SBOHVM External Seminars 2024-25

Our weekly External Lecture series restarts on Wednesday 2nd October in the Graham Kerr Lecture Theatre from 1-2pm.

This event will alternate between Gilmorehill and Garscube every week. When the seminar is at Garscube, it will be streamed via zoom in the Graham Kerr Lecture Theatre.

Most seminars will be from 1-2pm, however this is subject to change so please check the table below for the correct time.

We'll be hosting in person and virtual talks by many visitors from across the world. It's guaranteed to be a fun, informative and enlightening regular event. 

For the most up to date info, please also visit our School Calendar.

External Seminar Series

Date Campus Lecture Theater Time Speaker Speaker Institution Talk Title
02-Oct-24 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 1-2 pm Dr Damaris Matoke-Muhia Kenya Medical Research Institute and Pan-African Mosquito Control Association

The big push towards elimination of malaria and other vector-borne diseases: The Pan African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) experience of engaging women in vector control"

09-Oct-24 Garscube McCall LT 1-2pm Dr Valentina Busin Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations "Recent Incursions of Notifiable Diseases"
16-Oct-24 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 1-2pm SIG reps University of Glasgow  
23-Oct-24 Garscube McCall LT 1-2pm Dr. Mark Dagleish and Prof. Collette Britton with Dr. Matias Perez University of Glasgow "How do you test for Scrapie in live sheep?" and "New technologies in Vet Parasitology, with a focus on organoids"
30-Oct-24 Gilmorehill Kelvin Building: 257 Main Lecture Theatre 5-6 pm Sarah Cleaveland University of Glasgow Blodwen Lloyd Binns lecture
06-Nov-24 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 1-2pm Sally Mtenga Ifakara Health Institute

"Sharing experience of policy translation of health research in Tanzania"

13-Nov-24 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 1-2pm Sean Stankowski University of Sussex TBC
20-Nov-24 Garscube McCall LT 1-2pm Neil Watt MV Diagnostics TBC
27-Nov-24 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 1-2pm Jason Matthiopoulos and Chris Harrod University of Glasgow TBC
04-Dec-24 Garscube Ilay LT 12-1pm Dr. Lewis Stevens Wellcome Sanger Institute TBC

Winter Break

Date Campus Lecture Theater Time Speaker Speaker Institution Talk Title
15-Jan-25 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 1-2pm Dr. Julia Nowack Liverpool John Moores University TBC
22-Jan-25 Garscube McCall LT 1-2pm Dr Bushra Schuitemaker BIOME9 and Quadram Institute Biosciences TBC
29-Jan-25 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 1-2pm Prof. Kate Parr University of Liverpool TBC
05-Feb-25 Garscube McCall LT 1-2pm TBC TBC TBC
12-Feb-25 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 4-5pm Darwin Day Lecture TBC TBC
19-Feb-25 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 1-2pm Dr. Alex Sutton Bangor University TBC
26-Feb-25 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 1-2pm Dr. Rosie Williams Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme TBC
05-Mar-25 Garscube McCall LT 1-2pm Dr. Hannah Rose Vineer University of Liverpool TBC
12-Mar-25 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 1-2pm Tom Morrison University of Glasgow TBC
19-Mar-25 Garscube Ilay LT 1-2pm Dr. Kathryn Allan and Dr. Michelle Bellingham University of Glasgow TBC
26-Mar-25 Gilmorehill Graham Kerr LT1 1-2pm TBC TBC TBC