Thursday 19 March 2026

• 08:30 - Oxford Surgical Innovation Conference 2026
  Professor Peter Friend (University of Oxford), Dr Harald Veen (WHO EMRO (Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean)), Mr Ed Sideso (University of Oxford), Ms Sumrit Bola (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
• 09:00 - Mind the Motherhood Gap
  Various Speakers
• 10:00 - Telling stories that matter: communicating your research through story
  Discover more about how to craft and apply storytelling skills to communicate your research.
  Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
• 10:00 - Viva practice and preparation (in-person)
  Tailored for third and fourth-year doctoral students, gain insights into viva rules, proactive preparation, and the examiner's perspective. Sharpen your skills through practical exercises for a confident viva experience.
  Dr Molly Grace (University of Oxford)
• 11:00 - Tracing the Evolution of DNA Methylation Mechanisms across the Eukaryotes
  Dr Alex de Mendoza (Queen Mary University of London)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series
• 12:00 - Investigating the cervical lymphatic system in ageing and dementia
  Please join us in Meeting Room A (Centre of Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN) or Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/38244437093232?p=5TLVo4BRVLldcfnhTY Meeting ID: 382 444 370 932 32 Passcode: aw3z5KH3
  Irene Mattioli (University of Oxford)
  ORNN Seminar Series (Old Road Neuroscience Network)
• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - AGM and Ambulatory Care
  TBA
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds
• 13:00 - Autoimmune encephalitis: from clinical phenotype to immunology and back again
  Hybrid seminar. In person: Seminar Rooms A/B, Level 6, West Wing, JR. Sandwich lunch provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Online: Teams Meeting link - https://tinyurl.com/yj33nk9h
  Dr Adam Handel (University of Oxford, Oxford Autoimmune Neurology Group)
  NDCN Departmental Seminars
• 13:30 - Beyond Barriers and Enablers: Mechanisms as the Missing Middle in Implementation Science
  Prof Carolyn Steele-Gray (University of Toronto)
  Translational Health Sciences
• 14:00 - Title TBC
  If you are attending from a different building, please email eden.gage@ccc.ox.ac.uk to arrange access.
  TBA
  SBCB Seminar Series
• 17:00 - America 250: What Makes A Revolution?
  Peter Mancall (University of Southern California)
• 17:45 - Contested decision-making about life-sustaining treatment for adults after catastrophic brain injury
  Professor Lynne Turner-Stokes (King's College London)
• 18:00 - The Neapolitan Enlightenment
  John Robertson (Cambridge)
  Conversations Around Naples 2026

Friday 20 March 2026

• 09:15 - From polygenic scores to ancient variants: identifying germline determinants of clinical outcome to immune checkpoint blockade
  In person only
  Shawn Sun (Fairfax Group, University of Oxford), Maksim Chan (Fairfax Group, University of Oxford), Martin Little (Fairfax Group, University of Oxford)
  MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
• 09:45 - Third Oxford Advanced Materials Network Event | Materials Innovation for / and Secure Supply Chains
  This event is open to all members of the University of Oxford, members of the Oxford Advanced Materials Network and invited industrial partners. If you are not a member of the University of Oxford please register using the external delegates link.
  Professor Martin Booth (Department of Engineering, University of Oxford), Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera (Department of Physics, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Giuliana Di Martino (Department of Materials, University of Oxford), Dr Thanuja Galhena (Department of Business and Trade), Professor Patrick Grant (Department of Materials, University of Oxford), Professor Nicole Grobert (Department of Materials, University of Oxford), Professor Michael Johnston (Department of Physics, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Rebecca Nicholls (Department of Materials, University of Oxford), Professor Christopher Proctor (Department of Engineering, University of Oxford), Professor Dominic Vella (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford), Professor Kylie Vincent (Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford), Professor Robert Weatherup (Department of Materials), Professor Mark Wilson (Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford)
  Oxford Advanced Materials Network (OxAMN)
• 10:30 - Pain Network Meeting
  How to find the OxCIN Annexe: To access the OxCIN Annexe, please arrive at the entrance 5 minutes before the meeting start time. For full instructions on how to find the Annexe, see this link: https://www.win.ox.ac.uk/contact-us/finding-win-fmrib. Please note that this meeting is held on the first floor of the Annexe, in the south east wing of the Wolfson Building, adjacent to the Industrial Block, and does not take place in the main OxCIN@FMRIB Building.
  Dr Andrew Marshall (University of Liverpool)
  Oxford Pain Network Meetings
• 12:30 - ‘The Renaissance on Board, Really? Revisiting Jean and Raoul Parmentier’s Mythified Voyage to Sumatra in 1529’
  Romain Bertrand (Sciences Po/CERi)
  Maison Française d'Oxford Events
• 13:00 - Venture Bites: building a fundraising strategy
  Fundraising mechanics 101, best practices and common pitfalls, hosted by Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre.
  Various Speakers
• 14:30 - OCPSG Speaker Event (LLM Application): Measuring Empirically the Legal Conflicts over U.S. Public Lands from 1960 to 2024
  Prof Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, FBA (LSE), Amara Jane Otero Salgado (LSE)
  Oxford Computational Political Science Group Event Series
• 15:00 - Mapping the behaviour of PIK3CA mutant clones in endothelial cells
  Dr Mariona Graupera (Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute)
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