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 13 January 2025

The ecology and evolution of microbial communities
Date: 13 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Katharine Coyte (University of Manchester)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Wednesday 15 January 2025

From bench to bedside - drug discovery for Parkinson's disease
Date: 15 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Oliver Bandmann (Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience)
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)

Enhancing Health Behaviors: Leveraging Smartphone Data and Electronic Medical Records for Optimized Health Outcomes
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 15 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Samah Hayek (University of Tel Aviv)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: seminar room 0
Organiser: Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Extracting features from electronic health records, efficiently and accurately, with shared open tools: ehrQL and OpenSAFELY
Date: 15 January 2025, 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

Monday 20 January 2025

HDRUK Oxford Monthly Community Meeting
Date: 20 January 2025, 2:00 - 03:00
Speaker s: Alexander Tinworth (University of Oxford), Dr. Lazaros Belbasis (University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford)

Health and economic impacts of Lassa vaccination campaigns in West Africa
Date: 20 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr David Smith (Oxford, NDPH)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Tuesday 21 January 2025

Defining genome structure at base pair resolution
Date: 21 January 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr James Davies (Prof Doug Higgs' Group, Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers: Nicola Whiffin (University of Oxford), Duncan Palmer (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 January 2025

Telomere to mitochondria signaling prevents age-associated cancer initiation
Date: 24 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Jan Karlseder (Salk Institute)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Ground Floor, Rooms 71a/b/c
Organiser: Yuliia Karpenko
Host: Professor Ester Hammond (University of Oxford)

Lost in Space: Linking Spatial Disorientation to Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice and Humans
Date: 24 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Tim Viney (Department of Pharmacology, 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: Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 27 January 2025

Host-parasite interactions
Date: 27 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Cinzia Cantacessi (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Friday 31 January 2025

Synaptic propagation of tau in Alzheimer’s disease and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Date: 31 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Tara Spires-Jones (University of Edinburgh)
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: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 3 February 2025

An introduction to Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) data
Date: 3 February 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Aden Kwok (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

OPDC Seminar - talk title tbc
Date: 3 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Sarah Marzi (UK Dementia Research Institute, London)
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)

Marburg vaccine trial
Date: 3 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Teresa Lambe (Oxford, Paediatrics/OVG)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Tuesday 4 February 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 4 February 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Yan Wong (Dr.)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organisers: Nicola Whiffin (University of Oxford), Duncan Palmer (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 February 2025

Phenotyping and wrangling of CPRD data
Date: 5 February 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Aden Kwok (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organisers: Aden Kwok (University of Oxford), Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Timing is everything: Getting the sequence right for combinations of immunotherapy and radiotherapy
Date: 5 February 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Professor Kevin Harrington (Institute of Cancer Research/Royal Marsden Hospital)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Ground Floor, Rooms 71a/b/c
Organiser: Yuliia Karpenko
Host: Associate Professor Geoff Higgins (University of Oxford)

Friday 7 February 2025

A depth map of visual space in the primary visual cortex
Date: 7 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Petr Znamenskiy (Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Associate Professor Armin Lak (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 February 2025

Tuberculosis vaccine R&D and human challenge models
Date: 10 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Helen McShane (Oxford, NDM)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Wednesday 12 February 2025

Characterising mental disorder phenotype and outcomes using electronic health record data
Date: 12 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Rashmi Patel (University of Cambridge)
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: Dr Aiden Doherty (University of Oxford), Dr Anya Topiwala (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 February 2025

Regulation of ATP Production by Mitochondria
Date: 14 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Liron Boyman (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)

Monday 24 February 2025

Shingles vaccine and dementia, and other links between infectious diseases and brain health
Date: 24 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Maxime Taquet (Oxford, Psychiatry)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Wednesday 26 February 2025

A Gentle Introduction to Python
Date: 26 February 2025, 9:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Matthew 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

Thursday 27 February 2025

Medical Statistics Drop In Session
Date: 27 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Lei Clifton (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: BDI conference room (lower ground, near the cafe)
Organisers: Lei Clifton (University of Oxford), Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 February 2025

Modelling cerebral Small Vessel Disease in a dish – towards new treatments
Date: 28 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Alessandra Granata (University of Cambridge)
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: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 3 March 2025

The Epigenome of brain cell types and associations with disease
Date: 3 March 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Alexi Nott (UK Dementia Research Institute, London)
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)

Using the adenoviral vectored vaccine platform for bacterial infections
Date: 3 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Christine Rollier (University of Surrey)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Wednesday 5 March 2025

MABEL FITZGERALD PRIZE LECTURE 2025: Dendrites in Motor control and learning
Date: 5 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Jackie Schiller (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Randy Bruno (DPAG, University of Oxford), Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 March 2025

SIR WILFRID LE GROS CLARK PRIZE LECTURE 2025: Phase separation in cell physiology and disease
Date: 6 March 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Tony Hyman (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 7 March 2025

Is brain myelin an energy source/store?
Date: 7 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Carlos Matute (University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU))
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: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 10 March 2025

Social interactions among microorganisms
Date: 10 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Kevin Foster (Oxford, Biology/Pathology)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Friday 14 March 2025

Dementia: the role of the microvasculature
Date: 14 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor David Attwell (University College London)
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)

Thursday 3 April 2025

MitOX 2025
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 3 April 2025, 9:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Tingewick Hall
Organiser: Professor Karl Morten (Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 28 April 2025

Gut microbiome
Date: 28 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Emma Slack (Oxford, Pathology)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Monday 12 May 2025

Malaria and febrile coma cohort study
Date: 12 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Stephen Ray (Oxford, Paediatrics/OVG)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Monday 19 May 2025

The meningococcal B vaccine journey and beyond
Date: 19 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Mariagrazia Pizza (Imperial College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Monday 2 June 2025

Avian and human influenza
Date: 2 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Wendy Barclay (Imperial College London)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Monday 9 June 2025

Better treatment for tuberculosis
Date: 9 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Stewart Cole (Oxford, IOI; Institut Pasteur)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

Monday 16 June 2025

The burden of drug resistant infections, the GRAM project
Date: 16 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Christiane Dolecek (Oxford, NDM)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)

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