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Name: Ksenia Ananyeva
University of Oxford
Events this person is hosting:
Tuesday 13 May 2025
'Infection dynamics in a changing world: from climate drivers to immunity and vaccination’ presented by Jess Metcalf
Date: 13 May 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Professor Jessica Metcalf (Princeton University)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0+1, Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus
Organiser:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Hosts:
Jana Lipcakova (University of Oxford),
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Monday 1 July 2024
International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2024 - Collaboration Beyond Boundaries
Date: 1 July 2024, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Organiser:
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Tuesday 24 September 2024
"Using routine pandemic control measures to uncover epidemic drivers"
Date: 24 September 2024, 12:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Adam Kucharski (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms 0&1, Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Organisers:
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford),
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Tuesday 22 October 2024
"Diagnostics for high consequence infections: discovery to market"
Date: 22 October 2024, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Dr Emily Adams (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms 0&1, Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Organisers:
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Tuesday 19 November 2024
"How to predict the next pandemic pathogen"
Date: 19 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Dr Dalan Bailey (Pirbright Institute)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms 0&1, Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Organisers:
Jana Lipcakova (University of Oxford),
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 27 November 2024
“An Imperfect Storm: A Pandemic and the Coming of Age of a Nigerian Institution” presented by Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu
Date: 27 November 2024, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu (World Health Organization)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: West Wing Lecture Theatre, St Cross College, 61 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LZ
Organisers:
Jana Lipcakova (University of Oxford),
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 13 January 2025
"The Antibiocene: Moving from antimicrobial to microbial stewardship"
Date: 13 January 2025, 16:00 - 18:00
Speaker
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre Richard Doll Building
Organisers:
Jana Lipcakova (University of Oxford),
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Tuesday 11 February 2025
‘Recent experiences of epidemic and emerging infections in the UK’
Date: 11 February 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Dr Richard Pebody (Director of Emerging and Emerging Infections at the UK Health Security Agency)
Venue Details: Lecture theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF
Organisers:
Muriel Lunn (University of Oxford),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 25 February 2025
‘More Than Meets the Eye: Hidden Epidemics in Africa and the Power of Multi-Pathogen Serosurveillance’
Date: 25 February 2025, 13:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah (Global Health and Infectious Disease Research Group at KCCR in KNUST)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre A&B, Centre for Human Genetics
Organisers:
Jana Lipcakova (University of Oxford),
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 17 March 2025
‘Quantitative approaches to confront asymptomatic transmission & pathogens of pandemic concern’
Date: 17 March 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
:
Professor Joshua Weitz (University of Maryland)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Building lecture theatre
Organisers:
Jana Lipcakova (University of Oxford),
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Tuesday 18 March 2025
PSI seminar: "How vaccine human challenge trials to fight highly lethal pathogen pandemics could protect participants" presented by Nir Eyal
Date: 18 March 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Professor Nir Eyal (Rutgers Center for Population-Level Bioethics)
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms 0&1, Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Organisers:
Jana Lipcakova (University of Oxford),
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 23 April 2025
'Rare typicals and non-classical pathotypes: Insights from the genomes of enteric bacteria isolated in Nigeria' presented by Professor Iruka Okeke
Date: 23 April 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Iruka Okeke (Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre Richard Doll Building
Organisers:
Jana Lipcakova (University of Oxford),
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Wednesday 18 June 2025
'Pandemic Therapeutics – bringing coals to Newcastle' presented by Saye Khoo
Date: 18 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Professor Saye Khoo (University of Liverpool)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers:
Jana Lipcakova (University of Oxford),
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Tuesday 15 July 2025
‘Understanding the replication and assembly of the influenza virus RNA polymerase’
Date: 15 July 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Professor Jonathan Grimes (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Big Data Institute seminar room 1 & 0, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford
Organisers:
Jana Lipcakova (University of Oxford),
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Wednesday 27 August 2025
Climate change and emerging infectious diseases
Date: 27 August 2025, 11:30 - 12:30
Speaker
:
Professor Tulio de Oliveira (Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, Stellenbosch University)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms 0&1, Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Organisers:
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford),
Dr Jane Itzhaki (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Tuesday 21 October 2025
PSI seminar: ‘Quantifying social and environmental drivers of health in vulnerable communities from the Amazon to Ahmedabad’ presented by Professor Caroline Buckee
Date: 21 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Professor Caroline Buckee (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: St Cross College lecture theatre
Organisers:
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Thursday 30 October 2025
PSI special guest seminar: ‘AI for antibody design - going beyond the static’ presented by Professor Charlotte Deane
Date: 30 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Prof. Charlotte Deane (University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Hybrid event, MS Teams or Richard Doll Building - lecture theatre. The Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7LF.
Organisers:
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Tuesday 18 November 2025
PSI seminar: 'Globalization, global change and emerging infectious diseases' presented by Professor John Drake
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor John Drake (Oliver Smithies Visiting Fellow)
Venue Details: Hybrid event. MS Teams or Oxford Martin School - lecture theatre Address: Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford 34 Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BD
Organisers:
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Wednesday 3 December 2025
PSI seminar: Bassam Hallis
Date: 3 December 2025, 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker
:
Dr Bassam Hallis (UK Health Security Agency)
Venue Details: Hybrid event. MS Teams or Big Data Institute - seminar rooms 0&1, BDI, Old Road Campus, OX3 7LF.
Organisers:
James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute