Past Events
April 2026 | |
| Wed 22 Apr 2026 15:00 - 16:00 |  Seminar: Seminar: CPM Seminar Series - Dr Mattea Finelli (University of Nottingham) Arts Two LT Using cellular models to study the molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease Dr Mattéa Finelli is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham. The Finelli group (mattea-finelli-lab.com) studies the molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. It focuses on how changes in structure, interaction, and activity of proteins of the brain can impact cellular function in health and in neurological conditions. To... |
March 2026 | |
| Wed 25 Mar 2026 15:00 - 16:00 |  Seminar: CPM Seminar Series - Dr Francesco TedescoDavid Sizer Lecture Theatre (Bancroft Building) Advanced in vitro modelling of neuromuscular diseases and gene therapies The Tedesco laboratory (www.tedescolab.org) harness the regenerative potential of muscle stem cells to create innovative models to study and develop therapies for incurable neuromuscular disorders. Their work pioneered engineering and pre-clinical translation of artificial chromosomes as gene therapy vectors (Tedesco et al., Sci Transl Med 2011; Benedetti et al., EMBO Mol Med 2018), as well as generation,... |
February 2026 | |
| Wed 25 Feb 2026 15:00 - 16:00 |  Seminar: Seminar: CPM Seminar Series - Dr Norah Fogarty (KCL)Skeel Lecture Theatre Molecular mechanisms regulating human trophectoderm development The mammalian embryo forms a blastocyst 5 days after fertilisation comprised of an outer layer of trophectoderm (TE) and the inner cell mass. The TE mediates implantation and is the progenitor of all placental trophoblast cell types that are functionally required for fetal growth and development. Failed blastocyst formation and implantation defects are two of the leading causes of early pregnancy loss in both assisted and... |
January 2026 | |
| Thu 22 Jan 2026 15:00 - 16:00 |  Seminar: CPM Seminar Series - Prof. Andres Garcia (Georgia Institute of Technology)Arts Two Lecture Theatre Bioengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine Hydrogels, highly hydrated cross-linked polymer networks, have emerged as powerful synthetic analogs of extracellular matrices for basic cell studies as well as promising biomaterials for regenerative medicine applications. A critical advantage of these synthetic matrices over natural networks is that bioactive functionalities, such as cell adhesive sequences and growth factors, can be incorporated in precise densities while the substrate... |