Previous Seminars
2010
Mouse models of neuropathies
Prof Ueli Suter
Institute of
Cell Biology, Zurich
5.30pm Tuesday 6th July
Lecture
Theatre at 33 Queen Square
Mitochondria as ATP consumers: regulation of mitochondrial structure and function by the endogenous inhibitor protein, ATPIF1
Prof Michael Duchen
University College London
Tuesday 1st June
Queen Square
Inflammatory components in myelin mutant mice
Prof Rudolf Martini
Department of Developmental Neurobiology, University of Würzburg
Tuesday 4th May
Lecture theatre at 33 Queen Square
Skin biopsy in peripheral neuropathies
Dr Giuseppe Lauria
Tuesday 6th April 2010
Neuromuscular Diseases Unit - National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta”, Milan
Lecture theatre at 33 Queen Square
The contribution of satellite cells to skeletal muscle regeneration
Dr Jenny Morgan
Institute of Child Health, UCL
Tuesday 9th March
Lecture theatre, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University
Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (HIBM): a unique phenotype with potential therapy
Zohar Argov
Hadassah-Hewbrew University Medical Centre, Israel
Tuesday 16th March
Lecture theatre, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University
"Myotonic dystrophy: complex repeats in an even more complex disorder"
Dr Darren Monckton
Division of Molecular Genetics, University of Glasgow
2nd March
Queen Square
"Myelination and repair"
Prof Charles ffrench-Constant
MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh
2nd February
Queen Square
"Rare forms of inherited neuropathies provide insights into mechanisms of myelinatino and demyelination in the peripheral nervous system"
Dr Jan Senderek
Institut f.Zellbiologie ETC, Zurich
2nd February
Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University
"Experimental therapy in Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A (CMT1A)"
Michael Sereda
Department of Neurogenetics, Max-Planck-Institute of Experimental Medicine
21st January
Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University
"With a little help from my friends: finding genes with computers"
Markus Schuelke
Charite - Universitatsmedizin, Berlin
Tuesday 19th January
Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University
2009"Laminin receptors and proteinases in congenital muscular dystrophy and Charcot-Marie-tooth disease"
Laura Feltri
San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
3rd November
Queen Square
"The Inherited Neuropathies; a Cell Biology Approach"
Professor Michael E Shy
Wayne State University School of Medicine
16th November
Queen Square
"Myotonic Dystrophy: complex repeates in an even more complex disorder"
Dr Darren Monckton
Division of Molecular Genetics, University of Glasgow
1st December
Newcastle University
"Control of Schwann cell myelination and nerve repair by c-Jun and Notch"
Professor Kristjan Jessen
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London
1st December
Queen Square
"Convergent pathways in motor neuron degeneration"
Dr Kevin Talbot
Reader in Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford
6th October
Queen Square
“Polymyositis and dermatomyositis: diagnosis and management”
Professor Marianne de Visser
Academic Medical Centre, Dept. of Neurology, University of Amsterdam
5.30pm Tuesday 1st September
33 Queen Square
"Disease Mechanisms and Candidate Therapeutics for Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy"
Dr Janet Davies, Senior Research Associate, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), Wellcome
30th July
University of Newcastle
"How best to spend your energy improving neuromuscular disease; physical inactivity, physical activity, and exercise as a therapy.”
Dr Michael Trenell
University of Newcastle
11th June
Queen Square
"Are Cochrane reviews the best evidence for treating neuromuscular disease?"
Professor Richard Hughes
Cochrane Neuromuscular Disease Group, ION
2nd June
Queen Square
"AAV-based exon skipping for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: practical considerations and visions"
Thomas Voit
Institut de Myologie, UPMC, Paris
5.30pm Tuesday 5th May
Queen Square
"Acquired neuropathies: diagnosis and management"
Klaus Toyka
University of Wurzburg (Germany)
14th May
Newcastle General Hospital
"SMA and animal models"
Tom Gillingwater
Centre for Integrative Physiology & Centre for Neuroscience Research, University of Edinburgh
21st April
University of Newcastle
“Unconventional disease mechanisms in mitochondrial encephalomyopathies”
Professor Massimo Zeviani
Divison of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute, Milan
7th April
Queen Square
"Talin 1 and 2 are required for myoblast fusion, sarcomere assembly and the maintenance of myotendinous junctions"
Dr Francesco Conti
The Scripps Research Institute, USA
1st April
Institute of Child Health
"Dysferlinopathies : From patients to Therapies"
Professor Nicolas Levy
Department of Medical Genetics at the Children's Hospital La Timone, France
19th March
University of Newcastle
"Exercise therapies for muscle diseases"
Professor John Vissing
Neuromuscular Clinic and Research Unit,University of Copenhagen
9th March
University of Newcastle
"Axon-glia interactions and the glial support of axon function"
Professor Klaus-Armin Nave
Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen
10th March
Queen Square
"Zebrafish notochordal basement membrane"
Derek Stemple
Sanger Institute
Tuesday 3rd March
University of Newcastle
"Satellite cells self-renew and regenerate efficiently in the aged dystrophic muscle"
Luisa Boldrin &
"Overexpression of hMyoD1 in human synovial stem cells facilitates their myogenic differentiation"
Jinhong Meng
Friday 20th February
Institute of Child Health
“VCP-related IBMPFD: clinical and novel molecular aspects”
Prof Rolf Schröder
Institute for Neuropathology, Erlangen
10th February
Queen Square
"McArdle's Disease"
Ros Quinlivan
RJAH, Oswestry
22nd January
Newcastle General Hospital
"Molecular medicines for muscular dystrophy"
Professor Dominic J Wells
Professor of Gene Transfer, Division of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Imperial College
Tuesday 13th January
Queen Square
2008
"Autoimmunity to glycans in peripheral nervous system disorders"
Professor Hugh J Willison
Division of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Glasgow
2nd December
Queen Square
"Spinal muscular atrophy: from gene to therapy and protective modifier"
Prof. Dr. Brunhilde Wirth
Director of the Institute of Human Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Tuesday 2nd December
Newcastle University
"Small fibre neuropathies: dissecting damage from pain"
Professor Martin Schmelz
Department of Anaesthesiology, University Clinic of Mannheim
1pm, Thursday 20th November
Seminar room, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology
4th floor, Albany Wing, NHNN
"Iron and energy failure - the role of the mitochondria in human diseases'
Professor Doug Turnbull
Newcastle University
Thursday 20th November
Queen Square
"Reduced FKRP expression in the mouse provides a novel model for the dystroglycanopathies associated with FKRP mutations"
Mark Ackroyd &
"Determining the anatomy of the subthalamic nucleus and substantia nigra on MRI at 9.4 Tesla"
Luke Massey
Friday 21st November
Queen Square
"The regulation of neurotrophin receptor trafficking and its relevance in neurodegeneration"
Professor Giampietro Schiavo
Institute Scientist, Molecular NeuroPathoBiology Laboratory,
Cancer Research UK London Research Institute
Tuesday 4th November
Queen Square
"CMAP and beyond"
Professor Erik Stalberg
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Uppsala
Thursday 23rd October
NHNN
"Novel insights into muscle channelopathies"
Professor Bertrand Fontaine
Director, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie,
Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris
Tuesday 14th October
Queen Square
"What have we learnt to date about myositis disease mechanisms from immunogenetics"
Dr Robert Cooper
University of Manchester
Friday 10th October
Queen Square
"Clinical trials for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: the dawning of a new era"
Professor Paula Clemens
UPMC
Thursday 2nd October
Newcastle General Hospital
"Therapeutic strategies in collagen VI related disorders"
Professor Carsten Bonnemann
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Friday 3rd October
ICH
"Cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in PINK1 deficiency"
Andrey Abramov and
"Dystroglycanopathies; defects in the glycosylation of dystroglycan"
Caroline Godfrey
ICH
Friday 3rd October
ICH
"The role of neural stem cells in tumourigenesis of the CNS"
Alex Swales &
"The mechanisms underlying the episodic ataxias"
Sanjeev Rajakulendran
Institute of Neurology
Friday 19th September
Queen Square
"Functional imaging of the FoF1-ATPase Inhibitory Factor 1 (IF1): a novel and major regulator of mitchochondrial function and structure" and "The role of the Schwann cell notch signalling pathway in peripheral nerve regeneration"
Michelangelo Campanella & Daniel Wilton, UCL
Friday 25th July
ICH
"Localised grey matter damage and disability in early primary progressive Multiple Sclerosis" &
"Models and therapeutic strategies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy"
Zhaleh Khaleeli & Carl Adkin, ICH
Friday 11th July
Institute of Child Health
"Expanding the collagen VI family *Analysis of alpha 4(VI), alpha 5(VI) and alpha 6(VI)"
Jamie Fitzgerald, Assistant Professor
Oregon Health and Science University
Tuesday 8th July
Institute of Child Health
"Development of cell culture models to study the pathophysiology of muscle disease and to test therapeutic strategies"
Gillian Buttler-Browne
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie-Institut de Myologie, Paris
Tuesday 1st July
Newcastle University
"Modelling and manipulating the degenerative features of sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis" & "New insights into skeletal muscle channelopathies"
Dr Adrian Miller & Dr Emma Matthews
MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, ION
Friday 27th June
Institute of Child Health
"A kelch protein is mutated in a novel autosomal dominant distal myopathy"
Dr Sebahattin Cirak
Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre
Friday 6th June 2008
Wellcome Building
Institute of Child Health
"Induction of axonal domains by glia"
Professor Peter Brophy, FMedSci, FRSE
Centre for Neuroscience Research, University of Edinburgh
Tuesday 3rd June 2008
Wolfson Lecture Theatre
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
"Array-based dystrophin gene analysis: enhancing both genomic and transcriptomic definition in dystrophinopathies"
Professor Alessandra Ferlini
Universita di Ferrara
Friday 9th May 2008
Institute of Child Health
"Dystrophin-associated and dystrophin-related proteins in muscular dystrophy"
Professor Dame Kay Davies, FRS, FMedSci
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, MRC Functional Genetics Unit, University of Oxford
Tuesday 1st April 2008
UCL Institute of Neurology
"Use of the mdx mouse in targeting drugs for therapies in DMD"
Annamaria de Luca
Universita di Bari
Monday 28th January 2008
Centre for Life, Newcastle University
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