Tony Maxwell / Dave Lawson
04 November 2011: 11:30
The Bateson Lecture - Development rooted in interwoven networks
Professor Philip Benfey , Duke University, USA
In the JIC Merton Auditorium
Hosted/Organised by Alison Smith