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:

Monday 29 July 2024 (15th Week, Trinity Term)

'Host-Plasmodium interactions' AND 'Science and design of nucleic acid-based vaccines/adjuvants'
Date: 29 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:30 (Monday, 15th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Prof Cevayir Coban, Prof Ken Ishii (University of Tokyo)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Tuesday 30 July 2024 (15th Week, Trinity Term)

Science in the Park 2024
Date: 30 July 2024, 10:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 15th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: University Parks,
Venue Details: Gazebos in University Parks
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Recent Evolution of Surgical Science in Gastric Cancer Treatment: Beyond MIS
Date: 30 July 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Tuesday, 15th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Han-Kwang Yang (Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Host: Professor Sheraz Markar (University of Oxford)

Dissecting the crosstalk between epigenetic gene regulation and DNA damage responses in normal and malignant haematopoiesis
Date: 30 July 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 15th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Eric So (Head, Leukaemia and Stem Cell Biology Group, King’s College London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Ian Hsu (RDM, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 31 July 2024 (15th Week, Trinity Term)

The Hypoxia Paradox: Friend or Foe for T cell Cancer Therapies?
Date: 31 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Wednesday, 15th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Iosifina Foskolou (Sanquin Institute (Amsterdam))
Venue Details: Old Road Campus Research Building, room 71a/b/c
Organiser: Yuliia Karpenko
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 7 August 2024 (16th Week, Trinity Term)

Writing a journal abstract: UK EQUATOR Centre Lightning Workshop
Date: 7 August 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Wednesday, 16th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Patricia Logullo (UK EQUATOR Centre, CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: zoom link to be provided
Organisers: Jacqueline Wright (UK EQUATOR Centre, CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford), Dr Jennifer de Beyer (UK EQUATOR Centre, CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford)
Host: Jacqueline Wright (UK EQUATOR Centre, CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 27 August 2024 (19th Week, Trinity Term)

From the Laboratory to the Clinic: 25 Years of Biological Therapy
Date: 27 August 2024, 13:00 - 13:00 (Tuesday, 19th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Trinity College, Broad Street OX1 3BH
Venue Details: The Levine Building Auditorium
Organisers: Dr Charlotte Bell (University of Oxford), Professor Sir Marc Feldmann (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 August 2024 (19th Week, Trinity Term)

Emerging molecular mechanisms underlying postoperative atrial fibrillation
Date: 29 August 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Thursday, 19th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Xander Wehrens (Baylor College of Medicine)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Room B, Level 6 West Wing, JR
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 September 2024 (20th Week, Trinity Term)

JAMA editors presentations and Q&A
Date: 3 September 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Tuesday, 20th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo PhD, MD, MAS (Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the JAMA Network), Gregory Curfman MD (executive editor, JAMA)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 September 2024 (20th Week, Trinity Term)

Mechanistic target of rapamycin signaling in life and death of immune cells
Date: 5 September 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 20th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Bing Su (Shanghai Institute of Immunology)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Prevention is better than cure – realising a sustainable new paradigm to predict and pre-empt obesity and its consequences
Date: 5 September 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 20th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Nadeem Sarwar (Novo Nordisk)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams
Organisers: Eneida Parizotto (University of Oxford), Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Eneida Parizotto (University of Oxford), Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office)

Lifestyle and atrial fibrillation: adventures in clinical research study designs
Date: 5 September 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Thursday, 20th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Gregory Marcus (University of California, San Francisco,)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Room A, Level 6 West Wing, JR
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 September 2024 (20th Week, Trinity Term)

Epigenetics: at the apex of innate immune memory
Date: 6 September 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Friday, 20th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Musa Mhlanga (Rabound Institute for Molecular Lifesciences)
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms 1&2
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Thomas Roberts (Department of Paediatrics)

Monday 9 September 2024 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Neonatal Surgery Course 2024
Date: 9 September 2024, 9:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 21st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Paul Johnson (University of Oxford)

RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL COURSE: A Guide to Design, Conduct, Analysis, Interpretation and Reporting
Date: 9 September 2024, 9:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 21st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Merton College, Merton Street OX1 4JD
Organiser: Jacqueline Wright (UK EQUATOR Centre, CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford)
Host: Jacqueline Wright (UK EQUATOR Centre, CSM, NDORMS, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 10 September 2024 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

Photo-controllable bioorthogonal reactions and biomolecules
Date: 10 September 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 21st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Yan Zhang (University of Nanjing)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room in Basement
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Chunxiao Song (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

Litchfield Lecture: Decoding CD8 T cell metabolism in infection and cancer
Date: 10 September 2024, 15:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 21st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Ramon Arens (Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Joint Room (Room A & B)
Organiser: Prof. Paul Klenerman (Peter Medawar Building, NDM, Oxford)
Host: Dr Nicholas Provine (University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 September 2024 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

HDRUK Oxford Community Meeting
Date: 12 September 2024, 10:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 21st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers: Professor Sarah Lewington (University of Oxford), Professor Marion Mafham (University of Oxford), Professor Eva Morris (Oxford BRC), Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 September 2024 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Postgraduate Education:Oxford Postgraduate Teaching Network
Date: 13 September 2024, 12:30 - 14:30 (Friday, 21st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: TBC
Organisers: Hubert Lam (University of Oxford), Dr Barbara Zonta (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford), Dr Delia O'Rourke ( University of Oxford )
Hosts: TBA

From dendritic cells to inflammatory bowel disease
Date: 13 September 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 21st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Simon Milling (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)
Hosts: Prof David R Greaves (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford), Prof Chris Tang (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Monday 16 September 2024 (22nd Week, Trinity Term)

New Therapeutic Approaches in Translational Mental Health
Date: 16 September 2024, 8:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 22nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers: NIHR Oxford Health BRC (University of Oxford), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Host: Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)

Computational modelling of multi-organ metabolism: digital twins for heart, liver, and brain
Date: 16 September 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Monday, 22nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Nikolaus Berndt (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Room B, Level 6 West Wing, JR
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 September 2024 (22nd Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 17 September 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 22nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Ruben van Boxtel (Princess Máxima Center)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Tom Milne (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 18 September 2024 (22nd Week, Trinity Term)

What can your shopping basket say about your health?
Date: 18 September 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, 22nd week, Trinity 2024)
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 19 September 2024 (22nd Week, Trinity Term)

Introduction to public involvement in research
Date: 19 September 2024, 11:00 - 12:30 (Thursday, 22nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford), Angeli Vaid (Oxford BRC), Una Rennard (Applied Research Collaboration Oxford & TV)
Organiser: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford)
Host: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 25 September 2024 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Understanding dysregulation of antibody and immune memory responses to chronic viral infection
Date: 25 September 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Kim Good-Jacobson (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Australia)
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

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 25 September 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Luca Ferretti (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Room 0
Organisers: Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford), Dr Anya Topiwala (University of Oxford)
Host: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)

Thursday 26 September 2024 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Exhausted: Why so many of us are burnt out… and what we can do about it
Date: 26 September 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Anna Schaffner
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms 1&2
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Iris Hofmann (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 September 2024 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 27 September 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Alexis Barr (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 Ulrike Gruneberg (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Wednesday 2 October 2024 (-1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Date: 2 October 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, -1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Clare Lloyd (Prof of Respiratory Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College 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)

Thursday 3 October 2024 (-1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Dr Simon Paine - Title TBA
Date: 3 October 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, -1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Simon Paine (Nottingham University Hospital)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Skirmantas Kriaucionis (Ludwig Cancer Research)

Friday 4 October 2024 (-1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 4 October 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, -1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Angus Lamond (University of Dundee)
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)

Monday 7 October 2024 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Prof Yanhui Xu - title TBA
Date: 7 October 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Monday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Yanhui Xu (Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 9 October 2024 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

A funders perspective on leveraging digital tools for science and health research
Date: 9 October 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Matthew Brown (Wellcome Trust)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Room 0
Organisers: Dr Anya Topiwala (University of Oxford), Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 10 October 2024 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Prof Nikolaus Rajewsky - title TBA
Date: 10 October 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Nikolaus Rajewsky (Max Delbruck Center, Berlin)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Francesco Boccellato (University of oxford)

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Date: 10 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Tom Freeman (Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine)
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: Ground Floor Seminar Room - followed by lunch and networking
Organisers: Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Dr Charlotte Bell (University of Oxford), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Charlotte Bell (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 October 2024 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 11 October 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Gautam Dey (EMBL)
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 Matthew Freeman (Dunn School of Pathology)

Monday 14 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Date: 14 October 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Monday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Jeanette Schulz Menger (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: OCMR Seminar Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 15 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Date: 15 October 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Davide Seruggia (St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Dr Adam Wilkinson (MHU WIMM)

Natural language processing of multi-hospital electronic health records for public health surveillance of suicidality
Date: 15 October 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Ariel Cohen (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (France))
Organiser: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Andrey Kormilitzin (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 16 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

mRNA vaccine optimization for infectious diseases
Date: 16 October 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Wednesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof. Norbert Pardi (Institute for RNA Innovation, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Lisbeth Soederberg (University of Oxford, Jenner Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 17 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 17 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Gillian Griffiths (Cambridge Institute for Medical 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 Simon Davis (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 18 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 18 October 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Shirin Bahmanyar (Yale University, 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 Pedro Carvalho (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Tuesday 22 October 2024 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Date: 22 October 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Associate Professor Britta Will (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 24 October 2024 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Oxford Stem Cell Institute Annual Symposium 2024
Date: 24 October 2024, 9:30 - 18:30 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Angela Russell (Departments of Pharmacology and Chemistry, University of Oxford), Prof Ahmed Ahmed (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Dr Francesco Boccellato (University of oxford), Associate Professor Nicola Smart (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Silvia Santos (The Francis Crick Institute , London), Professor Igor Adameyko (Karolinska Institute), Professor Riccardo Fodde (Erasmus Medical Centre), Prof Eric O'Neill (Department of Oncology, University of Oxford), Ass Prof Andras Lakatos (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute), Prof Luca Magnani (The Institute for Cancer Research, London), Dr Maria Abad (Altos Labs, University of Cambridge), Dr Anjali Kasumbe (Radcliffe Dpt of Medicine, University of Oxford), Ass Prof Chris Toepfer (Radcliffe Dpt of Medicine, University of Oxford), Prof Craig MacClean (Dpt of Biology, University of Oxford), Ass Prof Siim Pauklin (NDORMS, University of Oxford), Prof Steve Pollard (University of Edinburgh), Dr Katie Bentley (The Francis Crick Institute, London), Dr Mirjana Efremova (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: OMS Lecture Theatre, 1st floor. There is level access via powered entrance doors, and then "sesame lift" access up to reception and the ground floor. There is step free and lift access to all areas apart from the third floor attic level.
Organiser: Prof Colin Goding (Ludwig Cancer Research, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Colin Goding (Ludwig Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 24 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Isidro Cortes Ciriano (EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Sumana Sharma (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 31 October 2024 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Dr Hai-Kun Liu - title TBA
Date: 31 October 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Hai-Kun Liu (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 6 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Introduction to the Centre for Medicines Discovery: Implementing Drug Discovery in Medical Sciences at Oxford
Date: 6 November 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Daniel Ebner (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

Thursday 7 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Prof Tim Somervaille - title TBA
Date: 7 November 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Tim Somervaille (Cancer Research UK)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Mutational order and stem cell plasticity in cancer evolution
Date: 7 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Simon Buczacki (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Alison Simmons (University of Oxford)

Friday 8 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 8 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Matt Neale (University of Sussex)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Hosts: Prof Fumiko Esashi, Dr Anjali Hinch (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 12 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Date: 12 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Chiara Bonini (IRCCS Osepedale San Raffaele)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Wednesday 13 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Multimodal decoding of human liver regeneration and repair
Date: 13 November 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Neil Henderson (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (University of Oxford, NDM Experimental Medicine, RDM Investigative Medicine Division)
Host: Professor Alison Simmons (University of Oxford)

Thursday 14 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Dr Damien Grégoire - title TBA
Date: 14 November 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Damien Gregoire (French National Centre for Scientific Research)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

TBC
Date: 14 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Philipp Holliger (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Oliver Bannard (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Monday 18 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Introduction to public involvement in research
Date: 18 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:30 (Monday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford), Angeli Vaid (Oxford BRC), Una Rennard (Applied Research Collaboration Oxford & TV)
Organiser: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford)
Host: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 19 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Joint 'Oxford Cancer Immuno-Oncology Network' and 'Oxford Immunology Network' seminar with networking drinks
Date: 19 November 2024, 15:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Prof Helen Byrne (University of Oxford), Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Barbora Schonfeldova ((Udalova Group), University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 20 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

OUCAGS Forum - 20th November 2024
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 20 November 2024, 13:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Medical Sciences Division
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 21 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Impacts of childhood cancer treatment on testicular function and new approaches to preserve and restore fertility
Date: 21 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Rod Mitchell (University of Edinburgh)
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)

Friday 22 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 22 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Liz Miller (MRC, Cambridge)
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)

Tuesday 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Date: 26 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Jan Cools (Ku Leuven)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Marlies Vanden Bempt (University of Oxford)

Thursday 28 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Prof Martin Bushell - title TBA
Date: 28 November 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Martin Bushell (CRUK Scotland Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

CEBPA mutation disrupting the bZIP domain regulates the epi-transcriptomic landscape to enforce aberrant erythropoiesis and drive disease progression in Myelodysplastic syndromes
Date: 28 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Paloma Garcia (Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Assunta Adamo (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 29 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 29 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Paul Hoskisson (University of Strathclyde)
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 Georgia Isom (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Tuesday 3 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Pharmacogenetic and pharmaco-epidemiological approaches to synergistically boost precision pharmacotherapy in psychiatry
Date: 3 December 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Jurjen Luykx (Maastricht University)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Rania Elgarf (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Belinda Lennox (Associate Professor and Clinical Senior Lecturer, University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford)

Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 5 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Angelika Feldmann (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 6 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

TBC
Date: 6 December 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Ian Henderson (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Hosts: Prof Fumiko Esashi, Dr Anjali Hinch (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 21 January 2025 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 21 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Jean Soulier (Saint-Louise Hospital, France)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 23 January 2025 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 23 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Nicky Whiffin (Big Data Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Andrew Wilkie (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford)

Thursday 30 January 2025 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 30 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Gavin Wright (University of York)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Simon Davis (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 4 February 2025 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 4 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Jacob Corn (ETH Zürich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Grace Meaker (MRC WIMM)

Wednesday 5 February 2025 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 5 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Charles Swanton (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Giulia Orlando (University of Oxford)

Thursday 13 February 2025 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 13 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2025)
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)

Tuesday 18 February 2025 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 18 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Lars Velten (CRG, Barcelona)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Andi Roy (MRC WIMM)

Thursday 27 February 2025 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 27 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Julian Stingele (Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ewa Gogola (University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 March 2025 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 6 March 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Bart Lambrecht (Ghent University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Oliver Bannard (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 13 March 2025 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 13 March 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Kodi Ravichandran (Washington University School of Medicine)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Alison Simmons (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 March 2025 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 18 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 9th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Michael Milsom (German Cancer Research Centre)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Dr Beth Psaila (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 1 April 2025 (11th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 1 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 11th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor George Vassilou (Cambridge Cancer Stem Cell Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 8 April 2025 (12th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 8 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 12th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

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