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Talks of Interest to Medical Sciences
Talks:

Monday 31 March 2025

Investigating neuro-cardiac communication in a human, innervated and vascularized heart muscle model
Date: 31 March 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Maria Patapia Zafeiriou, PhD (University Medical Center Göttingen)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 1 April 2025

1st Oxford Academic Kidney Network Symposium
Date: 1 April 2025, 9:00 - 17:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Structure-guided design of blood-stage malaria vaccines
Date: 1 April 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Prof Matthew Higgins (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Discovery and functional characterisation of non-canonical translation events during neuronal differentiation.
Date: 1 April 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker s: Dr Owen Rackham (University of Southampton), Dr Julie Aspden (University of Leeds)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Nicky Whiffin (University of Oxford), Duncan Palmer (University of Oxford)

HRA and Ethics Submissions Training
Date: 1 April 2025, 10:00 - 13:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: TEAMS
Organiser: Mark Crossley (University of Oxford - CTRG)
Hosts: TBA

Making ends meet: Repair fate mapping illegitimate recombination
Date: 1 April 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Richard L. Frock (Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine)
Host: Dr Ross Chapman (University of Oxford)

'Too Busy (or Stressed) to Think? Integrating Perspectives on Women Faculty’s Well-being and Career Equality Experiences', talk with Dr Ellen Kossek.
Date: 1 April 2025, 12:30 - 13:45
Speaker : Ellen Kossek (Mitch Daniels School of Business)
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street OX1 1HP
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Understanding and intercepting somatic clonal evolution in blood
Date: 1 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof George Vassiliou (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Update on cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA)
Date: 1 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor David Werring (University College London)
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 2 April 2025

Neural Footprints of Cardiovascular Risk: Personalized Neuroimaging and Potential for Precision Medicine
Date: 2 April 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Sindhuja Govindarajan (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue: FMRIB Centre, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Cowey Room, FMRIB Annexe
Organiser: Dr Ludovica Griffanti (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Lunch & Learn: Writing for High Impact Journals
Date: 2 April 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Professor Paul Riley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Professor Ana Domingos (University of Oxford, DPAG)
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Jobs in Transition: Tackling the Shift to a Green Economy
Date: 2 April 2025, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Ship Street Centre, 4 Ship Street OX1 3DA
Venue Details: Jesus College Ship Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Sami Wymes (University of Oxford), Tamiwe kayuni (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mahreen Khan (University of Oxford)

Chemical Decoding of Spatial-Temporal Biology
Date: 2 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Peng Chen (Peking University)
Venue Details: Basement Ludwig/Jenner Seminar Room
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Chunxiao Song (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

The impact of systemic immune factors on response to checkpoint immunotherapy and cancer epidemiology
Date: 2 April 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Benjamin Fairfax (Department of Oncology, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 398 159 891 577 Passcode: JA6jM9KQ
Organiser: Dr Eoghan Mulholland (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 3 April 2025

Oxford Gastro Oesophageal Symposium (OGOS) 2025
Date: 3 April 2025, 8:15 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Worcester Street, City Centre Oxford, OXF OX12HB
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Sheraz Markar (University of Oxford)

MitOX 2025
Date: 3 April 2025, 9:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: James Sleigh (UCL), Dr Brent Ryan (University of Oxford ), Sheeza Mughal (IBEC, Barcelona), Dr Jan Rehwinkel (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford ), Dr Gautam Wali (Melbourne), Mara Artibani (University of Oxford), Luis Tabara Rodriguez (Cambridge), Enrique Rodriguez (UCL)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Tingewick Hall
Organiser: Professor Karl Morten (Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

GCN2 Activation Through Ribosome Traffic Chaos: A Contributor to Resistance in Ovarian Cancer
Date: 3 April 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Zoya Ignatova (University of Hamburg)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Parinaz Mehdipour (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

Success at the last mile - Lessons on improving maternal and child health from the ground up
Date: 3 April 2025, 16:30 - 17:30
Speaker s: Professor Alan Stein (University of Oxford), Chandrika Bahadur (CEO of the Antara Foundation)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: In person and online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 April 2025

High throughput pooled screening for mediators of ubiquitin biology
Date: 4 April 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Daniel Donole (Senior Research Fellow, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Carolyn Thackrah (University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology)
Host: Dr Thomas Lanyon-Hogg (Career Development Fellow, Department of Pharmcology)

DPAG Researcher Society Seminar Series
Date: 4 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Claudio Cortes Rodriguez (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Susann Bruche (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Susann Bruche (DPAG, University of Oxford)

The FG phase and transport selectivity through nuclear pores
Date: 4 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Dirk Goerlich (Max Planck Institute)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Pedro Carvalho (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Inherent symmetry and flexibility in hepatitis B virus subviral particles
Date: 4 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Professor Zihe Rao (CAMS/PUMC)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: CHG, Room A & B
Organiser: Prof David Stuart (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof David Stuart (University of Oxford)

The extracellular matrix and its regulation of tissue structure and function
Date: 4 April 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Kevin Chalut (Cambridge Institute of Science)
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: IDRM Seminar Rooms 1&2 or via Teams link
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Nancy Stathopoulou (University of Oxford)

Monday 7 April 2025

Synovial lining macrophages are specified in the first weeks of life
Date: 7 April 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Rebecca Gentek (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Magdalena Gross
Hosts: TBA

Building FAIR Machine Learning-Ready Data on MHC-Ligand Interactions: Insights from Structural Data and ML Predictions
Date: 7 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Chris Thorpe (Marie Curie ARISE Fellow EBI)
Venue Details: Online only
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Hashem Koohy (University of Oxford)

Fostering Accountability for the Integrity of Research Studies (FAIRS)
Date: 7 April 2025, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Garden Quad Auditorium
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Research Workshop: Using theory in research – the example of critical realism
Date: 7 April 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Professor Leesa Wheelahan (Honorary Research Fellow, University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 8 April 2025

Anatomy Jargon Dissected: Exploring Medical Terminology and Early Misconceptions of the Human Body - Talks and Activity
Date: 8 April 2025, 10:00 - 12:30
Speaker s: Professor David Langslow (University of Manchester), Professor John Morris (DPAG, University of Oxford), Sharmila Rajendran (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Wellbeing Room
Organisers: Sharmila Rajendran (DPAG, University of Oxford), Karine Barker (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

From Stem Cells in Leukemia to Neurons in Pancreatic Cancer
Date: 8 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

NIHR Oxford BRC FREE Public Talk: Predicting heart attacks years before they happen
Date: 8 April 2025, 18:00 - 19:15
Speaker : Kenneth Chan (Clinical Research Fellow in Cardiology)
Venue: Rewley House, 1-7 Wellington Square OX1 2JA
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: NIHR Oxford BRC

Wednesday 9 April 2025

Empowering Oxford Educators: Exploring how digital resources for teaching can be used to help students maximise their academic potential
Date: 9 April 2025, 10:00 - 12:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Level 2, Littlegate House, 16/17 St Ebbe’s Street, Oxford OX1 1PT
Organiser: Centre for Teaching and Learning (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 10 April 2025

Understanding the Impact of Cytotoxic T Cells in Human Virus Infection and Cancer
Date: 10 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Tao Dong (CAMS Oxford Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms A and B
Organisers: Dr Christina Heroven (University of Oxford), Dr Robert Beagrie (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Christina Heroven (University of Oxford), Dr Robert Beagrie (University of Oxford)

Open Scholarship: Fundamentals of open access
Date: 10 April 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Beth Saward (Bodleian Libraries), Polly Bannister (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 April 2025

Neural basis of self-control
Date: 11 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Veit Stuphorn (Johns Hopkins University)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (ground floor), Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT
Organisers: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford), Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Fabian Grabenhorst (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)

Mechanisms of co-translational folding and assembly of proteins
Date: 11 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Bernd Bukau (University of Heidelberg)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Dr Girish Mali (Dunn School of Pathology)

Tuesday 15 April 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 15 April 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Prof Eric O'Neill (Department of Oncology, University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Loneliness, Mental Health and Suicide: Insights from General and Vulnerable Populations
Date: 15 April 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Vita Postuvan (University of Primorska)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Keith Hawton (University of Oxford )

Wednesday 16 April 2025

Inflammatory pDC in Liver Fibrosis and Cancer: Lessons from HIV-1
Date: 16 April 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Lishan Su (University of Maryland)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Thursday 17 April 2025

Insights into myeloid malignancies from human iPSC models
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)

Debunking old dogmas leading to the discovery of a brain NGF metabolic pathway, explaining the Alzheimer’s cholinergic atrophy
Date: 17 April 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Claudio Cuello (McGill University)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: David Smith Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Carolyn Thackrah (University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology)
Host: Professor Fran Platt (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford )

Wednesday 23 April 2025

The Knotty Problem of Neurofibrillary Tangles
Date: 23 April 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Kenneth S. Kosik (UC Santa Barbara)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: This seminar will be held in the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, Ground Floor Seminar Room (20-138). Email: opdc.administrator@dpag.ox.ac.uk for more details.
Organiser: Lorraine Dyson (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

'Rare typicals and non-classical pathotypes: Insights from the genomes of enteric bacteria isolated in Nigeria' presented by Professor Iruka Okeke
Date: 23 April 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Professor Iruka Okeke (Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre Richard Doll Building
Organisers: Jana Lipcakova (University of Oxford), James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

What can your shopping basket say about your health?
Date: 23 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Anya Skatova (University of Bristol)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 24 April 2025

Title TBC
Date: 24 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : TBA
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

TGLU: SIREN – Stomach inflammation and its impact on related early neoplasia by Dr Jan Bornschein, Oxford
Date: 24 April 2025, 16:30 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Jan Bornschein (University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: JR, GPEC Seminar Room 4B, Level 3 JR Hopital, Oxford
Organiser: Professor Holm Uhlig (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Michael Fitzpatrick

Friday 25 April 2025

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Training Session (in-person)
Date: 25 April 2025, 13:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Picky Eaters: How macrophages select targets for phagocytosis
Date: 25 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Meghan Morrissey (UC Santa Barbara)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Omer Dushek (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Monday 28 April 2025

Anti-bacterial vaccination in the context of gut ecosystem
Date: 28 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Emma Slack (Oxford, Pathology)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Lipid mediators in the pathogenesis of dengue
Date: 28 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Neelika Malavige (Dept. of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry), Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Nicole Zitzmann (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Astor Lecture: Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Anxiety Disorders.
Date: 28 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Professor Golda S. Ginsburg (University of Connecticut School of Medicine)
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: 2nd floor seminar rooms, lift available
Organiser: Professor Cathy Creswell (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Cathy Creswell (University of Oxford)

iSkills for Medicine: An introduction to designing a conference poster
Date: 28 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 29 April 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 29 April 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 29 April 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr David Popovic (Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Rachel Upthegrove (University of Oxford)

iSkills for Medicine: An introduction to science communication: Translating your research for a non-specialist audience
Date: 29 April 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Natural language processing to identify suicidal ideation and anhedonia in major depressive disorder
Date: 29 April 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Alexander Vance (Holmusk)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/95344931920?pwd=PCBccrb6fpNR00nnnv3xIaM2yyFGd0.1
Organiser: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)

The discovery of ReNU syndrome
Date: 29 April 2025, 17:30 - 19:30
Speaker s: Nicola Whiffin (University of Oxford), Yuyang Chen (University of Oxford), Professor Stephan Sanders (IDRM, University of Oxford), Dr Susan Walker (Genomics England), Dr Sarah Wynn (Unique)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Catherine Lidbetter (Centre for Personalised Medicine), Thea Perry (Centre for Personalised Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

The Boundaries of Humanity Reading Group
Date: 29 April 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG
Organiser: Andrew Moeller
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Title TBC
Date: 30 April 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Andreas Wack (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)

Epigenetics and alternative splicing in spinal muscular atrophy
Date: 30 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Albero Kornblihtt (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Nick Proudfoot (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Thursday 1 May 2025

Enhancer variation and chromatin folding, shaping the face in evolution and disease
Date: 1 May 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Hannah Long (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard White (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

Harnessing tissue regulatory T cells in the brain
Date: 1 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Adrian Liston (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: Hashem Koohy (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Current challenges and opportunities in digital healthcare and where the sector is moving in terms of AI
Date: 1 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Oliver Harrison (Royal Society EIR in Oxford- CEO of Koa Health)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room and via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: Betina Nair (University of Oxford), Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Betina Nair (University of Oxford), Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office)

Title TBC
Date: 1 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : TBA
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 May 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds
Date: 2 May 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 2 May 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Audrey Gerard (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

To be announced
Date: 2 May 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Kharthik Bharath (School of Mathematics, University of Nottingham)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Host: Prof Helen Byrne (University of Oxford)

Why the drugs should work: A deep cellular atlas reveals a mechanistic overlap between Parkinson’s disease and Type 2 Diabetes
Date: 2 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Caleb Webber (UK Dementia Research Institute and Cardiff University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Steering the evolution of bacteria within hosts
Date: 2 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof. Médéric Diard (Biozentrum, University of Basel)
Venue: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road OX1 3RE
Venue Details: EPA Seminar room
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Emma Slack (Oxford, Pathology)

Tuesday 6 May 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 6 May 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Andy Ratcliffe (MQ Mental Health)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Open Scholarship: Fundamentals of open access
Date: 6 May 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), David Phillips (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

SeedWISE - Cultivating Women's Excellence in STEM
Date: 6 May 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road OX2 6PA
Venue Details: Careers Lounge
Organisers: MPLS Enterprise, Louisa Trevail (University of Oxford)
Host: Louisa Trevail (University of Oxford)

Causal machine learning for predicting treatment outcomes
Date: 6 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Stefan Feuerriegel (University of Munich)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/95344931920?pwd=PCBccrb6fpNR00nnnv3xIaM2yyFGd0.1
Organiser: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)

iSkills for Medicine: An introduction to designing a conference poster
Date: 6 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Health Care Libraries - Cairns Library, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Beeson Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Book Talk: 'Pro-vax: Supporting Vaccines through Activism, Petitions, and Trials' with Samantha Vanderslott
Date: 6 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Samantha Vanderslott (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organiser: Clara Lloyd (Oxford Vaccine Group)
Host: Professor Sir Andrew Pollard (Oxford Vaccine Group)

Wednesday 7 May 2025

Health Economics and Policy Evaluation: Online Course, 2025
Date: 7 May 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue Details: online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Get that fellowship (in-person)
Date: 7 May 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

WIN seminar by Daniel Reznik
Date: 7 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Daniel Reznik (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences)
Venue: FMRIB Centre, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Cowey Room, FMRIB Annexe
Organisers: Stuart Clare (University of Oxford), Dr Nima Khalighinejad (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Using wearables to screen for atrial fibrillation
Date: 7 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Peter H. Charlton (Nokia Bells Lab)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Room 0
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford), Dr Anya Topiwala (University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 7 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Carl Wu (Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, John Hopkins University)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Francis Barr (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )

SIR CHARLES SHERRINGTON PRIZE LECTURE: New Insights into Basic Mechanisms of Synaptic Neurotransmission
Date: 7 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor James E. Rothman (Yale University School of Medicine)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Gero Miesenboeck (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Gero Miesenboeck (University of Oxford)

Thursday 8 May 2025

TBC
Date: 8 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Raheleh Rahbari (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 Anne Goriely (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Hands on Science Engagement (in-person)
Date: 8 May 2025, 13:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Open Scholarship: Foundations of copyright for teaching
Date: 8 May 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker s: Chris Morrison (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 May 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - Plastics
Date: 9 May 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 9 May 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Udalova Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Developmental programmes in cancer
Date: 9 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Richard White (Ludwig Cancer Research, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 9 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof James Olzmann (UC Berkeley)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Pedro Carvalho (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Monday 12 May 2025

Innovation Leadership Programme (ILP) - core programme (in-person & online)
Date: 12 May 2025, 10:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 12 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor James Naismith (Head of MPLS, University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Simon Newstead (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Malaria and febrile coma cohort study
Date: 12 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Stephen Ray (Oxford, Paediatrics/OVG)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

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 13 May 2025

iSkills for Medicine: An introduction to science communication: Translating your research for a non-specialist audience
Date: 13 May 2025, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker : Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 13 May 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Prof Andy Sewell (Systems Immunity Research Institute, University of Cardiff)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 13 May 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Paris Lalousis (King's College London)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Rachel Upthegrove (University of Oxford)

Open Scholarship: Logistics of open scholarship
Date: 13 May 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Learning to perceive and perceiving to learn
Date: 13 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Clare Press (University College London)
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: Seminar rooms, 2nd floor - lift available. Walton Street, OX2 6NW
Organisers: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford), Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Marco Wittmann (University College London)

Title TBC
Date: 13 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
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 15 May 2025

Telling stories that matter: communicating your research through story
Date: 15 May 2025, 10:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Long-term single live cell quantification: New tools for old questions
Date: 15 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Timm Schroeder (ETH Zurich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Ian Hsu (MRC WIMM, University of Oxford)

Utilising multi-omics to better understand painful and painless peripheral neuropathy
Date: 15 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Georgios Baskozos (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, 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

Title TBC
Date: 15 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 May 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - Global Surgery
Date: 16 May 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 16 May 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dong Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Round the clock: circadian gene expression, growth and division in cyanobacteria
Date: 16 May 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Host: Torkel Loman (University of Oxford)

Pathways for the entry and exit of solutes and proteins into and from the brain. Implications for neurological diseases
Date: 16 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Roxana Carare (University of Southampton)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 16 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Caroline Austin (Newcastle University)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Fumiko Esashi

Monday 19 May 2025

The meningococcal B vaccine journey and beyond
Date: 19 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Mariagrazia Pizza (Imperial College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Title TBC
Date: 19 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Veronique Azuara (Reader in Stem Cell Biology, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction - Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Amanda Fisher (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 20 May 2025

GLP-1RAs for cognitive and mental disorders
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 20 May 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Riccardo De Giorgi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Catherine Harmer (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)

GROW: Creating Compelling Narratives that Persuade and Succeed
Date: 20 May 2025, 12:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Roger Frosh (ARC Accelerator)
Venue: Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road OX2 6PA
Venue Details: Careers Lounge
Organiser: Sally Charles (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Enterprise

Brain Mechanisms of Attention: Sensory Selection to Free Will
Date: 20 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor George Mangun (University of California, Davis. (USA))
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: Seminar rooms, 2nd floor - lift available. Walton Street, OX2 6NW
Organisers: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford), Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Christopher Summerfield (University of Oxford)

Research Data Management (in-person)
Date: 20 May 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Oliver Bridle (Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

iSkills for Medicine: Poster clinic
Date: 20 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Health Care Libraries - Cairns Library, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Beeson Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

BURDON SANDERSON PRIZE LECTURE: Targeting calcium leak to treat disorders of heart, muscle and brain
Date: 20 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Andrew R. Marks (Columbia University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor David Paterson (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 21 May 2025

Advanced presentation skills (in-person)
Date: 21 May 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Thursday 22 May 2025

Scientific writing: core skills
Date: 22 May 2025, 9:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Dr Damien Grégoire - title TBA
Date: 22 May 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Damien Grégoire (IGMM Montpellier)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Title TBC
Date: 22 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : TBA
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 22 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker : Dr Laurence Hunt (University of Oxford)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

SHERRINGTON PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE PRIZE LECTURE: The Art of Choosing
Date: 22 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Sheena S. Iyengar (Columbia Business School)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis public information event: What’s new in inflammatory bowel disease?
Date: 22 May 2025, 16:30 - 19:50
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford OX3 9DU
Organiser: Professor Holm Uhlig (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Alissa Walsh, Professor Jack Satsangi (University of Oxford), Dr Oliver Brain (University of Oxford), Professor Holm Uhlig (University of Oxford), Prof. Paul Klenerman (Peter Medawar Building, NDM, Oxford)

Friday 23 May 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - Neuroradiology
Date: 23 May 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 23 May 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Barnes Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

TBC
Date: 23 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Kimberly A. Kline (University of Geneva)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Chris Tang (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Revisiting oxygen transport by red cells: getting excited about the most boring cell
Date: 23 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Pawel Swietach (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG), University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 27 May 2025

Introduction to Presentation Skills (in-person)
Date: 27 May 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 27 May 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 28 May 2025

Project management: the essentials
Date: 28 May 2025, 9:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Venue: Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road OX2 6PA
Venue Details: careers lounge
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Coaching Skills for Leaders
Date: 28 May 2025, 13:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Marc Adams (People and Organisational Development)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Thursday 29 May 2025

Putting stories to work
Date: 29 May 2025, 10:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
Venue Details: ZOOM
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Dr Ozgen Deniz - title TBA
Date: 29 May 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Ozgen Deniz (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Parinaz Mehdipour (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 29 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Carolina Tropini (University of British Colombia)
Venue: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road OX1 3RE
Venue Details: EPA Seminar room
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Kevin Foster (University of Oxford)

Friday 30 May 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - Urology
Date: 30 May 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker : Professor Ola Bratt (University of Gothenburg)
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 30 May 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Simmons Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Modelling the rheology of biological tissue
Date: 30 May 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Suzanne Fielding (Dept of Physics Durham University)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Eamonn Gaffney (University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 30 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Stefano Vanni (University of Fribourg)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Pedro Carvalho (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Monday 2 June 2025

iSkills for Medicine: An introduction to designing a conference poster
Date: 2 June 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Health Care Libraries - Knowledge Centre, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Group Study Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 2 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Z. (Tzviya) Zeev Ben Mordehai (Associate Professor, Utrecht University)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Lindsay Baker (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Avian and human influenza
Date: 2 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Wendy Barclay (Imperial College London)
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Scientific Writing: Getting Your Paper Published (in-person)
Date: 3 June 2025, 9:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Unbiased identification of cell identity in dense mixed neural cultures
Date: 3 June 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Winnok De Vos (University of Antwerp)
Venue Details: https://zoom.us/j/92860307789?pwd=iAdkC3QG1wQ8yvbuOBFTibGofmszPY.1
Organiser: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)

Open Scholarship: Your thesis, copyright & ORA
Date: 3 June 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker s: David Watson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Thomas Mitchell (Bodleian Libraries)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 4 June 2025

Three Minute Thesis - The Oxford Final
Date: 4 June 2025, 10:00 - 12:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road OX2 6PA
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

GROW: How AI is changing industry futures
Date: 4 June 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: online
Organiser: Louisa Trevail (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Enterprise

Open scholarship: Playing in the open: Getting familiar with creative commons licences
Date: 4 June 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker s: Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 June 2025

Interviewing for podcasts
Date: 5 June 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Genome Stability in Aging: New perspectives from C. elegans
Date: 5 June 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)

Friday 6 June 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - Quality, Reliability, Safety and Teamwork Unit
Date: 6 June 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 6 June 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Knight Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

To be announced
Date: 6 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Luca Alasio (INRIA Paris)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Maria Bruna (University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 6 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Paul Kubes (Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof David R Greaves (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford)

Oxygen Homeostasis – new insights into an ancient problem
Date: 6 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

New paradigms of regeneration and ageing
Date: 6 June 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Maximina Yun (TU Dresden)
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: IDRM Seminar Rooms 1&2
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Filipa Simões (DPAG, IDRM, University of Oxford)

Monday 9 June 2025

iSkills for Medicine: An introduction to science communication: Translating your research for a non-specialist audience
Date: 9 June 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Health Care Libraries - Cairns Library, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Beeson Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Better treatment for tuberculosis
Date: 9 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Stewart Cole (Oxford, IOI; Institut Pasteur)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Title TBC
Date: 9 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Judy Hirst, FRS, FMedSci (Professor of Biological Chemistry, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Simon Newstead (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 9 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Chris Drakeley (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Lisbeth Soederberg (University of Oxford, Jenner Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Chromothripsis and Genomic Instability from Mitotic Errors
Date: 9 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Peter Ly (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Venue: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road OX1 3RE
Venue Details: EPA Seminar room
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Fumiko Esashi

Open Scholarship: REF open access policy briefing
Date: 9 June 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Sarah Humphries (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 June 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 10 June 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker : Prof. Chris Garcia (Stanford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Time Management
Date: 10 June 2025, 10:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford), James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: zoom
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Neural Mechanisms of Volitional Problem Solving
Date: 10 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Silvia Seghezzi (Birbeck, University of London)
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: Seminar rooms, 2nd floor - lift available. Walton Street, OX2 6NW
Organisers: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford), Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Matan Mazor (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 11 June 2025

Getting started in policy engagement (in-person)
Date: 11 June 2025, 10:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Naomi Gibson (Medical Sciences Division), Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 June 2025

Podcast your science (in-person)
Date: 12 June 2025, 9:30 - 16:30
Speaker : Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Identifying rare variants underlying human disease via high-throughput genome editing
Date: 12 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Greg Findlay (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: Ian Hsu (MRC WIMM, University of Oxford)

Industry Insights Seminar - Novartis
Date: 12 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Marta Cortes-Cros (Novartis)
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: Ground Floor Seminar Room
Organisers: Elizabeth Covey-Crump (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Host: Elizabeth Covey-Crump (MSD Business Partnerships Office)

Ideas to Action: Effective Public Engagement with Research (online)
Date: 12 June 2025, 13:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: online
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Open Scholarship: Fundamentals of open access
Date: 12 June 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Beth Saward (Bodleian Libraries)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

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

Friday 13 June 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - Intensive care
Date: 13 June 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 13 June 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Cornall Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Cell-bulk compartmental reaction-diffusion systems: symmetry-breaking patterns with equal diffusivities and diffusion-Induced synchrony.
Date: 13 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Michael Ward (Professor Michael Ward Dept)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Host: Prof Philip Maini (University of Oxford)

Monday 16 June 2025

Translating SNPs to disease biology in IBD
Date: 16 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr James Lee (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: Professor James Davies (MRC WIMM, University of Oxford)

The burden of drug resistant infections, the GRAM project
Date: 16 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Christiane Dolecek (Oxford, NDM)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Title TBC
Date: 16 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Elisa Fadden (Associate Professor in Pharmacology, University of Southampton)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Phil Biggin (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

iSkills for Medicine: An introduction to designing a conference poster
Date: 16 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 18 June 2025

Networking: A strategic approach (in-person)
Date: 18 June 2025, 9:30 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 18 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Sooraj Achar (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road OX1 3RE
Venue Details: EPA Seminar Room
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Omer Dushek (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Thursday 19 June 2025

Getting Started with Public Engagement with Research (online)
Date: 19 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: ONLINE
Organiser: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 19 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Katherine Bull (Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
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)

Combined Medical-Surgical Grand Rounds
Date: 19 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 June 2025

Title TBC
Date: 20 June 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Uhlig Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

To be announced
Date: 20 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 June 2025

OPDC Seminar - talk title tbc
Date: 23 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Antony Cooper (Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: This seminar will be held in the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, Ground Floor Seminar Room (20-138). Email: opdc.administrator@dpag.ox.ac.uk for more details.
Organiser: Lorraine Dyson (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 24 June 2025

Leadership in Action
Date: 24 June 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Wolfson College
Organiser: Alison Trinder (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

iSkills for Medicine: An introduction to science communication: Translating your research for a non-specialist audience
Date: 24 June 2025, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker : Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 24 June 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 25 June 2025

Biogenesis and function of circular RNA
Date: 25 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Lingling Chen (Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (SIBCB))
Venue: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road OX1 3RE
Venue Details: EPA Seminar Room
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Nick Proudfoot (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Open Scholarship: Copyright the card game
Date: 25 June 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Chris Morrison (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 June 2025

Title TBC
Date: 27 June 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dushek Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 30 June 2025

iSkills for Medicine: Poster clinic
Date: 30 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Hannah McGivern (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Health Care Libraries - Knowledge Centre, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Group Study Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 1 July 2025

Open Scholarship: Logistics of open scholarship
Date: 1 July 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Sarah Humphries (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 3 July 2025

Dr Elisa Oricchio - title TBA
Date: 3 July 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Elisa Oricchio (Swiss Institute of Experimental Cancer Research)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Friday 4 July 2025

Title TBC
Date: 4 July 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Drakesmith Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 7 July 2025

Open Scholarship: Forum of open scholarship
Date: 7 July 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 8 July 2025

Unsupervised Approaches to Decode the Functional Impact of Genetic Variation
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 8 July 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Nathan Palpant (The University of Queensland)
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)

Title TBC
Date: 8 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Melissa Sharpe (University of Sydney (Australia))
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT
Organisers: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford), Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Mark Walton (University of Oxford)

Thursday 17 July 2025

Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis - title TBA
Date: 17 July 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Parinaz Mehdipour (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

Thursday 24 July 2025

Open Scholarship: Fundamentals of open access
Date: 24 July 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), David Phillips (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 August 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 5 August 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 19 August 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 19 August 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 September 2025

Systems biological assessment of human immunity to vaccination and infection
Date: 1 September 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Bali Pulendran (Stanford School of Medicine)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Lisbeth Soederberg (University of Oxford, Jenner Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 September 2025

New Vaccine Designs to Induce HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
Date: 2 September 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Prof Barton Haynes (Duke University School of Medicine)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Lisbeth Soederberg (University of Oxford, Jenner Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 September 2025

TBC
Date: 4 September 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Julian Downward (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: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 9 September 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 9 September 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Prof Christopher Buckley (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 23 September 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 23 September 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Marco Fritzsche (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 6 October 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 6 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 October 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 7 October 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 October 2025

TBC
Date: 13 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Siddharth Balachandran (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Jan Rehwinkel (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Title TBC
Date: 13 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Giacomo Cavalli (Institute of Human Genetics, France)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Lothar Schermelleh (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 13 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 October 2025

TBC
Date: 16 October 2025, 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)

Monday 20 October 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 20 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 October 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 21 October 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 3 November 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 3 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 November 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 4 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 10 November 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 10 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 17 November 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 17 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 18 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 November 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 24 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 December 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 1 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 2 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 16 December 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 16 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 19 January 2025

TBC
Date: 19 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Simon Boulton (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry), Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Nicholas Lakin (Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University)

Monday 2 February 2025

TBC
Date: 2 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Julie Welburn (Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, The University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry), Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Francis Barr (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )

This list contains talks from the following series:
2019 Green Templeton Lectures on Leadership
2022 - Oxford Festival of Open Scholarship
ABC Learning Design
Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society
Ageing, Wellbeing and Health
AIMday
AMR surveillance best practices
Ancient Medicine Seminar
Annual Oxford Developmental Biology Symposium in Oxford
Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health Seminar Series
Autism Seminar Series
BDI/CHG Genomics Seminar Series
BDI seminars
Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience (BEACON)
Biophysics Seminar Series 2023-2024
Bodleian iSkills for Medical Sciences and OUH Trust - workshops in information discovery and reference management for the Medical Sciences
Botnar Seminar Series
CAMS Oxford Institute Seminars
Careers Beyond Academia: Options and Pathways for Researchers
Careers Conference for Researchers 2022
Careers Workshops for Early Career Research Staff and DPhil Students Trinity Term 2017
Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention Seminars
Centre for Personalised Medicine Seminars
CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Seminar Series
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Series
"Chronologies of the Body"
Climate and Health Forums
CNCB Seminar Series
Contemporary Medical Perspectives on Ageing
Cortex Club - Oxford Neuroscience Society
Cortex Club - Oxford Neuroscience Society
Covid Conversations
COVID Without Borders - A Collaboration to Investigate a New Disease
Dementia Research Oxford Seminars
Departmental Seminar Series (Experimental Psychology)
Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive & Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar series (BEACON)
Department of Oncology External Seminar
Developing a Medical Device: turning your idea into a successful commercial product that’s improving detection, diagnosis or treatment
Developing a Medical Device: turning your idea into a successful commercial product that’s improving detection, diagnosis or treatment
Development & Cell Biology Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
Digiknow: tools and tech to help you succeed
Digital Phenotying
Dopamine Club
DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series
Dunn School of Pathology Departmental Seminars
Dunn School of Pathology Research Seminars
Enterprising Researcher Development Programme
Entrepreneur in Residence Masterclass Series 2022
Entrepreneurship for Medical Scientists
Ethics in AI Lunchtime Seminars
Evidence-Based Health Care Programme
GCHU Public Seminar series
Getting hands-on with the Racially Inclusive Teaching Toolkit
Girdlestone Lecture
Health and Life-Sciences Entrepreneurship Lecture series
History of Science Museum Events
How do you get from an idea to a marketed drug?
IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series
IDRM Seminar Series
Industry Insight Seminar Series
Infectious Disease Seminar Series
Insight into Academia
Interdisciplinary Seminars in Psychoanalysis
Interdisciplinary talks at Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing
International Symposium "In the Trenches: Research Translation For Health Impact"
Jenner Seminars
Justice, Equality and Identity seminar
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Ludwig Institute Seminar Series
Management in Medicine
Management in Medicine Programme
Management in Medicine seminar seies
Margaret Varga on Visualization
Mass Spectrometry Training Programme 2020-21
Mathematical Biology and Ecology
MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre Seminars
Medical Sciences Education Forum
Michaelmas Term 2020 Seminar Series
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM
MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
MRC TIDU Wednesday Seminar Series
MSD Business Partnerships Drop-in sessions
MSD Medical Grand Rounds
NDCN Departmental Seminars
NDORMS Events
NDORMS Patient and Public Involvement Group: Meet the Researcher Talks
Neuroscience Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
Newton Abraham Lectures
OCDEM Wednesday Seminar Series
OCTRU/CSM Seminar Series
Older Women’s Health
OPDC Seminar Series (DPAG)
Open Scholarship
OUBS Seminar Series 2020
OUCAGS events
OUCAGS Forum
OUCAGS Forum
Our Mental Wellness Seminar Series
#OxEngage Engage
Oxford|Berlin summer school on Open Research
Oxford GCRF Seminars
Oxford-GSK IMCM External Seminar
Oxford History of Science turns 50
Oxford Inside Out
Oxford Martin School Virtual Series: Building back better - lessons and opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic
Oxford Minds from the Social Sciences Division
Oxford Minds - Oxford Social Science Lectures (Alumni)
Oxford net zero: climate in the balance (Oxford Martin School and Oxford Net Zero Initiative Series)
Oxford Neurotheory Forum
Oxford Pharmacology Society Seminar Series
Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Showcase 2022
Oxford Psychedelic Society Talks
Oxford Rare Diseases
Oxford SARS-CoV-2 Lecture Series
OxPop Festival of Global Health
Pandemic Sciences Institute seminar series
Pharmacology, Anatomical Neuropharmacology and Drug Discovery Seminars
Placebos: what, why, and how: an interdisciplinary graduate seminar
Population Health Seminars
Postdoc Power Hour (PoPoH)
Psychiatry Seminars
Psychiatry Seminar Series
Reproducible Research Oxford (RROx)
Respiratory Medicine BRC themed seminar series
Richard Doll Seminars
Richard Doll Seminars
SBCB Seminar Series
Scibar
Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)
Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Seminar
Surgical Grand Rounds
Sustainable Digital Scholarship (SDS) service
SynBio.Oxford
Talking About Dying: The Biggest question
TGLU Seminars
The 2022 Astor Lecture in the Medical Humanities
The Agile Initiative Research Planning workshop series (online)
The Biomedical Research and Training Institute: Ethics in genetic and genomic research
The Construction of Ageing
The Conversation Training Series
The George Institute for Global Health UK Seminars
Translating Illness
Translating Illness
Tropical Medicine Seminars
UK EQUATOR Workshops and Seminars
UK SPINE Virtual Conference 2020
WebLearn and Turnitin
Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and Ethox Centre
WHG High Profile Seminars
WIMM MONDAY SEMINARS
WIMM THURSDAY SEMINARS
WIN Wednesdays Seminar Series