Department: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Oxford Branch
Talks:

Thursday 19 February 2026

Understanding and Mitigating Cancer Cell Plasticity: Approaches to Inhibit Metastasis and Enhance Therapeutic Efficacy
Date: 19 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Chris Marine (VIB - KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Richard White (Oxford Ludwig Institute)

Monday 23 February 2026

The Role of Mitochondria in Cancer
Date: 23 February 2026, 11:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Christian Frezza (University of Cologne)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Thursday 26 February 2026

Integrating multiomic and clinical data to produce and validate mechanistic hypotheses in leukemia
Date: 26 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Ruslan Sadreyev (Harvard Medical School)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 March 2026

Cellular senescence as a therapeutic target
Date: 12 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Jesus Gil (MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Friday 13 March 2026

Epigenetic Mechanisms of Histone Mutations in Cancer
Date: 13 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Jennifer Spangle (Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 19 March 2026

Tracing the Evolution of DNA Methylation Mechanisms across the Eukaryotes
Date: 19 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Alex de Mendoza (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Skirmantas Kriaucionis (Ludwig Cancer Research)

Tuesday 24 March 2026

Prof Kim Midwood - Title TBA
Date: 24 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Kim Midwood (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7FY)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)