Tuesday 24 May 2016 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:00 - OSPREA open day
  Professor Lawrence Impey (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), Mr Christian Becker (University of Oxford), Dr Katy Vincent (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 6 December 2016 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:30 - MitOX 2016
  Various Speakers

Tuesday 23 May 2017 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Automatic Gestational Age Estimation with Small Sample Deep Learning
  Mercedes Torres Torres (University Of Nottingham)

Tuesday 4 July 2017 (11th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - The effects of pregnancy complications on fetal and neonatal cardiovascular development
  Dr. Christina Aye (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 11 July 2017 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - "Protein CoAlation: a novel post-translational modification in redox regulation"
  Professor Ivan Gout (University College London)

Tuesday 18 July 2017 (13th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Mitochondrial dysfunction in the development of neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury
  Dr Claire Thorton (King’s College London.)

Tuesday 12 September 2017 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Follicular environment and oocyte maturation: roles of local peptides and steroids
  Prof. José Buratini (São Paulo State University)

Tuesday 19 September 2017 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - A systematic review of the methodological quality of studies aimed at creating gestational weight gain charts
  Dr Corah Ohadike (University of Oxford )

Tuesday 3 October 2017 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Seminal fluid extracellular vesicles (SF-EVs): an influence on endometrial receptivity? - Helena Rodriguez Caro, DPhil student, NDOG
  TBA

Friday 27 October 2017 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:45 - Maximising collaborative research between India and the UK: Needs and opportunities in light of India’s new national health policy
  If you would like to attend this event, please email premjith.cheruvath@georgeinstitute.ox.ac.uk by Friday 20 October
  Professor Robyn Norton (The George Institute for Global Health), Professor Vivekanand Jha (The George Institute for Global Health India), Dr Shahid Jameel (The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance), Professor Dame Caroline Watkins (Professor ofUniversity of Central Lancashire), Professor Kara Hanson (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Professor Ajit Lalvani (Imperial College London), Professor Maarten De Vos (University of Oxford), Dr Siddharth Arora (University of Oxford), Profesor Stephen Kennedy (Professor of Reproductive Medicine, University of Oxford), Professor Daniel Anthony (University of Oxford)

Monday 30 October 2017 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:00 - 2nd Signal Processing and Monitoring (SPaM) in Labour Workshop (30th October - 1st November)
  TBA

Tuesday 31 October 2017 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - What are the consequences of variability in mitochondria content? Francisco José Iborra from Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Madrid.
  Francisco José Iborra (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Madrid. )

Tuesday 14 November 2017 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - How does chemotherapy drug exposure affect subsequent fertility? (Norah Spears Professor of Reproductive Physiology, Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh)
  Prof. Norah Spears ( University of Edinburgh)

Tuesday 21 November 2017 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - An Introduction to Research Ethics
  Dr Helen Barnby-Porritt (Research Ethics Manager (Medical Sciences), Research Services)

Friday 1 December 2017 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:30 - MitOX 2017 - A one day meeting on the role of mitochondria in Health and Disease.
  TBA

Tuesday 5 December 2017 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - "Self-monitoring of blood pressure before and after pregnancy". Speakers: Prof Richard McManus, Dr Katherine Tucker and Dr Lisa Hinton, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
  Prof Richard McManus (University of Oxford ), Dr Katherine Tucker (University of Oxford), Dr Lisa Hinton (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 13 February 2018 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Dr. Adam Watkins, Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology, University of Nottingham. "From Gamete to Grandad: The Paternal Programming of Offspring Health."
  Dr. Adam Watkins (University of Nottingham)

Tuesday 20 March 2018 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - “The obesity epidemic: Could it be an egg issue?”
  Dr. Kelle Moley (Washington University, St. Louis, USA)

Tuesday 3 April 2018 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - “Ca2+ signals at fertilization and mitochondrial function in mammalian eggs.” Prof Karl Swann, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
  TBA

Tuesday 10 April 2018 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - “The role of genome editing technology for research and as a tool to correct genetic disease in human preimplantation embryos.” Nada Kubikova, 2nd year DPhil student, Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health.
  TBA

Tuesday 24 April 2018 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - “Pregnancy weight trajectories and offspring adiposity." Dr. Elizabeth Widen, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas, Austin. (Organsised by the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology).
  TBA

Thursday 3 May 2018 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:00 - “Advancing mitochondrial disease diagnosis” Dr. Ryan Davis, University of Sydney - hosted by the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  Dr. Ryan Davis (University of Sydney)

Tuesday 10 July 2018 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Is two always better than one? The role of gonadotrophin receptor oligomerisation in reproductive physiology.”
  Dr. Kim Jonas, Lecturer in Reproductive Physiology ( St George's University of London)

Tuesday 17 July 2018 (13th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - "Exploring the factors associated with brain structural changes in women with endometriosis-associated pain”. Miriam Szabó, Undergraduate visiting student (guest of Dr. Katy Vincent, Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health)
  TBA

Thursday 30 August 2018 (19th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Tackling key challenges in neonatal care in Kenya - a role for research? (Neonatal Paediatric Grand Round Meeting)
  Professor Mike English (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 11 September 2018 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - A genome-wide association study for susceptibility to myopia identifies PIK3CG-PRKAR2B locus and lipid metabolism.
  Prof Shea-ping Yip (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Thursday 13 September 2018 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - "Fertility on ice: fertility preservation for adults and children" Free Public Lecture (Examination Schools, University of Oxford)
  Prof Allan Pacey MBE (University of Sheffield), Dr Suzannah Williams (Nuffield Dept of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford )

Friday 14 September 2018 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:00 - 2nd UK Fertility Preservation Conference (St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford)
  Prof Kirsi Jahnukainen (University of Helsinki, Finland), Prof Karla Hutt (Monash University, Australia), Dr Ephia Yasmin (University College London Hospitals NHS FoundationTrust, UK), Dr Geoffrey Maher ( University of Oxford, UK), Dr James Barrett (Gender Identity Clinic and Imperial College, London,UK), Prof Evelyn Telfer (University of Edinburgh, UK), Prof James Turner (The Francis Crick Institute, UK), Prof Cesar Diaz Garcia ( IVI UK), Dr Stine Gry Kristenses ( Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Copenhagen, Denmark), Prof Melanie Davies ( University College London Hospitals, UK), Prof Jackson Kirkman-Brown MBE (University of Birmingham, UK), Dr Suzannah Williams (Nuffield Dept of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford )

Friday 21 September 2018 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Differential miRNomes in PBMCs and plasma EVs from UK biobanked ME samples. Prof Elisa Oltra, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
  Prof Elisa Oltra (Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir)

Tuesday 25 September 2018 (-1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Transmission of mtDNA mutations – Prevention and patterns
  Dr. Suzanne C.E.H. Sallevelt (Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), the Netherlands)

Tuesday 16 October 2018 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - ‘Germline and Pluripotency’
  Dr Harry Leitch (Germline and Pluripotency Group MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS) Imperial College Faculty of Medicine)

Tuesday 23 October 2018 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - ‘Mapping the female reproductive tissue one cell at a time”
  Dr Roser Vento-Tormo (The Sanger Institute, Cambridge.)

Tuesday 30 October 2018 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - “Targeting micrometastasis for the treatment of ovarian cancer" Prof Ahmed Ahmed (Professor of Gynaecological Oncology, NDWRH)
  Professor Ahmed Ahmed (University of Oxford )

Tuesday 13 November 2018 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Endometriosis - Course of a Common Condition. Professor Christian Becker, NDWRH, Co-Director of the Oxford Endometriosis CaRe Centre.
  Professor Christian Becker (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health)

Tuesday 20 November 2018 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - “Using functional genomics to understand patient heterogeneity within disease and in response to treatment”. (Dr Emma Davenport, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge)
  Dr Emma Davenport (Group Leader, Human Genetics, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge)

Tuesday 11 December 2018 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - “Preimplantation genetics: at the intersection of diagnostics, biology and controversy.”
  Prof Dagan Wells (University of Oxford, Nuffield Dept of Women's & Reproductive Health)

Tuesday 22 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - ‘Mapping the female reproductive tissue one cell at a time”
  Dr Roser Vento-Tormo ( The Sanger Institute, Cambridge))

Tuesday 29 January 2019 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - ‘Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Human Germline Development’.
  Dr Walfred Tang (Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.)

Tuesday 19 February 2019 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - “Advanced Molecular Tools for Parallel Protein Analyses, Imaging and Diagnostics”. (Dr Masood Kamali Moghaddam, Uppsala University, Sweden).
  Dr Masood Kamali Moghaddam (Uppsala University, Sweden.)

Tuesday 26 February 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - “Personalising thiopurine and fluoropyrimidine therapies: a tale of three enzymes”. (Dr Tony Marinaki Purine Research Laboratory, St Thomas’ Hospital, London)
  Dr Tony Marinaki (St Thomas’ Hospital, London)

Tuesday 5 March 2019 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - 1st Year Research Student Talks (Chengchen Duan, Toluwalase Awoyemi, Lindsay Baxter, Danielle Perro and Shiyan Tang)
  TBA

Tuesday 2 April 2019 (12th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - “Why are we here?”
  Prof Stephen MacMahon (The George Institute for Global Health)

Tuesday 30 April 2019 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:30 - MitOX 2019 - Annual meeting on cancer metabolism, neuroscience, diabetes, mitochondrial biology.
  TBA
• 13:00 - Genomics of Endometriosis: where are we now, and where are we going? (Prof Krina Zondervan, Nuffield Dept of Women's & Reproductive Health)
  Prof Krina Zondvervan (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 7 May 2019 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - What is Pre-eclampsia? Evolving concepts. (Prof Chris Redman, Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health.)
  Prof Christopher Redman (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 14 May 2019 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - “China Birth Cohort Study: A prospective cohort study to investigate risk factors of major birth defects”. (Prof Wentao Yue, Capital Medical University, Beijing)
  Prof Wentao Yue (Capital Medical University, Beijing)

Tuesday 4 June 2019 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Managing mitochondrial disease: Should we discard or recycle flat batteries? (Prof Jo Poulton, Nuffield Dept of Women's & Reproductive Health)
  Prof Joanna Poulton

Tuesday 11 June 2019 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - The Oocyte-Secreted Factors BMP15 & GDF9: synergism, heterodimerization and beyond. (Dr David Mottershead, School of Pharmacy, Keele University).
  Dr David Mottershead (School of Pharmacy, Keele University)

Tuesday 2 July 2019 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - “An Introduction to Public Engagement”. (Brian Mackenwells, Public Engagement Coordinator, Medical Sciences Division)
  Brian Mackenwells (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 16 July 2019 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - "Mineral metabolism and lactation.” (Dr Fadil Hannan, Director of the Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Oxford Centre for the Endocrinology of Human Lactation).
  Dr Fadil Hannan (University of Oxford )

Tuesday 30 July 2019 (14th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Placental mitochondrial activity and trophoblast fusion. (Professor Tony Perkins, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia).
  Professor Tony Perkins (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia)

Tuesday 10 September 2019 (20th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - NDWRH Seminar: "Obesity in Pregnancy: A Growing Dilemma."
  Dr Karin A. Fox (Baylor College of Medicine)

Tuesday 17 September 2019 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - NDWRH Seminar: “A novel technology to monitor the ECG in fetuses and neonates non-invasively: towards the development of smart wearable devices for mother and babies”.
  Dr. Rodrigo Aviles-Espinosa (University of Sussex)

Tuesday 24 September 2019 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Research & Non-Research Pathways after a DPhil. (Drs Jen Southcombe, Wei Zhang, Michelle Potter, Tiffany Lodge, Karl Morten, and Adele Winsey from the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health).
  TBA

Tuesday 15 October 2019 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - "Digital phenotyping of placenta histology". (Dr Christoffer Nellåker, NDWRH).
  Dr Christoffer Nellåker (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 29 October 2019 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - “Fertility preservation: From stallion spermatozoa to rhinoceros oocytes” (Dr Aleona Swegen, NDWRH)
  Dr Aleona Swegen (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 12 November 2019 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - “Uterine fibroids - common problem but little we know”. Dr Outi Uimari, University of Oulu.
  Dr Outi Uimari (University of Oulu. )

Tuesday 19 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - "The role of genes of the mitochondrial DNA replication machinery in progressive ophthalmoplegia, optic atrophy and retinal degeneration".
  Prof Marcela Votruba (Mitochondria & Vision Group, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University.)

Tuesday 26 November 2019 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - “What is a ‘normal’ vulva? Patient and professional perspectives of normality in relation to vulval appearance”.
  Dr Neda Taghinejadi ( Specialist Registrar in Community Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford.)

Tuesday 10 December 2019 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Mitochondrial Disease in Australian Children – genomics, functional validation and prevention.
  Prof David Thorburn (Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne )
  MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre Seminars

Tuesday 14 January 2020 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Can big data and computer-based analysis help in the quest to prevent oxygen starvation of babies during childbirth?
  Dr Antoniya Georgieva (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 21 January 2020 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - 'The Consequences of Evolving a Placenta - In Fish'
  Dr Joseph Travis (Florida State University)

Tuesday 4 February 2020 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - “Image Based Detection of Neurofacial Differences in Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders”
  Dr Mike Suttie (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 February 2020 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - 'Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and infancy period: implications on childhood health'
  Dr Samuel Y Cai (The George Institute UK, University of Oxford )

Tuesday 17 March 2020 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - "Pituitary signalling pathways as therapeutic targets."
  Prof Shlomo Melmed (Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles)

Friday 3 April 2020 (11th Week, Hilary Term)

• 09:30 - EVENT POSTPONED - MitOX 2020 (Annual meeting on cancer metabolism, neuroscience, diabetes, mitochondrial disorders and general mitochondrial biology).
  Registration is £20 for students/retired and £35 for Post Docs and researchers. Registration is online via the Oxford University store. Please note the last date to book is 20th March 2020.
  Various Speakers

Tuesday 13 October 2020 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Fertility Preservation in Children with Cancer - From Bench to Bedside
  If you are interested in attending this event, please contact Dr Jen Southcombe at seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk
  Rod Mitchell (University of Edinburgh)

Monday 19 October 2020 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:00 - Dr Rebecca Surender, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Advocate for Equality and Diversity
  Use this link to join the Teams Live event: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ODI1ZjE3YzEtNjJjOS00YTc4LTg4MzYtNmIzMTFlODM5OTE2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2239d7a223-55fa-4ba5-94d0-7583191df728%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
  Dr Rebecca Surender (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 20 October 2020 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 11:00 - Dr James Barrett, Fertility Treatment in Transgender Patients
  Use this link to join the Teams event: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjExNmQ4MTItNjFjZS00NmUxLTlhMzgtOTAzZmY0NDBmMmM0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2239d7a223-55fa-4ba5-94d0-7583191df728%22%7d
  Dr James Barrett (Gender Identity Clinic and Imperial College, London,UK)
• 13:00 - Dr ​Clara Barker on LGBTQ+
  Click on the link below to join the Teams live event: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjhiZDgzZDQtYjYzMS00MWI4LTg2ZmUtMTkxZmExNWYyYzFj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2239d7a223-55fa-4ba5-94d0-7583191df728%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
  Dr Clara Barker (University of Oxford), Dr Clara Barker (Department of Materials)

Wednesday 21 October 2020 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Dr Peggy Oti-Boateng, Director of Science Policy and Capacity Building, UNESCO on Promoting Science and Diversity within BAME
  Joining link to follow shortly
  TBA

Thursday 22 October 2020 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Shazeaa Ishmael on Race, Religion and Gender
  Click on this link below to join the Teams live event: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZTEwYTBlMmItYzljMC00ZDBkLThmMGEtNWQwZDc4MmVmNzM5%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2239d7a223-55fa-4ba5-94d0-7583191df728%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
  Shazeaa Ishmael (University of Oxford)

Friday 23 October 2020 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:30 - 'Disability in a world of tradition: why valuing difference benefits everyone’
  Join the Teams Live event using this link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Mjg3ZTE1ODYtODlkZS00MDNjLTkzOGItMjZjMzlhZTlkYWQx%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2239d7a223-55fa-4ba5-94d0-7583191df728%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
  Harry Gable (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 November 2020 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Mitochondrial Disease Provides Insights into Mitochondrial Function
  MS Teams Event- please contact seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk if you wish to join
  Dr Timothy Shutt, Prof Timothy Shutt (University of Calgary)

Tuesday 10 November 2020 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Genetics of traits you don't discuss over Sunday brunch - novel findings for female reproductive phenotypes
  If you would like to attend the seminar please contact seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk for the MS Teams meeting link.
  Dr Triin Laisk (University of Tartu)

Tuesday 17 November 2020 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - A network of macrophages supports mitochondrial homeostasis in the heart
  This talk will be held on MS Teams, please contact seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk for the joining link
  Dr Ana Victoria Lechuga-Vieco (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 24 November 2020 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Shared data environments for the coproduction of health, healthcare improvement, and research
  This seminar will take place on MS Teams and open to Oxford University staff and students only. Email seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk to join.
  Dr James Duffy (King’s Fertility, Fetal Medicine Research Institute, UK)

Thursday 3 December 2020 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:00 - MitOX 2020 - 2 Day Virtual Conference
  The last booking date for this event is Sunday 29th November 2020.
  TBA

Tuesday 9 March 2021 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - The Role of the Microbiome in the Stress of Infertility
  This talk will be held on MS Teams. Please contact seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk if you wish to attend.
  Siobhain O'Mahony (University College Cork)

Tuesday 16 March 2021 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - ‘Tackling taboos and the mysteries of menstruation.’
  This talk will be held on MS Teams. Please contact seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk if you wish to attend.
  Hilary Critchley (University of Edinburgh)

Tuesday 23 March 2021 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

• 12:30 - 'Macrophages inhibit and enhance endometriosis depending on their origin'
  This talk will be held on MS Teams. Please contact seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk if you wish to attend.
  Erin Greaves (University of Warwick)

Tuesday 27 April 2021 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - 'Parental-fetal interplay of immune genes leads to intrauterine growth restriction'
  This talk will be held on MS Teams. Please contact seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk if you wish to attend.
  Dr Gurman Kaur ((Fugger Group) University of Oxford)

Tuesday 4 May 2021 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - ‘Genetic Selection of Embryos in the 21st Century: Polygenic Scores and Procreative Beneficence.’
  This talk will be held on MS Teams. Please contact seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk if you wish to attend.
  Professor Julian Savulescu (Institute for Science and Ethics, Oxford Martin School)

Tuesday 25 May 2021 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 16:00 - Mitochondrial control of innate immunity in disease and aging
  This talk will be held on MS Teams, please contact the organiser for the joining link
  Professor Phillip West (College of Medicine, Texas A&M University)

Tuesday 8 June 2021 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Urogynaecology research in Oxford: Where we are and the future
  this talk will be held on MS Teams, please contact the organiser for joining details
  Dr Matthew Izett (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)

Tuesday 15 June 2021 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - "Gynaecological cancer: The Genomic Gap and how to close it"
  Dr Neil Ryan (UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)

Tuesday 29 June 2021 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Hypoxia and endometrial repair at menstruation
  This talk will be held on MS Teams, please contact organiser for joining details
  TBA

Tuesday 5 October 2021 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - First Trimester Ultrasound Screening for Congenital Fetal Anomalies – Is it time for a national screening program?
  This talk will be held on MS Teams. Please contact the organiser for the joining link.
  Dr Jehan Karim (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 19 October 2021 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - The role of the microbiome in fatigue: does sex make a difference?
  This seminar is taking place on MS Teams. Please contact the organiser if you wish to attend.
  Dr Karl Morten (Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 26 October 2021 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Evaluating the INTER-NDA for standardised neurodevelopmental screening at 2 years of age for all children born preterm
  This talk will be held on MS Teams, please contact the organiser if you wish to join.
  Dr Josephine Agyeman-Duah (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 16 November 2021 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Endometriosis, not just a pain in the pelvis
  This talk will be held on MS Teams, please contact the organiser for the joining link should you wish to attend.
  Dr Katy Vincent (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 January 2022 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Is there a new treatment option for ectopic pregnancy on the horizon?
  This talk will take place on MS Teams, please contact the organiser for the link should you wish to join
  Professor Andrew Horne (The University of Edinburgh)

Tuesday 25 January 2022 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Heteroplasmy of wild type mitochondrial DNA variants in mice causes metabolic heart disease with pulmonary hypertension and frailty
  This talk will take place via Zoom. Please contact the organiser for joining details.
  Ana Lechuga-Vieco (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS)

Tuesday 1 March 2022 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - ‘How to grow rhinoceros in the lab?’
  please book your place by e-mailing seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk for the link to join virtually.
  Dr Riuth Appeltant (University of Oxford, NDWRH)

Friday 25 March 2022 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

• 12:00 - The making of an embryo: spatial profiling of primate gastrulation
  This talk will be hybrid, taking place in the Anne Anderson Lecture Theatre and on Zoom. Please contact the organiser to join.
  Dr Chris Penfold (University of Cambridge)

Friday 8 April 2022 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:00 - MitOX
  Venue: This event will be hybrid. It will take place on Zoom and in-person attendance will take place in the Academic Block at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU When we know more about the allowed numbers for in-person attendance due to COVID-19 guidelines, we will be launching an option for registering face to face (there will be a registration charge of £30 for those attending in person).
  Various Speakers

Tuesday 3 May 2022 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - What is the link between electronic fetal monitoring, wearables and the future of clinical trials?
  This talk is hybrid, it will take place in both the Anne Anderson Lecture Theatre and on Zoom.
  Professor Martin Daumer (Technical University of Munich)

Tuesday 10 May 2022 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - The role of the integrated stress response systems in the pathophysiology of chronic abdominal pain
  Please book your place by e-mailing seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk for the link to join virtually.
  Prof. Qasim Aziz (Queen Mary University London)

Tuesday 17 May 2022 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Investigating non-linear associations between serum luteal progesterone levels and treatment outcomes in frozen embryo transfer cycles (ProFET): results of a multicentre prospective study and current state of the art
  This talk is hybrid, it will take place in both the Anne Anderson Lecture Theatre and on Zoom.
  Dr Pedro Melo (University of Birmingham)

Wednesday 25 May 2022 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Unhappy mitochondria stress out lysosomes and keep away from ER
  Dr Nuno Raimundo (Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal.)

Friday 10 June 2022 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 10:00 - International Online Symposium: "Nanotechnology for Healthcare: Clinical and Industrial Perspectives".
  The online symposium is open for anyone to attend, all participants will receive certificate of attendance (subject to 90% attendance) after the event. For further information please email: nanoforhealth22@gmail.com
  TBA

Tuesday 28 June 2022 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Tackling major complications of pregnancy: New strategies to understand and treat the underlying pathophysiology
  This talk is hybrid, it will take place via Zoom and in the Anne Anderson Lecture Theatre, Please contact seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk if you wish to attend.
  Prof Natalie Hannan (University of Melbourne)

Tuesday 5 July 2022 (11th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Molecular Pathogenesis of Pituitary Tumours
  This talk is hybrid, it will take place via Zoom and in the Anne Anderson Lecture Theatre. Please contact seminars@wrh.ox.ac.uk if you wish to attend.
  Prof. Shlomo Melmed, (Cedars Sinai)

Tuesday 11 October 2022 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Kisspeptin in the male brain
  Dr Lysia Demetriou (NDWRH, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 October 2022 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Current status of IVF add-ons including artificial intelligence
  Dr Andrew Thomson (CRWG group)

Tuesday 1 November 2022 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Assessing autonomic dysregulation to identify high-risk pregnancies
  Maretha Bester (Eindhoven University of Technology)

Tuesday 15 November 2022 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Menstrual and Mental Health: Our Plans in the Menarche, Menstruation, Menopause and Mental Health (4M) Consortium
  Dr Gemma Sharp (University of Exeter)

Tuesday 22 November 2022 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - The impact of menopause in Brazilian women's health
  Professor Ivaldo Silva (UNIFESP)

Tuesday 29 November 2022 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Outpatient Hysteroscopy is a Painful Procedure
  Dr Richard Harrison (University of Reading)

Tuesday 6 December 2022 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - An update from the ESHRE endometriosis guidelines
  Professor Christian Becker (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health)

Tuesday 24 January 2023 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Development of Cell Free RNA Markers for Preeclampsia and Preterm Birth: Motivation, Method and (Potential) Clinical Meaning
  Dr Thomas McElrath (Harvard School of Public Health)

Tuesday 7 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Understanding endometrial function for fertility, food, and health
  Professor Niamh Forde (Professor and Chair of Molecular Reproductive Biosciences University of Leeds)

Tuesday 21 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - The good egg: on the onset of transcription in mouse and human embryos
  Professor Tony Perry (Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath)

Tuesday 28 February 2023 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Brain activity, endogenous pain inhibition, and psychological changes in patients with endometriosis
  Claire Lunde (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 March 2023 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Plenty of room under the skin: A wearable’s perspective
  Dr Sheng Xu (University of California San Diego)

Tuesday 14 March 2023 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - ‘Really no-one is going to read that information leaflet….’ PPI and Women’s Health research.
  Dr Sharon Dixon (University of Oxford), Danielle Perro (University of Oxford), Emma Evans (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 21 March 2023 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

• 11:00 - Effective embryo-maternal interaction key for successful pregnancy outcome; role of the PreImplantation Factor (PIF)
  Dr Eytan Barnea (Senior Consultant for fertility and endocrine patients at Trinity Care)

Tuesday 28 March 2023 (11th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Neuroimmunometabolism
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Professor Ana Domingos (University of Oxford, DPAG)

Friday 21 April 2023 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:00 - MitOX 2023
  TBA

Tuesday 25 April 2023 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Outpatient Hysteroscopy is a Painful Procedure
  Dr Richard Harrison (University of Reading)

Tuesday 9 May 2023 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Can endometriosis be treated with viral therapies?
  Dr David Cole (Cardiff University)

Tuesday 16 May 2023 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - An introduction to Cellular and Molecular Therapies at NHS Blood and Transplant
  Dr Gurman Kaur (NHS Blood and Transplant and University of Oxford)

Thursday 18 May 2023 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Upregulation of long non-coding RNA NEAT1 and paraspeckles by lysosomal stress
  Dr Maria Perander (Department of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway)

Tuesday 23 May 2023 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - From Wild Cats to Women’s Heath: A Holistic Conservation Approach in East Africa
  Amy Dickman (University of Oxford)

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

• 13:00 - Microfluidic innovation for gene and drug delivery
  Professor Jeung Sang Go (Pussan National University, South Korea)

Tuesday 20 June 2023 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - The importance of chronic Infections in chronic disease and the potential role of mitochondria
  Professor Karl Morten (Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 27 June 2023 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Atlantic Imaging
  Alan Tilly (Atlantic Imaging)

Tuesday 4 July 2023 (11th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Divisional support for collaborative research with industry
  Denitsa Filipova (Business Partnerships Associate)

Tuesday 11 July 2023 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - The Translational Research Office: How can we help?
  Kavita Subramaniam (University of Oxford)

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

• 10:00 - MSc Clinical Embryology Research Talks
  TBA

Monday 17 July 2023 (13th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - The physiology of intrapartum fetal heart rate patterns: set in stone or ready to be rewritten? And briefly: are delayed anti-inflammatories the key to preterm white matter injury?
  Christopher Lear (Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Tuesday 1 August 2023 (15th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Mitochondrial DNA maintenance in mammals and beyond
  Dr Iain Johnston (Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen)

Tuesday 22 August 2023 (18th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Developing a blood cell-based diagnostic test for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome using peripheral blood mononuclear cells
  Professor Karl Morten (Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford)

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

• 13:00 - Unravelling the transcriptomic changes in the human mammary gland during lactation under health and disease states
  Dr Yarden Golan Maor (UC San Francisco)

Tuesday 10 October 2023 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Dissecting bacterial host-pathogen interactions
  Dr Maddie Moule (University of Edinburgh)

Tuesday 17 October 2023 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - tRNA fragments in preeclampsia
  William Cooke (Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 31 October 2023 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Menstrual justice in low- and middle-income countries: Achieving the right to a good period in Nepal
  Melanie Channon (University of Bath)

Tuesday 7 November 2023 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Towards eliminating minimal residual disease in ovarian cancer to prevent recurrence
  Professor Ahmed Ahmed (University of Oxford )

Monday 13 November 2023 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:00 - Oxosome 2023 – Fifth Annual Meeting
  Various Speakers

Tuesday 14 November 2023 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Careers Support for Researchers
  Dr Susan Black (Oxford University Careers Service)

Tuesday 21 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - "It hurts every month’’—Thoracic endometriosis, a challenge for pleural physicians
  Beenish Iqbal (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 28 November 2023 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - The role of eutopic endometrial CD8+ T cells in adverse reproductive outcomes
  Ana Kisovar (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 9 January 2024 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - First Year Research Students
  TBA

Tuesday 16 January 2024 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - First Year Research Students
  TBA

Tuesday 23 January 2024 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Demystifying Narrative CVs
  Dr Susan Black (Oxford University Careers Service)

Tuesday 30 January 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - First Year Research Students
  TBA

Tuesday 6 February 2024 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:00 - Litchfield Lecture
  Professor Seang Lin Tan (McGill University)

Tuesday 20 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - What is qualitative research and why do we bother?
  Francine Toye (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 27 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Fully automated assessment of placenta from ultrasound – How did we get there?
  Dr. Yi Yin (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 5 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Perinatal Mental Health Project (PMHP): lessons from integrating mental health into maternity services in South Africa over two decades.
  Professor Simone Honikman (University of Cape Town)

Tuesday 12 March 2024 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Overview of research into the endocrinology of human lactation
  Dr Fadil Hannan (University of Oxford ), Xin Meng (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Taha Elajnaf (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Michelle Ma (NDWRH, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 26 March 2024 (11th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis: the long journey from basic science to clinical practice
  Arne Vanhie (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium,)

Thursday 11 April 2024 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - The genomic compass of cell fate: how aneuploidy impacts the first week of human development
  Professor Claudia Spits (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Friday 12 April 2024 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:30 - MitOX 2024
  Daniel Missailidis (La Trobe), Ling Li (University of Minnesota), Glen Jeffery (UCL), Derek Narendra (NIH), Jose Antonio Enriquez (CNIC, Madrid), Dylan Ryan (Cambridge), Ilsa Pienaar (Birmingham)

Tuesday 16 April 2024 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Placenta-brain communication in preeclampsia. What we have learnt from preclinical models.
  Professor Carlos Alonso Escudero Orozco (University of Bio Bio)