London Matrix Meetings Programme 2006
Date
Speaker and Title Venue
11th Jan 2006
Professor Aled Phillips, University of Cardiff
Regulation of TGF-beta in the kidney
UCL
1st February 2006

Dr Joerg Bartsh, Kings College London

Title to be annouced

Imperial College
1st March 2006

Dr Chris Rider, Royal Holloway University of London
The binding of heparin and heparin sulphate to TGF-beta superfamily cytokines, GDNF (glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor) and BMP-7 (bone morphogenetic protein-7)

UCL
5th April 2006

Dr Gisli Jenkins, University of Nottingham
Control of beta6 integrin-mediated TGFbeta activation

Imperial College
3rd May 2006

Professor Malcolm Alison, Queen Mary University of London

Bone marrow and fibrosis

 

UCL

7th June 2006

Dr Ulrike Mayer, University of East Anglia

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF a7b1 INTEGRIN FUNCTION IN SKELETAL MUSCLE

Imperial College
5th July 2006
Student presentations

 

UCL
August

SUMMER BREAK

 

6th Sept 2006

Professor Tim Chambers, St George’s Hospital Medical School.

Recent advances in osteoclast biology

Imperial College
4th Oct 2006

Professor Chris Buckley, University of Birmingham Medical School

The role of fibroblasts in the persistence of chronic inflammation

UCL
Special Seminar
Wed 18th Oct 2006

Dr Liliane Schaefer, Universitaetsklinikum Muenster, Germany

Title to be announced

Imperial College
1st Nov 2006

Dr Mark Bond, Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol Royal Infirmary

The role of vascular ECM in the regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation

UCL
6th December 2006

Professor Ian Campbell, University of Oxford

Structural biology of focal adhesions

UCL

Seminars start at 5.15 p.m. with cheese and wine after the talk.

Venues: UCL Site
: Second Floor Seminar Room, Rayne Institute, 5 University Street, London WC1E 6JJ. Tubes: Warren St; Goodge St or Euston Sq

Imperial Site: Room 120, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ. Tubes: South Kensington or Gloucester Road.

Enquiries: Dr J Norman. Tel: 0207 794 0500 x4988; e-mail: j.norman@rfc.ucl.ac.uk

Programme of 2005
Programme of 2004