OxTalks is Changing
On 28th November OxTalks will move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events' (full details are available on the Staff Gateway).
There will be an OxTalks freeze beginning on Friday 14th November. This means you will need to publish any of your known events to OxTalks by then as there will be no facility to publish or edit events in that fortnight. During the freeze, all events will be migrated to the new Oxford Events site. It will still be possible to view events on OxTalks during this time.
If you have any questions, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Department: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Talks:
Wednesday 5 November 2025
Lunch & Learn: From DPAG to Meta Reality Labs – In conversation with Adam Packer
Date: 5 November 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Dr Adam Packer
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Dr Brent Ryan (University of Oxford)
Friday 7 November 2025
Endocrine Stem Cells as Orchestrators of Organ Plasticity and Disease
Date: 7 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Cynthia Andoniadou (King’s College London)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Associate Professor Tammie Bishop (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Thursday 13 November 2025
SHERRINGTON PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE PRIZE LECTURE: Media, Science and Truth
Date: 13 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Mr Clive Myrie (BBC News)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 14 November 2025
A mitochondria-lipid droplet stress pathway drives metabolic flexibility and cell survival
Date: 14 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Associate Professor Robin Klemm (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Lunch & Learn: Working with Industry Partners
Date: 19 November 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Dr Liz Covey-Crump (Business Partnerships Office)
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 21 November 2025
FGF21 signaling activation: Treating obesity at the expense of cardiac hypertrophy?
Date: 21 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Konstantinos Drosatos (University of Cincinnati College of Medicine)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Associate Professor Lisa Heather (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Thursday 27 November 2025
MARIANNE FILLENZ AWARD LECTURE 2025: Cortical codes for generating three-dimensional experience
Date: 27 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Kristine Krug (Otto-von-Guericke University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 28 November 2025
The Neuroscience of Transgenerational Trauma: Just a Matter of Fa(c)t
Date: 28 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Ali Jawaid (Lukasiewicz PORT- Polish Center for Technology Development, Poland)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Thursday 4 December 2025
Formation of common frameworks of cortical neural circuits based on the molecular bases of neuronal migration and collateral formation
Date: 4 December 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
:
Professor Makoto Sato (The University of Osaka)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Cortical alterations in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Professor Alessandro Vercelli (University of Torino)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
SIR CHARLES SHERRINGTON PRIZE LECTURE: May the Force Be with You: PIEZO Ion Channels as Essential Pressure Sensors for Touch, Pain, and Beyond
Date: 4 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Ardem Patapoutian (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 5 December 2025
Fellows Lecture in Pairs: 'Learning-related sensory responses in the cortex and basal ganglia' and 'Neural mechanisms of behavioural flexibility across threat and reward'
Date: 5 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
s:
Dr Andy Peters (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Dr Mehran Ahmadlou (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Thursday 11 December 2025
Reprogrammed neurons and oligodendrocytes for brain repair after stroke
Date: 11 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Zaal Kokaia (Lund University, Sweden)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organiser:
Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
