Name: Professor Doug Higgs
MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine

Events this person is hosting:

Tuesday 6 December 2016

Exploring the role of SCF at the onset of haematopoiesis
Date: 6 December 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Emanuele Azzoni (MRC MHU, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Wednesday 26 April 2017

Assessing the effect of single nucleotide variants on the expression of key human genes
Date: 26 April 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Merlin Crossley (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 8 May 2017

Regenerative medicine by somatic stem cells: the paradigm of epithelial stem cells
Date: 8 May 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Michele De Luca (University of Modena and Teggio Emilia, Italy)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Linda Roberts (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 11 May 2017

Jordan Translational Medicine Lecture 2017. “Cancer immunotherapy by blockade of the lymphocyte surface receptor PD-­‐1”
Date: 11 May 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Tasuku Honjo (Kyoto University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Conference room
Organiser: Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Terence Rabbitts (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford), Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 12 June 2017

Transcriptional and epigenetic control of inflammatory gene expression
Date: 12 June 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Gioacchino Natoli ( Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milan)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Linda Roberts (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 24 October 2017

The emergence of erythropoiesis from the early haematopoietic hierarchy: a single cell-RNA-seq approach
Date: 24 October 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Assoc Prof Merav Socolovsky (University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 31 October 2017

Exploring the mechanisms of haematopoietic lineage progression at the single-cell level
Date: 31 October 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Ana Cvejic (WT-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 5 December 2017

DNA methylation of transcribed CpG islands depends on their transcriptional activity during differentiation and disease
Date: 5 December 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Danuta Jeziorska (MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 6 February 2018

Targeting splicing in myeloid neoplasms - from bench to bedside
Date: 6 February 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor David Steensma (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 27 February 2018

Enhancers of Sonic hedgehog gene expression and making long distance relationships work
Date: 27 February 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Robert Hill (MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 6 March 2018

Gene therapy for hemoglobinopathies: where we are and future perspectives
Date: 6 March 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Giuliana Ferrari (San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Milan, Italy)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 19 April 2018

“Immortal Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Their Epigenetic Regulation”
Date: 19 April 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Margaret (“Peggy”) Goodell (Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 12 February 2019

Mechanisms controlling homeostasis in mammalian epidermis
Date: 12 February 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Fiona Watt (Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine, KCL & CE MRC)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Liz Cloke (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 30 May 2019

cGAS STING signalling in cancer
Date: 30 May 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Eileen Parkes (Health Sciences Bldg, Queens University Belfast)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Sarah Butler (MRC, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medic one)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 9 July 2019

Applying precision medicine to a third world country: an experience from Thailand
Date: 9 July 2019, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Vip Viprakasit (Professor of Paediatrics, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 29 July 2019

“Stem cells for studying dendritic cell development and leukaemia”
Date: 29 July 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 27 September 2019

“Ribosomopathies: Biology, Diagnosis and New Treatment Directions”
Date: 27 September 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Anu Narla (Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, CA,)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 22 November 2019

“Ontogeny of hematopoiesis: making blood before a blood stem cell”
Date: 22 November 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : James Palis, M.D (University of Rochester Medical Center)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 17 December 2019

Re-configuration of chromatin structure during the mitosis-G1 phase transition
Date: 17 December 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Gerd Blobel (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 25 February 2020

Genetic Engineering of Human Hematopoiesis for Treating Inherited Diseases and Cancer
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 25 February 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Luigi Naldini (San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Milan, Italy)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)