Le cycle de séminaires des Frontiers in Biomedicine (anciennement
"Frontiers in Biology"), initié par la Faculté de médecine en 2003 par les
départements de la Section de médecine fondamentale, a pour but
d’établir un pont entre médecine et biologie à travers une série de 8 à
10 conférences annuelles.
Des intervenants de renommée mondiale, actifs dans le domaine des
sciences de la médecine, sont invités à présenter leur travail à un
large public scientifique et médical.
Les conférences sont données en anglais.
The Frontiers In Biomedicine (initially "Frontiers in Biology") lecture series was initiated in 2003 at Geneva University’s Faculty of Medicine. The series aims to bridge the gap between biology and medicine through a cycle of eight to ten seminars per year. World-class guest speakers from all domains of the basic medical sciences are invited to present broadly accessible lectures to a non-specialist scientific audience. In English.
Thursdays, 12.30 - 13.30
CMU - A250
Next Seminar:
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Thursday, February 21st 2013, 12h30 CMU A250 Prof. Xavier NASSIF Faculté de médecine Paris Descartes INSERM U1002 "Meningococcemia - How to Cross the Blood Brain Barrier and Give Meningitis" «Thanks to the blood-brain barrier, most healthy carriers of Meningococcus are never infected by this pathogen. However, in some cases, the bacteria can cause serious and fatal infections in a very short period of time. Professor Xavier Nassif is a remarkable expert of Meningococcal infections and an excellent speaker. » (Prof. Patrick LINDER, Host, Departmend of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of medicine UNIGE) More informations |
All seminars:
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Host | Title | Dept. |
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| 18.10.12 | Thomas SAKMAR, M.D. | Rockefeller University, New York | Oliver Hartley | Twenty Five Years of the Magnificent Seven: GPCR Research from Rhodopsin to Chemokine Receptors | PATIM |
| 29.11.12 | Wolfram SCHULTZ | University of Cambridge, UK, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience | Christian Lüscher | Neuronal Reward and Risk Signals | NEUFO |
| 24.01.13 | Ewan BIRNEY | Emmanouil Dermitzakis | The Impact of Genomics on Healthcare | GEDEV | |
| 21.02.13 | Xaver NASSIF | Patrick Linder | Meningococcemia -
How to Cross the Blood Brain Barrier and Give Meningitis | MIMOL | |
| 21.03.13 | Mathias UEHLEN | Amos Bairoch | To be communicated | DHPS | |
| 08.05.13 | Rafi AHMED | Daniel Pinschewer | To be communicated | PATIM |