Department: Radcliffe Department of Medicine
Talks:
Wednesday 24 April 2024 (1st Week, Trinity Term)
Primordial Origins of RNA Therapeutics
Date: 24 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Wednesday, 1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Michael Ehlers (Apple Tree Partners)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Simon Davis (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Exploring cell-intrinsic innate immunity to advance antiviral strategies
Date: 24 April 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Christine Goffinet (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Prof Jan Rehwinkel (WIMM HIU)
Monday 29 April 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)
Prostaglandin E2 hampers tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte expansion by collapsing interleukin-2 signalling and mitochondrial function
Date: 29 April 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Monday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Matteo Morotti (CHUV, Lausanne)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Jingyi Sang (Nuffield Dept of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford)
Host:
Prof Ahmed Ahmed (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Thursday 2 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)
A break in mitochondrial endosymbiosis as a basis for inflammatory diseases
Date: 2 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Professor Luke O'Neill (Trinity College Dublin)
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)
Friday 3 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)
Transcriptomic studies in the human airways
Date: 3 May 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Timothy Hinks (Oxford Respiratory Unit, NDM)
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
Tuesday 7 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)
Developing in vivo CRISPR system-based technologies to study clonal and malignant haemopoiesis
Date: 7 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Justin Loke (University of Birmingham)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host:
Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Thursday 9 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)
Extrachromosomal oncogene amplifications in cancer
Date: 9 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Professor Anton Henssen (Charite Berlin)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Charlotte Brierley (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Friday 10 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 10 May 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Knight 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
Tuesday 14 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)
WIMM Student Presentation Day 2024
Date: 14 May 2024, 9:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
WIMM Students (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 15 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)
Adult stem cell activity for maintaining a healthy gut
Date: 15 May 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Shazia Irshad (University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: NDCLS Seminar Room, Level 4 Academic Block, access via stairs near Cairns library
Organiser:
Dr Stephanie Jones (University of Oxford)
Host:
Prof Deborah Gill (University of Oxford )
Inflammatory iron dysregulation and stress erythropoiesis: links to long-COVID
Date: 15 May 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Aimee Hanson (Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Prof Hal Drakesmith (WIMM HIU)
Thursday 16 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)
Variations in 3D genome structure between homologous chromosomes and in stimulus responses
Date: 16 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Professor Ana Pombo (Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr James Davies (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Friday 17 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 17 May 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dong 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
Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)
Genomic instability: tumor suppressor BRCA2 and DNA breaks
Date: 20 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Maria Jasin (Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Ross Chapman (University of Oxford)
Brain changes following hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Date: 20 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Winok Lapidaire (University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: CCRF Seminar Room & via Teams
Organiser:
Yvonne Kenworthy (CCRF, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 21 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 21 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Professor James Allan (Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host:
Professor Tom Milne (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)
Wednesday 22 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)
Retroviral legacy in immunity and cancer
Date: 22 May 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr George Kassiotis (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser:
Anne Farmer (University of Oxford, NDM Experimental Medicine, RDM Investigative Medicine Division)
Host:
Professor Alison Simmons (University of Oxford)
Thursday 23 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)
Centrosome function in health and disease: a small organelle with a big reach
Date: 23 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Fanni Gergely (Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Ross Chapman (University of Oxford)
Friday 24 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 24 May 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
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
Thursday 30 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)
From Fragments to Pharmaceuticals
Date: 30 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Harren Jhoti (Astex Pharmaceuticals)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Simon Davis (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Friday 31 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 31 May 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Cornall Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM
Organiser:
Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 4 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 4 June 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Gabriella Ficz (Barts Cancer Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host:
Giulia Orlando (University of Oxford)
Thursday 6 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)
Replication fork plasticity and its emerging role during physiological and malignant haematopoiesis
Date: 6 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Professor Massimo Lopes (University of Zurich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Adam Wilkinson (University of Oxford)
Friday 7 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 7 June 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Udalova 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
Wednesday 12 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 12 June 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Sarah H. Ross (Associate Editor, Science)
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)
Host:
Prof Hal Drakesmith (WIMM HIU)
Thursday 13 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)
How X-linked sequence variation shapes organismal development
Date: 13 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Professor Matthias Merkenschlager (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:
Felice Tsang (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Friday 14 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 14 June 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Borrow 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
Wednesday 19 June 2024 (9th Week, Trinity Term)
Introduction to the Centre for Medicines Discovery: Implementing Drug Discovery in Medical Sciences at Oxford
Date: 19 June 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 9th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Daniel Ebner (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers:
Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford),
Anne Farmer (University of Oxford, NDM Experimental Medicine, RDM Investigative Medicine Division)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 20 June 2024 (9th Week, Trinity Term)
WIMM Day 2024
Date: 20 June 2024, 9:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 9th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
WIMM Academics
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street OX1 1HP
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 21 June 2024 (9th Week, Trinity Term)
Antimicrobial immunity and intestinal inflammation
Date: 21 June 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 9th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Holm Uhlig (WIMM, HIU)
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
Friday 28 June 2024 (10th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 28 June 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 10th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dushek 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
Monday 1 July 2024 (11th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 1 July 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 11th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Sarah Kraus (University of Cape Town)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: CCRF Seminar Room & via Teams
Organiser:
Yvonne Kenworthy (CCRF, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 5 July 2024 (11th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 5 July 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 11th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Paulina Siejka-Zielinska (Simmons Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser:
Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 30 July 2024 (15th Week, Trinity Term)
Title TBC
Date: 30 July 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 15th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Professor Eric So (Head, Leukaemia and Stem Cell Biology Group, King’s College London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host:
Ian Hsu (RDM, University of Oxford)
Thursday 15 August 2024 (17th Week, Trinity Term)
TBC
Date: 15 August 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 17th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Angelika Feldmann (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Tuesday 15 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)
Title TBC
Date: 15 October 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Davide Seruggia (St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser:
Emma Butterfield (MRC, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host:
Dr Adam Wilkinson (MHU WIMM)
Thursday 24 October 2024 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)
TBC
Date: 24 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
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:
Sumana Sharma (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Thursday 7 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)
TBC
Date: 7 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Professor Simon Buczacki (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Alison Simmons (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 12 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Title TBC
Date: 12 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Chiara Bonini (IRCCS Osepedale San Raffaele)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser:
Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host:
Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Wednesday 13 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Multimodal decoding of human liver regeneration and repair
Date: 13 November 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Neil Henderson (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser:
Anne Farmer (University of Oxford, NDM Experimental Medicine, RDM Investigative Medicine Division)
Host:
Professor Alison Simmons (University of Oxford)
Thursday 14 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)
TBC
Date: 14 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Philipp Holliger (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Oliver Bannard (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Thursday 21 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)
TBC
Date: 21 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Rod Mitchell (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Anne Goriely (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)
Thursday 28 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)
TBC
Date: 28 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Paloma Garcia (Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Assunta Adamo (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)