Talks of Interest to Medical Sciences
Talks:

Tuesday 22 July 2025

Relating Cell Communication in Biology
Date: 22 July 2025, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Michael McManus (University of California)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard White (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

Wednesday 23 July 2025

Interactive Writing Workshop (The Conversation)
Date: 23 July 2025, 10:30 - 12:30
Speaker
Organiser: Academic Divisions
Hosts: Kirsty Heber-Smith (MPLS Division, University of Oxford), Alison Brindle (Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford)

Nuclear mechanical collapse of Purkinje neurons in Ataxia-telangiectasia
Date: 23 July 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Conor Lowndes (FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Magdalena Gross
Host: Professor Mike Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Neonatal Stem Cells derived From Umbilical Cord Tissue for Regenerative and Longevity Medicine
Date: 23 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Thang Phan (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; National University of Singapore)
Venue: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road OX1 3RE
Venue Details: EPA Seminar room
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Chris Tang (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Claustrum-Mediated Variability in the Prefrontal Cortex and Adaptive Optics for 3 Photon Imaging
Date: 23 July 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Huriye Atilgan (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Randy Bruno (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 24 July 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Stroke Medicine - 'Intracerebral Haemorrhage'
Date: 24 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Dr Ivie Gbinigie, Dr John Usuah
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Cardio-Hepatic Crosstalk in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Date: 24 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Iain Scott (University of Pittsburgh)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Associate Professor Lisa Heather (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Fundamentals of open access
Date: 24 July 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), David Phillips (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Cross-talk between cell mechanics, cell shape and cell fate
Date: 24 July 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Ewa Paluch (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Paul Riley (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 25 July 2025

AI-enabled structural comparisons uncover the deep evolutionary histories of viral glycoproteins
Date: 25 July 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Spyros Lytras (University of Tokyo)
Venue: Biology Mansfield Road, 11a Mansfield Road OX1 3SZ
Venue Details: Biology building 11a Mansfield Road, OX1 3SZ, Seminar room
Organisers: Dr Mahan Ghafari (University of Oxford/Department of Biology), Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host: Dr Mahan Ghafari (University of Oxford/Department of Biology)

Monday 28 July 2025

Preeclamptic placental extracellular vesicles; a cause of the long-term cardiovascular consequences of preeclampsia
Date: 28 July 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Professor Larry Chamley (University of Auckland)
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

Wednesday 30 July 2025

Reproducing Expert Judgement with Shortened Surveys using Simulated Annealing
Date: 30 July 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Klint (Kanopka)
Venue Details: Kindly register to our mailing list to receive the Teams invitation!
Organiser: Metrics and Models Management Group (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 31 July 2025

Medical Grand Rounds - Dermatology
Date: 31 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Rubeta Matin
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Street
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 13 August 2025

The relative value of prediction
Date: 13 August 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Juan Carlos Perdomo (Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society)
Venue Details: Kindly register to our mailing list to receive the Teams invitation!
Organiser: Metrics and Models Management Group (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Behavioral Machine Learning
Date: 27 August 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Keyon Vafa (Harvard Data Science Initiative)
Venue Details: Kindly register to our mailing list to receive the Teams invitation!
Organiser: Metrics and Models Management Group (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 September 2025

Systems biological assessment of human immunity to vaccination and infection
Date: 1 September 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Bali Pulendran (Stanford School of Medicine)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Lisbeth Soederberg (University of Oxford, Jenner Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 September 2025

New Vaccine Designs to Induce HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
Date: 2 September 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Prof Barton Haynes (Duke University School of Medicine)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Lisbeth Soederberg (University of Oxford, Jenner Institute)
Hosts: TBA

From the Laboratory to the Clinic: Generating more effective vaccines and therapies
Date: 2 September 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Various (See programme)
Organisers: Professor Sir Marc Feldmann (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS), Professor Fiona Powrie (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatlogy)
Host: Professor Sir Marc Feldmann (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS)

Title TBC
Date: 2 September 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Arno Alpi (University of Edinburgh)
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)
Host: Prof Ketan Patel (University of Oxford)

Thursday 4 September 2025

Targeting KRAS oncogenic signalling and tumour immune evasion in lung cancer
Date: 4 September 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Julian Downward (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 Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Title TBC
Date: 4 September 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Samuel Liebana (UCL)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 9 September 2025

Translational Research Symposium 2025
Date: 9 September 2025, 8:45 - 16:30
Speaker
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organiser: Translational Research Office (Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 9 September 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Prof Christopher Buckley (University of Oxford)
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 10 September 2025

Three-dimensional electron microscopy highlights microstructures in the gut wall and their role in the control of gut motility
Date: 10 September 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Assistant Professor Hiromi Tamada (Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: Seminar Room and via Teams
Organiser: Carolyn Thackrah (University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology)
Host: Professor Paolo Tammaro (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)

Thursday 11 September 2025

Advancing therapy development in ALS
Date: 11 September 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Martin Turner
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford), Professor Masud Husain (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Fundamentals of open access
Date: 11 September 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Beth Saward (Bodleian Libraries)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 16 September 2025

TBC
Date: 16 September 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Alan Brown (Harvard Medical School)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Dr Girish Mali (Dunn School of Pathology)

Thursday 18 September 2025

Biomechanical contributions to cancer progression
Date: 18 September 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Maddy Parsons (King's College London)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organisers: Alexandra Ward (University of Oxford, Oxford Ludwig Institute, NDM Experimental Medicine), Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Francesco Boccellato (University of oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 18 September 2025, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker : Matthew Golub (University of Washington)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers: Dr Jascha Achterberg (University of Oxford), Dr Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Jascha Achterberg (University of Oxford), Dr Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 23 September 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 23 September 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Marco Fritzsche (University of Oxford)
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

Thursday 25 September 2025

Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis - title TBA
Date: 25 September 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis (University of Cambridge)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Parinaz Mehdipour (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

Human-specific genetic modifiers underlying cortical circuit evolution
Date: 25 September 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Franck Polleux (Columbia University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Randy Bruno (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Logistics of open scholarship
Date: 25 September 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 26 September 2025

TBC
Date: 26 September 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Hiroki R. Ueda (University of Tokyo)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Fumiko Esashi

Monday 29 September 2025

Dr Hao Wu - title TBA
Date: 29 September 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Hao Wu (Harvard Medical School)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Unexpected roles of DNA methylation in health and cancer
Date: 30 September 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Marketa Tomkova (Ludwig Cancer Research)
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), Kay Levendale (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Anindita Roy (MRC WIMM, University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 October 2025

Dr Elizabeth Patton - title TBA
Date: 2 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard White (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

TBC
Date: 2 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Hironori Funabiki (The Rockefeller University)
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, University of Oxford)

Friday 3 October 2025

TBC
Date: 3 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Tam Mignot (CNRS, Paris)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Kevin Foster (University of Oxford)

Monday 6 October 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 6 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 October 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 7 October 2025, 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 8 October 2025

Spatial Ecology of War and Peace: Perspective of Global Networked Tipping Dynamics
Date: 8 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Weisi Guo (Centre for Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems, Cranfield University)
Venue Details: Kindly register to our mailing list to receive the Teams invitation!
Organiser: Metrics and Models Management Group (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 9 October 2025

Dr Mekayla Storer - title TBA
Date: 9 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Mekayla Storer (University of Cambridge)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard White (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

Monday 13 October 2025

TBC
Date: 13 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Siddharth Balachandran (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Jan Rehwinkel (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 13 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

TBC
Date: 13 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Richard Hodge (Senior Editor, PLOS Biology)
Venue: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road OX1 3RE
Venue Details: EPA Seminar room
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Jordan Raff (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Fundamentals of open access
Date: 14 October 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Biology and Therapeutic Targeting of Cohesin-Mutant Myeloid Malignancies.
Date: 14 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Zuzana Tothova (Harvard Medical School)
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), 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 (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Anindita Roy (MRC WIMM, University of Oxford)

Epigenetic memory of 3D genome and Polycomb states in cell physiology and cancer
Date: 14 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Giacomo Cavalli (Université de Montpellier)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Seminar room ORCRB-1
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 16 October 2025

Medical Statistics Drop in session
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 16 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford)
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: BDI conference room (lower ground, near the cafe)
Organiser: Sumeeta Maheshwari (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Lei Clifton (University of Oxford)

Insights into the invisible phase of systemic cancer: Genomic evolution and phenotypic plasticity of the metastatic seed
Date: 16 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Colin Goding (Ludwig Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 16 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Pierre Buffet (University of Paris)
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 WIMM, University of Oxford)

Friday 17 October 2025

To be announced
Date: 17 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 17 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Yifat Merbl (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Bass Hassan (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 October 2025

Dr Manel Esteller - title TBA
Date: 23 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Manel Esteller (Leukaemia Research Institute, Barcelona)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Parinaz Mehdipour (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 23 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Filipe Pereira (Lund University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Giulia Orlando (University of Oxford)

Tracking neurodegenerative tau species in the brain: which species to target, and where
Date: 23 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Steph Fowler (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford), Professor Masud Husain (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

TGLU Talks: (Title TBC) by Professor Prof Marco Carbone from University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan
Date: 23 October 2025, 16:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Prof Marco Carbone (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Venue Details: TBC
Organisers: Professor Holm Uhlig (University of Oxford), Dr Emma Culver
Host: Dr Emma Culver

Friday 24 October 2025

To be announced
Date: 24 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Weini Huang (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Giulia Celora (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 28 October 2025, 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

Thursday 30 October 2025

Dr Elisa Vilardo - title TBA
Date: 30 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Elisa Vilardo (University of Vienna)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Francesco Boccellato (Max Planck Institute for Infectious Biology)

Friday 31 October 2025

To be announced
Date: 31 October 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Yoshitaro Tanaka (Future University Hakodate)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Stephanie Abo (University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 31 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Bernadette Carol (University of Bristol)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Pedro Carvalho (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Monday 3 November 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 3 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 November 2025

TBC
Date: 5 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Isidro Cortes Ciriano (EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, 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 Sumana Sharma (Davis Group, University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 November 2025

From Guardians to Foes: Cancer-induced host remodelling and neutrophil plasticity drive tumour necrosis
Date: 6 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Jose Adrover (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard White (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)

TBC
Date: 6 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor David Pellman (Harvard Medical School)
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), Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor KJ Patel (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Fundamentals of open access
Date: 6 November 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : David Phillips (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 November 2025

To be announced
Date: 7 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

TBC
Date: 7 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Patrick Cai (University of Manchester)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Matthew Freeman (Dunn School of Pathology)

Monday 10 November 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 10 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 11 November 2025, 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

Beyond the Scale: The Neuropsychiatry Weight of Obesity in SMI
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 11 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Tomas Hajek (Dalhousie University)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2025

Dr Claire Shannon-Lowe - title TBA
Date: 13 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

TBC
Date: 13 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Bart Lambrecht (Ghent University)
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)

Friday 14 November 2025

To be announced
Date: 14 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Mehmet Can Uçar (University of Sheffield)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Carles Falco Gandia (University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 14 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Fadil Bidmos (Imperial College, London)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Chris Tang (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Monday 17 November 2025

Prof Olivera J. Finn - title TBA
Date: 17 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Olivera J. Finn (University of Pittsburgh)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Seminar room ORCRB-1
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 17 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Logistics of open scholarship
Date: 18 November 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 November 2025

TBC
Date: 20 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Bana Jabri (University of Chicago)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Alison Simmons (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 November 2025

To be announced
Date: 21 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Alex Fletcher (University of Sheffield)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Stephanie Abo (University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 21 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Jeremy Luban (University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMCMS))
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Geoff Smith (Dunn School of Pathology)

Monday 24 November 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 24 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 25 November 2025, 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

Title TBC
Date: 25 November 2025, 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)

Thursday 27 November 2025

Prof Kim Midwood - title TBA
Date: 27 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Kim Midwood (The Kennedy Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

TBC
Date: 27 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
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)

Friday 28 November 2025

Competition and warfare in bacteria and the human microbiome
Date: 28 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Kevin Foster (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Philip Maini (University of Oxford)

TBC
Date: 28 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Prof Nicola Veitch (University of Glasgow)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Ms Clare De'ath (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Monday 1 December 2025

IDEU Seminar - Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 1 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Hosts: TBA

Forum of open scholarship
Date: 1 December 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 December 2025

TBC
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: Charlotte George (MRC WIMM, University of Oxford)

Friday 5 December 2025

To be announced
Date: 5 December 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Lakshmi Balasubramaniam (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Carles Falco I Gandia (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 9 December 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 9 December 2025, 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 16 December 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 16 December 2025, 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

Can we Predict the Future of Psychiatry?
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 16 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Benoit Mulsant (University of Toronto)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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

Dementia risk prediction and prevention: value of observational studies
Date: 22 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Thomas Littlejohns (Nuffield Department of Population Health)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford), Professor Masud Husain (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Cornelia van Duijn (University of Oxford)

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

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)

This list contains talks from the following series:
2019 Green Templeton Lectures on Leadership
2022 - Oxford Festival of Open Scholarship
ABC Learning Design
Ageing Populations: from Cell to Society
Ageing, Wellbeing and Health
AIMday
AMR surveillance best practices
Ancient Medicine Seminar
Annual Oxford Developmental Biology Symposium in Oxford
Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health Seminar Series
Autism Seminar Series
BDI/CHG Genomics Seminar Series
BDI seminars
Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience (BEACON)
Biophysics Seminar Series 2023-2024
Bodleian iSkills for Medical Sciences and OUH Trust - workshops in information discovery and reference management for the Medical Sciences
Botnar Seminar Series
CAMS Oxford Institute Seminars
Careers Beyond Academia: Options and Pathways for Researchers
Careers Conference for Researchers 2022
Careers Workshops for Early Career Research Staff and DPhil Students Trinity Term 2017
Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention Seminars
Centre for Personalised Medicine Seminars
CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Seminar Series
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Series
"Chronologies of the Body"
Climate and Health Forums
CNCB Seminar Series
Contemporary Medical Perspectives on Ageing
Cortex Club - Oxford Neuroscience Society
Cortex Club - Oxford Neuroscience Society
Covid Conversations
COVID Without Borders - A Collaboration to Investigate a New Disease
Dementia Research Oxford Seminars
Departmental Seminar Series (Experimental Psychology)
Department of Experimental Psychology - Cognitive & Behavioural Neuroscience Seminar series (BEACON)
Department of Oncology External Seminar
Developing a Medical Device: turning your idea into a successful commercial product that’s improving detection, diagnosis or treatment
Developing a Medical Device: turning your idea into a successful commercial product that’s improving detection, diagnosis or treatment
Development & Cell Biology Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
Digiknow: tools and tech to help you succeed
Digital Phenotying
Dopamine Club
DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series
Dunn School of Pathology Departmental Seminars
Dunn School of Pathology Research Seminars
Enterprising Researcher Development Programme
Entrepreneur in Residence Masterclass Series 2022
Entrepreneurship for Medical Scientists
Ethics in AI Lunchtime Seminars
Ethox Centre Seminars
Evidence-Based Health Care Programme
GCHU Public Seminar series
Getting hands-on with the Racially Inclusive Teaching Toolkit
Girdlestone Lecture
Health and Life-Sciences Entrepreneurship Lecture series
History of Science Museum Events
How do you get from an idea to a marketed drug?
IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series
IDRM Seminar Series
Industry Insight Seminar Series
Infectious Disease Seminar Series
Insight into Academia
Interdisciplinary Seminars in Psychoanalysis
Interdisciplinary talks at Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing
International Symposium "In the Trenches: Research Translation For Health Impact"
Jenner Seminars
Justice, Equality and Identity seminar
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Ludwig Institute Seminar Series
Management in Medicine
Management in Medicine Programme
Management in Medicine seminar seies
Margaret Varga on Visualization
Mass Spectrometry Training Programme 2020-21
Mathematical Biology and Ecology
MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre Seminars
Medical Sciences Education Forum
Michaelmas Term 2020 Seminar Series
Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM
MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
MRC TIDU Wednesday Seminar Series
MSD Business Partnerships Drop-in sessions
MSD Medical Grand Rounds
NDCN Departmental Seminars
NDORMS Events
NDORMS Patient and Public Involvement Group: Meet the Researcher Talks
Neuroscience Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
Newton Abraham Lectures
OCDEM Wednesday Seminar Series
OCTRU/CSM Seminar Series
Older Women’s Health
OPDC Seminar Series (DPAG)
Open Scholarship
OUBS Seminar Series 2020
OUCAGS events
OUCAGS Forum
OUCAGS Forum
Our Mental Wellness Seminar Series
OxCIN Seminar Series
#OxEngage Engage
Oxford|Berlin summer school on Open Research
Oxford GCRF Seminars
Oxford-GSK IMCM External Seminar
Oxford History of Science turns 50
Oxford Inside Out
Oxford Martin School Virtual Series: Building back better - lessons and opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic
Oxford Minds from the Social Sciences Division
Oxford Minds - Oxford Social Science Lectures (Alumni)
Oxford net zero: climate in the balance (Oxford Martin School and Oxford Net Zero Initiative Series)
Oxford Neurotheory Forum
Oxford Pharmacology Society Seminar Series
Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Showcase 2022
Oxford Psychedelic Society Talks
Oxford Rare Diseases
Oxford SARS-CoV-2 Lecture Series
OxPop Festival of Global Health
Pandemic Sciences Institute seminar series
Pharmacology, Anatomical Neuropharmacology and Drug Discovery Seminars
Placebos: what, why, and how: an interdisciplinary graduate seminar
Population Health Seminars
Postdoc Power Hour (PoPoH)
Psychiatry Seminars
Psychiatry Seminar Series
Reproducible Research Oxford (RROx)
Respiratory Medicine BRC themed seminar series
Richard Doll Seminars
Richard Doll Seminars
SBCB Seminar Series
Scibar
Science and populism: from evidence to narrative (Oxford Martin School, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College Joint Series)
Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Seminar
SCNi Seminars
Surgical Grand Rounds
Sustainable Digital Scholarship (SDS) service
SynBio.Oxford
Talking About Dying: The Biggest question
TGLU Seminars
The 2022 Astor Lecture in the Medical Humanities
The Agile Initiative Research Planning workshop series (online)
The Biomedical Research and Training Institute: Ethics in genetic and genomic research
The Construction of Ageing
The Conversation Training Series
The George Institute for Global Health UK Seminars
Translating Illness
Translating Illness
Tropical Medicine Seminars
UK EQUATOR Workshops and Seminars
UK SPINE Virtual Conference 2020
WebLearn and Turnitin
Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and Ethox Centre
WHG High Profile Seminars
WIMM MONDAY SEMINARS
WIMM THURSDAY SEMINARS