Department: Department of Biology
Talks:

Monday 13 October 2025

Integrating Interdisciplinary Strategies to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance in Mycobacterial Diseases
Date: 13 October 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Prof Sanjib Bhakta (Birkbeck, University of London & UCL)
Venue Details: South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8
Organiser: Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host: Prof Rachel Tanner (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 November 2025

Host-pathogen interactions in the diseased lung
Date: 10 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Josie Bryant (Wellcome Sanger Institute)
Venue Details: South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8
Organiser: Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host: Dr Craig Maclean (Department of Biology University of Oxford)

Monday 17 November 2025

Is the bacterial accessory genome adaptive?
Date: 17 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr John Lees (Welcome Genome Campus Hinxton)
Venue Details: South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8
Organiser: Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
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: South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8
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)