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• 18:30 - Rethinking the Peace Negotiations in Colombia
  HE Mr Néstor Osorio Londoño (Colombian Ambassador to the United Kingdom), Professor Eamon Gilmore (EU Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Colombia), Joaquin Villalobos (Peace Process Advisor to the Government of Colombia)

Tuesday 13 March 2018

• 09:15 - Analysis of a gain-of-function mutation that produces a new transcriptional unit in the α-globin locus
  Viva Seminar
  Yavor Bozhilov (MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, MRC WIMM)
  WIMM Occasional Seminars
• 10:00 - Academic Workshop in Honour of Alan Ryan
  Lawrie Balfour (University of Virginia), Lisa Herzog (University of Munich), Jacob Levy (McGill University), Pratap Mehta (Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi), Carole Pateman (UCLA and University of Cardiff), Mark Philp (Warwick), Dr. Alexander Prescott-Couch (University of Oxford), Michael Rosen (Harvard University), Dr Sophie Smith (Christ Church, Oxford University), Stuart White (Jesus College, Oxford)
• 10:30 - NPEU Research Seminar - The (not) new WHO diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes - do they make a difference?
  Professor David Simmons (Western Sydney University)
• 12:00 - Roadblocks to cancer immunotherapy
  Prof Jörg Wischhusen (University of Würzburg)
• 12:00 - Lymphocyte cytotoxicity in health and disease
  Yenan Bryceson (Karolinska Institute)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series
• 12:00 - Mechanosensitive TRP channels in cardiovascular system
  Xiaoqiang Yao (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  Cell Physiology Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
• 12:45 - Networks and Ideology
  Francesco Squintani (University of Warwick)
  Economic Theory Workshop
• 13:00 - Student presentations
  Various Speakers
  Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM
• 13:00 - Interplay Between Prediction and Perception In Post-Stroke Fatigue
  Dr Anna Kuppuswamy (University College London )
  Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive & Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar series (BEACON)
• 13:00 - Dr P McPherson "Intracellular membrane trafficking in neurological disease", & Dr T Durcan "Open science meets Stem cells: A new approach for developing therapies against disorders of the brain"
  Dr Peter McPherson (McGill University), Dr Thomas Durcan (McGill University)
  CMD Seminars
• 14:00 - Workshop Interdisciplinary Approaches in (Early Modern) Literature and the History of Technology: Writing Technology/the Technology of writing
  Various Speakers
• 14:00 - - WORKSHOP (Registration required): “Interdisciplinary Approaches in Literature and History of Technology (Early Modern Period): Writing Technology /Technology of Writing”
  Various Speakers
• 16:00 - Gene therapies for Parkinson's disease
  Stephane Palfi (IMRB - Mondor Biomedical Research Institute)
  OPDC Seminar Series (DPAG)
• 16:30 - Social Media in Post-democratic Burundi: Influence of the Diaspora and the Production of (Fake) News by the State, Citizens and Refugees
  Jean-Benoît Falisse (University of Edinburgh)
  Technology and Mobilities in Africa
• 17:15 - Presentation of the collective Books: "L'écrit technique avant le XXème siècle" and "L'analogie dans les techniques"
  Dr Koen Vermeir (SPHERE/CNRS)
• 17:15 - - OPEN EVENT: Presentation of the collective Books: “L’écrit technique avant le XXe siècle” and “L’analogie dans les techniques” (in English)
  Various Speakers

Wednesday 14 March 2018

• 09:30 - Podcast Your Science
  There will be a refundable deposit of £25 that will be refunded upon attendance or cancelling in good time
  Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)
• 10:15 - Girls, travel and global issues: multi-disciplinary perspectives
  This event is free, but please register in advance. Spaces are limited.
  Various Speakers
• 11:00 - Health promotion in the post-truth age: The role of autonomy and moral responsibility amid epidemiological transition
  George Gillet (Medical student - winner of the Andrew Markus and Richard Doll essay prizes)
  Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and Ethox Centre
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