Oxford - Harwell
Description: A collated list of events of at University of Oxford of mutual interest to researchers based at the University of Oxford or organisations on the Harwell Campus. If you would like to add your Oxford Talks series to this list please email helen.carstairs@admin.ox.ac.uk

Seminars at:
Department of Chemistry colloquia.chem.ox.ac.uk
Department of Engineering www.eng.ox.ac.uk/about/events
Department of Materials www.materials.ox.ac.uk/news/colloquia.html
Department of Physics www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/research/seminars

Events at the Harwell Campus can be found at harwellcampus.com/events/all-events

Details of how to use the Science Transit Shuttle to get to these events can be found at www.sciencetransitshuttle.co.uk
Talks:

Monday 16 February 2026

Regulation of DNA repair pathways by monoubiquitin signals
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)

Thursday 19 February 2026

Title TBC
Date: 19 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Nikolai Juraschko (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 February 2026

Ancient variants die hard: Germline determinants of toxicity and survival following immune checkpoint blockade
Date: 20 February 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Shawn Sun (Fairfax Group, University of Oxford), Maksim Chan (Fairfax Group, University of Oxford), Martin Little (Fairfax Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 February 2026

‘Mechanisms of mRNA packaging and export’
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 )

Thursday 26 February 2026

Title TBC
Date: 26 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Robert Clark (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 February 2026

TBC
Date: 27 February 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Progatzky Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 March 2026

Cell to Cell communication in African trypanosomes
Date: 2 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Keith Matthews, FRSE FMedSci FRS (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)

Thursday 5 March 2026

Title TBC
Date: 5 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Nithishwer Mouroug Anand (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 March 2026

TBC
Date: 6 March 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: McMichael Group (University of Oxford), Gillespie Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 March 2026

Watching phage infection one cell at a time: sources and consequences of stochasticity in lysis time
Date: 9 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Diana Fusco (Department 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 12 March 2026

Title TBC
Date: 12 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Mingyu Qin (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Friday 13 March 2026

TBC
Date: 13 March 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Ho Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 March 2026

Title TBC
Date: 19 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 April 2026

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 2026

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)

Thursday 30 April 2026

Title TBC
Date: 30 April 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Thursday 7 May 2026

Title TBC
Date: 7 May 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Kyle Vaccaro (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Monday 11 May 2026

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)

Thursday 14 May 2026

Title TBC
Date: 14 May 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Monday 18 May 2026

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)

Thursday 21 May 2026

Title TBC
Date: 21 May 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Aleksandr Kovalenko (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Thursday 28 May 2026

Title TBC
Date: 28 May 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Monday 1 June 2026

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)

Thursday 4 June 2026

Title TBC
Date: 4 June 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Monday 8 June 2026

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 )

Thursday 11 June 2026

Title TBC
Date: 11 June 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Thursday 18 June 2026

Title TBC
Date: 18 June 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

Thursday 25 June 2026

Title TBC
Date: 25 June 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Host: Eden Gage (University of Oxford)

This list contains talks from the following series:
Biochemistry Department Seminar
ChemBio Hub Events
CMD Seminars
Energy & Climate Change 101 lunchtime seminar series
Energy Colloquia Series
Energy Events
Environmental Change Institute
GOTO (Global Opportunities and Threats: Oxford)
Grand Challenges in Environmental Research
Humanities and Business
Humanities and Business
Ideas Into Action: 10 years of ground-breaking research
Impact and Knowledge Exchange in an Evolving Research Environment
InSIS seminar series: Ecologies of Expertise
Machine Learning Lunches
Microbiology and Systems Biology (MSB) seminars, Department of Biochemistry
Molecular Biophysics Midweek Seminars
MRC Functional Genomics Unit Talks (DPAG)
MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
MRC TIDU Wednesday Seminar Series
NEST - New Energy Systems Thinkers
ONE
OUBS
Oxford Water Network
Research Services - Information Workshops on European Research Grant Funding
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
SBCB Seminar Series
SBMB Seminar Series (pre Oct 2018)
School of Geography and the Environment
Scibar
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Strubi seminars
TDI Seminar Series
Visiting lectures in Chemistry
WTCHG Public Events