Wednesday, 10th March 12:30 to 13:30, Genome Centre Seminar Room, John Innes Centre :
Why do we work on Clostridium botulinum and what do we do
Professor Mike Peck, Acting Programme Leader - Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens, IFR

Thursday, 11th March 14:00 to 15:00, IFR Lecture Theatre :
Seminar by Professor Duncan Maskell
Professor Duncan Maskell, Dept of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge

Friday, 12th March 11:30 to 12:30, John Innes Centre Auditorium :
Mechanisms, rates and outcomes of local genome evolution in the grasses
Dr Jeff Bennetzen, Dept of Genetics, University of Georgia

Monday, 15th March 09:30 to 10:15, G34/35, John Innes Conference Centre :
Shuffling sugars: a unique 4-a-glucanotransferase required during starch degradation in leaves at night
Christian Ruzanski , John Innes Centre

Monday, 15th March 18:00 to 19:00, The Forum, Norwich :
Launch of National Science and Engineering Week in Norwich
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Monday, 15th March 19:00 to 22:00, Noverre Suite, The Assembly House, Norwich :
The end of the agricultural treadmill: Implications for world food security and global warming
Dr Harald von Witzke, Chair for International Agricultural Trade & Development at Humboldt University Berlin

Tuesday, 16th March 14:00 to 15:00, G34/35 Watson & Crick, John Innes Conference Centre :
Genetic evidence for phospholipid signalling in the early establishment of mycorrhizal fungi
Ertao Wang, John Innes Centre

Tuesday, 16th March 11:00 to Friday, 19th March 17:30, The Forum, Norwich :
Blooming Snapdragons - a play depicting the struggle of women scientists in the early 19th Century
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Thursday, 18th March 09:30 to 15:00, The Forum, Norwich :
Genetics Day


Friday, 19th March 11:30 to 12:30, John Innes Centre Auditorium :
Is there more to epigenetic gene repression than just histone modifications?
Professor Wendy Bickmore, Chromosomes & Gene Expression Section, MRC Human Genetics Unit

Monday, 22nd March 09:30 to 10:15, G34/35, John Innes Conference Centre :
Interactions between Double Strand Break Repair and Bacterial Gyrase Activity
Richard Bowater, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia

Monday, 22nd March 18:30 to 21:00, John Innes Conferecne Centre :
The HMS Beagle Project comes to Norwich
Dr Karen James, Natural History Museum

Tuesday, 23rd March 13:00 to 16:00, The Forum, Norwich :
Showcase of Young Science - what do our young scientists do?
PhD Students, Norwich Research Park

Thursday, 25th March 10:00 to 16:00, Lecture Theatre, Thomas Paine Study Centre, University of East Anglia :
Inaugural Meeting of the East Anglia British Society for Immunology Group on the Norwich Research Park
See Programme

Friday, 26th March 11:30 to 12:30, John Innes Centre Auditorium :
The origins of plant pathogens in agro-ecosystems
Professor Bruce McDonald, Institute of Integrative Biology, Zurich

Friday, 26th March 15:00 to 17:30, G34/35, John Innes Conference Centre :
Diabetes and Obesity Research on Norwich Research Park
Various

Monday, 29th March 09:30 to 10:15, G34/35, John Innes Conference Centre :
Bionanoscience: 5 years at the chemistry-virus interface
Dave Evans, John Innes Centre

Thursday, 8th April 14:00 to 15:00, IFR Lecture Theatre :
Lecture by Dr Zoltan Oltvai
Dr Zoltan Oltvai, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Friday, 9th April 11:30 to 12:30, Merton Auditorium, John Innes Conference Centre :
The Biffen Lecture to be given by Prof Peter Langridge
Professor Peter Langridge, University of Adelaide, Australia

Thursday, 15th April 14:00 to 15:00, IFR Lecture Theatre :
Clinical pilot studies of diet-derived cancer chemopreventive polyphenols
Professor Andreas Gescher, Department of Cancer Studies, University of Leicester

Friday, 16th April 11:30 to 12:30, John Innes Centre Auditorium :
Seminar by Dr Jon Lis
Dr Jon Lis, Cornell University, USA

Friday, 23rd April 11:30 to 12:30, John innes Conference Centre Auditorium :
Seminar by Dr Jan Lowe
Dr Jan Lowe, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge

Friday, 30th April 11:30 to 12:30, John Innes Centre Auditorium :
Seminar by Professor Donald Ort
Professor Donald Ort , University of Illinois

Thursday, 6th May 14:00 to 15:00, IFR Lecture Theatre :
Keynote Lecture by Dr Mike Edwards
Dr Mike Edwards, Chemistry & Biochemistry Dept, Campden BRI

Thursday, 13th May 14:00 to 15:00, IFR Lecture Theatre :
Gene-environment interactions in the development of asthma and allergy
Dr Adnan Custovic, Professor of Allergy, University of Manchester

Friday, 14th May 11:30 to 12:30, John Innes Cnetre Auditorium :
Seminar by Professor Beat Keller
Professor Beat Keller, Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich

Friday, 21st May 11:30 to 12:30, JIC Auditorium, John Innes Centre :
Seminar by Professor Jonathan Widom
Professor Jonathan Widom, Northwestern University

Friday, 28th May 11:30 to 12:30, John Innes Centre Auditorium :
Seminar by Dr Yuval Eshed
Dr Yuval Eshed, Dept of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science

Thursday, 24th June 08:30 to 13:00, The Forum, Norwich :
“Understanding Finance for Business” workshop


Friday, 19th November 09:00 to 17:00, IFR :
IFR Science Day
Various speakers