Department: Medical Sciences Division
Talks:

Friday 20 June 2025

Adventures in kidney stone disease: Big data to causal pathways
Date: 20 June 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker s: Professor Dominic Furniss (University of Oxford), Associate Professor Sarah Howles (University of Oxford), Miss Catherine Lovegrove (University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

RESPOND Conference
Date: 20 June 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Trinity College, Broad Street OX1 3BH
Organiser: Professor Peter McCulloch (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monogenic inflammatory bowel disease and autoimmune phenocopy.
Date: 20 June 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Holm Uhlig (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Mitochondria-lysosome crosstalk in health and disease
Date: 20 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Assoc Prof Nuno Raimundo (Penn State College of Medicine)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Prof Ira Milosevic (Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

The role of pathological RNA/DNA structures in Huntington's disease
Date: 20 June 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Chiara Beghe (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1 (20-026)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Sebastian Fica (University of Oxford), Faraz Mardakheh (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford), Lidia Vasilieva (University of Oxford)

Monday 23 June 2025

UK EQUATOR Centre Publication School
Date: 23 June 2025, 9:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Professor Gary Collins (UK EQUATOR Centre, CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford), Dr Jennifer de Beyer (UK EQUATOR Centre, CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford), Dr Paula Dhiman (UK EQUATOR Centre, CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Different Disease Pathways to Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease: Three Genetically-Defined Subgroups with Different Treatment Responses in Phase III Disease-Modifying Trials and Distinct Clinical Trajectories
Date: 23 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Antony Cooper (Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: This seminar will be held in the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, Ground Floor Seminar Room (20-138). Email: opdc.administrator@dpag.ox.ac.uk for more details.
Organiser: Lorraine Dyson (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

Dissecting Reacitve Oxygen Species Biology in Health and Disease
Date: 23 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof David Thomas (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Magdalena Gross
Host: Dr Tal Arnon (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Tuesday 24 June 2025

Capturing temporal changes within the tumour microenvironment to better interrogate immune cell fate
Date: 24 June 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor David Withers (NDM-Centre for Immuno-Oncology, University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Clinical decision support: Examples from Viet Nam in dengue management and the South and Southeast Asian Community-based Trials Network (SEACTN) in Thailand
Date: 24 June 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker s: Dr Chanh Ho Quang (OUCRU), Prof Yoel Lubell (MORU), Dr Abhijit Mishra (MORU)
Organiser: Katherine Kalaris (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

PPI for Research Development
Date: 24 June 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker s: Dr Shoba Dawson (University of Sheffield), Mrs Angeli Vaid (University of Oxford), Mrs Bep Dhaliwal (PPI representative)
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms 1&2, Institute of Developmental & Regenerative Medicine (IDRM), Roosevelt Drive, Headington OX3 7TY
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Ethox Seminar: The end of family authority? The strange case of digital advance directives
Date: 24 June 2025, 10:30 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Michiel De Proost (Ghent University)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

EDI Media Club - "Skeleton War"
Date: 24 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A
Organisers: Dr Christina Heroven (Fernandes Group, University of Oxford), Dr Robert Beagrie (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Robert Beagrie (University of Oxford)

ESOC 2025 Presentations
Date: 24 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)

WRH Seminar: Follow-up after positive cervical cancer screen result in the WHO SEARO region: Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
Date: 24 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: John Radcliffe Women's Centre, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Level 3 Women's Centre, Anne Anderson Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Michael Suttie (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

DPAG KAVLI SIR HANS KREBS PRIZE LECTURE 2025: Advances in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering: Towards Oral Insulin and Artificial Pancreas
Date: 24 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Robert Langer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Professor Dame Molly Stevens (DPAG, University of Oxford), Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford), Professor Dame Carol Robinson (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 25 June 2025

Open Forum 2025: A Solidarity of the Shaken - From Despair to Collective Action
Date: 25 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Dr Alice Norton (University of Oxford), Prof. Judd L Walson (John Hopkins University, USA), Dr. Seye Abimbola (University of Sydney), Dr. Mercy Mwangangi (Social Health Authority, Kenya), Prof. Ntobeko Ntusi (South African Medical Research), Georgia Nicolau (Instituto Procomum, Brazil)
Venue Details: Virtual
Organisers: Prof. Caesar Atuire (Global Health Solidarity Project, University of Oxford & University of Ghana), Dr. Julian Natukunda (Global Health Solidarity Project, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Caesar Atuire (Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford)

Thursday 26 June 2025

If you have MOG antibodies what do you have?
Date: 26 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Patrick Waters (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms A & B, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital
Organiser: Niki Andrew (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Medical Grand Rounds - Genitourinary Medicine - '’Oropharyngeal gonorrhoea infection: Where Mathematical Modelling and Sex Parties Meet'
Date: 26 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Nell Freeman Romilly, Dr Karan Dahele, Ms Katherine Whitaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 26 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Kyle Vaccaro (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2 (20-138)
Organiser: Aleksandr Kovalenko (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Beyond Preventing the Preventable: Health Economic Case for Cardiovascular Disease
Date: 26 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Zanfina Ademi (Monash University)
Organiser: Dr Catia Nicodemo (CHSEO, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 June 2025

Co-inhibitory receptors promiscuously inhibit T cell activation
Date: 27 June 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Sofia Bustamante Eguiguren (Dushek and Van der Merwe Groups, Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

DPAG Researcher Society Seminar: Meet the Fellows
Date: 27 June 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker s: Lukas Krone (DPAG, University of Oxford), Jakub Tomek (DPAG, University of Oxford), Thomas Mulroney (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Jacinta Kalisch-Smith (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Claudio Cortes Rodriguez (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Susann Bruche (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 30 June 2025

CD4 T cells Sans Frontières
Date: 30 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Carolyn King (University of Basel)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Magdalena Gross
Host: Dr Mariana Borsa (Simon Group, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford)

Lister Prize Talk/Balfour Lecture: Adventures in the non-coding genome: uncovering diagnoses for rare disease patients
Date: 30 June 2025, 13:45 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Nicky Whiffin (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host: Elizabeth Thompson (University of Oxford)

Bridging the genomic gap: Breast cancer research in Asians
Date: 30 June 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Prof Datin Paduka Dr Teo Soo Hwang (Adjunct Professor University Malaya; Fellow, Malaysian Genome and Vaccine Institute)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Rooms 71 a/b/c (Ground floor)
Organiser: Yuliia Karpenko
Host: Emeritus Professor Adrian Harris (University of Oxford)

Thinking Outside the Box: Navigating Ethnicity in Genomic Medicine
Date: 30 June 2025, 16:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Professor Anneke Lucassen (University of Oxford), Maxine Mackintosh (One HealthTech), Zeshan Qureshi, Elizabeth Young (West Midlands Genomics Laboratory), Trupti Patel
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Catherine Lidbetter (Centre for Personalised Medicine), Thea Perry (Centre for Personalised Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 1 July 2025

Enhancer-promoter interactions and promoter specificity at the alpha-globin locus
Date: 1 July 2025, 10:00 - 10:30
Speaker : Seren Ford (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A/B
Organisers: Dr Gavin Band (University of Oxford ), Dr Helen Lockstone (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Gavin Band (University of Oxford )

70 years of carotid surgery: have we perfected a soon to be obsolete surgery?
Date: 1 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Mr Dominic PJ Howard (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Joseph Kamtchum Tatuene (University of Oxford)

CRISPR workshop for early career investigators and DPhil students
Date: 1 July 2025, 13:30 - 18:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Merton College, Merton Street OX1 4JD
Venue Details: TS Eliot Theatre
Organiser: Marco Bellini (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Robert MacLaren (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 2 July 2025

Lunch & Learn: Transitioning to Group Leader
Date: 2 July 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Engineering TCR Controlled Fuzzy Logic into CAR T Cells Enhances Therapeutic Specificity
Date: 2 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Sooraj Achar (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road OX1 3RE
Venue Details: EPA Seminar Room
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Omer Dushek (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Thursday 3 July 2025

Integrate multiple dimensions to understand tumor evolution and design new therapies
Date: 3 July 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Elisa Oricchio (Swiss Institute of Experimental Cancer Research)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Medical Grand Rounds - Palliative Care/Pain
Date: 3 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Ethics In Film presents: The Sea Inside (2004)
Date: 3 July 2025, 17:00 - 20:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: The Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune Street, Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1BN
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 July 2025

Iron regulates T-cell memory and autoimmunity
Date: 4 July 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Shamsideen Yusuf (Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford), Dana Costigan (Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

A view of RNA isoform expression across single cells, cell types and anatomical structures in postnatal development of the brain and neurodegeneration
Date: 4 July 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Hagen Tilgner (Weill Cornell Medicine, NYC)
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: IDRM Seminar Rooms 1&2 or via Teams link
Organisers: TBA
Host: Prof. Carlo Rinaldi (University of Oxford)

‘A novel fracture lattice in spiny mouse skin facilitates tissue autotomy and regeneration’
Date: 4 July 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr. Hanseul Yang (Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1, Room 20-026
Organiser: Dr. Jeongyoon Choi (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr. Jeongyoon Choi (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 7 July 2025

Clonal Hematopoiesis and Cardiovascular Disease
Date: 7 July 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Peter Libby (Harvard Medical School)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Room B, Level 6 West Wing, JR
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Genetic engineering of haematopoietic cells using mRNA-loaded lipid nanoparticle, and mRNA-LNP based platelet products and cell therapies.
Date: 7 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Christian Kastrup (Versiti Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

PAEDIATRICS, KAVLI & DPAG SPECIAL LECTURE: Bespoke CRISPR Gene Editing Therapies at Nationwide Scale: an Actionable Path
Date: 7 July 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Fyodor Urnov (University of California, Berkeley)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Matthew Wood (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Matthew Wood (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 8 July 2025

Unsupervised Approaches to Decode the Functional Impact of Genetic Variation
Date: 8 July 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Nathan Palpant (The University of Queensland)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Nicky Whiffin (University of Oxford), Duncan Palmer (University of Oxford)

Innovations in epilepsy diagnosis in Kenya
Date: 8 July 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker s: Professor Arjune Sen (Head of the Oxford Epilepsy Research Group), Dr Symon Kariuki (Africa Population and Health Research Centre,)
Organiser: Katherine Kalaris (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

OUCAGS and Wessex Joint Forum: 'Artificial Intelligence in Multi-Disciplinary Teams'
Date: 8 July 2025, 13:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Tim Underwood (University of Southampton)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Medical Sciences Division
Host: Professor Simon Lord (University of Oxford)

Positive Experience Shifts Fear Memories Away from Basolateral Amygdala
Date: 8 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Melissa Sharpe (University of Sydney (Australia))
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT
Organisers: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford), Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Mark Walton (University of Oxford)

Journal club: The use of the Edinburgh Criteria to diagnose Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and its ability to predict ICH recurrence
Date: 8 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Miss Samantha Foster (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 9 July 2025

Prof Dong Wang - title TBA
Date: 9 July 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Dong Wang (University of San Diego)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Title TBC
Date: 9 July 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
Venue: FMRIB Centre, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Cowey Room, FMRIB Annexe
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Enhancing Health Behaviors: Leveraging Smartphone Data and Electronic Medical Records for Optimized Health Outcomes
Date: 9 July 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Samah Hayek (University of Tel Aviv)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: seminar room 0
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford), Dr Anya Topiwala (University of Oxford)

Thursday 10 July 2025

Oxford Women's Health Forum, Thursday 10 July 2025
Date: 10 July 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Prof. Irene Tracey (University of Oxford), Dr Ranee Thakar (President of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists), Prof. Bola Owolabi (Director of Health Inequalities NHS England), Professor Dame Lesley Regan (Women’s Health Ambassador for England)
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street OX1 1HP
Organisers: Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Nuffield Department of Primary Health Sciences, Department of Pschiatry, Oxford Population Health, Oxford Population Health, NPEU
Hosts: TBA

Medical Grand Rounds - Renal Medicine
Date: 10 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Artificial intelligence for electronic health records
Date: 10 July 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Shishir Rao (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Thomas Nichols (University of Oxford)

OPDC Seminar - talk title tbc
Date: 10 July 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Assistant Prof. Briana R. De Miranda (The University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Venue Details: This seminar will be held online. Please email opdc.administrator@dpag.ox.ac.uk for more details.
Organiser: Lorraine Dyson (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

Friday 11 July 2025

TBC
Date: 11 July 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Sarah McClelland (Queen Mary, University of London)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Fumiko Esashi

Tuesday 15 July 2025

Meta-analysis of the genetic basis of COVID-19 Vaccine response in multi-ethnic population
Date: 15 July 2025, 10:00 - 10:30
Speaker : Bana Alamad (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A/B
Organisers: Dr Gavin Band (University of Oxford ), Dr Helen Lockstone (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Helen Lockstone (University of Oxford)

Ethox Seminar: title tbc
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 15 July 2025, 10:30 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Farirai Mutenherwa (Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Rosemary Rue Rooms
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Call for Papers : Workshop on Immigration, Health and Wellbeing
Date: 15 July 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
Organiser: Dr Catia Nicodemo (CHSEO, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 15 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Bertie Gottgens (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Title TBC
Date: 15 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)

Thursday 17 July 2025

Ideas for accelerated and integrated compute in imaging, genomics, and devices, in Biobank and other datasets
Date: 17 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Ben Busby (NVIDIA)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford), Dr Anya Topiwala (University of Oxford)

Medical Grand Rounds - Infectious Diseases
Date: 17 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 24 July 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Stroke Medicine
Date: 24 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Cross-talk between cell mechanics, cell shape and cell fate
Date: 24 July 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Ewa Paluch (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Paul Riley (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 28 July 2025

Preeclamptic placental extracellular vesicles; a cause of the long-term cardiovascular consequences of preeclampsia
Date: 28 July 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Professor Larry Chamley (University of Auckland)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Hybrid: CCRF boardroom and Teams
Organiser: Yvonne Kenworthy (CCRF, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 31 July 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Dermatology
Date: 31 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Rubeta Matin
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 August 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 5 August 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 19 August 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 19 August 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 September 2025

From the Laboratory to the Clinic: Generating more effective vaccines and therapies
Date: 2 September 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Various (See programme)
Organisers: Professor Sir Marc Feldmann (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS), Professor Fiona Powrie (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatlogy)
Host: Professor Sir Marc Feldmann (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS)

Title TBC
Date: 2 September 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Arno Alpi (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Prof Ketan Patel (University of Oxford)

Thursday 4 September 2025

TBC
Date: 4 September 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Julian Downward (Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 9 September 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 9 September 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Prof Christopher Buckley (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 11 September 2025

Advancing therapy development in ALS
Date: 11 September 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Martin Turner
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford), Professor Masud Husain (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 15 September 2025

Global Surgery Course 2025
Date: 15 September 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 16 September 2025

TBC
Date: 16 September 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Alan Brown (Harvard Medical School)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Dr Girish Mali (Dunn School of Pathology)

Thursday 18 September 2025

Biomechanical contributions to cancer progression
Date: 18 September 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Maddy Parsons (King's College London)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Francesco Boccellato (University of oxford)

Introduction to public involvement with research
Date: 18 September 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker s: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford), Angeli Vaid (Oxford BRC), Una Rennard (Applied Research Collaboration Oxford & TV)
Venue Details: Online - Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 23 September 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 23 September 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Marco Fritzsche (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 25 September 2025

Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis - title TBA
Date: 25 September 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis (University of Cambridge)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Parinaz Mehdipour (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

Friday 26 September 2025

TBC
Date: 26 September 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Hiroki R. Ueda (University of Tokyo)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Fumiko Esashi

Monday 29 September 2025

Dr Hao Wu - title TBA
Date: 29 September 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Hao Wu (Harvard Medical School)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 29 September 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Rema Ramakrishnan (University of Oxford), Claire Carson (University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Hybrid: CCRF boardroom and Teams
Organiser: Yvonne Kenworthy (CCRF, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Title TBC
Date: 30 September 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Marketa Tomkova (Ludwig Cancer Research)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine), Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Anindita Roy (MRC WIMM, University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 October 2025

Dr Elizabeth Patton - title TBA
Date: 2 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard White (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

TBC
Date: 2 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Hironori Funabiki (The Rockefeller University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Hal Drakesmith (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 7 October 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 7 October 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 9 October 2025

Dr Mekayla Storer - title TBA
Date: 9 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Mekayla Storer (University of Cambridge)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard White (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

Monday 13 October 2025

TBC
Date: 13 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Siddharth Balachandran (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Jan Rehwinkel (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Title TBC
Date: 13 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Giacomo Cavalli (Institute of Human Genetics, France)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Lothar Schermelleh (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Title TBC
Date: 14 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Zuzana Tothova (Harvard Medical School)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine), Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Anindita Roy (MRC WIMM, University of Oxford)

Epigenetic memory of 3D genome and Polycomb states in cell physiology and cancer
Date: 14 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Giacomo Cavalli (Université de Montpellier)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Seminar room ORCRB-1
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 16 October 2025

Medical Statistics Drop in session
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 16 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: BDI conference room (lower ground, near the cafe)
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 16 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Pierre Buffet (University of Paris)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Hal Drakesmith (MRC WIMM, University of Oxford)

Monday 20 October 2025

Title TBC
Date: 20 October 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Prof Costanza Emanueli (Imperial College London)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Room B, Level 6 West Wing, JR
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 October 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 21 October 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 October 2025

Dr Manel Esteller - title TBA
Date: 23 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Manel Esteller (Leukaemia Research Institute, Barcelona)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Parinaz Mehdipour (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 23 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Filipe Pereira (Lund University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Giulia Orlando (University of Oxford)

Tracking neurodegenerative tau species in the brain: which species to target, and where
Date: 23 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Steph Fowler (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford), Professor Masud Husain (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

TGLU Talks: (Title TBC) by Professor Prof Marco Carbone from University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan
Date: 23 October 2025, 16:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Prof Marco Carbone (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Venue Details: TBC
Organisers: Professor Holm Uhlig (University of Oxford), Dr Emma Culver
Host: Dr Emma Culver

Monday 27 October 2025

Title TBC
Date: 27 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Gregory Ross (Principle Scientist, Schrodinger)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Phil Biggin (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Thursday 30 October 2025

Dr Elisa Vilardo - title TBA
Date: 30 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Elisa Vilardo (University of Vienna)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Francesco Boccellato (Max Planck Institute for Infectious Biology)

Monday 3 November 2025

Oxford Stem Cell Institute Annual Symposium 2025 "Stem Cells: From Mechanism to Therapy”
Date: 3 November 2025, 9:30 - 18:00
Speaker s: Jamie Hackett (European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Rome, Italy), Madeline Lancaster (University of Cambridge), Phil Jones (University of Cambridge), Manuel Serrano (Altos Labs, Cambridge), Peter Rugg-Gunn (Babraham Institute, Cambridge), Abdenour Soufi (University of Edinburgh), Ian Chambers (University of Edinburgh), Alberto Elosegui-Artola (The Francis Crick Institute, London), Eugenia Piddini (University of Bristol), Paul Riley (University of Oxford), Professor Dame Molly Stevens (DPAG, University of Oxford), Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch), Francis Szele (DPAG, University of Oxford), Prof Richard White (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research), Sarah DeVal (DPAG, University of Oxford), Carlos Rinaldi (Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford), Pakavarin Louphrasitthiphol (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford), Oliver Stone (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: OMS Lecture Theatre, 1st floor. There is level access via powered entrance doors, and then "sesame lift" access up to reception and the ground floor. There is step free and lift access to all areas apart from the third floor attic level.
Organiser: Prof Colin Goding (Ludwig Cancer Research, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 3 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Peter Cherepanov (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Dr. Antoni Wrobel (Dept. of Biochemistry, Oxford)

Tuesday 4 November 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 4 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 November 2025

TBC
Date: 5 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Isidro Cortes Ciriano (EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, 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 Sumana Sharma (Davis Group, University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 November 2025

From Guardians to Foes: Cancer-induced host remodelling and neutrophil plasticity drive tumour necrosis
Date: 6 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Jose Adrover (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard White (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

TBC
Date: 6 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor David Pellman (Harvard Medical School)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor KJ Patel (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Monday 10 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 10 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Sean Munro (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Francis Barr (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Beyond the Scale: The Neuropsychiatry Weight of Obesity in SMI
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 11 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Tomas Hajek (Dalhousie University)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2025

Dr Claire Shannon-Lowe - title TBA
Date: 13 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

TBC
Date: 13 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Bart Lambrecht (Ghent University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Oliver Bannard (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 17 November 2025

Prof Olivera J. Finn - title TBA
Date: 17 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Olivera J. Finn (University of Pittsburgh)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Seminar room ORCRB-1
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Title TBC
Date: 17 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Dónal O'Carroll (Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, The University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Dr Rebecca Berrens (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 18 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 November 2025

TBC
Date: 20 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Bana Jabri (University of Chicago)
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)

Monday 24 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 24 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Edda Schulz (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Amanda Fisher (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 25 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Tim Somervaille (Cancer Research UK, Manchester Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 27 November 2025

Prof Kim Midwood - title TBA
Date: 27 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Kim Midwood (The Kennedy Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

TBC
Date: 27 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Hugh Brady (Imperial College London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Naeema Mehmood (MRC WIMM, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 2 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 December 2025

TBC
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Wolfgang Huber (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Charlotte George (MRC WIMM, University of Oxford)

Monday 8 December 2025

Title TBC
Date: 8 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Lindon (Dept of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Fanni Gergely (Dept of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 9 December 2025

Introduction to public involvement with research
Date: 9 December 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker s: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford), Una Rennard (Applied Research Collaboration Oxford & TV), Angeli Vaid (Oxford BRC)
Venue Details: Online - Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 16 December 2025

Can we Predict the Future of Psychiatry?
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 16 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Benoit Mulsant (University of Toronto)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 16 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 19 January 2025

TBC
Date: 19 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Simon Boulton (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry), Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Nicholas Lakin (Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University)

Tuesday 20 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 20 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor David Kent (University of York)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine)
Host: Professor Adam Mead (Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 26 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 26 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Geert Kops (Hubrecht Institute, Oncode Institute, University Medical Centre Utrecht)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Lars Jansen (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 2 February 2025

TBC
Date: 2 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Julie Welburn (Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, The University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry), Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Francis Barr (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )

Monday 9 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 9 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Sheena Radford (School of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Ben Berks (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 16 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 16 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Helen Walden (Professor of Structural Biology, Head of School (Molecular Biosciences), University of Glasgow)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Dr. Paul Elliott (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 23 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 23 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Clemens Plaschka (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Neil Brockdorff (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )

Monday 2 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 2 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Keith Matthews (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Dr Clinton Lau (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 9 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 9 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Diana Fusco (Dept of Physics, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Stephan Uphoff (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 17 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 17 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Elsa Bernard (Gustave Roussy)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 18 March 2025

Introduction to public involvement with research
Date: 18 March 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker s: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford), Una Rennard (Applied Research Collaboration Oxford & TV), Angeli Vaid (Oxford BRC)
Venue Details: Online - Teams
Organiser: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 31 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 31 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 23 April 2025

Title TBC
Date: 23 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof. Dr. Cristina Paulino (Heidelberg University)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Elena Seiradake (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 27 April 2025

Title TBC
Date: 27 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Iva Tchasovnikarova (The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Prof. Rob Klose (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 18 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 18 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Gautam Dey (EMBL)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Lothar Schermelleh (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 17 June 2025

Introduction to public involvement with research
Date: 17 June 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker s: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford), Angeli Vaid (Oxford BRC), Una Rennard (Applied Research Collaboration Oxford & TV)
Venue Details: Online - Teams
Organiser: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA