Upcoming seminars
Event Date: Tuesday 27th Jan 2026
Talk from Dr Thomas Wright on ‘Studying rare conditions using UK primary care electronic health records: past, present and future’
Event Date: Tuesday 3rd Feb 2026
Talk from Dr Joan Chang on “Collagen-I in rare diseases – new dynamical insights”
Event Date: Tuesday 10th Feb 2026
Talk from Dr Richard Collins on ‘What can high resolution CryoEM do and what can it do for you?’
Event Date: Tuesday 10th Mar 2026
Talk from Prof Giulio Cossu on ‘Ex vivo gene therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy’
Event Date: Tuesday 21st Apr 2026
Talk from Dr Sandra Vranic (NanoCell Biology Lab Group Leader)
Event Date: Tuesday 28th Apr 2026
Talk from Dr Silke Brix on ‘Personalising care in ANCA vasculitis to improve patient outcomes’
Event Date: Tuesday 19th May 2026
Talk from Dr Beth Lawrence (Dean Prize Fellow and Lawrence Lab Lead)
Event Date: Tuesday 2nd Jun 2026
Talk from Prof. Samra Turajlić (Director – Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute)
Previous seminars
Event Date: Tuesday 28th Oct 2025
Dr Daniel Erskine’s talk on Neuropathology-driven drug discovery in metachromatic leukodystrophy
Event Date: Tuesday 7th Oct 2025
Dr Antony Adamson’s Talk on Functional Characterisation and Validation of Disease-Associated Variants
Event Date: Tuesday 30th Sep 2025
Prof David Brough’s talk on Drug development in NF2 (vestibular schwannomas) on Tues 30th Sept 2025
Event Date: Tuesday 23rd Sep 2025
Dr Pat McKiernan’s talk on Liver Transplantation in Rare Conditions on Tues 23rd Sept 2025
Event Date: Tuesday 2nd Sep 2025
Dr Duncan Henderson’s Talk To The TTO on Tues 2nd Sept 2025
Event Date: Tuesday 10th Jun 2025
Prof David Viskochil’s talk on “The NF1 gene: A 35-year Perspective” Tues 10th June
Event Date: Tuesday 20th May 2025
Dr Pawel Grzechnik’s talk on “Watch your step: antisense oligonucleotides acting outside of genes” on Tues 20th May 2025
Event Date: Tuesday 13th May 2025
Professor Gregory Radick talk on Mendel’s Peas as Exemplar or Exception? New Light from An Old Debate on Tues 13th May 2025
Event Date: Tuesday 6th May 2025
Christopher Smith’s talk on Intellectual property, commercialisation, and protection on Tues 6th May 2025
Event Date: Tuesday 29th Apr 2025
Dr Anna Shawcross talk on Cystic fibrosis – times have changed! Tues 29th April 2025
Event Date: Tuesday 18th Mar 2025
Dr Janine Lamb’s talk on Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies; exploring genetic risk factors and pathogenesis on Tues 18th March 2025
Event Date: Tuesday 11th Mar 2025
Leah Gilman’s talk on How Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing is Changing the Landscape of Donor Conception on Tues 11th March 2025
Event Date: Tuesday 4th Mar 2025
Dr Videha Sharma’s talk on Digital innovation and AI in healthcare – opportunities and challenges on Tues 4th March 2025
Event Date: Tuesday 18th Feb 2025
Dr Shilpa Garg’s talk on Unlocking the genomic secrets of complex diseases: High-resolution methods on Tues 18th Feb 2025
Event Date: Tuesday 10th Dec 2024
Professor Phil Hopkins talk on Incidental RYR1 findings on Whole Genome Sequencing on Tues 10th Dec 2024
Event Date: Tuesday 26th Nov 2024
Dr Joseph Bateman’s talk on Neurodevelopmental causes of mTOR pathway diseases on Tues 26th Nov 2024
Event Date: Tuesday 19th Nov 2024
Dr Alisdair McNeill & Dr Jade Howard talk on MND Predictive Genetics on Tues 19th Nov 2024
Event Date: Tuesday 5th Nov 2024
Prof D. Gareth Evans’ talk on NF2-related Schwannomatosis on Tues 5th Nov 2024
Event Date: Tuesday 29th Oct 2024
Lena Afeyan’s talk on Venture creation and financing models to accelerate development in rare disease on Tues 29th Oct 2024
Event Date: Wednesday 25th Sep 2024
Prof David Van Heel talk on Genes & Health: a British Bangladeshi and Pakistani cohort for your research on Tues 24th Sept 2024
Event Date: Tuesday 3rd Sep 2024
Dr Balasubramanian’s talk on Skeletal Dysplasia on Tues 2nd Sept 2024
Event Date: Tuesday 23rd Jul 2024
Professor John Sayer Talk on Renal Ciliopathies on Tues 23rd July 2024
Event Date: Tuesday 16th Jul 2024