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Department: Department of Biology
Talks:
Wednesday 14 January 2025
The origins and molecular epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 and its ancestors
Date: 14 January 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
:
Dr Jonathan Pekar (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Dr Bernardo Gutierrez (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Bernardo Gutierrez (University of Oxford)
Monday 19 January 2025
Unravelling the ecology and virulence of prehistoric plague
Date: 19 January 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Ruairidh Macleod (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, Seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Prof Craig Maclean (University of Oxford)
Evolutionary novelty across scales: from genes to germ lines
Date: 19 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Cassandra Extavour (Harvard University)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Professor Peter Holland (Department of Biology)
Thursday 22 January 2025
Sociality, heterogeneity, organisation and leadership in animal groups
Date: 22 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Prof Andrew King (Swansea University)
Venue Details: Seminar room 7 & 8, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Dr Katie Dunkley (University of Oxford)
Sociality, heterogeneity, organisation and leadership in animal groups
Date: 22 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Prof Andrew King (Swansea University)
Venue Details: Seminar room 7 & 8, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Dr Katie Dunkley (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 27 January 2025
How Predators Drive Ecology and Evolution in the Past, Today and in the Future.
Date: 27 January 2026, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Professor Tim Coulson (Department of Biology)
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms 7&8
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 2 February 2025
Is the bacterial accessory genome adaptive?
Date: 2 February 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr John Lees (Welcome Genome Campus Hinxton)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organiser:
Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host:
Professor Sam Sheppard (INEOS Oxford Institute and Department of Biology, University of Oxford)
Monday 2 March 2025
Developing Sustainable Public Health Policy Through and Beyond Mathematical Modelling
Date: 2 March 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Joaquin Prada (University of Surrey)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, Seminar Rooms 7 & 8
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Dr Anna Borlase (Department of Biology/Oxford)
