Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) - Oxford Talks

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Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) part of: Medical Sciences Division

Tuesday 7 October 2025

11:00 - Respiration coordinates the cortical olfactory code
Kevin Franks (Duke University School of Medicine)
CNCB Seminar Series

Wednesday 8 October 2025

12:30 - Lunch & Learn: Time Management
This is a virtual Lunch & Learn session, please visit the booking url to register.
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
DPAG Lunch & Learns

Monday 13 October 2025

13:00 - Competition in brain development and a novel approach to neural coding
Professor Michael Stryker (University of California)
Neuroscience Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)

Wednesday 15 October 2025

12:30 - Lunch & Learn: Exploring Entrepreneurship
This is a virtual Lunch & Learn session, please visit the booking url to register.
Ahmed Saad (Said Business School), Franziska Vonhӧne (Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre), Katharina Ramshorn (Oxford Science Enterprises), Dr Sophie Payne (DPAG, University of Oxford)
DPAG Lunch & Learns

Friday 17 October 2025

13:00 - Neuromodulation of Brain States
Professor Luis de Lecea (Stanford University School of Medicine)
DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Wednesday 22 October 2025

12:30 - Lunch & Learn: Moving into a Pharma/Biotech industry career
This is a virtual Lunch & Learn session, please visit the booking url to register.
TBA
DPAG Lunch & Learns

Friday 24 October 2025

13:00 - Mitochondria in Neurons and Glia: Insights into Brain Function, Behavior, and Therapeutic Opportunities
Professor Carmen Sandi (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL))
DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Tuesday 28 October 2025

12:00 - Modulating polyamines and polyamine transport in Parkinson’s disease
Professor Peter Vangheluwe (KU Leuven, Belgium)
OPDC Seminar Series (DPAG)
16:00 - Compulsive Reward-Seeking: Roles for Dopamine, Synaptic Plasticity, and Stress
This is a virtual event; please contact events@dpag.ox.ac.uk for Teams Link
Dr Talia Lerner (Northwestern University)
Neuroscience Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)

Wednesday 5 November 2025

12:30 - Lunch & Learn: From DPAG to Meta Reality Labs – In conversation with Adam Packer
This is a virtual Lunch & Learn session, please visit the booking url to register.
Dr Adam Packer
DPAG Lunch & Learns

Friday 7 November 2025

13:00 - Endocrine Stem Cells as Orchestrators of Organ Plasticity and Disease
Professor Cynthia Andoniadou (King’s College London)
DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Thursday 13 November 2025

16:00 - SHERRINGTON PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE PRIZE LECTURE: Media, Science and Truth
University cards will be required to access the lecture
Mr Clive Myrie (BBC News)
DPAG Prize Lectures

Friday 14 November 2025

13:00 - A mitochondria-lipid droplet stress pathway drives metabolic flexibility and cell survival
Associate Professor Robin Klemm (DPAG, University of Oxford)
DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Wednesday 19 November 2025

12:30 - Lunch & Learn: Working with Industry Partners
This is a virtual Lunch & Learn session, please visit the booking url to register.
Dr Liz Covey-Crump (Business Partnerships Office)
DPAG Lunch & Learns

Friday 21 November 2025

13:00 - FGF21 signaling activation: Treating obesity at the expense of cardiac hypertrophy?
Professor Konstantinos Drosatos (University of Cincinnati College of Medicine)
DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Thursday 27 November 2025

13:00 - MARIANNE FILLENZ AWARD LECTURE 2025: Cortical codes for generating three-dimensional experience
Professor Kristine Krug (Otto-von-Guericke University)
DPAG Prize Lectures

Friday 28 November 2025

13:00 - The Neuroscience of Transgenerational Trauma: Just a Matter of Fa(c)t
Dr Ali Jawaid (Lukasiewicz PORT- Polish Center for Technology Development, Poland)
DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Thursday 4 December 2025

16:00 - SIR CHARLES SHERRINGTON PRIZE LECTURE: May the Force Be with You: PIEZO Ion Channels as Essential Pressure Sensors for Touch, Pain, and Beyond
Professor Ardem Patapoutian (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
DPAG Prize Lectures

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