Events in the Institute of Microbiology and Infection

IMI Seminar Series - 2022/23

The majority of the IMI seminars are held in E102 in the Biosciences Building (unless otherwise stated below).  The seminars are for staff and students of UoB only, please email Rachel Howes for full details. 

Tuesday 17th January - 1pm-2pm 
Dr Jo Fothergill - University of Liverpool 
'Pseudomonas aeruginosa persistence in the respiratory tract'

Tuesday 24th January - TBC

Tuesday 31st January - 1pm- 2pm
Prof Teuta Pilizota - University of Edinburgh
'The proton motive force determines Escherichia coli’s robustness to extracellular pH'

Wednesday 1st February - 1pm-2pm - Seminar postponed

Tuesday 7th February - 1pm-2pm - Biosciences Lecture room  301
Dr Tung Le - John Innes Centre - Norwich 
Bacterial nucleoids: so much going on

Tuesday 14th February - 1pm-2pm- Biosciences Lecture room  301
Lizzy Darby & Mojgan Raibey - IMI Forum 

Tuesday 21st February - 1pm-2pm - Biosciences Lecture room  301
Prof Ian Henderson - University of Queensland

BIOCHEM SOCIETY SPONSORED SEMINAR

Tuesday 7th March - 1pm-2pm - Biosciences Lecture room  301
Prof Tony Maxwell - John Innes Centre- Norwich
Antimicrobial resistance: how can DNA Topoisomerases help? 

Tuesday 14th March - 1pm-2pm - Biosciences Lecture room  301
IMI Forum - Busby Group

Monday 20th March - 1pm-2pm- Biosciences Lecture room  301
Dr James Conolly - University of Newcastle 
Unique mechanisms of gene expression control in distinct Escherichia coli pathotypes

BIOCHEM SOCIETY SPONSORED SEMINAR
Tuesday 21st March - 1pm-2pm Biosciences Lecture room  301
Prof Nigel Savery - University of Bristol
Transcription-coupled DNA repair in bacteria

Tuesday 28th March - 1pm-2pm Biosciences Lecture room  301
Prof James McDonald - University of Birmingham, IMI 

Tuesday 4th April - 1pm-2pm Biosciences Lecture room  301
Dr Dmitry Ghilarov - John Innes Centre- Norwich 

Tuesday 25th April - 1pm-2pm Biosciences Lecture room  301
Dr Teresa Thurston - Imperial College London

BIOCHEM SOCIETY SPONSORED SEMINAR
Tuesday 2nd May - 1pm-2pm Biosciences Lecture room  301
Prof Xiaodong Zhang - Imperial College London 
'Sigma 54: Do Different!'

Tuesday 9th May - 1pm-2pm 
IMI Forum - Speakers TBC

Tuesday 16th May - 1pm-2pm
Prof Matt Hutchings - John Innes Centre

Tuesday 23rd May - 1pm-2pm
Dr Stineke van Houte - University of Exeter

Tuesday 6th June - 1pm-2pm
Prof Elaine Bignell - University of Exeter
'A molecular genetic atlas of Aspergillus host-pathogen interactions: From niche adaptation to novel drug and vaccine candidates'

Tuesday 13th June - 1pm-2pm
IMI Forum - speakers TBC

Monday 19th June - TBC 

Tuesday 27th June - 1pm-2pm
Dr Masha Marakova - University of Birmingham