OxTalks is Changing
OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Department: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Talks:
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)
Endovascular Intra-arterial Delivery of D24-RGD-loaded MSCs for diffuse midline glioma
Date: 4 December 2025, 11:30 - 12:30
Speaker
:
Dr Christopher Young (University of Texas)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Associate Professor Francis Szele (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)
Tuesday 13 January 2025
Axo-spinous communication between the cortex and thalamus
Date: 13 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor László Acsády (Hungarian Research Network, Institute of Experimental Medicine)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 23 January 2025
Hypoxia and cerebral perfusion in the mammalian brain
Date: 23 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Isabel Christie (University of Sheffield)
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)
Friday 27 February 2025
Sugar and Starvation: Metabolic Strategies Across Evolutionary Extremes
Date: 27 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Nicolas Rohner (University of Münster)
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 Mathilda Mommersteeg (DPAG University of Oxford)
