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 24 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 24 November 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Dr Renata Basto (Institute Curie )
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), 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: Prof Ketan Patel (University of Oxford)

SNAP2 RCT – Optimising the management of blood pressure following hypertensive pregnancy to reduce cardiovascular risk”
Date: 24 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Lucy Goddard (University of Oxford)
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 25 November 2025

Patient and Public Involvement with impact: going from good to better to best practice.
Date: 25 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Rachel Plachcinski (NDWRH, University of Oxford), Charlotte Bevan (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: This event is hybrid
Organiser: Michael Suttie (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 27 November 2025

E4bp4/Nfil3 from gene to therapy
Date: 27 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Hugh Brady (Imperial 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: Naeema Mehmood (MRC WIMM, 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 nature of the early interactions of T cells with their targets
Date: 28 November 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Mateusz Kotowski (Davis 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

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)

Monday 1 December 2025

Regulation of microRNAs in the Human Ischaemic Heart
Date: 1 December 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Prof Costanza Emanueli (Imperial College London)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Room B, Level 6 West Wing, JR
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Using LLMs for research
Date: 2 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: This event is hybrid
Organiser: Michael Suttie (NDWRH, University of Oxford)
Host: Chris Nellaker (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Mapping the human bone marrow in myeloproliferative neoplasia
Date: 3 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Rosalin Cooper (University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: NDCLS Seminar Room, Level 4
Organiser: Dr. Arlene Glasgow (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Deborah Gill (University of Oxford )

From Diabetes to Methodology to PPI - lessons learned on the way!
Date: 3 December 2025, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Churchill OCDEM 2, Headington OX3 7LE
Venue Details: Robert Turner Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Ana McIntyre (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Amanda Adler (University of Oxford)

Thursday 4 December 2025

Formation of common frameworks of cortical neural circuits based on the molecular bases of neuronal migration and collateral formation
Date: 4 December 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Makoto Sato (The University of Osaka)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Machine learning and statistical methods for single cell omics
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Wolfgang Huber (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Kevin Rue-Albrecht (University of Oxford)

Cortical alterations in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Alessandro Vercelli (University of Torino)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

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

Characterising lung mucosal and systemic immune response in humans following inhalation of attenuated Mycobacterium bovis BCG using single cell sequencing.
Date: 5 December 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Shuailin Li (McShane 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

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

Reactive Trade-Offs: The Balance Between Aldehyde Detoxification and Ferroptosis Resistance
Date: 11 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Lucas Pontel (Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC))
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: Prof Ketan Patel (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)

Tuesday 13 January 2025

Axo-spinous communication between the cortex and thalamus
Date: 13 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor László Acsády (Hungarian Research Network, Institute of Experimental Medicine)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 20 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 20 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor David Kent (University of York)
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)
Host: Professor Adam Mead (Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 22 January 2025

Necrophagy, DaNGeRous indigestion and immunity to cancer
Date: 22 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Caetano Reis e Sousa (Francis Crick 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 Oliver Bannard (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Sunday 25 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 25 January 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Prof Marc Dewey (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Room B, Level 6 West Wing
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 January 2025

Breaking the Silence: How Transcriptional Surveillance by HUSH Guards the Genome from Reverse Genetic Flow
Date: 29 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Paul Lehner (Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, University of Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
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Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Simon Davis (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Monday 2 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 2 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Mariane Bertagnolli (McGill University, Montreal)
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

Thursday 5 February 2025

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Date: 5 February 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)

Wednesday 11 February 2025

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)

Thursday 12 February 2025

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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)

Thursday 26 February 2025

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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)

Thursday 5 March 2025

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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)

Monday 16 March 2025

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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 2025

Title TBC
Date: 17 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Elsa Bernard (Gustave Roussy)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 March 2025

Title TBC
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 31 March 2025

Title TBC
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: 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 April 2025

Title TBC
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 28 April 2025

Therapeutic targeting of epigenetic enzymes in haematological malignancies
Date: 28 April 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)

Monday 11 May 2025

Title TBC
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

Tuesday 2 June 2025

Title TBC
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: 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)
Hosts: TBA

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