Genetics Seminar

How personalised is your immune system?

Host - Lin Wang

Professor Aleksandra Walczak from Laboratoire de physique, l’École Normale Supérieure, Paris.

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 22 January 2026, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Entrenchment and compensation in the evolution of vertebrate gastrulation

Host - Aylwyn Scally

Dr James DiFrisco from The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 29 January 2026, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

Meenu Bhati (Postdoc, UEdimburgh), Roberto Campalastri (PhD student, MRC Tox, Cambridge, UK).

Online (Zoom).

Thursday 29 January 2026, 16:30-18:30

Genetics Seminar

Phylogenomic insights into the origin of eukaryotes

Host – Antoine Hocher

Dr Tom Williams from Bristol Palaeobiology Research Group, University of Bristol.

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 12 February 2026, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

Emma Mitchell (NEB, sponsor), Magdalena Crossley (PI, CRUK, Cambridge, UK).

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 26 February 2026, 16:30-18:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

Emma Mitchell (NEB, sponsor), Magdalena Crossley (PI, CRUK, Cambridge, UK).

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 26 February 2026, 16:30-18:30

Genetics Seminar

Viruses: from within-host evolution to global pandemics

Host - Charlotte Houldcroft

Professor Katrina Lythgoe from Department of Biology, University of Oxford.

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 05 March 2026, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Remodelling the septin cytoskeleton for cytokinesis in budding yeast

Host - Marco Geymonat

Dr Simonetta Piatti from Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier.

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 12 March 2026, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

Guillermo Parada Gonzalez (Postdoc, Crick Institute and KCL, London, UK), Eleni Liapi (Postdoc, Aarhus University, DK).

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 26 March 2026, 16:30-18:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ben Steventon

Professor Rebecca Heald, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 30 April 2026, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

Ròża Przanowska (Postdoc, UVirginia), Zhipeng Lu (PI, USC).

Online (Zoom).

Thursday 30 April 2026, 16:30-18:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Hosts – Alex Cagan, Elena Scarpa and Ben Steventon

Professor Richard White from Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 14 May 2026, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

Miguel Aracena Velazquez (PhD student, UYork), Pedro Madrigal (Project Leader, EMBL EBI).

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 28 May 2026, 16:30-18:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

Nida Ali (Postdoc, UCambridge, UK), TBD (Novogene, Sponsor).

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 25 June 2026, 16:30-18:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

Sung Chul Kwon (PI, UHong Kong), TBD .

Online (Zoom).

Thursday 16 July 2026, 16:30-18:30