Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Talks:
Monday 13 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 13 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Matthew Buckland (University of Oxford)
Organisers:
Matthias Winkel (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford),
Julien Berestycki (University of Oxford),
Christina Goldschmidt (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford),
James Martin (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 14 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)
Scientific Writing: Getting Your Paper Published (in-person)
Date: 14 May 2024, 9:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Anna Sharman (Cofactor Science)
Organiser:
James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Innovation Leadership Programme (ILP) - core programme (in-person & online)
Date: 14 May 2024, 10:00 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
s:
Henley Business School (Henley Business School),
Various Speakers
Organiser:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 15 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)
Mental Health and the Thriving Research Group: A discussion by Outstanding Supervisor Award Winners & Group Members.
Date: 15 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser:
Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Thursday 16 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)
Highly efficient monolithic tandem solar cells with metal-halide perovskites
Date: 16 May 2024, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Dr Steve Albrecht (KAUST Research Centre)
Venue: Hume-Rothery Building, Parks Road OX1 3PH
Venue Details: Hume-Rothery Lecture Theatre (wheelchair accessible)
Organiser:
Lorraine Laird (Department of Materials)
Host:
Professor Sebastian Bonilla (University of Oxford, Department of Materials)
Friday 17 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)
Peering beneath the ice: observing the ocean under Antarctica’s floating ice shelves
Date: 17 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Peter Davis (British Antarctic Survey (BAS))
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Some consequences of phenotypic heterogeneity in living active matter
Date: 17 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Philip Pearce (Dept of Mathematics, UCL)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser:
Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Eamonn Gaffney (University of Oxford)
Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)
Time Management (online)
Date: 20 May 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
s:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford),
James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Organiser:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Title TBC
Date: 20 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Guillaume Conchon-Kerjan (King College London)
Organisers:
Matthias Winkel (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford),
Julien Berestycki (University of Oxford),
Christina Goldschmidt (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford),
James Martin (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 21 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)
Thesis and report writing (in-person)
Date: 21 May 2024, 9:30 - 13:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Organiser:
James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Leading Collaboration - bringing people together to achieve the extraordinary (in-person)
Date: 21 May 2024, 10:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Organiser:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
"The pre-animal origins of gene regulatory pathways, from DNA methylation to pluripotency"
Date: 21 May 2024, 14:30 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Alex de Mendoza (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: Biology Mansfield Road, 11a Mansfield Road OX1 3SZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Jessica Bassett
Host:
Prof Aziz Aboobaker (Dept of Biology, University of Oxford)
Thursday 23 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)
Advanced presentation skills (online)
Date: 23 May 2024, 9:30 - 12:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Organiser:
Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Hands on science (in-person)
Date: 23 May 2024, 13:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Organiser:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Infinite Jesters: what can philosophers learn from a puzzle involving infinitely many clowns? - Ofra Magidor and Alexander Kaiserman
Date: 23 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Ofra Magidor (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 24 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)
Volcanic whodunnit: new methods to unravel the source and climate impact of past eruptions
Date: 24 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr William Hutchison (St Andrews)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Open challenges at the intersection of Synthetic Biology and Mathematics
Date: 24 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Harrison Steel (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser:
Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Alex Browning (Dept of Mathematics, University of Oxford)
Monday 27 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 27 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Evan Sorensen
Organisers:
Matthias Winkel (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford),
Julien Berestycki (University of Oxford),
Christina Goldschmidt (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford),
James Martin (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 28 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)
Get that fellowship (in-person)
Date: 28 May 2024, 9:30 - 12:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Organiser:
Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 29 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)
On the behavior of posterior probabilities with additional data: monotonicity and nonmonotonicity, asymptotic rates, log-concavity, and Turán’s inequality
Date: 29 May 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Yosi Rinott (The Hebrew University of jerusalem)
Organisers:
Matthias Winkel (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford),
Julien Berestycki (University of Oxford),
Christina Goldschmidt (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford),
James Martin (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
More Pope-like than the Pope: modern mathematics movement in Czechoslovakia
Date: 29 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Helena Durnová (Masaryk University)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Room L4
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 30 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)
Putting stories to work (online)
Date: 30 May 2024, 10:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
Organiser:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Research Data Management (in-person)
Date: 30 May 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Oliver Bridle (Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford)
Organiser:
Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Mary Snow Lecture: Harnessing plant metabolic diversity for food and health applications
Date: 30 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Professor Anne Osbourn (John Innes Centre, Norwich)
Venue: Biology South Parks Road, South Parks Road OX1 3RB
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 31 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)
Zircon and Plagioclase Chronicles of Volcano-Magmatic Evolution
Date: 31 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Oleg Melnik (Oxford)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Cytoneme-mediated morphogenesis
Date: 31 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Paul Bressloff (Dept of Mathematics, Imperial College, London)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser:
Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Eamonn Gaffney (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 4 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)
Completing Your DPhil (in-person)
Date: 4 June 2024, 9:30 - 12:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
s:
Professor Dimitra Rigopoulou (University of Oxford),
Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Organiser:
Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 5 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)
Networking: A systematic approach (in-person)
Date: 5 June 2024, 9:30 - 12:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Venue Details: LG.03 Statistics, Oxford
Organiser:
Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Thursday 6 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)
Podcast your science (in-person)
Date: 6 June 2024, 9:30 - 16:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)
Venue Details: LG.03 Statistics, Oxford
Organiser:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Friday 7 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)
Modeling the electromechanics of aerial electroreception
Date: 7 June 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Isaac Vikram Chenchiah (School of Mathematics University of Bristol)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser:
Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Derek Moulton (University of Oxford)
Monday 10 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 10 June 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Brett Kolesnik (University of Oxford)
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 12 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)
Project management: the essentials (in-person)
Date: 12 June 2024, 9:30 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Venue: Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road OX2 6PA
Venue Details: Centenary Room
Organiser:
Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Thursday 13 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)
Interviewing for podcasts (online)
Date: 13 June 2024, 9:30 - 12:30 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)
Venue Details: online
Organiser:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Friday 14 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)
Risky Mountains in Paradise: Navigating the Volcanic Tapestry of Island Life
Date: 14 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Richard Robertson (UWI)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
To be announced
Date: 14 June 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Antoine Jerusalem (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organiser:
Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host:
Prof Helen Byrne (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 19 June 2024 (9th Week, Trinity Term)
Leadership in Action
Date: 19 June 2024, 9:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 9th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organiser:
Alison Trinder (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)