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:

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Join us for an in vivo antibody masterclass exploring a PD-1 and PD-L1 cancer immunotherapy case study
Date: 10 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Bio X Cell (Bio X Cell)
Venue Details: NDMRB Seminar Room, NDM Research Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, OX3 7BN
Organiser: Karen Poxon (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr. Felipe Galvez-Cancino (Centre for Immuno-oncology, University of Oxford)

BEACON Seminar - How does the hippocampal cognitive map contribute to flexible navigation? 
Date: 10 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Eleonore Duvelle (University of Glasgow)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor), Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)

'Strengthening Parents to Protect Children in An Age of Increasing Wars and Displacements: An RCT in Jordan'; ‘Sibling-Inclusive Family Support: The Adaptation of a Parent and Sibling Intervention for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Services'
Date: 10 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Sydney Tucker (DPhil student) (University of Oxford), Amalie Schumann (DPhil student) (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online & Lecture theatre 2, Life and Mind Building (LaMB) Ground floor
Organiser: Nora Skjerdingstad (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Mentzer & Fowler Groups
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)

Extracting features from electronic health records with shared open tools: ehrQL and OpenSAFELY
Date: 11 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Ben Goldacre (Dept of Primary Care Health Sciences, 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)
Hosts: TBA

Flexible problem-solving in prefrontal cortex
Date: 11 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Saurabh Vyas (Carnegie Mellon University)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor) Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organiser: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 February 2026

Multi-model in vivo approaches to melanoma disease states and therapy
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)

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)

Proteomic Discovery in Cognitive Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease
Date: 12 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Becky Carlyle (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Host: Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford)

Friday 13 February 2026

Discovery of potent neutralising antibodies that target deadly Nipah and Hendra henipaviruses
Date: 13 February 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Aiste Dijokaite-Guraliuc (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

OxON-8: The TRPM7 kinase domain regulates synaptic functions and protects against Alzheimer’s pathology
Date: 13 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Nashat Abumaria (Institute of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A/B
Organisers: Professor Ira Milosevic (Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford), Prof Frances Platt (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford), Professor Francis Barr (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford ), Professor Antony Galione (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Ira Milosevic (Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford)

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)

Monday 16 February 2026

Confidence and trust in adaptive decision making
Date: 16 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Nicholas Yeung (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)

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Analysis of R-loop forming regions identifies RNU2-2 and RNU5B-1 as neurodevelopmental disorder genes
Date: 17 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Siddhartha Banka (University of Manchester)
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)

From Lizards to Humans - Amniote embryogenesis in the light of evolution
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 17 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Antonia Weberling (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: This event is hybrid
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

PSI seminar: ‘From local to continental: how vector ecology shapes tick‑borne disease emergence in Europe’ presented by Dr Helen Esser
Date: 17 February 2026, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Helen Esser (Assistant Professor, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation group, Wageningen University)
Venue Details: Hybrid event: MS Teams or The Richard Doll Building Lecture Theatre, Old Road Campus.
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Thursday 19 February 2026

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)

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)

New Technologies Are Changing the Face of Medicine
Date: 19 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Fiona Marshall, PhD (President, Biomedical Research at Novartis)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Simon Davis (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Nucleus: a new epicentre of cardiac arrhythmia?
Date: 19 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Jakub Tomek (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: This is a virtual event; please contact events@dpag.ox.ac.uk for Teams Link
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Professor Pawel Swietach (University of Oxford), Professor Neil Herring (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 February 2026

Ancient variants die hard: Germline determinants of toxicity and survival following immune checkpoint blockade
Date: 20 February 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Shawn Sun (Fairfax Group, University of Oxford), Maksim Chan (Fairfax Group, University of Oxford), Martin Little (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

Monday 23 February 2026

A Gentle Introduction to Python
Date: 23 February 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker : Matthieu Miossec (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The Role of Mitochondria in Cancer
Date: 23 February 2026, 11:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr Christian Frezza (University of Cologne)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Understanding and treating anxiety in the perinatal period
Date: 23 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Fiona Challacombe (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 Cathy Creswell (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 24 February 2026, 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), Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The cause(s) of autism spectrum disorder
Date: 24 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Stephan Sanders (University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Joanna Blaszczyk (NDPH, University of Oxford), Sam Morris (NDPH, University of Oxford), Michael Turner (NDPH, University of Oxford), Dr Michelle Goonasekera (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

NDWRH Seminar Student Session 1
Date: 24 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Xintong Li (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Maisy Higgs (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Jared Suruky (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Xinyue Guo (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Shubham Narwal (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Luveon Tang (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: This event is hybrid
Organiser: Michael Suttie (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 25 February 2026

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 2026

Combining Machine Learning (ML) with Medical Statistics - A Worked Example
Date: 26 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford), Greg Simond (University of Oxford), Dr Joshua Fieggen (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organisers: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford), Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford)

Integrating multiomic and clinical data to produce and validate mechanistic hypotheses in leukemia
Date: 26 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Ruslan Sadreyev (Harvard Medical School)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

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)

Dissecting the role of microglia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using multicellular human iPSC models
Date: 26 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Bjorn Vahsen (Postdoctoral Researcher and Fulford Junior Research Fellow, NDCN)
Venue: Wellcome Building, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Host: Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)

Orexin/hypocretin knockout impairs mouse visual perception, processing and plasticity, and disrupts development of the cortical subplate
Date: 26 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Cornelia Schöne (University of Göttingen)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Prof Zoltan Molnar (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford)

Friday 27 February 2026

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 2026

Health Economics and Policy Evaluation ONLINE Course 2026
Date: 2 March 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Organiser: Catia Nicodemo (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. Research Fellow, Centre for Health Service Economics & Organisation)
Hosts: TBA

VS Code for Python Development: A Complete Beginner's Guide
Date: 2 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Mcebisi Ntleki (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Thomas Nichols (University of Oxford)

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)

Tuesday 3 March 2026

Assessing Representativeness and Bias in Large Prospective Biobanks: Insights from Our Future Health
Date: 3 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof. Melinda Mills (University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Joanna Blaszczyk (NDPH, University of Oxford), Sam Morris (NDPH, University of Oxford), Michael Turner (NDPH, University of Oxford), Dr Michelle Goonasekera (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

BEACON Seminar
Date: 3 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Laurel Morris (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor), Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers: Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Mathew Rushworth (University of Oxford)

NDWRH Seminar Student Session 2
Date: 3 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: 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), Aria Hariadi (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: This event is hybrid
Organiser: Michael Suttie (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The cognitive model of PTSD in children and adolescents: the maths, the myths, and the market
Date: 3 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Prof Richard Meiser-Stedman (King’s College London)
Venue Details: Online & Lecture theatre 2, Life and Mind Building (LaMB) Ground floor
Organiser: Nora Skjerdingstad (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 4 March 2026

IDEU Symposium: 4-5 March 2026
Date: 4 March 2026, 9:30 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Richard Doll Building Lecture theatre
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Cornall & Handunnetthi 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)

iPSC models of Tauopathy
Date: 4 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Kathryn Bowles (UK DRI, University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: This seminar will be held in the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, Phase 1 Ground Floor Seminar Room (20-026). 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)

Thursday 5 March 2026

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)

Title TBC
Date: 5 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof. Carlo Rinaldi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Building, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Host: Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 March 2026

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 2026

ECR Spotlight
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)

Tuesday 10 March 2026

R Code Clinic: Variant Annotation Using Bioconductor, Tuesday 10 March 2026
Date: 10 March 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker : Dr. Ana-Marija Krizanac (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

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 10 March 2026, 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

AI 2026: The new researcher workbench
Date: 10 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dominik Lukes (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)

Mortality impacts of rainfall and sea level rise
Date: 10 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Tom Bearpark (Princeton University)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Joanna Blaszczyk (NDPH, University of Oxford), Sam Morris (NDPH, University of Oxford), Michael Turner (NDPH, University of Oxford), Dr Michelle Goonasekera (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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)

PSI seminar: 'What makes evidence credible in policymaking?’ presented by Kathryn Oliver
Date: 11 March 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Kathryn Oliver (Professor of Evidence and Policy, LSHTM)
Venue Details: Hybrid event. MS Teams or LG 1 Seminar room, Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus Oxford OX3 7LF.
Organisers: James Hay (Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow), Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Host: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Thursday 12 March 2026

INFECTIOUS DISEASES, VACCINATION AND DEMENTIA FROM QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES TO TRIALS
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 12 March 2026, 9:30 - 16:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Organisers: Oxford HDRUK, Oxford Population Health
Host: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford)

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)

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

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

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

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)

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 2026

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 2026

Oncogenic Cooperation of MLL1-ENL in a Primary Human Ex Vivo Model.”
Date: 17 March 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)

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

Introduction to public involvement with research
Date: 18 March 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker s: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford), Una Rennard (Applied Research Collaboration Oxford & TV), Angeli Vaid (Oxford BRC)
Venue Details: Online - Teams
Organiser: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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

Tracing the Evolution of DNA Methylation Mechanisms across the Eukaryotes
Date: 19 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Alex de Mendoza (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Skirmantas Kriaucionis (Ludwig Cancer Research)

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

Monday 23 March 2026

Cardiovascular disease and Women’s Health
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 24 March 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 24 March 2026, 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

Prof Kim Midwood - Title TBA
Date: 24 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Kim Midwood (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7FY)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Thursday 26 March 2026

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)

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)

Tuesday 31 March 2026

From Stem Cells in Leukemia to Neurons in Pancreatic Cancer
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: 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 7 April 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 7 April 2026, 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

Tuesday 14 April 2026

Targeting mitochondria in hematopoiesis
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

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Immunisation Update Training
Date: 21 April 2026, 9:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Karen Ford (Oxford Vaccine Group)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Host: Karen Ford (Oxford Vaccine Group)

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 21 April 2026, 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 22 April 2026

Immunisation Update Training
Date: 22 April 2026, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Karen Ford (Oxford Vaccine Group)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Host: Karen Ford (Oxford Vaccine Group)

Monday 27 April 2026

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 2026

What is data cosmopolitanism?
Date: 28 April 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Jon Rueda (President’s Cabinet and the Ethics in Research Department, Spanish National Research Council)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lower Ground Seminar Room 0 OR Zoom
Organiser: Olivia Lush (University of Oxford)
Host: The Ethox Centre

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

Using experimental Medicine and pre-clinical models to understand human immunity
Date: 30 April 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)

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 5 May 2026, 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

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

Thursday 7 May 2026

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 2026

Role of Dysregulated Angiotensin II Signaling in Maternal Microvascular Dysfunction After Preeclampsia
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

Emotion preparedness: The foundation of emotional expressions
Date: 11 May 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Disa Sauter (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 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

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 2026

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)

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 19 May 2026, 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

Extracellular Magnesium and T Cell Function: Implications for Cancer Immunotherapy
Date: 19 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Jonas Loetscher (University of Basel)
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 Adam Mead (Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 21 May 2026

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 26 May 2026

Towards the Geometry of Color Space
Date: 26 May 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor David Brainard (University of Pennsylvania)
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 Hannah Smithson (University of Oxford)

Monday 1 June 2026

Adaptive Cognition: How Flexible, but Selective Memory Use Shapes Behaviour
Date: 1 June 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Dejan Draschkow (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)

Tuesday 2 June 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 2 June 2026, 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

Methylation states underlying clonal fitness at single cell resolution
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: 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 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)

Thursday 4 June 2026

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 2026

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)

Tuesday 9 June 2026

Targeting leukemia stem cells
Date: 9 June 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Claudia Lengerke (Universität Tüubingen)
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 11 June 2026

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 2026

ECR Spotlight
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)

Tuesday 16 June 2026

Introduction to Immunisation Training
Date: 16 June 2026, 9:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Karen Ford (Oxford Vaccine Group)
Organisers: TBA
Host: Karen Ford (Oxford Vaccine Group)

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 16 June 2026, 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 17 June 2026

Introduction to public involvement with research
Date: 17 June 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker s: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford), Angeli Vaid (Oxford BRC), Una Rennard (Applied Research Collaboration Oxford & TV)
Venue Details: Online - Teams
Organiser: Polly Kerr (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 18 June 2026

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 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

Tuesday 30 June 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 30 June 2026, 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

Tuesday 7 July 2026

Therapeutic targeting of epigenetic enzymes in haematological malignancies
Date: 7 July 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)

Tuesday 14 July 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 14 July 2026, 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

Monday 20 July 2026

Title TBC
Date: 20 July 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Owen Vaughan (University College London)
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 28 July 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 28 July 2026, 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

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 11 August 2026, 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

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 25 August 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
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

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 8 September 2026, 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

Tuesday 22 September 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 22 September 2026, 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 30 September 2026

6th UK Clinical Vaccine Network Conference (UKCVN): Vaccines across the life course
Date: 30 September 2026, 10:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Katrina Pollock (Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 6 October 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 6 October 2026, 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

Tuesday 20 October 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 20 October 2026, 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

Tuesday 3 November 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 3 November 2026, 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

Tuesday 17 November 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 17 November 2026, 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

Decoding cancer aneuploidy: From tumor evolution to therapeutic opportunities
Date: 17 November 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Uri Ben-David (Tel Aviv University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: 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: Professor Beth Psaila (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 1 December 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 1 December 2026, 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

Tuesday 15 December 2026

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 15 December 2026, 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

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Women in Science