OxTalks is Changing
On 28th November OxTalks will move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events' (full details are available on the Staff Gateway).
There will be an OxTalks freeze beginning on Friday 14th November. This means you will need to publish any of your known events to OxTalks by then as there will be no facility to publish or edit events in that fortnight. During the freeze, all events will be migrated to the new Oxford Events site. It will still be possible to view events on OxTalks during this time.
If you have any questions, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Department: Department of Biology
Talks:
Thursday 13 November 2025
From clonal fish and biomimetic robots to Mexican waves of the Sulphur mollies - How individual differences are linked to large scale collective processes.
Date: 13 November 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr David Bierbach (Humboldt University Berlin)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Dr Robert Heathcote (University of Oxford)
Monday 17 November 2025
A Life Identification Number Barcoding (LIN Code) System for Neisseria meningitidis: High resolution multi-level typing of meningococci
Date: 17 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Kasia Parfitt (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Professor Sam Sheppard (INEOS Oxford Institute and Department of Biology, University of Oxford)
Monday 24 November 2025
The evolution of rabbits and the myxoma virus: invasions, pandemics and resistance
Date: 24 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Prof Frank Jiggins (University of Cambridge)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organiser:
Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Hosts:
Prof Sunetra Gupta (Department of Biology University of Oxford),
Dr Bridget Penman (Department of Biology University of Oxford)
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)
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)
