OxTalks is Changing
OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Department: Department of Biology
Talks:
Thursday 27 November 2025
The neural basis of the honey-bee dance language
Date: 27 November 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Prof Barbara Webb (University of Edinburgh)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
Dr Cait Newport (University of Oxford),
Prof Geraldine Wright (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life
Date: 2 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Dr Ross Brooks (Oxford Brookes University)
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre, Life and Mind Building, Oxford OX1 3RB
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 4 December 2025
Functional Ecology and Climate Resilience: Wild Bee Biology in a Changing World
Date: 4 December 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Madeleine Ostwald (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, Seminar rooms 7 & 8
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Dr Rachel Parkinson (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Biology Christmas Lecture 2025 - Seismic Senses: from Spiders to Elephants - ONLINE
Date: 16 December 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Dr Beth Mortimer (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams
Organiser:
Dr Sarah Hilton (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Martin Maiden (University of Oxford)
Biology Christmas Lecture 2025 - Seismic Senses: from Spiders to Elephants - IN PERSON
Date: 16 December 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Dr Beth Mortimer (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, Lecture theatre 1, lower ground floor
Organiser:
Dr Sarah Hilton (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Martin Maiden (University of Oxford)
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)
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)
