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CeMi Seminar Series
Seminars take place on Tuesdays, 10am on Zoom
02-Feb
Speaker: Dr Matt Walker, Research Associate, CeMi
Talk title: Viscoelastic hydrogels drive chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells***************************************************************
09-Feb
Speaker: Prof Delphine Gourdon, School of Engineering
Talk title: 3D fibronectin-collagen matrices with tuneable microarchitecture, protein conformation and mechanics for mechanobiology research
URL: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/staff/delphinegourdon/***************************************************************
16-Feb
Speaker 1: Chanelle McGuinness, PhD Student, CeMi
Talk title: Bioengineering of Pharma Ready Bone Marrow Models for Cancer Drug ScreeningSpeaker 2: Lou Schofield, PhD Student, CeMi
Talk title: TBA***************************************************************
23-Feb
Speaker: Prof Robert Insall, Institute of Cancer Sciences
Talk title: Cells, cancer and mazes: Combining cell biology and computational models to find how cells make their own paths
URL: University of Glasgow – Research Institutes – Institute of Cancer Sciences – Our staff – Robert Insall
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02-Mar
Speaker 1: Seb Doherty-Boyd, PhD Student, CeMi
Talk title: Synthetic niches for HSC maintenance and genetic manipulationSpeaker 2: Eva Barcelona-Estaje, PhD Student, CeMi
Talk title: Engineering ligand mobility to control stem cell differentiation
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16-Mar
Speaker: Dr Catherine Berry, Institute of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology
Talk title: 3D Microenvironments and Nanoparticles in Cell Engineering
URL: University of Glasgow – Research Institutes – Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology – All staff – Dr Catherine C Berry
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23-Mar
Speaker: Dr Hannah Donnelly, Research Associate, CeMi
Talk title: Engineering the bone marrow niche to support CRISPR-edited LT-HSCs***************************************************************
30-Mar
Speaker: Dr Ada Cavalcanti-Adam, Max Planck Institute
Talk title: Cellular and molecular force regulation by receptor-mediated interactions
URL: https://www.mr.mpg.de/person/52218
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20-Apr
Speaker 1: Sara Bartlome, PhD Student, CeMi
Talk title: Investigating the potential for Mesenchymal Stem Cell-derived extracellular vesicles to induce breast cancer cell dormancy within the bone marrow nicheSpeaker 2: Monica Tsimbouri, Research Fellow, CeMi
Talk title: Nanokicking cells for cell therapies***************************************************************
27-Apr
Speaker: Dr Bernhard Schmidt, School of Chemistry
Talk title:Polymeric aqueous multi-phase systems and hydrogels
URL: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/chemistry/staff/bernhardschmidt/***************************************************************
4-May
Speaker 1 : Giuseppe Ciccone, PhD Student, CeMiSpeaker 2: Dr Vineetha Jayawarna, Research Associate, CeMi
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11-May (change of time – 12noon)
Speaker: Professor Michael Smith, Boston University
Talk title: Homeostasis of mechanical stress: a new perspective on cell traction forces and why it might matter
URL: Michael L. Smith, Ph.D. | College of Engineering (bu.edu)
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18-May
Speaker 1: Morta Antanaviciute, PhD Student, CeMiSpeaker 2: Xinyu Li, PhD Student, CeMi
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25-May
Speaker: Dr. Roisin Dwyer, NUI Galway
Talk title: TBA
URL: Dr. Roisin Dwyer | Remedi Regenerative Medicine Institute (nuigalway.ie)***************************************************************
1-Jun
Speaker 1: Anna Maria Kapetanaki, PhD Student, CeMiSpeaker 2: Hannah Donnelly, Research Associate, CeMi
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8-Jun
Speaker: Prof Pere Roca-Cusachs Soulere, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
Talk title: TBA
URL: Pere Roca-Cusachs Soulere – Staff member – Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (ibecbarcelona.eu)
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15-Jun
Speaker 1: Yinbo Xiao, PhD Student, CeMiSpeaker 2: Eonan Pringle, PhD student, CeMi
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22-Jun
CeMi Mini-Conference
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29-Jun
Speaker 1: Tom Laverty, PhD Student, CeMiSpeaker 2: Sabah Sardar, PhD Student, CeMi
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6th Jul
Speaker: Dr David Kent, University of York
Talk title: TBA
URL: Kent, Dr David – Biology, University of York