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Name: Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton
DPAG, University of Oxford
Events this person is speaking at:
Friday 13 November 2015
Dr Samira Lakhal-Littleton : A novel pathway of cardiac iron regulation that is critical for heart function
Date: 13 November 2015, 13:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: DPAG Large Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, OX1 3PT
Organiser:
Sarah Noujaim (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host:
Professor Peter Robbins (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Thursday 15 July 2021
The Physiological Society’s Bayliss Starling Prize Lecture
Date: 15 July 2021, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
:
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 1 July 2022
DPAG Heroines
Date: 1 July 2022, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker
s:
Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft (University of Oxford ),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Nicola Smart (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Monday 2 October 2023
Maternal iron status as a determinant of cardiac adaptations to pregnancy
Date: 2 October 2023, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Hybrid meeting - CCRF, level 1, JR and Teams
Organisers:
Laura Bourne (CVM, University of Oxford),
Yvonne Kenworthy (CCRF, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Events this person is hosting:
Friday 1 March 2024
Iron in health and disease
Date: 1 March 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Domenico Girelli (University Hospital of Verona)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Friday 13 October 2023
Mapping sounds into space
Date: 13 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Jenny Bizley (UCL Ear Institute)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser:
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Andrew King (University of Oxford)
Friday 20 October 2023
Advanced biomimetic 3D models to mimic tumour-stroma
Date: 20 October 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Umber Cheema (UCL)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 3 November 2023
Identifying novel regulators of insulin-stimulated glucose uptake from ‘omics analyses
Date: 3 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Daniel Fazakerley (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Associate Professor Robin Klemm (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 10 November 2023
Human Metabolic Adaptation to High-Altitude Hypoxia
Date: 10 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Andrew Murray (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Associate Professor Lisa Heather (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 17 November 2023
The nucleus as a dynamic metabolic compartment linking nutrients to chromatin modification
Date: 17 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Sophie Trefely (Babraham Institute)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Pawel Swietach (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG), University of Oxford)
Friday 24 November 2023
The brain control of appetite and bodyweight: Is obesity a choice?
Date: 24 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Giles Yeo (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Ana Domingos (University of Oxford, DPAG)
Friday 1 December 2023
Selective neuronal vulnerability in neurodegeneration and dementia
Date: 1 December 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Hugo Ribeiro Fernandes (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
AI-driven brain-wide principles of learning
Date: 1 December 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 19 January 2024
Curiouser and curiouser: regulating the remarkable dynamics inside killer T cells
Date: 19 January 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Gillian Griffiths (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre, Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Associate Professor Robin Klemm (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 26 January 2024
Metabo-epigenetic signalling in Heart Failure
Date: 26 January 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Dr Johannes Backs (Heidelberg University Hospital)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Associate Professor Lisa Heather (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 2 February 2024
Harnessing human hypothalamic platforms to find the next Ozempic
Date: 2 February 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Florian T. Merkle (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 9 February 2024
Rethinking the role of alpha-synuclein aggregation in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease and synucleinopathies
Date: 9 February 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Hilal Lashuel (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 23 February 2024
Using chemogenetics to silence nociceptors and treat persistent pain
Date: 23 February 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor David Bennett (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Professor David Paterson (University of Oxford)
Friday 1 March 2024
Iron in health and disease
Date: 1 March 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Domenico Girelli (University Hospital of Verona)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 8 March 2024
Keeping mitochondria in shape: a matter of life and death
Date: 8 March 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Luca Scorrano (University of Padua, Italy)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Associate Professor Robin Klemm (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 26 April 2024
New views on cleared tissue and live dendrites
Date: 26 April 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Fritjof Helmchen (University of Zurich)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Randy Bruno (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 3 May 2024
Blood-Brain Barrier Dynamics in Vascular Dementia: Unravelling the Tripartite Crosstalk between the Endothelium, Pericytes, and Microglia
Date: 3 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Axel Montagne (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 10 May 2024
Bradyarrhythmias: New mechanisms and treatments
Date: 10 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Alicia D'Souza (Imperial College London)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor David Paterson (University of Oxford)
Friday 17 May 2024
Immune and inflammatory mechanisms in stroke
Date: 17 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Stuart Allan (University of Manchester)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 24 May 2024
Neuroimmune signalling within and across brain borders regulating synaptic fate in neurodegeneration
Date: 24 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Soyon Hong (UCL)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 18 October 2024
Causes and consequences of Tau Pathology in AD and FTD
Date: 18 October 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Karen Duff (University College London)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 25 October 2024
Clash of Titans: AMPK Challenges O-GlcNAcylation in the Failing Heart
Date: 25 October 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Luc Bertrand (University of Louvain)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Associate Professor Lisa Heather (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 8 November 2024
Regulation of claudin-5 at the blood brain barrier in health and disease
Date: 8 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Matthew Campbell (Trinity College, Dublin)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 15 November 2024
HIF-2 in oxygen chemosensitivity and paragangliomas
Date: 15 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Associate Professor Tammie Bishop (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 22 November 2024
GL BROWN PRIZE LECTURE: Beyond pretty pictures: Human neuroimaging as a tool for physiology in the 21st Century
Date: 22 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Charlotte Stagg (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 29 November 2024
hnRNP K pathology in neurodegenerative diseases
Date: 29 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Tammaryn Lashley (University College London)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 24 January 2025
Lost in Space: Linking Spatial Disorientation to Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice and Humans
Date: 24 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Tim Viney (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 31 January 2025
Synaptic propagation of tau in Alzheimer’s disease and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Date: 31 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Tara Spires-Jones (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 7 February 2025
A depth map of visual space in the primary visual cortex
Date: 7 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Petr Znamenskiy (Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Associate Professor Armin Lak (University of Oxford)
Friday 14 February 2025
Regulation of ATP Production by Mitochondria
Date: 14 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Liron Boyman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 28 February 2025
Modelling cerebral Small Vessel Disease in a dish – towards new treatments
Date: 28 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Alessandra Granata (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 7 March 2025
Is brain myelin an energy source/store?
Date: 7 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Carlos Matute (University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU))
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 14 March 2025
Dementia: the role of the microvasculature
Date: 14 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor David Attwell (University College London)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 2 May 2025
Why the drugs should work: A deep cellular atlas reveals a mechanistic overlap between Parkinson’s disease and Type 2 Diabetes
Date: 2 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Caleb Webber (UK Dementia Research Institute and Cardiff University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 9 May 2025
Developmental programmes in cancer
Date: 9 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Richard White (Ludwig Cancer Research, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 16 May 2025
Pathways for the entry and exit of solutes and proteins into and from the brain. Implications for neurological diseases
Date: 16 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Roxana Carare (University of Southampton)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 23 May 2025
Revisiting oxygen transport by red cells: getting excited about the most boring cell
Date: 23 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Pawel Swietach (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG), University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Friday 6 June 2025
Oxygen Homeostasis – new insights into an ancient problem
Date: 6 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers:
Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford),
Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
