Name: Professor Doug Higgs
University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine

Events this person is hosting:

Tuesday 17 February 2015

Loss of DNA methylation drives Polycomb redistribution
Date: 17 February 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Sarah Cooper (Dept of Biochemistry, 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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 20 February 2015

'Embryonic Stem Cells: Capture of the Ground State'
Date: 20 February 2015, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Prof. Austin Smith (Principal Investigator – Stem Cell Potency, Wellcome Trust Centre – Medical Research Council, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms A/B
Organisers: David Bartle (University of Oxford, Research Services), Rosie Butler (University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics), Christine Webb (University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics), Susan Wilson (University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics), Paul Harper (University of Oxford, NDM Strategic), Kimberley Bryon-Dodd (University of Oxford, NDM Strategic), Claire Escher Kessler (University of Oxford, NDM Strategic)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 2 March 2015

Epigenetic pathways and their role in cancer
Date: 2 March 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof. Tony Kouzarides (The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Linda Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 3 March 2015

MHU Student Presentations
Date: 3 March 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Helen Doolittle, Joanna Green, Laura Stenson
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 6 March 2015

Functions, mechanisms and therapeutic potential of chromatin looping
Date: 6 March 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Gerd Blobel (The Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 24 March 2015

MHU Student Presentations
Date: 24 March 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Aimee Fenwick, Jon Kerry, Marta Tapia
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 28 April 2015

Population and Rare Diseases Genomics: Any lessons learned about megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation?
Date: 28 April 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Willem Ouwehand (Professor of Experimental Haematology University of Cambridge & Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and NHS Blood and Transplant)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 5 May 2015

Preferentially targeting Jak2-mutant cells in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN)
Date: 5 May 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Ann Mullally (Harvard 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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 12 May 2015

MHU Student Presentations
Date: 12 May 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Akiko Hashimoto, Anthony Cheong, Christopher Booth
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 9 June 2015

Floor meeting - 2 groups will give an update on the research work in their laboratory
Date: 9 June 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Petter Woll (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Dr Kerol Bartolovic (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 23 June 2015

How to build the largest functional domain in the human nucleus
Date: 23 June 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Brian McStay (Centre for Chromosome Biology, National University of Ireland, Galway)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Computational Genomics - Analysis and Training (CGAT)
Date: 15 July 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr. David Sims (MRC Functional Genomics Unit, University of Oxford), Dr Andreas Heger (MRC Functional Genomics 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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 20 July 2015

Defining stem cell states and regulatory networks using single cell genomics
Date: 20 July 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Bertie Göttgens (Dept of Haematology, Cambridge Inst for Medical Research)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 21 July 2015

Inferring clonal T cell fates from single-cell transcriptomes
Date: 21 July 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Mike Stubbington (EMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 27 July 2015

Hematopoietic stem cell function in stress, disease and ageing
Date: 27 July 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Emmanuelle Passegué (University of California, San Francisco)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 25 August 2015

Molecular investigations into -stem cell- ageing
Date: 25 August 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Gerald de Haan (University Medical Center Groningen)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 1 September 2015

The dynamic epigenome - challenges and opportunities for healthy ageing
Date: 1 September 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Peter Adams (Beatson Institute for Cancer Research & University of Glasgow)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 6 October 2015

Title TBC
Date: 6 October 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Ben Goldacre (Dept of Primary Care Health Sciences, 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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 27 October 2015

Floor meeting - 2 groups will give an update on the research work in their laboratory
Date: 27 October 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Bryony Graham (MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM), Dr Neo Wen Hao (MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 17 November 2015

Floor meeting - 2 groups will give an update on the research work in their laboratory
Date: 17 November 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Emilie Servas (The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford), Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 23 November 2015

Transcriptional responses to Ras and Rho
Date: 23 November 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Richard Treisman (Director - Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Linda Roberts (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 1 December 2015

Floor meeting - 2 groups will give an update on the research work in their laboratory
Date: 1 December 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Emilie Servas (The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford), Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 7 December 2015

THIS TALK AS BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED
Date: 7 December 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Michele DeLuca (Professor of Biochemistry, Director, Centre for Regenerative Medicine "Stefano Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Linda Roberts (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 8 February 2016

Harnessing sequencing innovations to identify and implement cancer predisposition genes
Date: 8 February 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Zazneen Rahman (institute of Cancer Research)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Linda Roberts (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 5 April 2016

DNA repair, NAD+ and mitophagy in neurodegeneration and ageing
Date: 5 April 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Evandro Fang (National Institutes on Aging, Bethesda, MD, USA)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Penny Berry (University of Oxford, Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Hosts: Dr Peter McHugh (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 26 April 2016

Single cell gene expression dynamics
Date: 26 April 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Jonathan Chubb (MR Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Wednesday 4 May 2016

Crosstalk between RNA processing and chromatin remodelling as a modulator of genome integrity
Date: 4 May 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Andres Aguilera (Department of Genetics, University of Seville, Spain)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 13 June 2016

Meiosis, recombination, and the origin of a species
Date: 13 June 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Peter Donnelly
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Linda Roberts (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 14 October 2016

Nuclear inositide pathways: Phospholipase C signalling and initiation of cancer
Date: 14 October 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Lucio Cocco (Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bologna, 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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 25 October 2016

Molecular mechanisms regulating human pluripotent stem cell differentiation
Date: 25 October 2016, 12:00 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Siim Pauklin (Wellcome Trust-MRC Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 22 November 2016

Use of single cell transcriptomics to study blood stem cells formation
Date: 22 November 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Christophe Lancrin (EMBL Monterotondo Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, 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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 1 December 2016

New approaches to the investigation of the interactions between enhancers and promoters during haemopoiesis
Date: 1 December 2016, 11:00 - 11:45
Speaker : Dr James Davies (Prof Doug Higgs' Group, Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 2 December 2016

Long-distance interactions in gene expression control: function and regulation by the 3D genome's architecture
Date: 2 December 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Francois Spitz (Dept of Developmental Biology & Stem Cells, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 20 December 2016

Lineage commitment and chromatin dynamics
Date: 20 December 2016, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Frank Grosveld (Erasmus Medical Center, The Netherlands)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

The role of elements binding CTCF and Cohesin in directing tissue-specific enhancer activity
Date: 20 December 2016, 13:00 - 13:45
Speaker : Lars Hanssen (Prof Doug Higgs' Group, Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 28 March 2017

Computational approaches to gene expression and regulation in blood cells and cancer
Date: 28 March 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor David Westhead (Head of the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 4 April 2017

Evolution of tissue-specific enhancers across mammals
Date: 4 April 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Duncan Odom (CRUK Cambridge Institute & WT Sanger Institute, Cambridge)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 2 October 2017

"Identifying the key function of MeCP2 via genetic manipulation in mice"
Date: 2 October 2017, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: The Seminar Room
Organiser: Liz Rose (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 3 June 2019

Engineering genomes, karyotypes and the dark matter of the human genome
Date: 3 June 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Jef Boeke (NYU Langone Medical Center)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 15 August 2019

"The long non-coding RNA CRNDE regulates growth of multiple myeloma cells via an effect on IL6 signalling"
Date: 15 August 2019, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Antoine David (INSERM Unité 976, Université Pari)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 5 December 2024

Transient promoter interactions modulate developmental gene activation
Date: 5 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Angelika Feldmann (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 25 February 2025

Far from equilibrium: supra-molecular mechanism of energy-driven genome regulation
Date: 25 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Sebastian Eustermann (EMBL)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Events this person is organising:

Wednesday 11 November 2020

Higgs & Owens Lunchtime Lab Talks
Date: 11 November 2020, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Dr Jiandong Huo (University of Oxford), Dr Rob Beagrie (MHU, MRC WIMM)
Organisers: Professor Ray Owens (University of Oxford), Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: TBA