Kay Levendale - Oxford Talks

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Kay Levendale

University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 7 January 2025

13:00 - Unlocking the potential of a pleiotropic cytokine
This is a hybrid event - with the speaker attending in-person and viewable on Teams.
Dr. Ian Hitchcock (Department of Biology, University of York)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Wednesday 8 January 2025

11:00 - "Bookending” leukaemia: the Alpha and Omega of AML evolution.
This is a hybrid event - with the speaker attending in-person and viewable on Teams.
Prof Brian Huntly (University of Cambridge)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 21 January 2025

13:00 - Stressed hematopoiesis yields somatic rescue and secondary leukemia
This is a hybrid event - with the speaker attending in-person and viewable on Teams.
Professor Jean Soulier (Saint-Louise Hospital, France)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 4 February 2025

13:00 - "The tyranny of choice during CRISPR-Cas genome editing"
Professor Jacob Corn (ETH Zürich)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 4 March 2025

13:00 - “Childhood Burkitt lymphoma – Starry sky to Moonshot”
Although this series offers hybrid option, please note the talk will be displayed in 'viewing mode' only, meaning that the Q&A session and meeting chat will be disabled. Any questions following each seminar should be sent to mhu-pa@imm.ox.ac.uk. Attendees in person will be able to ask questions at the end of the talk as usual.
Dr Simon Bomken (Newcastle University)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 18 March 2025

13:00 - “The causes and consequences of hematopoietic stem cell aging”
This is a hybrid event - with the speaker attending in-person and on Teams 'viewing mode' only.
Dr Michael Milsom (German Cancer Research Centre)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 1 April 2025

11:00 - Making ends meet: Repair fate mapping illegitimate recombination
This is a hybrid event - with the speaker attending in-person and on Teams 'viewing mode' only.
Dr Richard L. Frock (Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM
13:00 - Understanding and intercepting somatic clonal evolution in blood
Although this series offers hybrid option, please note the talk will be displayed in 'viewing mode' only, meaning that the Q&A session and meeting chat will be disabled. Any questions following each seminar should be sent to mhu-pa@imm.ox.ac.uk. Attendees in person will be able to ask questions at the end of the talk as usual.
Prof George Vassiliou (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 8 April 2025

13:00 - From Stem Cells in Leukemia to Neurons in Pancreatic Cancer
This is a hybrid event - with the speaker attending in-person and viewable on Teams.
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Professor Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 22 April 2025

13:00 - Exploring functional dependencies in very high risk acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Professor Jean-Pierre Bourquin
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 6 May 2025

13:00 - Mechanisms of competition between healthy and malignant haematopoiesis
Professor Cristina Lo Celso (Imperial College, London)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Monday 2 June 2025

11:00 - Uncovering the signalling mediators of chemotherapy-resistance to inform novel treatments for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Dr Cedric Tremblay (University of Manitoba)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 17 June 2025

13:00 - Targeting Regulatory T cells in Cancer: Means, Mechanisms and New Therapies
Professor Sergio Quezada (University College London Cancer Institute)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Monday 7 July 2025

13:00 - RNA-Lipid Nanoparticle Gene Therapies for Hemostatic Disorders
Professor Christian Kastrup (Versiti Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 15 July 2025

13:00 - Haematopoiesis across Scales: Transcriptional Control, Single Cell Landscapes & Population Dynamics
Professor Bertie Gottgens (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 2 September 2025

13:00 - Proteolysis-mediated regulation of red blood cell maturation
Dr Arno Alpi (University of Edinburgh)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 16 September 2025

13:00 - Decoding and engineering T cell immunity against blood cancers
Mirco Friedrich (DKFZ, Heidelberg)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Monday 29 September 2025

13:00 - Unexpected Mutational Synergies in Cancer
Professor Reuben Harris (PROFESSOR AND CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY & STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SAN ANTONIO (UT Health) INVESTIGATOR, HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE (HHMI))
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 30 September 2025

13:00 - Unexpected roles of DNA methylation in health and cancer
Professor Marketa Tomkova (Ludwig Cancer Research)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 14 October 2025

13:00 - Biology and Therapeutic Targeting of Cohesin-Mutant Myeloid Malignancies.
Dr Zuzana Tothova (Harvard Medical School)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 18 November 2025

13:00 - Bone marrow failure, somatic rescue by p53 inactivation, and enhanced leukemogenesis in germline ERCC6L2 disease
Dr Roman Schimmer (Universitäts Spital Zürich)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Monday 24 November 2025

10:00 - Title TBC
Dr Renata Basto (Institute Curie )
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 25 November 2025

13:00 - Title TBC
Professor Tim Somervaille (Cancer Research UK, Manchester Institute)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 20 January 2025

13:00 - Title TBC
Professor David Kent (University of York)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 17 March 2025

13:00 - Title TBC
Dr Elsa Bernard (Gustave Roussy)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 31 March 2025

13:00 - Title TBC
Professor Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Tuesday 2 June 2025

13:00 - Title TBC
Alba Rodriguez Meira, PhD (Dana Farber Cancer Institute Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM