Oxford Neuroscience Seminar List
Talks:

Wednesday 4 December 2024

Intuitive Physical Reasoning in the Human Brain
Date: 4 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Nancy Kanwisher (MIT)
Venue Details: Cowey Room, WIN Annexe, JR, and online via Teams
Organisers: Lucy Starling (NDCN), Rebecca Willis (NDCN)
Hosts: TBA

Disruption of neural periodicity predicts clinical response after deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder
Date: 4 December 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Asst. Prof. Nicole Provenza (Baylor College of Medicine)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBME) - 1st Floor Seminar Room
Organiser: Prof. Andrew Sharott (MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit)
Host: Prof. Timothy Denison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 December 2024

Transient promoter interactions modulate developmental gene activation
Date: 5 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Angelika Feldmann (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

From Paperwork to Patients: AI in Healthcare
Date: 5 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Kuldeep Singh (Softude), Mradul Kanugo (Softude), Joseph Davids (Imperial College London)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams
Organisers: Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Dr Charlotte Bell (University of Oxford), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Charlotte Bell (University of Oxford)

Brain Mechanisms of Breathlessness
Date: 5 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Kyle Pattinson (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
Organiser: Niki Andrew (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Yawanawa Traditions: Researching Amazonian Psychedelics
Date: 5 December 2024, 19:30 - 21:00
Speaker : Dr Maria Fe Gebara
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Barring Room
Organiser: Sylvana Vilca-Melendez (University of Oxford)
Host: Sarah Spellman (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 December 2024

R JEAN BANISTER PRIZE LECTURE: Sparse coding for odour-specific memories through homeostatic plasticity
Date: 6 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Andrew Lin (University of Sheffield, UK)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre, Sherrington Building
Organiser: Professor David Paterson (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 10 December 2024

U-Flourish research: Translating evidence into sustainable early intervention targeting common mental health concerns in university students
Date: 10 December 2024, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Anne Duffy (Queen's University, Ontario)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Rania Elgarf (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Host: Associate Professor Kate Saunders (University of Oxford)

Ethox Seminar: Understanding Moral Injury in Healthcare: A Conceptual Analysis from the Clinic
Date: 10 December 2024, 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Isabel Hanson (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Big Data Institute Lower Ground Seminar Rooms and on Zoom
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Triangulating the role of type I interferons in sporadic human disease
Date: 10 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Bastien Rioux (University of Edinburgh)
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 Maria Tuna (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 17 December 2024

Journal Club: Focus on atrial appendix occlusion
Date: 17 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Armad Nehme (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 Maria Tuna (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 18 December 2024

Leveraging the actinobacteria strain collection and genome database at NPDC for natural products and drug discovery
Date: 18 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Ben Shen (Natural Products Discovery Centre, UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Carolyn Thackrah (University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology)
Host: Professor Angela Russell (Departments of Pharmacology and Chemistry, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 7 January 2025

TIA Review
Date: 7 January 2025, 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 Maria Tuna (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 15 January 2025

WIN Seminar
Date: 15 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Johannes Weickenmeier (University of Oxford)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 January 2025

Industry Insights Seminar - Immunocore
Date: 16 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Robert Wilkinson (Immunocore)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams
Organisers: Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Dr Charlotte Bell (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 21 January 2025

Orphan Drugs: What a Startup Should Know About Regulatory Affairs
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 21 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: IDRM Seminar Room
Organiser: MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof. Carlo Rinaldi (University of Oxford)

Evidence of Differences in Diurnal Electrodermal, Temperature, and Heart Rate Patterns by Mental Health Status in Free-Living Data
Date: 21 January 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Daniel McDuff (Google and Harvard Medical School)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92860307789?pwd=iAdkC3QG1wQ8yvbuOBFTibGofmszPY.1
Organiser: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 January 2025

The non-coding exome in rare disease: from diagnosis to therapies
Date: 23 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Nicky Whiffin (Big Data 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 Andrew Wilkie (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford)

Brain-like learning with exponentiated gradients
Date: 23 January 2025, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker : Dr. Jonathan Cornford (MILA)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 January 2025

Developmental risk for psychopathy
Date: 27 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: 2nd floor seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Cathy Creswell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 30 January 2025

Large scale systematic identification of extracellular receptor-ligand interactions: case studies in host-pathogen interactions for vaccine design and the human immune system
Date: 30 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Gavin Wright (University of York)
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)

Tuesday 4 February 2025

Thrombolysis Review
Date: 4 February 2025, 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)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 4 February 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Andreas Kappes (City, University of London)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92860307789?pwd=iAdkC3QG1wQ8yvbuOBFTibGofmszPY.1
Organiser: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 5 February 2025

Lung cancer initiation, metastases and immune evasion: 10 years of TRACERx
Date: 5 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Charles Swanton (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Giulia Orlando (University of Oxford)

WIN Seminar
Date: 5 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Juan Eugenio Iglesias Gonzalez (Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard University)
Organiser: Stuart Clare (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 February 2025

External Virtual Human Factors Course
Date: 6 February 2025, 9:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Helen Higham (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Wendy Washbourn (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 February 2025

Validation of a Mobile App for Remote Autism Screening in Toddlers
Date: 11 February 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Geraldine Dawson (Duke University)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92860307789?pwd=iAdkC3QG1wQ8yvbuOBFTibGofmszPY.1
Organiser: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)

Thursday 13 February 2025

Genome Stability in Aging: New perspectives from C. elegans
Date: 13 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Björn Schumacher (Institute for Genome Stability in Ageing and Disease)
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)

How life works: Dealing with biology’s changing narrative
Date: 13 February 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Philip Ball
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street OX1 3AZ
Organisers: Catherine Lidbetter (Centre for Personalised Medicine), Thea Perry (Centre for Personalised Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 February 2025

TBC
Date: 25 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Sebastian Eustermann (EMBL)
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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 27 February 2025

Cellular responses to DNA and RNA damage
Date: 27 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Julian Stingele (Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ewa Gogola (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 4 March 2025

Rehabilitation Review
Date: 4 March 2025, 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 Joseph Kamtchum Tatuene (University of Oxford)

Enhancing Suicide Risk Prediction With Polygenic Scores in Psychiatric Emergency Settings: Prospective Study
Date: 4 March 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Jordan Smoller (Harvard Medical School)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92860307789?pwd=iAdkC3QG1wQ8yvbuOBFTibGofmszPY.1
Organiser: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 March 2025

New concepts in type 2 immunity
Date: 6 March 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Bart Lambrecht (Ghent University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Oliver Bannard (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 13 March 2025

TBC
Date: 13 March 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Kodi Ravichandran (Washington University School of Medicine)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Alison Simmons (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 1 April 2025

TIA Review
Date: 1 April 2025, 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)

Thursday 17 April 2025

TBC
Date: 17 April 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Eirini Papapetrou (Mount Sinai, NY)
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)

Tuesday 6 May 2025

Thrombolysis Review
Date: 6 May 2025, 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)

Monday 12 May 2025

Interference in number fact learning: From lab to classroom
Date: 12 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Professor Camilla GiIlmore (Loughborough University)
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: Seminar 2nd floor
Organiser: Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Gaia Scerif (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Rehabilitation Review
Date: 3 June 2025, 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 12 June 2025

Title TBC
Date: 12 June 2025, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker : Dr Nicol Harper (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers: TBA
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 seminars
Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience (BEACON)
Brain and Mind
Brain Diaries
Brain Network Dynamics Seminar Series
CDL Research Group Seminars
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 Series
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Child Development and Learning
Child Development and Learning Seminars
Child Development and Learning Seminar Series MT 2023
Child Development and Learning Seminar Series MT 2024
CMD Seminars
CNCB Seminar Series
Contemporary Medical Perspectives on Ageing
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
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)
Our Mental Wellness Seminar Series
Oxford Autism Research seminar series
Oxford|Berlin summer school on Open Research
Oxford Dementia and Ageing Research
Oxford-GSK IMCM External Seminar
Oxford Mindfulness Centre Seminar Series
Oxford Neurotheory Forum
Oxford Nightline 50th Workshop Series
Oxford Pharmacology Society Seminar Series
Oxford Psychedelic Society Talks
Parkinson's UK lunchtime online Seminar
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 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
WIN Wednesdays Seminar Series