Research Seminars
2024 Seminars
Speaker
Professor Tadhg Ó Cróinín from the School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD
Title
Unwinding Campylobacter Virulence, Survival and AMR
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre Thursday 25th April at 1pm
Speaker
Prof. Dr. Olga Kalinina, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Centre for Infection Research, Saarland University
Title
Overcoming antibacterial drug resistance with the discovery of novel biologically active molecules from natural product
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre Thursday 4th April at 1pm
Speaker
Dr. Eleanor A. Harrison, University of Sheffield
Title
The role of mobile genetic elements and horizontal gene transfer in the rhizobia-legume symbiosis
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre Thursday 29th February at 1pm
Speaker
Dr. Michael Bottery, University of Manchester
Title
The global emergence of antifungal resistance; inevitable or avoidable?
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre Thursday 22nd February at 1pm
Speaker
Professor Charles Van der Henst, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Title
Regulation of the polysaccharide capsule in the WHO priority pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre Thursday 15th February at 1pm
2023 Seminars
Speaker
Professor Beate Averhoff, University of Frankfurt
Title
Acinetobacter baumannii an emerging pathogen: Adaptation to the human host and survival in clinical habitats
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre Thursday 23rd November at 1pm
Speaker
Professor Harmit Malik. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Title
Evolutionary arms races between host and viral genomes
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre Friday 20th October at 1pm
Speaker
Professor Simon Heilbronner. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Title
Staphylococcal Iron Acquisition at the Host Microbiome Interface
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre Thursday 25th May at 4pm
2022 Seminars
Speaker
Professor Ursula Bond, Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin
Title
Packing a Punch: How the unique genomes of Saccharomyces pastorianus are designed for making beer
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre, Tuesday 26th September, 1:00pm
Host
The DU Microbiological Society as part of the Department of Microbiology Seminar Series
Speaker
Professor Ian Henderson, The University of Queensland, Australia
Title
Host lipids define niche-specific colonisation of Salmonella
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre, Wednesday 22nd February, at 2pm
Host
Marta Martins
2022 Seminars
Speaker
Dr. Jake Baum, Professor and Head of School of Medical Sciences at UNSW, Sydney
Title
Paratechnology: New tools for malaria control and eradication
Venue & Time
VIA Zoom, Tuesday 11th October at 9:30am - Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82362756284?pwd=cE9uQjY2OWVMeFRwNXFvbHZuVktrZz09
Host
The DU Microbiological Society as part of the Department of Microbiology Seminar Series
Speaker
Professor Syma Khalid, University of Oxford
Title
Step towards computational Microbiology
Venue & Time
Via Zoom; https://tcd-ie.zoom.us/j/92566414391?pwd=YnVicFdxSVFDYnFUV3lnVjIzSSs4Zz09
Meeting ID: 925 6641 4391 Passcode: 247349
Host
Maire Ni Leathlobhair
Speaker
Dr. John Lees, EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute
Title
Bacterial population structure: defining it, visualising it, and using it (appropriately)
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre, Thursday 24th March, 1:00pm (Save the date)
Host
Maire Ni Leathlobhair
Speaker
Professor Johannes Wagener, Consultant Microbiologist, St James's Hospital
Title
Molecular aspects of defence against invasive aspergillosis
Abstract : The airborne opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus causes severe systemic infections in immunocompromised patients. Multiple mechanisms contribute to the host’s defence against and successful treatment of invasive aspergillosis. We are interested in understanding the molecular aspects of the invasive infection and how antifungal treatments help to eliminate this pathogen from the host.
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre, Thursday 3rd March, 1:00pm (Save the date)
Host
Maire Ni Leathlobhair
2020 Seminars
Speaker
Dr. John MacSharry, APC Microbiome Ireland, School of Medicine & Dept. of Microbiology, University College Cork
Title
Aiming at Asthma, the immune microbiome dialogue
Biography: Dr John Mac Sharry is a Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology and Assistant director of the GEM programme with the School of Medicine with an affiliation to the Department of Microbiology, Univeristy College Cork. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Microbiology and a Ph.D. in Mucosal Immunology from University College Cork. John worked with Alimentary Health Ltd as Molecular Biology section head collaborating with several multinational research partners. In 2008 he joined the APC Host Response core as a Post-Doctoral researcher and collaborated on research with GlaxoSmithKline. His research interests are in host-microbe interactions with particular focus on the immune sampling and response in the gut and the lungs.
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre, Thursday 30th January, 1:00pm
Host
Sinead Corr
Speaker
Professor Martin Cormican, NUI Galway
Title
AMR and Salmonella
Venue & Time
Moyne Lecture Theatre, Thursday 23rd January, 1:00pm
Host
Marta Martins
