Department: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
Talks:

Monday 5 June 2023 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Student Presentation Day 2023
Date: 5 June 2023, 9:45 - 15:30 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : WIMM Students (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Anne Goriely (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 6 June 2023 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

KMT2A-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in infants – an aggressive malignancy with many faces of heterogeneity
Date: 6 June 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Ronald Stam (Princess Maxima Center)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Tom Milne (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Thursday 8 June 2023 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Progressing from genes to therapies in neurodevelopmental disorders
Date: 8 June 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Professor Stephan Sanders (IDRM, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room and via Teams
Organisers: Karen Brown (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford), Karin McLeod (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Anne Goriely (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Friday 9 June 2023 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Innate responses underlying the potent humoral immunogenicity of mRNA - lipid nanoparticle vaccines
Date: 9 June 2023, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Maria Aggelakopoulou (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 14 June 2023 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Leveraging deep neural networks for structure-based prediction of TCR:peptide-MHC interactions
Date: 14 June 2023, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Phil Bradley (Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (University of Oxford, NDM Experimental Medicine, RDM Investigative Medicine Division)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 15 June 2023 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Programmed DNA breaks drive multifaceted mutagenesis in the human germline
Date: 15 June 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Anjali Gupta Hinch (Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room and via Teams
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 June 2023 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Characterising an unconventional integrin (CD61/CD103) on human cancer T cell immunity
Date: 16 June 2023, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Tao Dong (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 June 2023 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Towards a quantitative understanding of somatic evolution in blood: missing drivers, ageing and other puzzles
Date: 22 June 2023, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 9th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Jamie Blundell (Department of Oncology, Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room & remotely via Teams
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 23 June 2023 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

COVID-19 antigen processing & T-cell response profiled by (single cell) proteomics
Date: 23 June 2023, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 9th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Professor Benedikt Kessler (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 26 June 2023 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

Decoding the role of solute carrier proteins in health and disease
Date: 26 June 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 10th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Prof Simon Newstead (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Ketan Patel (University of Oxford)

Thursday 29 June 2023 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

Somatic mutations in normal tissues
Date: 29 June 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 10th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Peter Campbell (University of Cambridge, Sanger Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room and via Teams
Organiser: Karen Brown (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 7 July 2023 (11th Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 7 July 2023, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 11th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Prof. Charlotte Deane (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 July 2023 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 12 July 2023, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 12th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Professor Emma Slack (Department of Health Sciences & Technology, ETH Zürich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (University of Oxford, NDM Experimental Medicine, RDM Investigative Medicine Division)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 September 2023 (20th Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 5 September 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 20th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Prof Chiara Bonini (IRCCS Osepedale San Raffaele)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 3 October 2023 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC - Professor Bo Porse
Date: 3 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Bo Porse (BRIC, Copenhagen)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Tom Milne (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 October 2023 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 12 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Lynne Cox (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Adam Wilkinson (University of Oxford)

Thursday 19 October 2023 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 19 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Sarah Aitken (University of Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ewa Gogola (University of Oxford)

Thursday 26 October 2023 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 26 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Massimo Lopes (University of Zurich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Adam Wilkinson (University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 November 2023 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 2 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Agnel Sfeir (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ross Chapman (University of Oxford)

Thursday 9 November 2023 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 9 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Andrew Jackson (University of Edinburgh )
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ross Chapman (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 23 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Ian Tomlinson (NDM, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room and via Teams
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Sir Walter Bodmer (Department of Oncology, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford)

Thursday 30 November 2023 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

This is a hybrid event - with the speaker attending in-person and viewable on Teams.
Date: 30 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Ana Tufegdžić Vidaković (University of Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Holly Russel (University of Oxford)

Thursday 8 February 2024 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 8 February 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Prof Kodi Ravichandran (Washington University School of Medicine)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Alison Simmons (University of Oxford)

Thursday 7 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 7 March 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Thomas Boehm (The Max Plank Institute of Immunology & Genetics, Munich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Oliver Bannard