Thursday 16 October 2025

• 15:00 - Prey detection and sustained attention in praying mantises
  Dr Vivek Nityananda (Biosciences Institute, University of Newcastle)
• 17:00 - Cloud Mesoscale Organisation and Climate: New Insights from Models and Observations
  Sandrine Bony (Sorbonne University, Paris)

Friday 17 October 2025

• 11:00 - Celebrating Women in Maths Biology
  Please book for this event via the below mentioned website.
  TBA
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology
• 11:00 - Survival, Malthusian growth and extinction of reinforced Galton Watson processes
  Bastien Mallein (Toulouse)
  Probability seminar

Monday 20 October 2025

• 14:00 - Minimum-Weight Path in a Sparse Erdős-Rényi Graph with Signed Weights
  Pascal Maillard (Toulouse)
  Probability seminar
• 16:00 - What precisely do you mean? A homage to Niko Tinbergen
  Lord John Krebs (Department of Biology, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 21 October 2025

• 11:00 - From 1/√n to 1/n: Accelerating SDE Simulation with Cubature Formulae
  Peter Koepernik (University of Oxford)
  Junior Probability Seminar
• 12:00 - The entrepreneurial mindset – what does it take to spinout climate-related academic research?
  Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
  Katy Tuncer (ZERO Institute)
• 15:00 - Strachey Lecture: Advances in Garbled Circuits
  Professor Rafail Ostrovsky (UCLA)
  The Strachey Lectures in Computer Science

Wednesday 22 October 2025

• 17:00 - 'Feeding the world while preserving earth's livability: the biofuel barrier'
  Professor David Tilman (University of Minnesota)
  Oxford Martin School Events

Thursday 23 October 2025

• 10:00 - REF open access policy briefing
  Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Open Scholarship
• 11:15 - Surviving your DPhil and Thriving Emotionally (in-person)
  Elizabeth Edington (University Counselling Service.)

Friday 24 October 2025

• 09:30 - Choosing and using software for referencing
  Kat Steiner (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Andrew Kernot (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxord), Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Matthew Henry (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 10:30 - Neutrons and Simulations Workshop
  Various Speakers
• 11:00 - Evolutionary dynamics of extra-chromosomal DNA
  Dr Weini Huang (Queen Mary University of London)
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology
• 15:00 - Distinguished Lecture. Making the World Computable: from Foundations to Technology (for Humans and AIs)
  Stephen Wolfram (Wolfram|Alpha)

Monday 27 October 2025

• 09:30 - Introduction to Presentation Skills (in-person)
  The course will cover the key principles of planning and delivering a successful talk, and help to build your confidence. Each subject area in the MPLS Division has its own specific requirements for research presentations: please note that this course does not seek to address these.
  Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
• 14:00 - How can seed banks evolve in plants? A stochastic dynamics approach
  João Luiz de Oliveira Madeira (Oxford)
  Probability seminar
• 14:00 - Non-medical Systematic Reviews – Part 1 (in-person)
  TBA

Tuesday 28 October 2025

• 10:00 - Scopus searching for MPLS (online)
  TBA
• 13:30 - Preregistration and registered reports: What, why, and how
  Jacqueline Thompson (Bodleian Libraries)
  Open Scholarship

Wednesday 29 October 2025

• 11:00 - Foundations of copyright for teaching
  Chris Morrison (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Open Scholarship
• 11:00 - Applications of Freidlin-Wentzell theory to population processes 
  Eloi Martin (University of Oxford)
  Junior Probability Seminar
• 11:00 - A large deviation principle for spatial dense random graphs.
  César Zarco Romero (Berlin)
  Junior Probability Seminar
• 15:00 - Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 1 journal metrics
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 15:30 - Environmental consequences of an ascendant aerospace sector
  TBA
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar
• 17:00 - Will mechanisation change research mathematics?
  Ursula Martin (University of Oxford)
  History of Mathematics Seminar

Thursday 30 October 2025

• 12:00 - Brainomix 360: AI-powered imaging software for patient diagnosis and treatment decisions
  Dr Zoe Woodhead (Brainomix), Dr Giacomo Benvenuti (Brainomix)
  Industry Insight Seminar Series
• 14:00 - Getting Started with Public Engagement with Research (online)
  This session provides an introduction to public engagement for anyone interested in getting started or looking for a bit of inspiration.
  Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
• 17:00 - Book talk - 'Roadkill : Unveiling The True Cost Of Our Toxic Relationship With Cars'
  Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore (Institute for Global Prosperity, UCL), Arthur Kay (Director, Innovo), Professor Tim Schwanen (Transport Studies Unit University of Oxford ), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
  Oxford Martin School Events

Friday 31 October 2025

• 11:00 - Approximations of systems of partial differential equations for nonlocal interactions
  Professor Yoshitaro Tanaka (Future University Hakodate)
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology

Monday 3 November 2025

• 09:30 - Using AI to find, analyse, and share information sources
  Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Miguel Arana-Catania (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 14:00 - Title TBC
  Leoni Wirth (Oxford)
  Probability seminar
• 14:00 - Non-medical Systematic Reviews – Part 2 (in-person)
  TBA
• 16:00 - Out on a limb: How and why computer modelling helps unravel the beautiful complexity of organogenesis
  Professor James Sharpe (EMBL Barcelona)

Wednesday 5 November 2025

• 09:30 - How to do a Career Development Review, for reviewers (in-person)
  Regular meaningful Career Development Reviews are an important part of developing a positive research culture.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
• 11:00 - Title TBC
  Peter Koepernik (University of Oxford)
  Junior Probability Seminar
• 12:30 - GROW: Discover the Conception X Venture Pathway (online)
  Conception X (Conception X)
• 13:00 - Getting started in Oxford libraries
  Alan Brown (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Wanne Mendonck (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 15:00 - Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 2 article metrics
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 17:00 - The energy transition: too little/too late or a new hope?
  Alan Haywood (Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin School)
  Oxford Martin School Events

Thursday 6 November 2025

• 09:30 - Get that grant
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
• 09:30 - Undergraduate critical thinking with academic sources
  Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Sarah Rhodes (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 09:30 - Copyright the card game
  Chris Morrison (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Open Scholarship
• 10:00 - Viva practice and preparation
  Tailored for third and fourth-year doctoral students, gain insights into viva rules, proactive preparation, and the examiner's perspective. Sharpen your skills through practical exercises for a confident viva experience.
  Dr Molly Grace (University of Oxford)
• 10:00 - Telling stories that matter: Communicating your research through story (in-person)
  Discover more about how to craft and apply storytelling skills to communicate your research.
  Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
• 14:30 - Fundamentals of open access
  David Phillips (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Open Scholarship
• 15:00 - A rat, a starling, a goldfish and a dog walk into a pub…or on using time, choice and movement as windows into cognition​
  Dr Tiago Monteiro (University of Vet Med Vienna & Univ of Aveiro, Portugal)

Friday 7 November 2025

• 11:00 - Programming cells using feedback control and whole-cell models
  Prof Lucia Marucci (University of Bristol)
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology

Monday 10 November 2025

• 10:00 - Academic Writing with AI (online)
  Unlock the potential of AI to enhance your academic writing with this new course offered by the University of Oxford's Language Centre. Designed specifically for Oxford MPLS students and staff, the Academic Writing with AI course provides a structured approach to effectively integrate AI tools at each stage of the writing process.
  Dr Michael D’Angeli (University of Oxford Language Centre)
  Academic Writing with AI
• 13:30 - Host-pathogen interactions in the diseased lung
  Dr Josie Bryant (Wellcome Sanger Institute)
• 14:00 - Minimum cost matching with random edge-costs
  Johan Wästlund (Chalmers University, Gothenburg)
  Probability seminar

Tuesday 11 November 2025

• 11:00 - Open monographs
  Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), David Watson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Open Scholarship
• 15:00 - Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 3 researcher metrics
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Wednesday 12 November 2025

• 09:30 - Project management: the essentials (in-person)
  The focus of this course is to provide a practical ‘project management toolbox’ that you can use in your daily work.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
• 11:00 - Responsive dormancy in the Parabolic Anderson Model (PAM)
  Leo Tyrpak (University of Oxford)
  Junior Probability Seminar
• 17:00 - James Martin Memorial Lecture: 'Environment, health, society and economics in the new era of geopolitics'
  Lord Hague (Chancellor, University of Oxford)
  Oxford Martin School Events

Thursday 13 November 2025

• 10:00 - Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division: Stakeholder Mapping for Academic-Policy Engagement
  Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
  OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series
• 13:00 - Using Scopus for your research
  Alessandra Vetrugno (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 15:00 - From clonal fish and biomimetic robots to Mexican waves of the Sulphur mollies - How individual differences are linked to large scale collective processes. ​
  Dr David Bierbach (Humboldt University Berlin)

Friday 14 November 2025

• 11:00 - Self-generated chemotaxis of heterogeneous cell populations
  Dr Mehmet Can Uçar (University of Sheffield)
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology
• 13:30 - Zotero for referencing
  Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Andrew Kernot (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxord)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Monday 17 November 2025

• 13:30 - A Life Identification Number Barcoding (LIN Code) System for Neisseria meningitidis: High resolution multi-level typing of meningococci
  Please note: for navigation to the department, google maps will still show OX1 3PS for the Life and Mind Building; however, the new and correct post code is OX1 3EL
  Dr Kasia Parfitt (University of Oxford)
• 14:00 - Title TBC
  Christoforos Panagiotis (University of Bath)
  Probability seminar

Tuesday 18 November 2025

• 10:00 - Logistics of open scholarship
  Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Open Scholarship
• 14:00 - Introduction to Open Science Framework at Oxford
  Dan Crane (Bodleian Libraries)
  Open Scholarship
• 15:30 - RisingWISE - developing enterprising women in STEM
  RisingWISE is an established Oxbridge network inspired by EnterpriseWISE: designed by women, for women and delivered entirely by women. Here, we foster long-term relationships between enterprising early-career researchers and women working in industry to encourage more women to build careers across the science and technology sector. Application Deadline: Tuesday 30 September 2025
  Various Speakers
  RisingWISE - developing enterprising women in STEM

Wednesday 19 November 2025

• 09:30 - Get that job
  An interactive workshop for researchers on making successful job applications.
  Suzi Black (University of Oxford)
• 11:00 - Title TBC
  Michal Bassan (University of Oxford)
  Junior Probability Seminar
• 13:30 - Undergraduate critical thinking with newspaper and social media sources
  Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Elizabeth McIntosh (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Thursday 20 November 2025

• 09:30 - How to prepare for a Career Development Review, for reviewees (in-person)
  A positive Career Development Review conversation can play a really positive role in your professional development.
  Jarlath Brine (University of Oxford)
• 11:00 - Your thesis, copyright & ORA
  David Watson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Thomas Mitchell (Bodleian Libraries)
  Open Scholarship

Friday 21 November 2025

• 09:30 - EndNote for referencing
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Hannah Medworth (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 11:00 - Bridging scales in biology: using mathematics to understand patterning and morphogenesis from molecular to tissue levels
  Professor Alex Fletcher (University of Sheffield)
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology
• 14:00 - Using AI to find, analyse, and share information sources
  Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Neil Jefferies (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Saturday 22 November 2025

• 10:30 - HAPP 1-Day Conference: A Physical History of Navigation
  Various Speakers
  HAPP: St Cross Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics

Monday 24 November 2025

• 13:30 - The evolution of rabbits and the myxoma virus: invasions, pandemics and resistance
  Prof Frank Jiggins (University of Cambridge)
• 14:00 - Persistence of the maximum degree in preferential attachment trees with vertex death
  Bas Lodewijks (University of Sheffield)
  Probability seminar

Wednesday 26 November 2025

• 09:30 - EndNote for referencing
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Hannah Medworth (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 10:30 - Preregistration and registered reports: What, why, and how
  Jacqueline Thompson (Bodleian Libraries)
  Open Scholarship

Thursday 27 November 2025

• 09:30 - Zotero for referencing
  Andrew Kernot (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxord), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 14:00 - RefWorks for referencing
  Kat Steiner (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Sophie Lay (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
• 15:00 - The neural basis of the honey-bee dance language
  Prof Barbara Webb (University of Edinburgh)

Friday 28 November 2025

• 11:00 - Competition and warfare in bacteria and the human microbiome
  Prof Kevin Foster (University of Oxford)
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology

Monday 1 December 2025

• 14:00 - Termly update on open scholarship
  Various Speakers
  Open Scholarship

Wednesday 3 December 2025

• 11:00 - Branching particle systems with rank-dependent selection
  Jacob Mercer (University of Oxford)
  Junior Probability Seminar
• 16:30 - The ZERO Institute’s John Goodenough Lecture 2025, with Nobel laureate Sir M. Stanley Whittigham
  Sir M. Stanley Whittingham (Binghamton University)

Thursday 4 December 2025

• 10:00 - Introduction to Persistent Identifiers
  Dan Crane (Bodleian Libraries)
  Open Scholarship

Friday 5 December 2025

• 11:00 - Cell shapes, migration and mechanics determine pattern formation during development
  Dr Lakshmi Balasubramaniam (University of Cambridge)
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology

Tuesday 9 December 2025

• 10:00 - REF open access policy briefing
  Sarah Humphries (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Open Scholarship
• 13:00 - Searching for patents and standards
  Alessandra Vetrugno (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Wednesday 10 December 2025

• 09:30 - Coaching Skills for Leaders
  Coaching is a highly impactful approach to people development and can support individuals to identify goals, gain insights into challenges, consider options and plan actions
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division), Louisa Trevail (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 27 January 2025

• 09:30 - Advanced presentation skills (in-person)
  This session is for people who have experience of presentations and want to hone their skills.
  Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)

Monday 2 February 2025

• 13:30 - Is the bacterial accessory genome adaptive?
  Dr John Lees (Welcome Genome Campus Hinxton)

Tuesday 3 February 2025

• 15:00 - Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 1 journal metrics
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Tuesday 10 February 2025

• 15:00 - Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 2 article metrics
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Wednesday 11 February 2025

• 09:30 - How to do a Career Development Review, for reviewers (in-person)
  Regular meaningful Career Development Reviews are an important part of developing a positive research culture.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
• 09:30 - Playing in the open: Getting familiar with Creative Commons licences
  Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Open Scholarship

Tuesday 17 February 2025

• 15:00 - Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 3 researcher metrics
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Wednesday 18 February 2025

• 09:30 - Negotiation & Influencing Skills
  This workshop aims to help build confidence and skills for those who wish to influence and achieve mutually beneficial goals with their peers, managers and stakeholders.
  Anne Gallagher (Leapfrog Training & Development)

Thursday 19 February 2025

• 08:30 - How to prepare for a Career Development Review, for reviewees (in-person)
  A positive Career Development Review conversation can play a really positive role in your professional development.
  Jarlath Brine (University of Oxford)
• 09:30 - Project management: the essentials
  The focus of this course is to provide a practical ‘project management toolbox’ that you can use in your daily work.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)

Wednesday 25 February 2025

• 09:30 - Get that job
  An interactive workshop for researchers on making successful job applications.
  Suzi Black (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 25 March 2025

• 09:30 - Coaching Skills for Leaders
  This workshop will provide an introduction to key coaching concepts, approaches and skills. We will explore when and how coaching skills can be used to support effective leadership and management practice. Participants will take part in a practice coaching conversation using real-life examples, topics and challenges.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division), Louisa Trevail (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 April 2025

• 09:30 - Project management: the essentials
  The focus of this course is to provide a practical ‘project management toolbox’ that you can use in your daily work.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)

Thursday 7 May 2025

• 16:00 - Exploring the link between microsctructure, order and toughness in bioinspired composites
  Dr Florian Bouville (Imperial College London)
  Materials Departmental Colloquia

Tuesday 19 May 2025

• 11:00 - Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 2 article metrics
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Tuesday 26 May 2025

• 11:00 - Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 3 researcher metrics
  Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
  Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Wednesday 3 June 2025

• 08:30 - Get that job
  An interactive workshop for researchers on making successful job applications.
  Suzi Black (University of Oxford)

Thursday 4 June 2025

• 09:30 - How to prepare for a Career Development Review, for reviewees (in-person)
  A positive Career Development Review conversation can play a really positive role in your professional development.
  Jarlath Brine (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 23 June 2025

• 09:30 - Advanced presentation skills (in-person)
  This session is for people who have experience of presentations and want to hone their skills.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)

Wednesday 24 June 2025

• 09:30 - Coaching Skills for Leaders
  This workshop will provide an introduction to key coaching concepts, approaches and skills. We will explore when and how coaching skills can be used to support effective leadership and management practice. Participants will take part in a practice coaching conversation using real-life examples, topics and challenges.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division), Louisa Trevail (University of Oxford)