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SITraN Lunchtime Seminar: Monday 10 December 2018, 13:00 – 14:00: Dr George Tarforis, Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, University of Oxford

Title: “A multifaceted approach to disease mechanisms in common and rarer forms of Parkinsonism” Venue: Rooms B02/B03, SITraN, 385a Glossop Road, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HQ Speaker: Dr George Tarforis, Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, University of Oxford Background My research aim is to delineate cellular pathways in protein quality control that could inform the development…

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SITraN Lunchtime Seminar: Monday 03 December 2018, 13:00 – 14:00: Dr Jill Fowler, Alzheimer’s Research UK Senior Research Fellow, The University of Edinburgh

Title: ” The therapeutic potential of enhancing astrocytic Nrf2-signalling in combating neurodegeneration caused by cerebral hypoperfusion” Venue: Rooms B02/B03, SITraN, 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HQ Speaker:  Dr Jill Fowler, Alzheimer’s Research UK Senior Research Fellow, The University of Edinburgh Background Brain injury, including that due to stroke and head injury, is associated with an increased risk of…

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Human Communication Sciences Seminar – Thursday, 29th November 2018

HCS Research Seminar – THURSDAY 29th November 2018 Speaker:    Dr Lindsay Pennington, Newcastle University Title:    Assessment and Management of Childhood Dysarthria Venue:     Elmfield Lecture Theatre 1, Elmfield Building, Northumberland Road Time:    13:00–14:30 Abstract:       The motor speech disorder dysarthria is common in non-progressive neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy and acquired brain injury. …

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Sheffield Cancer Centre Seminar Series – Friday, 16 November 2018

Title – “Targeting Hypoxia-induced replication stress” Speaker – Professor Ester Hammond, Professor of Molecular Cancer Biology, University of Oxford Venue – Weston Park Hospital Lecture Theatre (First Floor), Whitham Road, Sheffield,S10 2SJ Time – 14:00 – 15:00 Further information – Ester Hammond, PhD, is Professor of Molecular Cancer Biology and a CRUK Senior Group Leader…

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