Monday 16 February 2026

• 16:00 - Confidence and trust in adaptive decision making
  Nicholas Yeung (University of Oxford)
  Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Tuesday 17 February 2026

• 13:00 - From lizards to humans: early embryogenesis in the light of evolution
  Dr Antonia Weberling (University of Oxford)

Thursday 19 February 2026

• 11:00 - Serotonergic modulation of hippocampal-thalamic circuit excitability
  Professor Sharon Swanger (Virginia Tech)
  Neuroscience Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
• 16:00 - Nucleus: a new epicentre of cardiac arrhythmia?
  This is a virtual event; please contact events@dpag.ox.ac.uk for Teams Link
  Dr Jakub Tomek (DPAG, University of Oxford)
  Cardiac Sciences Theme Guest Speakers

Monday 23 February 2026

• 16:00 - Understanding and treating anxiety in the perinatal period
  Fiona Challacombe (University of Oxford)
  Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Tuesday 24 February 2026

• 13:00 - NDWRH Seminar Student Session 1
  Xintong Li (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Maisy Higgs (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Jared Suruky (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Xinyue Guo (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Luveon Tang (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Aria Hariadi (NDWRH, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 25 February 2026

• 12:30 - Lunchtime Lab Talks: O'Callaghan & Beagrie Groups
  There is no need to register. If you are not a member of the Centre for Human Genetics and are attending in person, you will need to show your University card at reception, and sign in and out of the building.
  Various Speakers
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks

Thursday 26 February 2026

• 12:00 - Dissecting the role of microglia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using multicellular human iPSC models
  Please join us in Meeting Room A (Centre of Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN) or Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/33394106887770?p=mrHggxJB4iXDqBxlqE Meeting ID: 333 941 068 877 70 Passcode: 6Pd33Pc3
  Bjorn Vahsen (Postdoctoral Researcher and Fulford Junior Research Fellow, NDCN)
  ORNN Seminar Series (Old Road Neuroscience Network)
• 16:00 - Orexin/hypocretin knockout impairs mouse visual perception, processing and plasticity, and disrupts development of the cortical subplate
  Dr Cornelia Schöne (University of Göttingen)
  Neuroscience Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)

Friday 27 February 2026

• 13:00 - Sugar and Starvation: Metabolic Strategies Across Evolutionary Extremes
  Professor Nicolas Rohner (University of Münster)
  DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Monday 2 March 2026

• 16:00 - Neural underpinnings of language abilities in individuals who have lost the autism diagnosis
  Professor Inge-Marie Eigsti (University of Connecticut)
  Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Tuesday 3 March 2026

• 13:00 - BEACON Seminar
  Dr Laurel Morris (University of Oxford)
  Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive & Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar series (BEACON)
• 13:00 - NDWRH Seminar Student Session 2
  Jordan O'Donnell (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Alexandra Wong (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Skye Clarkson (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Sahana Narayan (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Emily Robertson (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Shubham Narwal (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
• 16:00 - The cognitive model of PTSD in children and adolescents: the maths, the myths, and the market
  Prof Richard Meiser-Stedman (King’s College London)
  Child & Adolescent Mental Health Seminar Series

Wednesday 4 March 2026

• 12:30 - Lunchtime Lab Talks: Cornall & Handunnetthi Groups
  There is no need to register. If you are not a member of the Centre for Human Genetics and are attending in person, you will need to show your University card at reception, and sign in and out of the building.
  Dr Mukta Deobagkar-Lele (Cornall Group, University Of Oxford)
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks
• 16:00 - iPSC models of Tauopathy
  Dr Kathryn Bowles (UK DRI, University of Edinburgh)
  OPDC Seminar Series (DPAG)

Thursday 5 March 2026

• 12:00 - Title TBC
  Please join us in Meeting Room A (Centre of Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN) or Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/31302428981010?p=L11qAU84URGJe7y7j8 Meeting ID: 313 024 289 810 10 Passcode: rz2j4dS6
  Prof. Carlo Rinaldi (University of Oxford)
  ORNN Seminar Series (Old Road Neuroscience Network)

Friday 6 March 2026

• 13:00 - From Riches to Rags: the nuclear genome in megakaryocytes and platelets
  Professor Beth Psaila (University of Oxford)
  DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Monday 9 March 2026

• 16:00 - ECR Spotlight
  Various Speakers
  Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Wednesday 11 March 2026

• 12:30 - Lunchtime Lab Talks: Carroll & Irving-Pease Groups
  There is no need to register. If you are not a member of the Centre for Human Genetics and are attending in person, you will need to show your University card at reception, and sign in and out of the building.
  Various Speakers
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks

Thursday 12 March 2026

• 12:15 - DPAG Anatomy Seminar: Beyond the fixative: “Teaching Anatomy at the Interface of Science, Regulation and Learning Outcomes"
  Dr Niels Hammer (Medical University of Graz)

Friday 13 March 2026

• 13:00 - SIR CHARLES SHERRINGTON PRIZE LECTURE: Using vision to understand the brain
  Professor Tony Movshon (NYU)
  DPAG Prize Lectures

Tuesday 17 March 2026

• 13:00 - Improving Heart Failure Risk Prediction Using Electronic Health Records and Deep Learning
  Zhengxian Fan (NDWRH, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 18 March 2026

• 12:30 - Lunchtime Lab Talks: Carter & Groups
  There is no need to register. If you are not a member of the Centre for Human Genetics and are attending in person, you will need to show your University card at reception, and sign in and out of the building.
  Michael Carter (University of Oxford), Dr Gavin Band (University of Oxford )
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks

Thursday 19 March 2026

• 12:00 - Investigating the cervical lymphatic system in ageing and dementia
  Please join us in Meeting Room A (Centre of Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN) or Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/38244437093232?p=5TLVo4BRVLldcfnhTY Meeting ID: 382 444 370 932 32 Passcode: aw3z5KH3
  Irene Mattioli (University of Oxford)
  ORNN Seminar Series (Old Road Neuroscience Network)

Thursday 26 March 2026

• 11:00 - Dysregulated RNA splicing in neuromuscular diseases and development of potential combination therapeutics
  Professor Andrew Burgland (University of Albany)

Thursday 9 April 2026

• 09:00 - MitOX 2026
  Dr Michele Frison (Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge), Prof Ian Ganley (University of Dundee), Dr Raffaele Sarnataro (Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford), Dr Tom Nicol (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Joerg Burgstaller (University of Vienna), Prof Benoit Kornmann (Biochemistry, University of Oxford), Dr Konstantinos Lekkos (IDRM, University of Oxford)

Monday 27 April 2026

• 16:00 - From perception and language to knowledge representation in primate brains
  Professor Yanchao Bi (Peking University)
  Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Tuesday 28 April 2026

• 17:30 - Personalised Medicine: A Primary Care Perspective
  Professor Trish Greenhalgh (University of Oxford)
  Centre for Personalised Medicine Seminars

Wednesday 29 April 2026

• 12:30 - Lunchtime Lab Talks: Taylor Group (second group TBC)
  There is no need to register. If you are not a member of the Centre for Human Genetics and are attending in person, you will need to show your University card at reception, and sign in and out of the building.
  Various Speakers
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks

Tuesday 5 May 2026

• 09:30 - Direct-to-Consumer Medical Testing: Exploring Opportunities & Challenges
  Professor Anneke Lucassen (University of Oxford), John Powell (NDPCHS, University of Oxford), Dr Helen O'Neill (University College London), Mark Bartlett (StoreGene), Dr Sharon Dixon (University of Oxford), Prof. Tim Child (University of Oxford), Dr Rachel Horton (University of Oxford), Dr Alberto Giubilini (The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics), Professor Anthony Harnden (University of Oxford)
  Centre for Personalised Medicine Seminars

Monday 11 May 2026

• 16:00 - Emotion preparedness: The foundation of emotional expressions
  Professor Disa Sauter (University of Oxford)
  Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Wednesday 13 May 2026

• 12:30 - Lunchtime Lab Talks: Knight & Milosevic Groups
  There is no need to register. If you are not a member of the Centre for Human Genetics and are attending in person, you will need to show your University card at reception, and sign in and out of the building.
  Various Speakers
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks

Monday 18 May 2026

• 16:00 - Anne Treisman Lecture 2026
  Professor Susan Carey (Harvard University)
  Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Tuesday 26 May 2026

• 16:00 - Towards the Geometry of Color Space
  Professor David Brainard (University of Pennsylvania)
  Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Monday 1 June 2026

• 16:00 - Adaptive Cognition: How Flexible, but Selective Memory Use Shapes Behaviour
  Professor Dejan Draschkow (University of Oxford)
  Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Wednesday 3 June 2026

• 12:30 - Lunchtime Lab Talks: Uhlig & Lang Groups
  There is no need to register. If you are not a member of the Centre for Human Genetics and are attending in person, you will need to show your University card at reception, and sign in and out of the building.
  Various Speakers
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks

Monday 8 June 2026

• 16:00 - Confidence judgments of perceptual and motor decisions
  Dr Pascal Mamassian (École normale supérieure)
  Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Monday 15 June 2026

• 16:00 - ECR Spotlight
  Various Speakers
  Perspectives in Psychology - Departmental Seminar Series

Wednesday 24 June 2026

• 12:30 - Lunchtime Lab Talks: Mentzer & Beagrie Groups
  There is no need to register. If you are not a member of the Centre for Human Genetics and are attending in person, you will need to show your University card at reception, and sign in and out of the building.
  Various Speakers
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks