Month: August 2019

Recent releases for the Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection of HS Talks. You can search for them in LibrarySearch or directly via the Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection entry on the Online databases and academic journals page in the portal.

Latest releases:

The complement system – an introduction  for undergraduates Prof. Michael Holers – University of Colorado School of Medicine,  USA Dr. Ashley Frazer-Abel – University of Colorado, USA

Immunology, the microbiome and future  perspectives Prof. Sheena Cruickshank – University of Manchester, UK

Epigenetics and inheritance Prof. Marisa Bartolomei – University of Pennsylvania, USA

Maternal nutrition, fetal development and  long-term health Prof. Tom Fleming – University of Southampton, UK

Implantation Prof. John Aplin – University of Manchester, UK

Vaccine delivery Prof. Sevda Şenel – Hacettepe University, Turkey

Monoclonal antibodies to induce  therapeutic immunological tolerance Prof. Herman Waldmann – University of Oxford, UK

The immunogenicity problem in antibody  therapy Prof. Herman Waldmann – University of Oxford, UK

Research & development of new  pharmaceuticals for treatment of  endometriosis Prof. Chi Chiu (Ronald) Wang – The Chinese University of  Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Measuring blood pressure in small animal  patients Prof. Anthony Carr – University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Featured talks from previous releases:

Metabolomics: a brief introduction 1 Dr. Reza Salek – The European Bioinformatics Institute, UK

Human tissue and global ethics Prof. Donna Dickenson – University of London, UK

The molecular mechanism of X chromosome  inactivation Prof. Neil Brockdorff – University of Oxford, UK

Recent releases for the Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection of HS Talks. You can search for them in LibrarySearch or directly via the Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection entry on the Online databases and academic journals page in the portal.

Latest releases:

A brief introduction to genetics Dr. Lawrence Bellamy – University College London, UK

GPCRs and pain Prof. Dr. Christoph Stein – Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin,  Germany

Novel approaches to treating symptoms and  slowing the progress of neurodegenerative  diseases Prof. Andrew B. Tobin – University of Glasgow, UK

Pre-coupling of receptor oligomers and  signaling molecules Dr. Sergi Ferré – National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA

Latest developments & future directions  in the management of chronic pain Prof. Simon Haroutounian – Washington University School of  Medicine, USA

Lysosomal storage diseases Prof. Fran Platt – University of Oxford, UK

Cognitive behavior therapy for stuttering Dr. Robyn Lowe – University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Pre-school wheeze Prof. Andrew Bush – Imperial College London & Royal Brompton  Hospital, UK

Patient falls: protecting patients and  preventing injury Prof. Janice M. Morse – University of Utah, USA

Systemic lupus erythematosus: novel  aspects of pathogenesis and treatment 1 Prof. Chaim Putterman – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA Dr. Noa Schwartz – Hospital for Special Surgery, USA

Systemic lupus erythematosus: novel  aspects of pathogenesis and treatment 2 Prof. Chaim Putterman – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA Dr. Noa Schwartz – Hospital for Special Surgery, USA

The pharmacokinetics of therapeutic proteins Prof. Bernd Meibohm – University of Tennessee, USA

Featured talks from previous releases:

The osteocyte Prof. Lynda F. Bonewald – University of Missouri, USA

Introductory statistical genetics for plant  breeding 1 Prof. Fred van Eeuwijk – Wageningen University, Netherlands

Malaria – changing paradigms Dr. Janet Cox-Singh – University of St Andrews, UK

Recent releases for the Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection of HS Talks. You can search for them in LibrarySearch or directly via the Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection entry on the Online databases and academic journals page in the portal.

Latest releases:

The risks and benefits of gene drive  technology Prof. Henry Greely – Stanford University, USA

Cytoplasmic innate immune sensors Prof. Seth Masters – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia

The biology of cancer Dr. Olivier Pardo – Imperial College London, UK

Expression vs. function of ABC transporters  at the blood-brain barrier Prof. Jean-Michel Scherrmann – Paris Descartes University, France

Diagnostic and screening instruments for  autism Prof. Deborah Fein – University of Connecticut, USA

Solution proposed to a 2000 year old  problem in oncology Dr. Michael Retsky – Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health,  USA

Non-P450 oxidative metabolism:  characteristics and drug substrates Dr. Christine Beedham – Department of Clinical Sciences,  University of Bradford, UK

Intradialytic oxygen saturation Dr. Lili Chan – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Pregnancy in rheumatic diseases Prof. Pier Luigi Meroni – University of Milan, Italy

Novelty in patents: a European perspective Dr. Jonathan D.M. Atkinson – HGF Limited, UK

Featured talks from previous releases:

Avoiding missed diagnosis of mild traumatic  brain injury Dr. John Bedolla – University of Texas Dell Medical School, USA

Macroecology Dr. Natalie Cooper – Natural History Museum, London, UK

An introduction to statistics for statistical  genetics: models and techniques common in  statistical genetics Dr. Paul O’Reilly – King’s College London, UK

Recent releases for the Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection of HS Talks. You can search for them in LibrarySearch or directly via the Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection entry on the Online databases and academic journals page in the portal.

Latest releases:

AI and big data in drug discovery Mr. Ed Addison – Cloud Pharmaceuticals, USA

Monoclonal antibodies and the ErbB  system in human cancer Prof. Mark Greene – University of Pennsylvania, USA

Multiple myeloma: an overview Prof. Parameswaran Hari – Medical College of Wisconsin, USA

Vitamin E and the metabolic syndrome Prof. Maret Traber – Oregon State University, USA

Advances in the treatment of NASH Prof. Leon Adams – The University of Western Australia, Australia

Surrogate endpoints: from definition to  meta-analytic framework 1 Prof. Geert Molenberghs – Universiteit Hasselt & KU Leuven,  Belgium

Surrogate endpoints: further developments 2 Prof. Geert Molenberghs – Universiteit Hasselt & KU  Leuven, Belgium

Autism theory Dr. Nick Chown – Independent scholar, Spain

Brain-gut interactions in obesity 1 Prof. Weihong Pan – BioPotentials Sleep Center, USA

Brain-gut interactions in obesity 2 Prof. Weihong Pan – BioPotentials Sleep Center, USA

Prolactin has a pathogenic role in systemic lupus erythematosus Prof. Luis Jara-Quezada – Universidad Nacional Autonoma  de Mexico, Mexico

Featured talks from previous releases:

An introduction to genetic association  analysis Prof. Jenny Barrett – University of Leeds, UK

The ERK1/2 MAPK cascade Prof. Melanie H. Cobb – University of Texas Southwestern  Medical Center at Dallas, USA

Aging and protein homeostasis Prof. Ana Maria Cuervo – Albert Einstein College of Medicine,  NY, USA

Recent releases for the Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection of HS Talks. You can search for them in LibrarySearch or directly via the Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection entry on the Online databases and academic journals page in the portal.

Latest releases:

Stroke in women: epidemiology, risk and  prevention Prof. Cheryl Bushnell – Wake Forest Baptist Health, USA

Vitamin D and autoimmunity Dr. Shir Azrielant – Sheba Medical Center, Israel

The role of exosomes in multiple myeloma  development & drug resistance Prof. Eline Menu – Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Adapting proteostasis to ameliorate   aggregation-associated amyloid diseases Dr. Jeffery W. Kelly – The Scripps Research Institute, USA

Pharmacotherapy for obesity 1 – the need  for pharmacotherapy in weight management Prof. Joe Proietto – University of Melbourne, Australia

Pharmacotherapy for obesity 2 –  pharmacological agents in current use  & under development Prof. Joe Proietto – University of Melbourne, Australia

Smoking & stroke: best practices for your  patients Dr. Andrew Pipe – University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Canada

Pathophysiology and treatment of congestive  heart failure in dogs and cats Prof. Jessica Ward – Iowa State University, USA

Recent advancements in the diagnosis and  treatment of congestive heart failure in dogs  and cats Prof. Jessica Ward – Iowa State University, USA

Hematopoietic stem cells…the power of  clonal assays Dr. David Kent – University of Cambridge, UK

The impact of genomic architecture and  diversity on infectious diseases Prof. Vincent Chow – National University of Singapore, Singapore Dr. Meena Sakharkar – University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Featured talks from previous releases:

Priming of T cell responses 1 Prof. Victor Appay – INSERM, France Dr. Francesco Nicoli – Universities of Ferrara and Padua, Italy

Studying aging in humans 1 – methodology Prof. David Melzer – University of Exeter Medical School, UK

Statistical genetics in forensic science Prof. James M. Curran – University of Auckland, New Zealand