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

Decoding Role of LRRK2 in Parkinson’s Disease and lysosomes

Thursday 12 March

Dario Alessi

University of Dundee

Host: Greg Kudla

IGC Inaugural Showcase lecture

Thursday 12 March - PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT STARTS AT 4PM

  • Joseph Marsh – Professor of Computational Protein Biology

  • Colin Semple – Professor of Computational Biology 

Institute of Genetics and Cancer

Host: Rebecca Whitefield

Analysis of R-loop forming regions identifies highly frequent RNUopathies

Thursday 19 March

Siddharth Banka

University of Manchester

Host: Carolina Ugenti

Weaving the tapestry of human prenatal immunity

Thursday 26 March

Muzz Haniffa

Sanger Centre

Host: Sara Brown

Title - TBC

Friday 27 March - PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ON A FRIDAY AT 11AM

Markus Landthaler

MDC, Berlin

Host: Nick Gilbert and Javier Caceres

Title - TBC

Thursday 2 April

Leonid Mirny

MIT

Host: Wendy Bickmore

Title - TBC

Thursday 23 April

Angela Russell

University of Oxford

Host: Asier Unciti-Broceta

Title - TBC

Thursday 30 April

Elly Tenaka

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 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 8 October

Konstantinos Kokkaliaris

Host: Luke Boulter

Title - TBC

Thursday 26 November

Hilary Martin

Sanger Centre

Host: Joe Marsh

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