Seminars relevant to NDM members
Talks:

Friday 24 October 2025

A new era in surgery – towards total robotic practice
Date: 24 October 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker : Mr Stuart Mercer (Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Mapping the specificity of natural and engineered TCRs
Date: 24 October 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Kristen Koopmans (Fernandes Group, University of Oxford), Khuluud Hussein (Fernandes Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Mitochondria in Neurons and Glia: Insights into Brain Function, Behavior, and Therapeutic Opportunities
Date: 24 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Carmen Sandi (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL))
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 27 October 2025

Introduction to Presentation Skills (in-person)
Date: 27 October 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)

What about Exclusion? – Censorship and Self-censorship
Date: 27 October 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Old Fire Station theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Spatial Proteomics Relates Metabolic T Cell Flexibility to Successful Cancer Immunotherapy
Date: 27 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Felix Hartmann (German Cancer Research Center)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Magdalena Gross
Host: Professor Christopher Buckley (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Integrating Multi-Omics, Single-cell Interrogations and Population Cohorts to Capture the Earliest Determinants of Cancer and Aging
Date: 28 October 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Philip Awadalla (University of Oxford)
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)

Modulating polyamines and polyamine transport in Parkinson’s disease
Date: 28 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Peter Vangheluwe (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Venue: Dorothy Hodgkin,
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)

Ethox Seminar - The Age of Health
Date: 28 October 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Alex Broadbent (Durham University)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 0 and on Zoom
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

tRNAs and their modifications in development and glucose metabolism
Date: 30 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Elisa Vilardo (University of Vienna)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Francesco Boccellato (Max Planck Institute for Infectious Biology)

Investigating neuron-glial communication & support in neurodegenerative disease
Date: 30 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Building, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Meeting room B
Organisers: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Steph Fowler (University of Oxford), Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford), Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Steph Fowler (University of Oxford)

Medical Grand Rounds - Ethics and Law
Date: 30 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Dominic Wilkinson
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Getting Started with Public Engagement with Research (online)
Date: 30 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

PSI guest seminar: ‘AI for antibody design - going beyond the static’ presented by Professor Charlotte Deane
Date: 30 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Prof. Charlotte Deane (University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Hybrid event, MS Teams or Richard Doll Building - lecture theatre. The Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7LF.
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

EDI as de-barriering: Perspectives on Monuments
Date: 30 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Prof Caesar Atuire (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Meeting Rooms A + 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)

Friday 31 October 2025

Developing next-generation vaccines against SARS-CoV-2: overcoming imprinting and improving breadth
Date: 31 October 2025, 9:15 - 10:00
Speaker : Alexander Sampson (Lambe Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Precise RNA targeting and manipulation
Date: 31 October 2025, 10:15 - 11:15
Speaker : Dr Chengqi Yi (Peking University)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Chunxiao Song (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

Spatial Regulation Of Nutrient Response Pathways
Date: 31 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Bernadette Carol (University of Bristol)
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 3 November 2025

Using AI to find, analyse, and share information sources
Date: 3 November 2025, 9:30 - 12:00
Speaker s: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Miguel Arana-Catania (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: 7-19 Banbury Road, 13 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Venue Details: Isis room
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Genetic prediction and multi-omics: Towards disease prevention
Date: 3 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Using digital health technologies to optimise antimicrobial use
Date: 3 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Timothy Rawson (Imperial College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 November 2025

How to do a Career Development Review, for reviewers (in-person)
Date: 5 November 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker : Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Carroll Group & Integrative Computational Biology Group
Date: 5 November 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Grace Hood (University of Oxford), Stephen Taylor (university of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MDZmOWNkMGEtMmNjNC00MzQ0LWFhYjItMmY4ZWExZGI3YjBi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22faee8eaf-f9bf-478e-9151-5bbfc3b39a0f%22%7d
Organiser: Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 November 2025

Get that grant
Date: 6 November 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Viva practice and preparation
Date: 6 November 2025, 10:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Molly Grace (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Telling stories that matter: Communicating your research through story (in-person)
Date: 6 November 2025, 10:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

From Guardians to Foes: Cancer-induced host remodelling and neutrophil plasticity drive tumour necrosis
Date: 6 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Jose Adrover (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard White (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

Medical Grand Rounds - Clinical Pharmacology
Date: 6 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr James Fullerton
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 November 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - Quality, Reliability, Safety and Teamwork Unit
Date: 7 November 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker : Professor Peter McCullough (University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Endocrine Stem Cells as Orchestrators of Organ Plasticity and Disease
Date: 7 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Cynthia Andoniadou (King’s College London)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Associate Professor Tammie Bishop (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 10 November 2025

Counting the dead (from infections) with lessons from India on malaria and HIV, and from Sierra Leone on malaria
Date: 10 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Prabhat Jha (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Host-pathogen interactions in the diseased lung
Date: 10 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Josie Bryant (Wellcome Sanger Institute)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organiser: Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host: Dr Craig Maclean (Department of Biology University of Oxford)

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 11 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

'Using genetics to adjust and improve biomarkers: application to prostate specific antigen screening for cancer’
Date: 11 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Prof John Witte (Stanford)
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)

Thursday 13 November 2025

Dr Claire Shannon-Lowe - Title TBA
Date: 13 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Medical Grand Rounds - Haematology
Date: 13 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Walking the Tightrope of TDP-43: Mechanisms Regulating Function and Dysfunction in Health and Disease
Date: 13 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Yuna Ayala (Saint Louis University School of Medicine)
Venue: Wellcome Building, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 November 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - Global Surgery
Date: 14 November 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker : Dr Anita Makins (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

TBC
Date: 14 November 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Hallou Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

TBC
Date: 14 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Fadil Bidmos (Imperial College, London)
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)

A mitochondria-lipid droplet stress pathway drives metabolic flexibility and cell survival
Date: 14 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Robin Klemm (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 17 November 2025

Introduction to Endnote for medicine
Date: 17 November 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker : Carolyn Smith (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Critical roles for ion and water flux in T cell migration and activation
Date: 17 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Victor Tybulewicz (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Advancing point-of-care diagnostics through innovation
Date: 17 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano (Imperial College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

A Life Identification Number Barcoding (LIN Code) System for Neisseria meningitidis: High resolution multi-level typing of meningococci
Date: 17 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Kasia Parfitt (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Sam Sheppard (INEOS Oxford Institute and Department of Biology, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Introduction to Zotero for medicine
Date: 18 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker : Matthew Henry (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Bone marrow failure, somatic rescue by p53 inactivation, and enhanced leukemogenesis in germline ERCC6L2 disease
Date: 18 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Roman Schimmer (Universitäts Spital Zürich)
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), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Science communication: An introduction to translating your research for a non-specialist audience
Date: 18 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
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

PSI seminar: 'Globalization, global change and emerging infectious diseases' presented by Professor John Drake
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor John Drake (Oliver Smithies Visiting Fellow)
Venue Details: Hybrid event. Online or Oxford Martin School - lecture theatre Address: Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford 34 Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BD
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Wednesday 19 November 2025

Get that job
Date: 19 November 2025, 9:30 - 13:00
Speaker : Suzi Black (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: tbc
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 19 November 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Dr Vasee Moorthy (WHO)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Lisbeth Soederberg (University of Oxford, Jenner Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 November 2025

How to prepare for a Career Development Review, for reviewees (in-person)
Date: 20 November 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker : Jarlath Brine (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Your thesis, copyright & ORA
Date: 20 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
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

Narrative CVs for Funding Applications
Date: 20 November 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Mary Muers (Research Culture Facilitator, Medical Sciences Division), Kanza Basit (Senior Research Facilitator, Social Sciences Division), Gavin Bird (Research Facilitator, Earth Sciences), Dr Susan Black (Oxford University Careers Service)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Medical Grand Rounds - Medical Ophthalmology
Date: 20 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 20 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Catherine Tong (Isomorphic Labs)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organisers: Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford), Dr Anya Topiwala (University of Oxford)
Host: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 November 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - AI
Date: 21 November 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker : Fabien Layere (Antibe Hospital, Nice)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Host: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)

TBC
Date: 21 November 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Borrow Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

EndNote for referencing
Date: 21 November 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker s: Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Hannah Medworth (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: 7-19 Banbury Road, 13 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Venue Details: Isis room
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

FGF21 signaling activation: Treating obesity at the expense of cardiac hypertrophy?
Date: 21 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Konstantinos Drosatos (University of Cincinnati College of Medicine)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Associate Professor Lisa Heather (DPAG, University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 21 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Jeremy Luban (University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMCMS))
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 Geoff Smith (Dunn School of Pathology)

Monday 24 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 24 November 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Dr Renata Basto (Institute Curie )
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: Prof Ketan Patel (University of Oxford)

Infectious disease challenges over time, the rise of zoonoses, and the impact on health today
Date: 24 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Astrid Iverson (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

The evolution of rabbits and the myxoma virus: invasions, pandemics and resistance
Date: 24 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Prof Frank Jiggins (University of Cambridge)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organiser: Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Hosts: Prof Sunetra Gupta (Department of Biology University of Oxford), Dr Bridget Penman (Department of Biology University of Oxford)

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 25 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
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

Investigating the impact of genetic variation on the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis
Date: 25 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Hannah (Currant)
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)

Ethox Seminar - The Significance of Human Interaction in Consent to Research: ASCEND PLUS and Beyond
Date: 25 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker : Professor Mark Sheehan (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 0 and on Zoom
Organiser: Aileen Mooney (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 25 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Tim Somervaille (Cancer Research UK, Manchester 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), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Wednesday 26 November 2025

OxSTAI Seminar - Implementation Challenges of Medical AI: the view from the ground
Date: 26 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Dr Alex Novak (RCEM Associate Prof in Emergency Medicine, Director of Emergency Medicine Research Oxford (EMROx), Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Ambulatory Care), Dr Rubeta Matin (Consultant Dermatologist)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Room 0 - in-person event only
Organisers: Angeliki Kerasidou (University of Oxford), The Ethox Centre
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 27 November 2025

Zotero for referencing
Date: 27 November 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker s: Andrew Kernot (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxord), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Prof Kim Midwood - Title TBA
Date: 27 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Kim Midwood (The Kennedy Institute)
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: 27 November 2025, 11:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)
Organisers: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Steph Fowler (University of Oxford), Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford), Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)
Host: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford)

Medical Grand Rounds - Combined Surgical/Medical Grand Round
Date: 27 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Combined Medical-Surgical Grand Rounds - Urology
Date: 27 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Associate Professor Mark Sullivan (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), Professor Andy Protheroe (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 November 2025

TBC
Date: 28 November 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Davis Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

TBC
Date: 28 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Nicola Veitch (University of Glasgow)
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: Ms Clare De'ath (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

The Neuroscience of Transgenerational Trauma: Just a Matter of Fa(c)t
Date: 28 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Ali Jawaid (Lukasiewicz PORT- Polish Center for Technology Development, Poland)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 1 December 2025

Optimising global frameworks for pandemic relevant research
Date: 1 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Alice Norton (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Development and use of enabling technologies to accelerate schistosome drug discovery​
Date: 1 December 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Prof Karl Hoffmann (Dept of Life Sciences Aberystwyth University)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organiser: Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host: Prof Gabriel Rinaldi (Department of Biology, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 3 December 2025

PSI seminar: Bassam Hallis
Date: 3 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Bassam Hallis (UK Health Security Agency)
Venue Details: Hybrid event. MS Teams or IDRM, Old Road Campus
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Introduction to Endnote for medicine
Date: 3 December 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Carolyn Smith (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 December 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Date: 4 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Garry Tan
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 December 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - Plastic surgery
Date: 5 December 2025, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker : Dr Akira Wiberg (University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

TBC
Date: 5 December 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : McShane Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Fellows Lecture in Pairs: 'Learning-related sensory responses in the cortex and basal ganglia' and 'Neural mechanisms of behavioural flexibility across threat and reward'
Date: 5 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Andy Peters (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mehran Ahmadlou (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 5 December 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Ian Wilson (Scripps Research, USA)
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 Ervin Fodor (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Tuesday 9 December 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 9 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

Wednesday 10 December 2025

Prof Victoria Cowling - Title TBA
Date: 10 December 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Prof Victoria Cowling (CRUK Scotland Institute)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Seminar room ORCRB-1
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 11 December 2025

AI Tools for Research: A Hands-On Workshop
Date: 11 December 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford), Dr Bradley Segal (University of Oxf), Gavin Hubbard (NIHR CLAHRC Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organisers: Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford), Professor Thomas Nichols (University of Oxford)
Host: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 11 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Sally Cowley (Head, James Martin Stem Cell Facility, Oxford Stem Cell Institute, University of Oxford)
Organisers: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Steph Fowler (University of Oxford), Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford), Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)
Host: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford)

Medical Grand Rounds - Gastroenterology
Date: 11 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street, JR Hospital
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
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

Thursday 15 January 2025

Dr Michelle Percharde - Title TBA
Date: 15 January 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Michelle Percharde (Imperial College)
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)

Monday 19 January 2025

Using human genetics to understand the causes and consequences of childhood infection
Date: 19 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr James Gilchrist (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 20 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor David Kent (University of York)
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), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine)
Host: Professor Adam Mead (Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 22 January 2025

From models to modules: co-development and the ‘lego-like’ logic of the embryo
Date: 22 January 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Naomi Moris (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard White (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

Friday 23 January 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - Urology
Date: 23 January 2026, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker : Professor Prasanna Sooriakumaran (University College London Hospitals)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 26 January 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 26 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Brendan Wren (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 January 2025

Advanced presentation skills (in-person)
Date: 27 January 2026, 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 29 January 2025

Dr Andrea Alimonti - Title TBA
Date: 29 January 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Andrea Alimonti (ETH Zurich)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Francesco Boccellato (University of oxford)

Monday 2 February 2025

The rise and rise of extensively drug resistant Shigella
Date: 2 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Kate Baker (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Is the bacterial accessory genome adaptive?
Date: 2 February 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr John Lees (Welcome Genome Campus Hinxton)
Venue Details: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3EL, seminar rooms 7 & 8, Lower Ground Floor
Organiser: Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host: Professor Sam Sheppard (INEOS Oxford Institute and Department of Biology, University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 February 2025

Dr Helen Rowe - Title TBA
Date: 5 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Helen Rowe (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)

Monday 9 February 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 9 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Bridget Penman (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 February 2025

Diet-microbe-host interaction in early life: discovery of novel microbial therapies
Date: 11 February 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Professor Christopher Stewart (Newcastle University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Agne Antanaviciute (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit)

Thursday 12 February 2025

Dr Elizabeth Patton - title TBA
Date: 12 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Elizabeth Patton (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Richard White (Oxford Ludwig Institute)

Thursday 19 February 2025

Understanding and Mitigating Cancer Cell Plasticity: Approaches to Inhibit Metastasis and Enhance Therapeutic Efficacy
Date: 19 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Chris Marine (VIB - KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Richard White (Oxford Ludwig Institute)

Monday 23 February 2025

Improving the treatment of TB/TB meningitis
Date: 23 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Guy Thwaites (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 February 2025

Prof Johanna Olweus - Title TBA
Date: 26 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Johanna Olweus (Oslo University Hospital)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Monday 2 March 2025

Nipah virus vaccine development
Date: 2 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Brian Angus (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 March 2025

Surgical Grand Rounds - Obs & Gynae
Date: 6 March 2026, 8:00 - 09:00
Speaker : Mr Hooman Soleymani majd (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, and online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 March 2025

Do we still get diphtheria in the UK?
Date: 9 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr David Litt (UKHSA)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 March 2025

Cellular senescence as a therapeutic target
Date: 12 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Jesus Gil (MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Friday 13 March 2025

Epigenetic Mechanisms of Histone Mutations in Cancer
Date: 13 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Jennifer Spangle (Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 17 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 17 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Elsa Bernard (Gustave Roussy)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 March 2025

Dr Elsa Bernard - Title TBA
Date: 19 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Elsa Bernard (Gustave Roussy Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Bethan Psaila (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

Thursday 26 March 2025

Dr Kasper Fugger - Title TBA
Date: 26 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Kasper Fugger (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Skirmantas Kriaucionis (Ludwig Cancer Research)

Tuesday 31 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 31 March 2026, 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), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 14 April 2025

Title TBC
Date: 14 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Els Mansell (Erasmus MC, Netherlands)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: 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 Adam Mead

Monday 27 April 2025

Adeno-associated virus and hepatitis: cause or bystander?
Date: 27 April 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Judith Breuer (University College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 11 May 2025

Early measles vaccination in Ugandan infants – an RCT
Date: 11 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Merryn Voysey (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 18 May 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 18 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Mehrunisha Suleman (University of Oxford), Dr Josh Jones (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 June 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 1 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor David Goldblatt (University College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 June 2025

Title TBC
Date: 2 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Alba Rodriguez Meira, PhD (Dana Farber Cancer Institute Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)
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)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 8 June 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Date: 8 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Charlene Rodrigues (LSHTM and St Marys Hospital London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 15 June 2025

Group B Streptococcus and other difficult to license vaccines – what is the problem?
Date: 15 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Kirsty Mehring-Le Doare (World Health Organisation & St. George's)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
AfOx insaka - a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research
AfOx insaka - a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research
AMR surveillance best practices
ARUK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute Seminar Series
BDI/CHG Genomics Seminar Series
BDI seminars
Burdon Sanderson Prize Lecture
CAMS Oxford Institute Seminars
Cardiac Metabolism Research Group Seminars (DPAG)
Centre for Personalised Medicine Seminars
CGAT/DPAG Computational Genomics Lecture Series
CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks
CIO Seminar Series
CMD Seminars
CNCB Seminar Series
Cortex Club
CPM - WTCHG Career Equality Talks
Department of Oncology
Development & Cell Biology Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
Digital Phenotying
Dopamine Club
DPAG Guest Speakers
DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series
DPAG Researcher Society Events
DPAG Research Support Series
Dunn School of Pathology Departmental Seminars
Dunn School of Pathology Research Seminars
Experimental Medicine TGU Seminars
Health Economics Seminars
Health Systems Collaborative Skills Seminars
HIGH-Q Exchange Webinar Series
HWB EDI Committee Seminars
IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series
Infectious Disease Seminar Series
Jenner Seminars
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Ludwig Institute Seminar Series
Mabel FitzGerald Prize Lecture
Medical Grand Rounds
Metabolism & Endocrinology Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
Mixed Methods Research Forum
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM
MRC Functional Genomics Unit Talks (DPAG)
MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
MRC TIDU Wednesday Seminar Series
MSD Medical Grand Rounds
NDM Research Building Seminars
NDM Seminar Series
Newton Abraham Lectures
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences Seminars
OMH events
OPDC Seminar Series (DPAG)
ORNN Seminar Series (Old Road Neuroscience Network)
Oxford Genomic Centre Seminars
Oxford-GSK IMCM External Seminar
OxON - Oxford Organelle Network talks
Pandemic Sciences Institute seminar series
Peter Medawar Building Seminars
Population Health Seminars
Richard Doll Seminars (2015 - 2024)
Science in Progress (SIP) Talks
Single Cell Seminars at WHG
Strubi seminars
Surgical Grand Rounds
TDI Seminar Series
TDI seminars (monthly)
TGLU Seminars
The Hill Expert-in-Residence Programme 2017
Tropical Medicine Global Health Seminars
Tropical Medicine Seminars
WHG High Profile Seminars
WHG Seminars
WIMM MONDAY SEMINARS
WIMM Occasional Seminars
WIMM Science Career Seminars
WTCHG Public Events
WTCHG Spotlight Series