Talks of interest to the Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health
Description: This collection contains talks covering topics relevant to the research areas of Women’s & Reproductive Health.
Talks:

Wednesday 7 January 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: CHG Shared Research Facilities (SRFs)
Date: 7 January 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Dr Paolo Piazza (Oxford Genomic Centre, University of Oxford), James Bancroft (University of Oxford), Dr Phalguni Rath (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://unioxfordnexus.sharepoint.com/sites/WHGU-WellcomeCentreforHumanGenetics/_layouts/15/Event.aspx?ListGuid=38c670ec-949a-4fd6-bac2-30f4da7d52ba&ItemId=287
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 January 2025

Axo-spinous communication between the cortex and thalamus
Date: 13 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor László Acsády (Hungarian Research Network, Institute of Experimental Medicine)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 19 January 2025

Studying Navigation in Cities and on the Ocean
Date: 19 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Hugo Spiers (UCL)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 20 January 2025

Let's get physical: Understanding cellular mechanics and competition in pre-leukaemic cells.
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)

DPAG Special Seminar: From Bagram Airfield to Baghdad and back again— a US military doctor’s experience in two wars
Date: 20 January 2026, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Professor Dean Winslow (Stanford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 21 January 2025

Myelin Plasticity: a New Neural Circuit Modifier for Opioid Reward
Date: 21 January 2026, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Belgin Yalçın (Stanford University)
Venue Details: This is a virtual event; please contact events@dpag.ox.ac.uk for Teams Link
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Professor Stephanie Cragg (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Armin Lak (University of Oxford)

Thursday 22 January 2025

Dementia risk prediction and prevention: value of observational studies
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Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 22 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Thomas Littlejohns (Nuffield Department of Population Health)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford), Professor Masud Husain (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford)

Necrophagy, DaNGeRous indigestion and immunity to cancer
Date: 22 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Caetano Reis e Sousa (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 Oliver Bannard (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 23 January 2025

TBC
Date: 23 January 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Klenerman 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

Hypoxia and cerebral perfusion in the mammalian brain
Date: 23 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Isabel Christie (University of Sheffield)
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)

Sunday 25 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 25 January 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Prof Marc Dewey (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Room B, Level 6 West Wing
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 26 January 2025

Computation, neuromodulation and mental health relationships in affective decision-making
Date: 26 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Miriam Klein-Flügge (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 28 January 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Parks & Bull Groups
Date: 28 January 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NjNiMWJhMjktOWI1Yy00NTUyLTg5OGYtMGQ4M2NiYWJiNjQ2%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
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Dr Katherine Bull (Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics), Tom Parks (University of Oxford)

Thursday 29 January 2025

Breaking the Silence: How Transcriptional Surveillance by HUSH Guards the Genome from Reverse Genetic Flow
Date: 29 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Paul Lehner (Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, University of Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
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Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Simon Davis (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Friday 30 January 2025

TBC
Date: 30 January 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Sim 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

From nutrients to neurons: How brain-body interactions guide dietary decisions
Date: 30 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Carlos Ribeiro (Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal)
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 2 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 2 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Mariane Bertagnolli (McGill University, Montreal)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Hybrid: CCRF boardroom and Teams
Organiser: Yvonne Kenworthy (CCRF, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Psychology, Digital Data and the Study of Behaviour: A Golden Age for Social Psychology?
Date: 2 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Mark Levine (Lancaster Univeristy)
Venue Details: Lecture room 2, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road
Organisers: Professor Asifa Majid (University of Oxford), Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Shelley McKeown-Jones (University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 February 2025

Data Engineers meeting
Date: 5 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Vincent Straub (University of Oxford), Dr Yurika Sakai (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Using experimental Medicine and pre-clinical models to understand human immunity
Date: 5 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Menna Clatworthy (University of Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Oliver Bannard (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 6 February 2025

TBC
Date: 6 February 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ffion Hammond (Powrie 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

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

Monday 9 February 2025

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

Wednesday 11 February 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Mentzer Group (second group TBC)
Date: 11 February 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGY5N2MxNGUtMGNlNy00ZGQ0LTlhNDQtY2M2OGQwMDNkOTY3%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)
Host: Dr Alex Mentzer

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

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

Friday 13 February 2025

TBC
Date: 13 February 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Screaton 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

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

Tuesday 17 February 2025

Oncogenic Cooperation of MLL1-ENL in a Primary Human Ex Vivo Model.”
Date: 17 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Sophie Kreissig (LMU Munich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: 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: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 19 February 2025

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

Friday 20 February 2025

TBC
Date: 20 February 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Fairfax 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

Wednesday 25 February 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: O'Callaghan & Beagrie Groups
Date: 25 February 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NGJlMWYyZDktOWEwNS00YjE0LWFkMjgtNDZjYTI3NTMyYmY4%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: Dr Rob Beagrie (University of Oxford), Prof Chris O'Callaghan (WIMM, HIU)

Thursday 26 February 2025

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

Friday 27 February 2025

TBC
Date: 27 February 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Progatzky 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

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

Monday 2 March 2025

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

Wednesday 4 March 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Handunnetthi & Cornall Groups
Date: 4 March 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Mukta Deobagkar-Lele (Cornall Group, University Of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzIyZDhlZTEtOGQ4MC00MTcxLWI0MTEtMGU2NDM0Y2I5NmI5%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
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Dr Lahiru Handunnetthi (University of Oxford), Professor Richard Cornall (University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 March 2025

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

Friday 6 March 2025

TBC
Date: 6 March 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: McMichael Group (University of Oxford), Gillespie 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

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

Monday 9 March 2025

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

Wednesday 11 March 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Carroll & Fowler Groups
Date: 11 March 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTljMjAzMTEtMjkzNi00NWRhLWFhN2MtOGFkNjE0MWVhNjQz%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: Sybille Marchese (University of Oxford), Steph Fowler (University of Oxford), Professor Miles Carroll (University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 March 2025

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

Friday 13 March 2025

TBC
Date: 13 March 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Ho 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

SIR CHARLES SHERRINGTON PRIZE LECTURE: Using vision to understand the brain
Date: 13 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Tony Movshon (NYU)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford), Professor Andrew King (University of Oxford)

Monday 16 March 2025

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

Tuesday 17 March 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

Monday 23 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 23 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Prof Pensée Wu (Keele University, Staffordshire)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Hybrid: CCRF boardroom and Teams
Organiser: Yvonne Kenworthy (CCRF, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 31 March 2025

The Oxford Cancer Annual Symposium supported by the CRUK Oxford Centre 2026
Date: 31 March 2026, 8:30 - 18:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Professor Tim Elliott (University of Oxford), Prof Mark Middleton (Lead Cancer Clinician for the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and deputy director of the Cancer Research UK Oxford Centre)

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

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

Tuesday 28 April 2025

Therapeutic targeting of epigenetic enzymes in haematological malignancies
Date: 28 April 2026, 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 29 April 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Taylor Group (second group TBC)
Date: 29 April 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDhhZmIyOTUtMDhlZi00YThjLWJiMGEtZDkyNzQ0MWNhMzEz%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)
Host: Professor Jenny Taylor (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics)

Thursday 30 April 2025

TBC
Date: 30 April 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Florent Ginhoux (Gustave Roussy)
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)

Thursday 7 May 2025

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

Monday 11 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 11 May 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Anna Stanhewicz (University of Iowa)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Hybrid: CCRF boardroom and Teams
Organiser: Yvonne Kenworthy (CCRF, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 13 May 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Knight & Milosevic Groups
Date: 13 May 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OWNlOTdjZGMtYjIyYi00ZDE4LWI5MzQtM2Q5NDAxMTZlZGE2%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: Dr Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford), Prof Julian Knight

Thursday 14 May 2025

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

Monday 18 May 2025

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

Thursday 21 May 2025

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

Tuesday 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

Wednesday 3 June 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Uhlig & Lang Groups
Date: 3 June 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MGE5NWU1MjktZjVmMC00MTU1LTk0NjEtNDRiMjk3YTAzY2Rh%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: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Prof Holm Uhlig (Nuffield Department of Medicine)

Thursday 4 June 2025

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

Monday 8 June 2025

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

Thursday 11 June 2025

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

Monday 15 June 2025

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

Thursday 18 June 2025

TBC
Date: 18 June 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Dirk Schubeler (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Wednesday 24 June 2025

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Mentzer & Beagrie Groups
Date: 24 June 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MDgyOTQ0NDMtZTQxYy00YmNhLWI4ZDgtNDJhMDQ3ZWUyZWZh%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: Dr Rob Beagrie (University of Oxford), Dr Alex Mentzer

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