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 11 March 2026

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Carroll & Irving-Pease 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: Evan Irving-Pease (University of Oxford), Professor Miles Carroll (University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 March 2026

DPAG Anatomy Seminar: Beyond the fixative: “Teaching Anatomy at the Interface of Science, Regulation and Learning Outcomes"
Date: 12 March 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Niels Hammer (Medical University of Graz)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Sharmila Rajendran (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Sharmila Rajendran (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 13 March 2026

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)

Tuesday 17 March 2026

Improving Heart Failure Risk Prediction Using Electronic Health Records and Deep Learning
Date: 17 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Zhengxian Fan (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: This event is hybrid
Organiser: Michael Suttie (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 18 March 2026

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Carter & Groups
Date: 18 March 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Michael Carter (University of Oxford), Dr Gavin Band (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_YjRhMmNjNTItOGMzNS00ZjQ3LTgxYmEtMjE2YjQxYjJiNGE3%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: Michael Carter (University of Oxford), Dr Gavin Band (University of Oxford )

Thursday 19 March 2026

Investigating the cervical lymphatic system in ageing and dementia
Date: 19 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Irene Mattioli (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Building, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 25 March 2026

Lunch & Learn: Research and the frontier of AI: Mapping the landscape of possibilities
Date: 25 March 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dominik Lukeš (AI Competency Centre, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 March 2026

Dysregulated RNA splicing in neuromuscular diseases and development of potential combination therapeutics
Date: 26 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Andrew Burgland (University of Albany)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Megan Goodwin (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 8 April 2026

Organizational principles of nervous system development in C. elegans
Date: 8 April 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Oliver Hobert (Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Fiona Woods
Host: Professor Gero Miesenboeck (University of Oxford)

Thursday 9 April 2026

MitOX 2026
Date: 9 April 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: 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)
Venue Details: This event is hybrid
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 15 April 2026

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Provine & Todd Groups
Date: 15 April 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Dr Marcin Pekalski (University of Oxford), Sam Murray (Barnes 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/meet/35138872231895?p=pLeIgKEIidLbQj594M
Organisers: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: Dr Nicholas Provine (University of Oxford), Professor John Todd (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford)

Thursday 16 April 2026

Ageing Beyond Earth
Date: 16 April 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Ghada Alsaleh (NDORMS, University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Meeting room B
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Personalised Medicine: A Primary Care Perspective
Date: 28 April 2026, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Trish Greenhalgh (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L2
Organiser: Thea Perry (Centre for Personalised Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 29 April 2026

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 2026

Title TBC
Date: 30 April 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Host: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Direct-to-Consumer Medical Testing: Exploring Opportunities & Challenges
Date: 5 May 2026, 9:30 - 17:30
Speaker s: 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)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Thea Perry (Centre for Personalised Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Wong Group
Date: 6 May 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Yan Wong (Dr.)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/34365630760780?p=wuE0UE44AwLAeZvfPb
Organisers: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Host: Yan Wong (Dr.)

Wednesday 13 May 2026

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 2026

Title TBC
Date: 14 May 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Paolo Piazza (Oxford Genomic Centre, University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Meeting room B
Organisers: TBA
Host: Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)

Thursday 28 May 2026

Title TBC
Date: 28 May 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Dianne Newbury
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Host: Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 3 June 2026

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)

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Vanessa Sancho Shimizu, Imperial College
Date: 10 June 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Vanessa Sancho Shimizu (Imperial College)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/32734964231688?p=erCmtERiQ601aAwGhn
Organisers: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 11 June 2026

Title TBC
Date: 11 June 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 24 June 2026

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

Wednesday 1 July 2026

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Stephanie Dakin, NDORMS
Date: 1 July 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Stephanie Dakin (NDORMS, 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_M2IwNDk5OTctNjdmMi00NGQ0LTg4MzUtMzVkYTEzYzk3ZTcz%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: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 15 July 2026

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Lucassen Group & CPM
Date: 15 July 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Anneke Lucassen (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_ZGI2MDc1ZWMtMWFiOS00MTZiLTkwMGEtYWViM2JmZjkzZjc3%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%2522cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%2522faee8eaf-f9bf-478e-9151-5bbfc3b39a0f%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=2ec9af37-15c0-42e4-b7ed-5f54ab7f34cd&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true
Organisers: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Isabel Schmidt (University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Host: Professor Anneke Lucassen (University of Oxford)

This list contains talks from the following series:
Women in Science