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Department: Department of Biochemistry
Talks:
Monday 8 December 2025
Targeted Protein Degradation of Aurora A kinase - from APC/C to PROTACs
Date: 8 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Catherine Lindon (Dept of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Fanni Gergely (Dept of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 12 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 12 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Heinrich Leonhardt (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2 (Room 20-138)
Organiser:
Dr. Lothar Schermelleh (Dept of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr. Lothar Schermelleh (Dept of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 15 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 15 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Jeffrey Pang (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-138 Seminar Room 2
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 19 January 2025
TBC
Date: 19 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Simon Boulton (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry),
Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Nicholas Lakin (Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University)
Thursday 22 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 22 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Wei-Tse Hsu (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 26 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 26 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Carla Saleh (Head of Viruses and RNAi Unit, Institute Pasteur)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Petros Ligoxygakis (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 29 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 29 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 2 February 2025
TBC
Date: 2 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Julie Welburn (Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, The University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry),
Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Francis Barr (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )
Tuesday 3 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 3 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Dorothee Kern (Srcipps Research Institute)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry),
Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Simon Newstead (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 5 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 5 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Astrid Brandner (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 9 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 9 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Sheena Radford (School of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Ben Berks (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 12 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 12 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Florencia Klein Rocha (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 16 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 16 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Helen Walden (Professor of Structural Biology, Head of School (Molecular Biosciences), University of Glasgow)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Dr. Paul Elliott (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 19 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 19 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Nikolai Juraschko (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 23 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 23 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Clemens Plaschka (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Neil Brockdorff (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )
Thursday 26 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 26 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Robert Clark (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 2 March 2025
Title TBC
Date: 2 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Keith Matthews (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Dr Clinton Lau (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 5 March 2025
Title TBC
Date: 5 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Nithishwer Mouroug Anand (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 9 March 2025
Title TBC
Date: 9 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Diana Fusco (Dept of Physics, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Stephan Uphoff (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 12 March 2025
Title TBC
Date: 12 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Mingyu Qin (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Thursday 19 March 2025
Title TBC
Date: 19 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Thursday 23 April 2025
Title TBC
Date: 23 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof. Dr. Cristina Paulino (Heidelberg University)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Elena Seiradake (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Part II Talks - Title TBC
Date: 23 April 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 27 April 2025
Title TBC
Date: 27 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Iva Tchasovnikarova (The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Prof. Rob Klose (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 30 April 2025
Title TBC
Date: 30 April 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Thursday 7 May 2025
Title TBC
Date: 7 May 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Kyle Vaccaro (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 11 May 2025
Title TBC
Date: 11 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Sonja Lorenz (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Dr. Paul Elliott (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 14 May 2025
Title TBC
Date: 14 May 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 18 May 2025
Title TBC
Date: 18 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Gautam Dey (EMBL)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Lothar Schermelleh (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 21 May 2025
Title TBC
Date: 21 May 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Aleksandr Kovalenko (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Thursday 28 May 2025
Title TBC
Date: 28 May 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 1 June 2025
Title TBC
Date: 1 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Geert Kops (Hubrecht Institute, Oncode Institute, University Medical Centre Utrecht)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Lars Jansen (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 4 June 2025
Title TBC
Date: 4 June 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Monday 8 June 2025
Title TBC
Date: 8 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Edith Heard (Chief Executive Officer, The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Neil Brockdorff (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )
Thursday 11 June 2025
Title TBC
Date: 11 June 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Thursday 18 June 2025
Title TBC
Date: 18 June 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Thursday 25 June 2025
Title TBC
Date: 25 June 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host:
Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
