Seminars

ISMB seminars take place on Wednesdays during term time, providing research staff and students with the opportunity to hear talks by world class scientists.

The termly seminar series are organised around specific themes, and are co-ordinated jointly by the Research Department of Structural Molecular Biology at UCL and the Department of Natural Sciences, Birkbeck.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

ISMB Seminar Series:term1\Autumn 2025-2026

Title: Microbes: Evolution, Mechanisms and Disease

Hosts: Andrew Osborne and Josie Ferreira

 The Autumn seminar series 2025 will explore the remarkable diversity of strategies employed by microbes to divide, adapt, thrive and cause disease. Talks will range from fundamental mechanisms of mitosis and spindle formation to the specialized biology of parasites such as Plasmodium, Cryptosporidium and Perkinsus. Speakers will highlight how divergent molecular pathways, host–parasite interactions, and evolutionary trajectories have shaped these systems and will present insights generated using emerging approaches such as CRISPR-based screening, systems-level protein atlases and high-resolution structural biology. Together, the series will reveal how studying both common principles and extreme innovations in microbe biology can uncover new insights into evolution and open avenues for therapeutic intervention.

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