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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

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:

In Drug Delivery:

Polymers as nanocarriers for controlled drug  delivery Prof. Dr. Marcelo Calderón – POLYMAT, Spain

Nanomedicines for brain diseases Prof. Giovanni Tosi – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

The theory and applications of controlled  release principles Dr. Michael J. Rathbone – ULTI Pharmaceuticals, New Zealand

In Periodic Reports: Advances in Clinical Interventions and Research Platforms:

Studies to harness innate and adaptive  strategies towards an HIV cure Prof. Luis Montaner – The Wistar Institute, USA

In Retroviruses:

HIV/AIDS epidemiology, transmission, and  risk factors Prof. William Blattner – University of Maryland Biotechnology  Institute, USA

In Viruses and Viral Diseases:

SARS-CoV and other emerging  coronaviruses Prof. Ralph Baric – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

In Mitochondrial Biogenesis:

Pathways of apoptosis in muscle 1 Pathways of apoptosis in muscle 2 Prof. Stephen E. Alway – University of Tennessee Health  Science Center, USA

In Autoimmunity:

Sjögren’s Syndrome: current knowledge and  future prospects Prof. Athanasios G. Tzioufas – National and Kapodistrian  University of Athens, Greece

In Topical Talks:

A general approach to joint pain focusing on  acute monoarthritis Dr. Sara K. Tedeschi – Harvard Medical School, USA

Developmental genetics of endometriosis Prof. Vladislav S. Baranov – Ott’s Institute of Obstetrics  Gynecology & Reproductology, Russia

Featured talks from previous releases:

RNA interference functions and mechanisms  in animals Prof. Richard Carthew – Northwestern University, USA

The origin of eukaryotes Prof. Neil Blackstone – Evolutionary Biology, Northern Illinois  University, USA

Bacterial vaccines in development 1 Dr. Kathrin Jansen – Pfizer Vaccine Research & Development,  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:

The biochemistry of DNA and RNA:  chemistry 1 Dr. Douglas Houston – University of Edinburgh, UK

The biochemistry of DNA and RNA:  biological function 2 Dr. Douglas Houston – University of Edinburgh, UK

The biomedical student and learning in  the age of on-line digital Dr. Amanda Cain – University College London, UK Prof. Elizabeth Shephard – University College London, UK

Antibody engineering: beginnings to  bispecifics and beyond Dr. Ian Wilkinson – Absolute Antibody, UK

Introduction to neglected tropical diseases Prof. David Molyneux – Liverpool School of Tropical  Medicine, UK

Eradication, elimination and control of  neglected tropical diseases Prof. David Molyneux – Liverpool School of Tropical  Medicine, UK

Importance of communities in neglected  tropical disease programmes Dr. Alison Krentel – Bruyere Research Institute and University  of Ottawa, Canada

Adhesion GPCRs in nervous system  development and disease Prof. Tobias Langenhan – Leipzig University, Germany

Phage display for generating monoclonal  antibodies Dr. Andre Frenzel – YUMAB GMBH, Germany

Clinical trial designs for rare diseases  – trial designs 1 Dr. Anne Pariser – National Institutes of Health, USA

Clinical trial designs for rare diseases–  trial protocols 2 Dr. Anne Pariser – National Institutes of Health, USA

Management of sickle cell disease: what  to do when there is no evidence base Prof. Sophie Lanzkron – Johns Hopkins School of  Medicine, USA

Featured talks from previous releases:

Polycomb epigenetic mechanisms:  methylation of DNA Prof. Vincenzo Pirrotta – Rutgers University, USA

Nursing support of families and carers  of people with dementia Prof. June Andrews – University of Stirling, UK

Interactome networks and human disease Prof. Marc Vidal – Harvard Medical School, 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:

In Autophagy and Lysosomal Storage Diseases:

Autophagy and neurodegeneration Prof. David Rubinsztein – Cambridge Institute for Medical  Research, UK

Cargo receptors for selective autophagy Dr. Simon Wilkinson – The University of Edinburgh,  UK

Lysosome: much more than a degradative  organelle Dr. Diego Medina – Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine,  Italy

In Evolution and Medicine:

Evolution, the microbiome, and human health Dr. Joe Alcock – University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center,  USA

In Periodic Reports: Advances in Clinical Interventions and Research Platforms:

A novel cancer therapy to stimulate  oncogenic ERK signalling Prof. Reiko Sugiura – Kindai University, Japan

In Design and Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials:

Historical and ethical issues in trial design Dr. J. Rosser Matthews – University of Maryland, USA

In Mitochondrial Biogenesis:

Mitochondrial morphology and ultrastructure  in skeletal muscle Prof. Martin Picard – Columbia University, USA

Exercise and nutrition in mitochondrial  disorders Prof. Mark Tarnopolsky – McMaster University Medical Center,  Canada

Reprogramming oxidative phosphorylation  in cancer Prof. José Cuezva – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

In Autoimmunity:

Genetic and environmental triggers of  autoimmune thyroid diseases Prof. Yaron Tomer – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

Novel aspects of systemic sclerosis Prof. Gabriele Valentini – Università della Campania “Luigi  Vanvitelli”, Italy

What causes primary biliary cholangitis? Prof. M. Eric Gershwin – University of California at Davis School  of Medicine, USA

Featured talks from previous releases:

General factors affecting drug metabolism:  effect of physiological factors and disease 1 Prof. Edward T. Morgan – Department of Pharmacology, Emory  University of Medicine, USA

Ethical issues in adaptive clinical trials Dr. Spencer Phillips Hey – Harvard Medical School, USA

Talimogene laherparepvec: first-in-class  oncolytic immunotherapy Prof. Kevin Harrington – The Institute of Cancer Research, UK