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Department: Department of Biology
Talks:
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Stem cell defects in in vitro cultured human parasites and alternative methods for understanding sexual development of schistosomes.
Date: 10 February 2026, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, Seminar Rooms 7&8
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Tim Barraclough (University of Oxford)
Thursday 12 February 2026
Platynereis dumerilii as a model of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in invertebrates
Date: 12 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Marc Ramos Llorens (Spanish National Research Council)
Venue Details: Seminar rooms 7 & 8 in the Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Professor Geraldine Wright (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 17 February 2026
It’s Raining Algorithms: How Evolution Acquires an Inbuilt Occam’s Razor
Date: 17 February 2026, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Prof. Ard Louis (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms 7&8
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Tim Barraclough (University of Oxford)
Thursday 19 February 2026
The multisensory basis of directed long-distance navigation in the nocturnal Australian Bogong moth
Date: 19 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Prof Eric Warrant (University of Lund)
Venue Details: Seminar rooms 7 & 8 in the Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Dr Tim Guilford (University of Oxford)
Monday 23 February 2026
When parasitology meets cell biology: Mechanistic insights into the functional biology of schistosomes.
Date: 23 February 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Prof Tony Walker (Kingston University London)
Venue Details: Seminar rooms 7 & 8, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Prof Gabriel Rinaldi (Department of Biology, University of Oxford)
Tuesday 24 February 2026
Ecological speciation in African Crater Lake Cichlid Fishes
Date: 24 February 2026, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, Seminar Rooms 7&8
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Tim Barraclough (University of Oxford)
Monday 2 March 2026
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)
Thursday 12 March 2026
Tracking bees in the landscape using Bluetooth and Bayes
Date: 12 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Michael Smith (University of Sheffield)
Venue Details: Seminar rooms 7 & 8 in the Life and and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Dr Jonathan Pattrick (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and beyond
Date: 15 April 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Kei Sato (University of Tokyo)
Venue Details: Seminar room 6 in the Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 11 May 2026
Multiscale modelling of dementia: from proteins to neuronal activity
Date: 11 May 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Prof Alain Goriely, FRS (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar rooms 7 & 8 in the Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Prof Sunetra Gupta (Department of Biology)
