Name: Melanie Witt
University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics

Events this person is hosting:

Friday 15 December 2017 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

An introduction to Alzheimer's Research UK
Date: 15 December 2017, 13:05 - 14:05 (Friday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: NDMRB Basement Seminar Room
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)

Events this person is organising:

Thursday 26 February 2015 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Unbiased Approaches to Parkinson's Disease Biomarker Discovery
Date: 26 February 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2015)
Speaker : Prof. Alice Chen-Plotkin (Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Library (please note that the front door closes at 4pm)
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 April 2015 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

Neuroinflammation Influenced by Parkinson's Disease genes SNCA and LRRK2
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 16 April 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, -1st week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, 2nd floor
Organisers: Sara Bouskela (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)), Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 April 2015 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

OPDC Research Day 2015
Date: 20 April 2015, 9:00 - 17:30 (Monday, 0th week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Andrew Wiles Building
Organisers: Sara Bouskela (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)), Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 May 2015 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Prof. Steven Gill "GDNF: Back to the Clinic"
Date: 5 May 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Professor Steven S Gill MB FRCS MS (Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, North Bristol NHS Trust)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Library, please note the building closes at 4pm
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 November 2015 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Prof Giovanna Mallucci: Neurodegeneration: molecules to medicines
Date: 24 November 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Professor Giovanna Mallucci (Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, 2nd floor (note main door closes at 4pm)
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 19 January 2016 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Elucidation of a set of validated physiological substrates for the Parkinson’s LRRK2 kinase
Date: 19 January 2016, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Hilary 2016)
Speaker : Prof. Dario Alessi (MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, University of Dundee)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, 2nd floor (note main door closes at 4pm)
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 16 February 2016 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Does alpha-synuclein pathology spread in the brain?
Date: 16 February 2016, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2016)
Speaker : Professor Miquel Vila (Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (Barcelona))
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, 2nd floor (note main door closes at 4pm)
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 June 2016 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Professor Jia-Yi Li - 'Prion-like pathology propagation in Parkinson’s disease: the present standing'
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 21 June 2016, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 9th week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker : Professor Jia-Yi Li (Lund University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre (note main door closes at 4pm)
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 12 July 2016 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

Cellular processing of Alpha-synuclein : implications for Parkinson’s Disease
Date: 12 July 2016, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 12th week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker : Mark Cooper (UCL Institute of Neurology)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, please note doors are locked at 4pm
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 15 November 2016 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

What if we could target ageing in Parkinson’s disease?
Date: 15 November 2016, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Mickael Decressac (Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, please note doors are locked at 4pm
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 5 December 2016 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration caused by defective synaptic vesicle recycling
Date: 5 December 2016, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Dr. Ira Milosevic (European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library
Organisers: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics), Sara Bouskela (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG))
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 8 December 2016 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Huntington’s Disease In A Dish: Current progress and future perspectives
Date: 8 December 2016, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Professor Nick Allen (University of Cardiff)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, please note doors are locked at 4pm
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 14 December 2016 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Making the most of your microscopy images with CellProfiler and CellProfiler Analyst
Date: 14 December 2016, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Dr Beth Cimini (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre (2nd floor)
Organisers: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics), Sara Bouskela (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG))
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 January 2017 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Transgenic models of Parkinson's disease
Date: 17 January 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker : Olaf Horst Rieß (University of Tübingen)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, please note doors are locked at 4pm
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 February 2017 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Deadly cargoes: extracellular synuclein and Parkinson's disease progression
Date: 14 February 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker : Kostas Vekrellis (Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library,
Organisers: Sara Bouskela (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)), Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 March 2017 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

OPDC Research Day
Date: 20 March 2017, 9:15 - 17:15 (Monday, 10th week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker s: Prof. Dr. Birgit Liss (Ulm University), Professor Masud Husain (University of Oxford), Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford), Dr Thomas Barber (University of Oxford ), Siddharth Arora (University of Oxford ), Johannes Klein (University of Oxford), Dr George Tofaris (University of Oxford ), Dr Laura Parkkinen (University of Oxford ), Dr Jimena Monzon Sandoval (University of Oxford ), Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly (University of Oxford), Dr Brent Ryan (University of Oxford ), Dr Natalie Connor-Robson (Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC), DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Paul Dodson (University of Oxford, MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit), Dr Sarah Threlfell (University of Oxford )
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Organisers: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics), Sara Bouskela (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG))
Hosts: TBA

Saturday 25 March 2017 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

Dementia Awareness Day
Date: 25 March 2017, 10:00 - 13:00 (Saturday, 10th week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 April 2017 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Gene-environment interactions: a success story in Parkinson’s disease
Date: 25 April 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Prof Beate Ritz (School of Public Health at UCLA)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, please note doors are locked at 4pm
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 15 May 2017 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Molecular and structural determinants of Alpha-Synuclein aggregation, toxicity and pathology spreading in Parkinson's disease: From mechanisms to novel biomarkers and therapies
Date: 15 May 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Hilal Lashuel (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, please note new date
Organisers: Sara Bouskela (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)), Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 23 May 2017 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Cerebrospinal and serum alpha-synuclein species as potential biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease
Date: 23 May 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Prof. Omar El-Agnaf (Qatar Biomedical Research Institute)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Small Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics), Sara Bouskela (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG))
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 June 2017 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Applications of high throughput single cell analysis and deep learning to iPSC models of Parkinson’s disease and neurotherapeutics
Date: 13 June 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Prof Steven Finkbeiner (UCSF)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, please note doors are locked at 4pm
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 July 2017 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

ARUK Oxford/NIHR Oxford Health BRC Dementia Research Day
Date: 12 July 2017, 9:30 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 12th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker s: Professor Zameel Cader (Director of the Oxford Headache Centre and Director of StemBANCC, University of Oxford), Dr Caleb Webber, MRC Programme Leader (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford), Dr Sally Cowley (Head, James Martin Stem Cell Facility, Oxford Stem Cell Institute, University of Oxford), Dr Francesca Nicholls (Target Discovery Institute, University of Oxford), Professor John Gallacher (University of Oxford), Dr Samrah Ahmed (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford), Dr Mario Torso (University of Oxford), Dr Michele Veldsman (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of oxford), Dr Mark Dallas (Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and ARUK Oxford Network Committee member, University of Reading), Rupert McShane (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford), Professor John Geddes (Head of University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford), Elena Di Daniel, Head of Biology (Oxford Drug Discovery Institute, University of Oxford), Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford), Professor Clare Mackay (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford), Dr Jakub Scaber (University of Oxford), Dr Catherine Calvin (University of Oxford), Robert Quinlan (Dept. Chemistry, University of Oxford ), Claire Sexton, Professor Frank Gunn-Moore (University of St Andrews)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 19 July 2017 (13th Week, Trinity Term)

Targeting mitochondrial biogenesis and function in Parkinson’s disease
Date: 19 July 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 13th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Michela Deleidi (DZNE)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, please note doors are locked at 4pm
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 12 September 2017 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

Of genes and mechanisms: cell biology of PD
Date: 12 September 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 21st week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Dr Mattia Volta (​​​​​​European Academ​​y of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) )
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre, Le Gros Clark Building, DPAG
Organisers: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics), Sara Bouskela (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG))
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 15 November 2017 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Biomarkers in Parkinson’s disease
Date: 15 November 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Dr Brit Mollenhauer (University Medical Center of Goettingen (UMG-GOE))
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 12 December 2017 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Parkinson’s Disease Seen from the alpha-Synuclein Perspective
Date: 12 December 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Professor Donato A. Di Monte (German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE))
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 December 2017 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

An introduction to Alzheimer's Research UK
Date: 15 December 2017, 13:05 - 14:05 (Friday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: NDMRB Basement Seminar Room
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)

Tuesday 16 January 2018 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Parkinson's disease: environmental clues and transporter blues
Date: 16 January 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Professor Gary Miller (Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 January 2018 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder: from circuits to pathology
Date: 19 January 2018, 11:30 - 12:15 (Friday, 1st week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Pierre-Hervé Luppi (Centre de recherche en neurosciences de Lyon)
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2, Academic Centre
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 23 January 2018 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Cell type-specific translation profiling in fragile X
Date: 23 January 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Dr Emily Osterweil (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre - 2nd floor
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 February 2018 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Immune and inflammatory mechanisms underlying risk for age-related neurodegenerative disease
Date: 13 February 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Prof. Malú Tansey (Emory University School of Medicine)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, 2nd floor
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 March 2018 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Gene therapies for Parkinson's disease
Date: 13 March 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 9th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Stephane Palfi (IMRB - Mondor Biomedical Research Institute)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Saturday 17 March 2018 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Alzheimer's Research UK Dementia Awareness Public Open Day
Date: 17 March 2018, 10:00 - 13:00 (Saturday, 9th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: The session will be in Lecture Theatre 2, in the Academic Centre at the John Radcliffe hospital behind the main building opposite the M&S cafe.
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 April 2018 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

Achieving Neuroprotection in Parkinson’s Disease
Date: 10 April 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, -1st week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Andy West (UAB School of Medicine)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 16 May 2018 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Local and global facets of sleep regulation
Date: 16 May 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Prof. Vlad Vyazovskiy (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Geneitcs, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, 2nd floor
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 13 June 2018 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Mitophagy modulation as a potential therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases
Date: 13 June 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Dr Hélène Plun-Favreau (UCL Institute of Neurology)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre - 2nd floor
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 July 2018 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

ARUK/BRC Dementia Research Day
Date: 12 July 2018, 9:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 12th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker s: Dr Claudia Manzoni (University of Reading ), Professor Noel Buckley (Professor of Neurobiology, University of Oxford), Liu Shi (University of Oxford), Fiona Menzies (Eli Lilly), Naiara Demnitz (Department of Psychiatry, Oxford), Vanessa Raymont ( Department of Psychiatry, Oxford), Rosemary Lim (Reading School of Pharmacy), Dr Chris Butler, Clare O'Donoghue ( Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA)), Toms Voits (Reading School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences), Dr Nahid Zokaei (University of Oxford)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 September 2018 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Behaviour and synaptic plasticity in a model of early Parkinson's: the role of alpha-synuclein
Date: 18 September 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Barbara Picconi (IRCCS San Raffaele University, Rome, Italy.)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, 2nd floor
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 October 2018 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

OPDC Parkinson's Research Day
Date: 2 October 2018, 9:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 19 November 2018 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Using transcriptomics to understand neurodegenerative disorders
Date: 19 November 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Mina Ryten (UCL)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, 2nd floor
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 December 2018 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Challenges and Opportunities of Translational Neurogenomics
Date: 12 December 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Sonja Scholz (Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Unit, NIND, NIH)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, 2nd floor Sherrington Building, DPAG
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 13 February 2019 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Molecular pathways to Parkinson's disease: more than neurons?
Date: 13 February 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr. Elisa Greggio (University of Padova)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Saturday 2 March 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Dementia Information Morning - Alzheimer's Research UK Oxford Network
Date: 2 March 2019, 10:00 - 13:00 (Saturday, 7th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker s: Dr Mark Dallas (Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and ARUK Oxford Network Committee member, University of Reading), Katy Stubbs (Alzheimer's Research UK), Emma Mead (ARUK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute), Dr Claudia Manzoni (University of Reading ), Dr Sana Suri (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, Oxford ), Yaomeng Liu (Oxford Brookes University)
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Tingewick Hall
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Dr Mark Dallas (Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and ARUK Oxford Network Committee member, University of Reading)

Wednesday 27 March 2019 (11th Week, Hilary Term)

LRRK2 Mediated Cellular Function from Vesicular Trafficking to Gene Expression
Date: 27 March 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 11th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Kirsten Harvey (UCL School of Pharmacy)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 16 April 2019 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

Pathway to Parkinson’s Disease: A Tale of Two Genes
Date: 16 April 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, -1st week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Darren Moore (Van Andel Research Institute)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 June 2019 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

The toxic consequences of protein aggregation in Parkinson's disease
Date: 12 June 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Sonia Gandhi ( UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, 2nd floor Sherrington Building, DPAG
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 11 July 2019 (11th Week, Trinity Term)

The Quest for Neuroprotection in Parkinson’s disease: reversing synaptic dysfunction
Date: 11 July 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 11th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Austen Milnerwood (McGill University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre (2nd Floor)
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 16 July 2019 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

Shining light on Parkinson’s disease by interrogating the LRRK2 kinase pathway
Date: 16 July 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 12th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Esther Sammler (University of Dundee)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 31 July 2019 (14th Week, Trinity Term)

ARUK Oxford Ntework Dementia Research Day 2019
Date: 31 July 2019, 10:30 - 16:30 (Wednesday, 14th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker s: Francesco Tamagnini (University of Reading), Emma Mead (University of Oxford), Anne Hedegaard (University of Oxford), Nora Bengoa-Verngiory (University of Oxford), Vincenza Andrisano (University of Reading/University of Bologna), Cheng Jiang (University of Oxford), Richard Killick (King's College London)
Venue Details: https://www.oxdare.ox.ac.uk/_asset/file/meadow-suite-map.pdf
Organisers: Dr Mark Dallas (Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and ARUK Oxford Network Committee member, University of Reading), Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 September 2019 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

Mechanisms of axon degeneration in injury and disease.
Date: 17 September 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Tuesday, 21st week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Professor Michael Coleman (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford), Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 15 October 2019 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Striatal synaptic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease
Date: 15 October 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Professor Paolo Calabresi (University of Perugia, Italy)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford), Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 28 October 2019 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The magic in the web of it: How a rare disorder is helping to untangle the mysteries of Parkinson’s disease
Date: 28 October 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Ellen Sidransky (NIH)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 13 November 2019 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Synaptic alterations in the indirect-pathway of the basal ganglia in experimental Parkinsonism
Date: 13 November 2019, 10:00 - 11:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Jerome Baufreton (The Neuroscience Institute at Bordeaux)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford), Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: TBA