Seminars
Wednesday 17th Feb 2010
Whitechapel
Programme:
- 5-5.20pm: "Geography of the Genome in Good and Bad Times" By Prof Denise Sheer
- 5.20-5.30pm Discussion
- 5.30-5.50pm "Infection Control - From petting zoos to dirty loos" By Dr Ronald Cutler
- 5.50-6pm Discussion
- 6-7pm Refreshments
Speakers:
Prof Denise Sheer, Professor of Human Genetics, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science.
After completing a B.Sc (Hons) in Embryology and Zoology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 1973, I ran a diagnostic genetics laboratory at the South African Institute of Medical Research for two years. I then moved to the University of Oxford , where I was awarded a D.Phil. in 1980. Following a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute), I became Head of the Human Cytogenetics Laboratory in 1983, where I conducted research on genome biology and cancer genetics. I moved with my group to the Institute of Cell and Molecular Science in November 2006.
Email: d.sheer@qmul.ac.uk
Dr Ronald Cutler, Deputy Director of Biomedical Science, Biological and Chemical Sciences.
My research interests are in the area of biomedical sciences and relate to the control and treatment of multiply drug resistant bacterial infections using novel antimicrobial agents. Under control of infection I am involved in the development of better systems for hand-washing including evaluating the basic science behind the current systems and evaluating novel drying methods and novel antibacterial soaps. In evaluating new antimicrobial agents for treatment rather than prevention, I test novel agents for their level of activity and rate of inhibition/kill against planktonic and sessile (biofilm) bacteria, I also investigate modes of action. The chemical isolation and identification of novel antimicrobial agents from plants (and other sources) is also part of this research, as is and developing new modes of topical delivery for these active agents.
Email: r.cutler@qmul.ac.uk
