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Biochemistry Department Seminar
This series does not yet have an abstract
Type: Seminar Series
Organising department: Department of Biochemistry
Talks:
Monday 24 November 2025
When dose matters: Signal-decoding at the Xist locus
Date: 24 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Edda Schulz (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Hosts:
Professor Neil Brockdorff (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford ),
Professor Amanda Fisher (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Friday 28 November 2025
The Mechanism and Origin of RNA-Guided Genome Editing in the Ciliate Oxytricha
Date: 28 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Laura Landweber (Columbia University)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Hosts:
Prof Peter Sarkies (Biochemistry, University of Oxford),
Professor Amanda Fisher (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 8 December 2025
Targeted Protein Degradation of Aurora A kinase - from APC/C to PROTACs
Date: 8 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Catherine Lindon (Dept of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Fanni Gergely (Dept of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 12 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 12 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Heinrich Leonhardt (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2 (Room 20-138)
Organiser:
Dr. Lothar Schermelleh (Dept of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr. Lothar Schermelleh (Dept of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 19 January 2025
TBC
Date: 19 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Simon Boulton (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry),
Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Nicholas Lakin (Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University)
Monday 26 January 2025
Title TBC
Date: 26 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Carla Saleh (Head of Viruses and RNAi Unit, Institute Pasteur)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Petros Ligoxygakis (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 2 February 2025
TBC
Date: 2 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Julie Welburn (Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, The University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry),
Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Francis Barr (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )
Monday 9 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 9 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Sheena Radford (School of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Ben Berks (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 16 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 16 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Helen Walden (Professor of Structural Biology, Head of School (Molecular Biosciences), University of Glasgow)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Dr. Paul Elliott (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 23 February 2025
Title TBC
Date: 23 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Clemens Plaschka (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Neil Brockdorff (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )
Monday 2 March 2025
Title TBC
Date: 2 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Keith Matthews (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Dr Clinton Lau (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 9 March 2025
Title TBC
Date: 9 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Diana Fusco (Dept of Physics, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Stephan Uphoff (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Thursday 23 April 2025
Title TBC
Date: 23 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof. Dr. Cristina Paulino (Heidelberg University)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Elena Seiradake (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 27 April 2025
Title TBC
Date: 27 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Iva Tchasovnikarova (The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Prof. Rob Klose (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 11 May 2025
Title TBC
Date: 11 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Sonja Lorenz (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Dr. Paul Elliott (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 18 May 2025
Title TBC
Date: 18 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Gautam Dey (EMBL)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Lothar Schermelleh (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 1 June 2025
Title TBC
Date: 1 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Geert Kops (Hubrecht Institute, Oncode Institute, University Medical Centre Utrecht)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Lars Jansen (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Monday 8 June 2025
Title TBC
Date: 8 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Edith Heard (Chief Executive Officer, The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser:
Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host:
Professor Neil Brockdorff (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )
Editors:
Anne Bowtell,
Jeremy Rowntree,
Julian Jordan,
Sarah-Jane Scard,
Burcu Anil Kirmizitas,
Mary Thompson,
Hayley Backus,
Jessica Barnes
