Seminar series

The Seminar Series attracts distinguished scientists from around the world working in the fields of genetics, molecular medicine and cancer research, and whose research complements that being done at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer.

Sessions are open to all within CMVM, University of Edinburgh - Please contact seminars@igc.ed.ac.uk for more information.

Unless stated, seminars take place on Thursdays at 1pm in the IGC Lecture Theatre

2026

Development of next generation utrophin modulators for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: learning from clinical setbacks

Thursday 23 April

Angela Russell

University of Oxford

Host: Asier Unciti-Broceta

Regenerating organs at adult scale

Thursday 30 April

Elly Tanaka

IMBA, Vienna

Host: Wendy Bickmore

Title - TBC

Thursday 7 May

Isidro Cortes Ciriano

EMBL-EBI, UK

Host: Colin Semple

Modulating the Immune Landscape of Medulloblastoma for Enhanced Immunotherapeutic Efficacy

Thursday 14 May

Laura Donovan

UCL

Host: Vincenzo D'Angiolella

Title TBC

Thursday 21 May

Laura Greaves

University of Newcastle

Host: Joris Veltman

Title - TBC

Thursday 28 May

Dirk Elewaut

Ghent, Belgium

Host: Cosimo De Bari

Title - TBC

Thursday 4 June

Richard Timms

University of Cambridge

Host: Andrew Wood

Title - TBC

Thursday 11 June

Lavinia Paternoster

University of Bristol

Host: Sara Brown

Title - TBC

Thursday 18 June

Matthieu Gerard

I2BC, Paris

Host: Nick Gilbert

Evolutionary and Developmental Origins of Human Joint Diseases

Thursday 25 June

Terrence Capellini

Harvard University

Host: Cosimo De Bari

Title - TBC

Thursday 27 August

James Turner

Crick Institute

Host: Ian Adams

Title - TBC

Thursday 17 September

Julian Stingele

Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

Host: Martin Reijns

Title - TBC

Thursday 1 October

Dan Macqueen

Roslin Institute

Host: Wendy Bickmore

Title - TBC

Thursday 8 October

Konstantinos Kokkaliaris

Host: Luke Boulter

Title - TBC

Thursday 29 October

Tineke Lenstra

Netherlands Cancer Institute

Host: Nick Gilbert

Title - TBC

Thursday 26 November

Hilary Martin

Sanger Centre

Host: Joe Marsh