Department: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Talks:

Wednesday 4 March 2026

Lunch & Learn: AI tools for effective working - Administrative Tasks
Date: 4 March 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Anders Reagan (AI Competency Centre, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

iPSC models of Tauopathy
Date: 4 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Kathryn Bowles (UK DRI, University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: This seminar will be held in the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, Phase 1 Ground Floor Seminar Room (20-026). Email: opdc.administrator@dpag.ox.ac.uk for more details.
Organiser: Lorraine Dyson (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 March 2026

A structure-function neuronal network model of the rat nervous system
Date: 5 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Larry Swanson (University of Southern California)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Randy Bruno (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 6 March 2026

Computing the location(s) of sound(s) in the visual scene
Date: 6 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Jennifer Groh (Duke University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Andrew King (University of Oxford)

From Riches to Rags: the nuclear genome in megakaryocytes and platelets
Date: 6 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Beth Psaila (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)

Thursday 12 March 2026

DPAG Anatomy Seminar: Beyond the fixative: “Teaching Anatomy at the Interface of Science, Regulation and Learning Outcomes"
Date: 12 March 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Niels Hammer (Medical University of Graz)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Sharmila Rajendran (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Sharmila Rajendran (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 13 March 2026

SIR CHARLES SHERRINGTON PRIZE LECTURE: Using vision to understand the brain
Date: 13 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Tony Movshon (NYU)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford), Professor Andrew King (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 25 March 2026

Lunch & Learn: Research and the frontier of AI: Mapping the landscape of possibilities
Date: 25 March 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dominik Lukeš (AI Competency Centre, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 March 2026

Dysregulated RNA splicing in neuromuscular diseases and development of potential combination therapeutics
Date: 26 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Andrew Burgland (University of Albany)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Megan Goodwin (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 8 April 2026

Organizational principles of nervous system development in C. elegans
Date: 8 April 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Oliver Hobert (Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Fiona Woods
Host: Professor Gero Miesenboeck (University of Oxford)