Research Institutes Weekly Seminars

Event: Increasing the diagnostic yield of genome sequencing for families with rare disorders through diagnostic discovery

Speaker(s): Dr Susan Walker, Head of Translational Genomics at Genomics England

Hosts:   Emma Matthews/Chris Carroll 

Date: Monday 21 July 2025

Time: 12.00 - 13.00

How to join:  Lecture Theatre A (Hunter Wing, Level 0) City St George’s, Tooting Campus and on MS Teams Join the meeting 

Event:  Addressing cancer research gaps in oral cancer treatment and early detection

Speaker(s):  Sok Ching Cheong, Cancer Research Malaysia

Hosts: Dot Bennett/Chris Carroll  

Date: Tuesday  22nd July 2025

Time: 12.00 - 13.00

How to join:  Lecture Theatre A (Hunter Wing, Level 0), City St George’s, Tooting Campus and online via MS teams Join the meeting here

Event: Translating Bacterial Pathogenesis to Vaccine Development: From Academia to Industry, and Back Again

Speaker(s):  Dr Marie O'Brien, ReNewVax Ltd

Host: Paul Heath

Date: 23 July 2025

Time: 12.00 - 13.00

How to join:  The Curve Lecture Theatre (Hunter Wing, Level 0), City St George's, Tooting Campus and via MS Teams:   Join the meeting here 

Please note: coffee and cake provided at the II&I reception after seminar

Event 1:  Real-time monitoring of brain neuronal function at the cellular/subcellular scale: obstacles and opportunities

Speaker(1): Olga Kopach

Event 2: NeoSep1: An open-label randomised controlled trial comparing novel combination and currently used antibiotic regimens for the empiric treatment of neonatal sepsis

Speakers(2): Louise Hill

Date: Thursday 24 July 2025

Time: 13.00 - 14.00

Host: Jodi Lindsay

How to join:  The Curve Lecture Theatre (Hunter Wing, Level 0) and via MS Teams:  Join the meeting nowjoin us for coffee, cake and fruit afterwards in I&I reception from 14.00 - 14.30