20^th January, 2000

Professor Tim Mitchell, Division of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow.
"Molecular studies of the pathogenesis of infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae".
Host: Professor Peter Andrew

27^th January, 2000

Dr David Horner, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London.
"Anaerobic Parasite Respiration and Potential Therapeutic Agents".
Host: Dr Simon Kilvington

3^rd February, 2000

Professor Graham Boulnois, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Infection Research Department, Macclesfield.
"Drug discovery and development in the chemical and genomic technology era".
Host: Professor Peter Andrew

10^th February, 2000

Dr Laurence S. Tiley, Centre for Veterinary Science, University of Cambridge.
"Inducible inhibition of gene expression by retargeting Ribonuclease P".
Host: Professor Peter Williams

17^th February, 2000

Dr Tim Gant, Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester.
"Microarray analysis of differential gene expression in multidrug resistant cells".
Host: Dr Alan Cann

24^th February, 2000

Dr Chris O’Callaghan, Child Health, Leicester Royal Infirmary.
"Meningitis, Respiratory Infections and Cilia".
Host: Professor Peter Andrew

2^nd March, 2000

Dr Don Cowan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London.
"Extremophiles, the biological envelope and exobiology".
Host: Professor Bill Grant

9^th March, 2000

Dr Graham Bird, Department of Immunology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
"Viral infections at Her Majesty’s Pleasure".
Host: Dr Mike Browning

16^th March, 2000

Dr Michael A. Skinner, Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory.
"Complexities of the genome of Fowlpox virus — a molecular pirate!"
Host: Dr Shaun Heaphy

23^rd March, 2000

Professor Pedro R. Lowenstein, Department of Medicine, University of Manchester.
"Pathophysiology of inflammatory and immune responses to adenovirus vectors injected into the brain".
Host: Dr Shaun Heaphy