Seminar Series
World leading local, national and international speakers delivering engaging talks from across the biosciences.
The Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences is committed to developing the knowledge and interests of staff and students within our department. Throughout the Michaelmas, Lent and Summer terms, we host a dynamic seminar program delivered by internal and external students, researchers and academics.
The BLS Seminar Series provides an opportunity for staff and students to engage with cutting edge research from across the biosciences, focused principally around our Divisional Research Themes: Ageing and Neuroscience; Cancer Biology and Genome Stability; Microbes Pathogens and Immunity. PhD students and postdocs will be given an opportunity to meet with the speaker as a group whenever possible.
Seminars run between 13:00 and 14:00 on Wednesdays in term time. This year the seminar program will be a mix of in person and online events which will be hosted virtually through Microsoft Teams seminars are open to all staff and students of Lancaster University. If you would like to attend a virtual session as a guest or would like to arrange to meet individually with a seminar speaker from the upcoming schedule please contact the organiser Dr Richard Mort.
Lancaster University staff and students can view previous BLS seminars in our BLS Seminar Program team and on our BLS Seminar channel on MS Stream.
BLS Seminar Series 2022
We collaborate with a number of world-leading researchers and academics to bring a series of seminars that cover a range of topics.
Lent Term 2022
A timetable of seminars in the Lent term:
This section details the seminars happening in Lent Term 2022 Accordion
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19 January 2022 - Dr Shereen Nizari, UCL
Glucagon-like-peptide-1 induces cerebral arteriole dilations, increases cerebral blood flow, and promotes neuroprotection against ischaemic stroke.
Speaker: Dr Shereen Nizari
Host: Dr Cheryl Hawkes
Theme: Ageing and Neuroscience
- 26 January 2022 - Professor Rafael Roesler, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil
- 2 February 2022 - Professor Kayla King, University of Oxford
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9 February 2022 - Professor Daniel Murphy, CRUK Beatson Institute, Glasgow
Speaker: Professor Daniel Murphy
Host: Dr Lucy Jackson-Jones
Theme: Cancer Biology and Genome Stability
- 16 February 2022 - Dr Giulia Bandini, University of York
- 23 February 2022 - Dr Jason Parsons, University of Liverpool
- 2 March 2022 - Dr Emma Stewart, University of York
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9 March 2022 - Dr Emmanuel Stamatakis, University of Cambridge
Speaker: Dr Emmanuel Stamatakis
Host: PhD students
Theme: Ageing and Neuroscience
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16 March 2022 - Dr Franze Progatzky, The Francis Crick Institute
Regulation of intestinal immunity and tissue repair by enteric glia
Speaker: Dr Franze Progatzky
Host: PhD students
Theme: Ageing and Neuroscience
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23 March 2022 - Dr Federico Rojas, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
Speaker: Dr Federico Rojas
Host: Dr Paul McKean
Theme: Microbes, Pathogens and Immunity
Summer Term 2022
A timetable of seminars in the Summer term:
Accordion
- 27 April 2022 - Dr Rebecca Gentek, Centre for Inflammation Research & Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh
- 4 May 2022 - Professor Dave Thornton, University of Manchester
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11 May 2022 - Dr Tovah Shaw, University of Edinburgh
Identifying spatially and functionally distinct long-lived intestinal macrophages
Speaker: Dr Tovah Shaw
Host: Dr John Worthington
Theme: Microbes, Pathogens and Immunity
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18 May 2022 - Dr Victorio Bambini Junior, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
Speaker: Dr Victorio Bambini Junior
Host: Dr Cheryl Hawkes
Theme: Ageing and Neuroscience
- 25 May 2022 - Dr Jenny Munkley, Newcastle University
- 1 June 2022 - Dr Rebecca Drummond, University of Birmingham
- 8 June 2022 - Professor Emad Moeendarbary, UCL
- 15 June 2022 - Dr Rachael Natrajan, ICR
- 22 June 2022 - Dr Pleasantine Mill, IGC, University of Edinburgh
- 29 June 2022 - Dr John Diffley, The Francis Crick Institute
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