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 24 October 2025

Mitochondria in Neurons and Glia: Insights into Brain Function, Behavior, and Therapeutic Opportunities
Date: 24 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Carmen Sandi (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL))
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Modulating polyamines and polyamine transport in Parkinson’s disease
Date: 28 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Peter Vangheluwe (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Venue: Dorothy Hodgkin,
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)

Compulsive Reward-Seeking: Roles for Dopamine, Synaptic Plasticity, and Stress
Date: 28 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr Talia Lerner (Northwestern University)
Venue Details: Virtual (Please contact events@dpag.ox.ac.uk for Teams Link)
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Stephanie Cragg (University of Oxford)

Thursday 30 October 2025

Investigating neuron-glial communication & support in neurodegenerative disease
Date: 30 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Building, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Meeting room B
Organisers: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Steph Fowler (University of Oxford), Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford), Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Steph Fowler (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Lunch & Learn: From DPAG to Meta Reality Labs – In conversation with Adam Packer
Date: 5 November 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Adam Packer
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Brent Ryan (University of Oxford)

Lunchtime Lab Talks: Carroll Group & Integrative Computational Biology Group
Date: 5 November 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Grace Hood (University of Oxford), Stephen Taylor (university of Oxford)
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%3ameeting_MDZmOWNkMGEtMmNjNC00MzQ0LWFhYjItMmY4ZWExZGI3YjBi%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: TBA

Friday 7 November 2025

Endocrine Stem Cells as Orchestrators of Organ Plasticity and Disease
Date: 7 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Cynthia Andoniadou (King’s College London)
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 Tammie Bishop (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 13 November 2025

Walking the Tightrope of TDP-43: Mechanisms Regulating Function and Dysfunction in Health and Disease
Date: 13 November 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Yuna Ayala (Saint Louis University School of Medicine)
Venue: Wellcome Building, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Meeting room A
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

SHERRINGTON PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE PRIZE LECTURE: Media, Science and Truth
Date: 13 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Mr Clive Myrie (BBC News)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 14 November 2025

A mitochondria-lipid droplet stress pathway drives metabolic flexibility and cell survival
Date: 14 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Robin Klemm (DPAG, 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)

Wednesday 19 November 2025

Lunch & Learn: Working with Industry Partners
Date: 19 November 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Liz Covey-Crump (Business Partnerships Office)
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 November 2025

FGF21 signaling activation: Treating obesity at the expense of cardiac hypertrophy?
Date: 21 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Konstantinos Drosatos (University of Cincinnati College of Medicine)
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 Lisa Heather (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 27 November 2025, 11:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)
Organisers: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Steph Fowler (University of Oxford), Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford), Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)
Host: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford)

MARIANNE FILLENZ AWARD LECTURE 2025: Cortical codes for generating three-dimensional experience
Date: 27 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Kristine Krug (Otto-von-Guericke University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 28 November 2025

The Neuroscience of Transgenerational Trauma: Just a Matter of Fa(c)t
Date: 28 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Ali Jawaid (Lukasiewicz PORT- Polish Center for Technology Development, Poland)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Thomas Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 2 December 2025

pAIpercast: From Paper to Podcast
Date: 2 December 2025, 10:00 - 10:30
Speaker : Bana Alamad (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A/B
Organisers: Dr Gavin Band (University of Oxford ), Dr Helen Lockstone (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 December 2025

SIR CHARLES SHERRINGTON PRIZE LECTURE: May the Force Be with You: PIEZO Ion Channels as Essential Pressure Sensors for Touch, Pain, and Beyond
Date: 4 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Ardem Patapoutian (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 5 December 2025

Fellows Lecture in Pairs: 'Learning-related sensory responses in the cortex and basal ganglia' and 'Neural mechanisms of behavioural flexibility across threat and reward'
Date: 5 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Andy Peters (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mehran Ahmadlou (DPAG, 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: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 11 December 2025

Title TBC
Date: 11 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Sally Cowley (Head, James Martin Stem Cell Facility, Oxford Stem Cell Institute, University of Oxford)
Organisers: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford), Steph Fowler (University of Oxford), Ira Milosevic (University of Oxford), Martina Hallegger (University of Oxford)
Host: Charmaine Lang (University of Oxford)

Reprogrammed neurons and oligodendrocytes for brain repair after stroke
Date: 11 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Zaal Kokaia (Lund University, Sweden)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

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