Oxford Neuroscience Seminar List
Talks:

Friday 6 February 2026

External Virtual Human Factors Course
Date: 6 February 2026, 9:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Helen Higham (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Teams
Organiser: Wendy Washbourn (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

BRC Pain Cafe
Date: 6 February 2026, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker : Dr Jane Quinlan (University of Oxford / Oxford University Hospitals)
Venue: FMRIB Centre, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: FMRIB Common Room, Main OxCIN@FMRIB Building
Organiser: Dr Danielle Hewitt (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

How brain barriers orchestrate CNS immune privilege
Date: 6 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Britta Engelhardt (University of Bern)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

BEACON Seminar - Combining non-invasive brain stimulation with multimodal imaging for causal interrogation of brain networks and oscillations in wakefulness and sleep
Date: 6 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Dr Til Ole Bergmann (University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor), Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Benhard Staresina (University of Oxford)

Monday 9 February 2026

Where is my coffee cup? Spatial coding of objects in naturalistic environments
Date: 9 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Prof. Dr. Katja Fiehler (University Giessen)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Dejan Draschkow (University of Oxford)

Building Confidence in AI
Date: 9 February 2026, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Ella Wicks (Content Officer at the AI Competency Centre)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organiser: Kellogg College
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Nationwide studies on COVID-19 and brain disorders in Denmark
Date: 10 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Clara Springhorn Grønkjær (University of Copenhagen)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)

Calcium ion channels in prostate cancer – from bystanders to therapeutic targets
Date: 10 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Karen McCloskey (Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: David Smith Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Carolyn Thackrah (University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology)
Host: Professor Paolo Tammaro (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)

The pathway to personalising anti-platelet therapy
Date: 10 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sara Mazzucco (University of Oxford)

BEACON Seminar - How does the hippocampal cognitive map contribute to flexible navigation? 
Date: 10 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Eleonore Duvelle (University of Glasgow)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor), Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)

'Strengthening Parents to Protect Children in An Age of Increasing Wars and Displacements: An RCT in Jordan'; ‘Sibling-Inclusive Family Support: The Adaptation of a Parent and Sibling Intervention for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Services'
Date: 10 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Sydney Tucker (DPhil student) (University of Oxford), Amalie Schumann (DPhil student) (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online & Lecture theatre 2, Life and Mind Building (LaMB) Ground floor
Organiser: Nora Skjerdingstad (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Risk Factors for Poor Reading: Beyond Phonological Deficits
Date: 10 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Margaret Snowling (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organiser: Professor Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Flexible problem-solving in prefrontal cortex
Date: 11 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Saurabh Vyas (Carnegie Mellon University)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor) Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organiser: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford)

Safer surgery and anaesthesia: a global health imperative
Date: 11 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor Bruce Biccard (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford)
Venue: Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 February 2026

Oncogenic and Anti-oncogenic mutants in normal epithelia
Date: 12 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Phil Jones (Wellcome Sanger Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Proteomic Discovery in Cognitive Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease
Date: 12 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Becky Carlyle (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Host: Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford)

Characterizing motivation: Applications of multi-modal 7T-MRI, real-time neurofeedback and digital phenotyping in depression
Date: 12 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Laurel Morris (University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms A/B, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital
Organiser: Niki Andrew (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Conversations on Consciousness: Who or what has consciousness?
Date: 12 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker s: Prof Philip Goff (Durham University), Dr Heather Browning (University of Southampton), Dr Patrick Butlin (University of Oxford)
Venue: Cohen Quadrangle, Walton Street OX1 2HD
Venue Details: Fitzhugh Auditorium
Organisers: Professor Charles Foster, Associate Professor Kerry Walker (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 February 2026

Regulating CNS Fluid Flow to Halt Swelling and Slow Neurodegeneration
Date: 13 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Roslyn M Bill (Aston University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 16 February 2026

Confidence and trust in adaptive decision making
Date: 16 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Nicholas Yeung (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Analysis of R-loop forming regions identifies RNU2-2 and RNU5B-1 as neurodevelopmental disorder genes
Date: 17 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Siddhartha Banka (University of Manchester)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Nicky Whiffin (University of Oxford), Duncan Palmer (University of Oxford)

Perspectives on psychedelic drug development
Date: 17 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Vaishnavi Madhavan (consultant, psychedelic drug development (formerly Research & Development Scientist, Beckley PsyTech))
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: David Smith Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Carolyn Thackrah (University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology)
Host: Associate Professor Sridhar Vasudevan (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)

The influence of activity context on the quality of support for children’s oral language development in English nurseries
Date: 17 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Keeley Dobinson (Department of Education, University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser: Professor Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Experiences and Insights from the WSO Future Stroke Leaders Programme
Date: 17 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr James Garrard (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sara Mazzucco (University of Oxford)

Thursday 19 February 2026

Serotonergic modulation of hippocampal-thalamic circuit excitability
Date: 19 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Sharon Swanger (Virginia Tech)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Randy Bruno (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Hidden in plain sight – retinal imaging data for AI-driven early detection of systemic diseases and augmentation of drug discovery
Date: 19 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Wen Hwa Lee (Foresight Research Ltd)
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: Ground Floor Seminar Room and Microsoft Teams
Organisers: Eneida Parizotto (University of Oxford), Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Eneida Parizotto (University of Oxford), Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office)

Friday 20 February 2026

Pain Network Meeting
Date: 20 February 2026, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker : Catherine Borra (University College London)
Venue: FMRIB Centre, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Newsom-Davis Room, OxCIN Annexe: https://www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/contact-us/finding-win-fmrib
Organiser: Dr Danielle Hewitt (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Saturday 21 February 2026

The Maternal Body: philosophy and psychoanalysis
Date: 21 February 2026, 14:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Charlie Gere (Lancaster University), Louise Braddock (Independent scholar), Jarrad Felgenhauer (University of Seattle), David Collins (University of Cambridge), Susanne Hermann-Sinai (MCS)
Venue Details: St John's College
Organisers: Louise Braddock (Independent scholar), Paul Tod (St John's College)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 February 2026

Photoresponsive nanomedicine for the treatment of cancer and eye diseases
Date: 23 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Weiping Wang (Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, University of Hong Kong)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: David Smith Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Carolyn Thackrah (University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology)
Host: Dr Tanveer Tabish (University of Oxford)

Understanding and treating anxiety in the perinatal period
Date: 23 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Fiona Challacombe (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Cathy Creswell (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 24 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Benjamin Perry (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Riccardo De Giorgi (University of Oxford)

Friends, foes and the missing ties: Social relationships as determinants of mental health and socio‑economic futures
Date: 24 February 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker : Prof Louise Arseneault (King's College London)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Online & Gelder Room
Organiser: Tanya Manchanda (Department of Psychiatry)
Hosts: TBA

The Role of Self-Regulation in Young Children’s Digital Choices, Behaviours, and Reactions
Date: 24 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Steven Howard (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser: Professor Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Journal Club - TBA
Date: 24 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Effronysi Grosi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sara Mazzucco (University of Oxford)

Thursday 26 February 2026

Dissecting complex immune disease mechanisms through context-specific gene regulation and T cell morphodynamics
Date: 26 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Gosia Trynka (Wellcome Sanger Institute - Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor James Davies (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Dissecting the role of microglia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using multicellular human iPSC models
Date: 26 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Bjorn Vahsen (Postdoctoral Researcher and Fulford Junior Research Fellow, NDCN)
Venue: Wellcome Building, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Host: Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)

Orexin/hypocretin knockout impairs mouse visual perception, processing and plasticity, and disrupts development of the cortical subplate
Date: 26 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Cornelia Schöne (University of Göttingen)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Prof Zoltan Molnar (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford)

Conversations on Consciousness: What should we do with our consciousness?
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker s: Iain McGilchrist (Oxford), Chris Fletcher (Professorial Fellow and Keeper of Special Collections at the Bodleian Library), Professor Catherine Harmer (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Venue: Cohen Quadrangle, Walton Street OX1 2HD
Venue Details: Fitzhugh Auditorium
Organisers: Professor Charles Foster, Associate Professor Kerry Walker (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 February 2026

Sugar and Starvation: Metabolic Strategies Across Evolutionary Extremes
Date: 27 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Nicolas Rohner (University of Münster)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Associate Professor Mathilda Mommersteeg (DPAG University of Oxford)

Monday 2 March 2026

Neural underpinnings of language abilities in individuals who have lost the autism diagnosis
Date: 2 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Inge-Marie Eigsti (University of Connecticut)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Kate Nation (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 March 2026

Excitation-inhibition balance in psychosis - what does it really mean, and can we really measure it?
Date: 3 March 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Rick Adams (University College London)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Robert McCutcheon (University of Oxford)

From basic science to drug approval - practical advice for success in drug development
Date: 3 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Taylor Fields (Chief Development Officer for IntraBio Ltd)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: David Smith Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Carolyn Thackrah (University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology)
Host: Professor Grant Churchill (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)

Assessing Executive Functions in Primary School Classrooms: Reliability and Validity of an Ecological Momentary Cognitive Assessment
Date: 3 March 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Henry Tsz Fung Lo (Department of Education, University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser: Professor Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

TIA Review
Date: 3 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Enrico Flossmann (University of Oxford)

BEACON Seminar
Date: 3 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Laurel Morris (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor), Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Mathew Rushworth (University of Oxford)

The cognitive model of PTSD in children and adolescents: the maths, the myths, and the market
Date: 3 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Prof Richard Meiser-Stedman (King’s College London)
Venue Details: Online & Lecture theatre 2, Life and Mind Building (LaMB) Ground floor
Organiser: Nora Skjerdingstad (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 4 March 2026

BiomarkerML: A best practice, cloud-executable workflow for scalable machine learning biomarker discovery in large-scale proteomics
Date: 4 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Daniel Tomé (OLink), Avigail Taylor (University of Oxford), Dr Yuhan Zhou (University of Oxford)
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: Ground Floor Seminar Room
Organisers: Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Host: Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office)

Thursday 5 March 2026

Managing difficult situations
Date: 5 March 2026, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker s: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division), Alison Trinder (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: on booking
Organiser: Alison Trinder (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 5 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Martin Pule (University College London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Simon Davis (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Title TBC
Date: 5 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof. Carlo Rinaldi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Building, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Host: Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)

COSYNE practice talks
Date: 5 March 2026, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker s: Dr. Ian Cone (University of Oxford), Eva Sevenster (University of Oxford, University of Bristol), Aswathi Thrivikraman (University of Bristol)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 March 2026

BRC Pain Cafe
Date: 6 March 2026, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Organiser: Dr Danielle Hewitt (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

From Riches to Rags: the nuclear genome in megakaryocytes and platelets
Date: 6 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Beth Psaila (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 9 March 2026

ECR Spotlight
Date: 9 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Tsvetomira Dumbalska (University of Oxford), Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 10 March 2026

Digital Innovation in Metabolic Psychiatry: AI-enabled Ketogenic and GLP-1-Supported Lifestyle Interventions
Date: 10 March 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Megan Kirk Chang (University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The reinstatement of a forgotten infantile memory
Date: 10 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Flavio Donato (Biozentrum, University of Basel)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: David Smith Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Carolyn Thackrah (University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology)
Host: Dr Abhishek Banerjee (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)

Advancing Data Science to Examine the Causal Relationship Between Social Media Content and Adolescent Health Risk Behaviours’
Date: 10 March 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Amrit Kaur Purba (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Tanya Manchanda (Department of Psychiatry)
Hosts: TBA

TBC
Date: 10 March 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser: Professor Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 10 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Enrico Flossmann (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Get that fellowship (in-person)
Date: 11 March 2026, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 March 2026

Optimising T-cell antigen sensitivity by engineering extracellular receptor/ligand sizes
Date: 12 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Omer Dushek (University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Wolfson College)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Hosts: Prof Simon Davis (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford), Oliver Bannard

Monday 16 March 2026

TBC
Date: 16 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Bjoern Schwer (University of California)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Ross Chapman (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 17 March 2026

ISC Highlights
Date: 17 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Enrico Flossmann (University of Oxford)

Thursday 19 March 2026

Investigating the cervical lymphatic system in ageing and dementia
Date: 19 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Irene Mattioli (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Building, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Autoimmune encephalitis: from clinical phenotype to immunology and back again
Date: 19 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Adam Handel (University of Oxford, Oxford Autoimmune Neurology Group)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms A/B, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital
Organiser: Niki Andrew (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 March 2026

Pain Network Meeting
Date: 20 March 2026, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker : Dr Andrew Marshall (University of Liverpool)
Venue: FMRIB Centre, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Newsom-Davis Room, OxCIN Annexe: https://www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/contact-us/finding-win-fmrib
Organiser: Dr Danielle Hewitt (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 March 2026

Title TBC
Date: 24 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Enrico Flossmann (University of Oxford)

Thursday 26 March 2026

Completing Your DPhil (in-person)
Date: 26 March 2026, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker s: Professor Dimitra Rigopoulou (University of Oxford), Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Venue Details: On booking
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 April 2026

BRC Pain Cafe
Date: 3 April 2026, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Organiser: Dr Danielle Hewitt (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 April 2026

Thrombolysis Review
Date: 14 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Dennis Briley (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 April 2026

Pain Network Meeting
Date: 17 April 2026, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker : TBC
Venue: FMRIB Centre, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Newsom-Davis Room, OxCIN Annexe: https://www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/contact-us/finding-win-fmrib
Organiser: Dr Danielle Hewitt (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 April 2026

TBA
Date: 21 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Dennis Briley (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 April 2026

A taxonomy of recurrence
Date: 23 April 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr. Marcus Ghosh (Imperial College London)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 April 2026

From perception and language to knowledge representation in primate brains
Date: 27 April 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Yanchao Bi (Peking University)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Kate Watkins (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Amyloid Angiopathy
Date: 28 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Dennis Briley (University of Oxford)

What is data cosmopolitanism?
Date: 28 April 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Jon Rueda (President’s Cabinet and the Ethics in Research Department, Spanish National Research Council)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 0 OR Zoom
Organiser: Olivia Lush (University of Oxford)
Host: The Ethox Centre

Personalised Medicine: A Primary Care Perspective
Date: 28 April 2026, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Trish Greenhalgh (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L2
Organiser: Thea Perry (Centre for Personalised Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 April 2026

External Virtual Human Factors Course
Date: 30 April 2026, 9:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Helen Higham (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Teams
Organiser: Wendy Washbourn (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Using experimental Medicine and pre-clinical models to understand human immunity
Date: 30 April 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Menna Clatworthy (University of Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Oliver Bannard (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 1 May 2026

BRC Pain Cafe
Date: 1 May 2026, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Organiser: Dr Danielle Hewitt (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Direct-to-Consumer Medical Testing: Exploring Opportunities & Challenges
Date: 5 May 2026, 9:30 - 17:30
Speaker s: Professor Anneke Lucassen (University of Oxford), John Powell (NDPCHS, University of Oxford), Dr Helen O'Neill (University College London), Mark Bartlett (StoreGene), Dr Sharon Dixon (University of Oxford), Prof. Tim Child (University of Oxford), Dr Rachel Horton (University of Oxford), Dr Alberto Giubilini (The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics), Professor Anthony Harnden (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Thea Perry (Centre for Personalised Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 7 May 2026

TBC
Date: 7 May 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Alex Cagan (University of Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Hal Drakesmith (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 11 May 2026

Emotion preparedness: The foundation of emotional expressions
Date: 11 May 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Disa Sauter (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 12 May 2026

TBA
Date: 12 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)

Thursday 14 May 2026

TBC
Date: 14 May 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Jussi Taipale (University of Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Charlotte George (CCB, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 14 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Kanmin Xue (University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms A/B, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital
Organiser: Niki Andrew (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 May 2026

Pain Network Meeting
Date: 15 May 2026, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker : Dr Charlotte Krahé (Liverpool John Moores University)
Venue: FMRIB Centre, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Newsom-Davis Room, OxCIN Annexe: https://www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/contact-us/finding-win-fmrib
Organiser: Dr Danielle Hewitt (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 18 May 2026

Anne Treisman Lecture 2026
Date: 18 May 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Susan Carey (Harvard University)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Robin Murphy (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 19 May 2026

TBA
Date: 19 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)

Thursday 21 May 2026

TBC
Date: 21 May 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Jan Hoeijmakers (University of Cologne)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ignacio Torrecilla (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 26 May 2026

TBA
Date: 26 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)

Towards the Geometry of Color Space
Date: 26 May 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor David Brainard (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Hannah Smithson (University of Oxford)

Monday 1 June 2026

Adaptive Cognition: How Flexible, Selective Memory Use Shapes Behaviour
Date: 1 June 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Dejan Draschkow (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 2 June 2026

Rehabilitation Review
Date: 2 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Matthew Burn (Thames Valley Stroke Clinical Network)

Thursday 4 June 2026

TBC
Date: 4 June 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Chiara Bonini (San Raffaele Scientific Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mara Cenerenti (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 8 June 2026

Confidence judgments of perceptual and motor decisions
Date: 8 June 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Pascal Mamassian (École normale supérieure)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 9 June 2026

Network Meeting
Date: 9 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Matthew Burn (Thames Valley Stroke Clinical Network)

Thursday 11 June 2026

TBC
Date: 11 June 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Ton Schumacher (Netherlands Cancer Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mara Cenerenti (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 15 June 2026

ECR Spotlight
Date: 15 June 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Tsvetomira Dumbalska (University of Oxford), Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 16 June 2026

ESOC Highlights
Date: 16 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Matthew Burn (Thames Valley Stroke Clinical Network)

Thursday 18 June 2026

TBC
Date: 18 June 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Dirk Schubeler (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research)
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 (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 23 June 2026

Title TBC
Date: 23 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Matthew Burn (Thames Valley Stroke Clinical Network)

Thursday 25 June 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 25 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Wenchuan Wu (University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms A/B, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital
Organiser: Niki Andrew (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 30 June 2026

Journal Club -
Date: 30 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 July 2026

TIA Review
Date: 7 July 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 9 July 2026

External Virtual Human Factors Course
Date: 9 July 2026, 9:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Helen Higham (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Teams
Organiser: Wendy Washbourn (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 July 2026

ESOC Presentations
Date: 14 July 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wolfson Building,
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
Ageing, Wellbeing and Health
Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health Seminar Series
ARUK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute Seminar Series
Autism Seminar Series
BDI/CHG Genomics Seminar Series
BDI seminars
Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience (BEACON)
Brain and Mind
Brain Diaries
Brain Network Dynamics Seminar Series
Cellular and Systems Neuroscience Seminar
Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour
Centre for Personalised Medicine Seminars
Centre for the Creative Brain
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Seminar Series
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Seminar Series: Trinity Term
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Series
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Seminar Series - Michaelmas Term 2025
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Seminar Series: Hilary Term 2025
Child Development and Learning
Child Development and Learning Research Group Seminars
Child Development and Learning Seminars
CMD Seminars
CNCB Seminar Series
Contemporary Medical Perspectives on Ageing
Conversations on Consciousness
Cortex Club
Cortex Club
Cortex Club - Oxford Neuroscience Society
Cortex Club - Oxford Neuroscience Society
Cortex Club - Oxford Neuroscience Society
Dementia Research Oxford Seminars
Departmental Seminar Series (Experimental Psychology)
Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive & Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar series (BEACON)
Department of Experimental Psychology - Language & Development Seminars
Dopamine Club
DPAG Guest Speakers
DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series
ECR Lunchtime Seminars
Ethox Centre Seminars
Experimental Psychology DPhil Seminars
Experts in Residence - Drug Discovery and Development
Health Economics Seminars
Immunology, Brain and Behaviour
Industry Insight Seminar Series
Interdisciplinary Seminars in Psychoanalysis
Interdisciplinary talks at Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing
Kellogg and AI Learning Lectures
Language and Development Seminar Series
Mabel FitzGerald Prize Lecture
Marianne Fillenz Prize Lecture
MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre Seminars
MRC Functional Genomics Unit Talks (DPAG)
NDCN Associate Professor Department Seminar Series
NDCN Departmental Seminars
NDCN Professor Department Seminars
NDCN Stroke Seminar Programme
NDM Seminar Series
Neuroscience Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
OPDC Seminar Series (DPAG)
ORNN Seminar Series (Old Road Neuroscience Network)
Our Mental Wellness Seminar Series
OxCIN Seminar Series
Oxford Autism Research seminar series
Oxford|Berlin summer school on Open Research
Oxford Consciousness Group
Oxford Dementia and Ageing Research
Oxford-GSK IMCM External Seminar
Oxford Mindfulness Centre Seminar Series
Oxford NeuroAI Forum
Oxford Nightline 50th Workshop Series
Oxford Pain Network Meetings
Oxford Pharmacology Society Seminar Series
Oxford Psychedelic Society Talks
Parkinson's UK lunchtime online Seminar
Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series
Pharmacology, Anatomical Neuropharmacology and Drug Discovery Seminars
Phenomenological Psychopathology
Placebos: what, why, and how: an interdisciplinary graduate seminar
Psychiatry Research Meetings
Psychiatry Seminars
Psychiatry Seminar Series
Science, Technology, Environment and Muslim Societies (STEMS)
SCNi Seminars
SCNi Seminar Series
Sir Charles Sherrington Prize Lecture Series
Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute Seminars
Social Brain and Behaviour Club
TDI Seminar Series
TORCH: Sleep and the Rhythms of Life Network
Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and Ethox Centre
WHG Seminars
WIMM MONDAY SEMINARS
WIMM THURSDAY SEMINARS
WIN EDI Series