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:

Friday 6 June 2025

Genomic Medicine Careers in the NHS (in person)
Date: 6 June 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Jennifer Whitfield (Oxford Genetics Laboratories)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: MSc Teaching room (673.10.11). First floor
Organisers: Dr Heba Shawer (University of Oxford), Dr Delia O'Rourke ( University of Oxford )
Hosts: TBA

Development of Liquid Biopsy-Based Precision Oncology in Japan
Date: 6 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Yoshiaki Nakamura (International Research Promotion Office, Division of Drug and Diagnostic Development Promotion, Department for the Promotion of Drug and Diagnostic Development / Translational Research Support Office / Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Ground Floor, Rooms 71a/b/c
Organiser: Yuliia Karpenko
Host: Prof Ian Tomlinson (University of Oxford)

Oxygen Homeostasis – new insights into an ancient problem
Date: 6 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 10 June 2025

Dopamine and Movement: Defining Timescales of Modulation
Date: 10 June 2025, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker : Dr Nicolas Tritsch (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Canada)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Stephanie Cragg (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis Identifies ERBB2 as a Key Driver in Brain Metastases of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Date: 10 June 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Kadir Akdemir (MD Anderson)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Ludwig Seminar Room, Lower-Ground Floor
Organiser: Yuliia Karpenko
Host: Associate Professor Eileen Parkes (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 11 June 2025

Lunch & Learn: Elements of a Good Research Grant Application
Date: 11 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Peter Barber
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building and Online, please visit booking url to register
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 June 2025

Towards using large-scale, cross-brain neuronal recordings to identify the brain’s internal signals
Date: 12 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Carlos Brody (Princeton University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Associate Professor Armin Lak (University of Oxford)

Friday 13 June 2025

Oxford Cancer Immuno-Oncology Network 2025 Annual Symposium
Date: 13 June 2025, 8:30 - 18:00
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 June 2025

Spatial-temporal dependency & interventions for radiation-induced cardiac toxicity
Date: 17 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Karl Butterworth (Queen's University Belfast)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Ground Floor, Rooms 71a/b/c
Organiser: Yuliia Karpenko
Host: Dr Kristoffer Petersson (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 18 June 2025

CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks: iPSC & Cellular Imaging Facilities
Date: 18 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A&B or join on MS Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ad71fa3191ddd4beca3908573c7af2039%40thread.tacv2/1745403260622?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f6409fd2-8c5f-4389-a674-2d6ac1d9ec3e%22%7d
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Lunch & Learn: Time Management
Date: 18 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 June 2025

Dissecting the synaptic basis of learning in vivo
Date: 19 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr William (Jake) Wright (University of California, San Diego)
Venue Details: Virtual (Please contact events@dpag.ox.ac.uk for Teams Link)
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Randy Bruno (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 23 June 2025

Different Disease Pathways to Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease: Three Genetically-Defined Subgroups with Different Treatment Responses in Phase III Disease-Modifying Trials and Distinct Clinical Trajectories
Date: 23 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Antony Cooper (Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: This seminar will be held in the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, Ground Floor Seminar Room (20-138). 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)

Tuesday 24 June 2025

DPAG KAVLI SIR HANS KREBS PRIZE LECTURE 2025: Advances in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering: Towards Oral Insulin and Artificial Pancreas
Date: 24 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Robert Langer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Professor Dame Molly Stevens (DPAG, University of Oxford), Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford), Professor Dame Carol Robinson (University of Oxford)

Monday 30 June 2025

Thinking Outside the Box: Navigating Ethnicity in Genomic Medicine
Date: 30 June 2025, 16:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Professor Anneke Lucassen (University of Oxford), Maxine Mackintosh (One HealthTech), Zeshan Qureshi, Trupti Patel (Genomics England), Elizabeth Young (West Midlands Genomics Laboratory)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Catherine Lidbetter (Centre for Personalised Medicine), Thea Perry (Centre for Personalised Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 2 July 2025

Lunch & Learn: Transitioning to Group Leader
Date: 2 July 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 7 July 2025

PAEDIATRICS, KAVLI & DPAG SPECIAL LECTURE: Bespoke CRISPR Gene Editing Therapies at Nationwide Scale: an Actionable Path
Date: 7 July 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Fyodor Urnov (University of California, Berkeley)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Matthew Wood (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Matthew Wood (University of Oxford)

Thursday 10 July 2025

OPDC Seminar - talk title tbc
Date: 10 July 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Assistant Prof. Briana R. De Miranda (The University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Venue Details: This seminar will be held online. Please 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)

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