MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "A Nonparanormal Approach to Marginal Inference"

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click on the link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xwbSLwLITemQeb8b-jk-Fg

Susanne Dandl, University of Zurich.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site Robinson Way Cambridge CB2 0SR..

Tuesday 25 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

A Bayesian Neural Network approach to study dissolved oxygen in Southern Ocean water masses

Gian Giacomo Navarra, Princeton University.

BAS Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 26 March 2025, 15:30-16:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Revealing the Unseen: AI's Role in Novel Target Discovery for High Unmet Needs Areas Through Multi-Omics Integrationce for identifying novel therapeutic targets, biomarkers and drug repositioning opportunities

Dr Namshik Han, Head of Computational Research & AI, Milner Therapeutics Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 27 March 2025, 09:30-10:30

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Engineering genomes and proteomes as foundational biotechnology for translational research

Jesse Rinehart, PhD, Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 31 March 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Fly Meetings

A short and personal history of planar cell polarity

Peter A. Lawrence - Department of Zoology.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre. LMB. Cambridge..

Wednesday 02 April 2025, 16:00-17:30

Cambridge Fly Meetings

Comparative Connectomics: What We Learn and What We Miss

Tomke Stürner - Drosophila Connectomics Group, Department of Zoology and Neurobiology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre. LMB. Cambridge..

Wednesday 02 April 2025, 16:00-17:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Mutational signatures: From bytes to bedside

Professor Serena Nik-Zainal.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 03 April 2025, 09:30-10:30

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Title to be confirmed

Bishakh Gayen, University of Melbourne.

BAS Seminar Room 1.

Friday 04 April 2025, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Higher Order Transient structures and the principle of dynamic connectivity in membrane signaling

Rod MacKinnon - Rockefeller University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92311841585?pwd=auhAdp8eTD8Ca0xGZpaNlZrChEcHAr.1.

Monday 07 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - How small molecules rescue a folding disease: principles learned from the ion channel CFTR

Jue Chen - Rockefeller University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93491001276?pwd=2utwaSIeA0haHVdOuRkZlBlQq6wzLb.1.

Monday 07 April 2025, 15:00-16:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Transmission of Misfolded Proteins in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Common Mechanism of Disease Progression

Virginia Man-Yee Lee, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, University of Pennsylvania.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99931963515?pwd=6FBGl1amJG2tfvl9ycgkErGpbebGw3.1.

Tuesday 08 April 2025, 11:30-12:30

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Title to be confirmed

Claire Parrott, University of British Columbia.

BAS Seminar Room 2.

Wednesday 09 April 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Myc in Cancer and Regeneration

Dr Catherine Wilson, Dept of Pharmacology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 10 April 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds - Medicine

tbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 11 April 2025, 08:45-10:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

Dr. Adam Cawte (University of Oxford, UK), Dr. Isaia Barbieri (University of Turin, IT).

Online (Zoom).

Thursday 17 April 2025, 17:00-19:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

NatHistFest: 106th Conversazione

Free Exhibition on the Wonders of the Natural World

Free Public Exhibition.

Common Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Saturday 19 April 2025, 11:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Title to be confirmed

Yingpu Xiahou, University of Auckland.

BAS Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 23 April 2025, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

César Milstein Lecture: Title TBC

David Pellman - Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, Harvard University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97042445746?pwd=rjwSiStXxjdk1Q2tPOdRnqr8aM3qwn.1.

Thursday 24 April 2025, 10:00-11:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Homologous recombination deficiency in cancer: prevalence, diagnosis and novel targeting approaches

Simon Powell, MSKCC.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 24 April 2025, 13:00-14:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

Niv Froman, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 25 April 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

Margarida Rodrigue, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 25 April 2025, 08:45-10:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

Oliver Hantschel, University of Marburg.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 28 April 2025, 12:30-13:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Meritxell Huch, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 29 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Leor Zmigrod (University of Cambridge).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 30 April 2025, 15:00-16:00

Parasitology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Host: Ross Waller

Dr Corey Holt, University of Bath.

Seminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

Wednesday 30 April 2025, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Targeted Protein Degradation tools for novel therapeutic strategies in cancer

Dr Catherine Lindon, Dept of Pharmacology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 01 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

The global epidemiology of Streptococcus canis identifies genomic features of host adaptation, virulence and antimicrobial resistance

Muriel Dresen, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 02 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Investigating the relationship between inflammatory markers in peripheral blood and clinical presentation of intervertebral disc extrusions in canids

Ruweena Perera, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 02 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Lee McIntyre (Boston University).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 07 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Decoding genomic chaos - a pancancer compendium of chromosomal instability

Professor Florian Markowetz, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 08 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds - Oncology

tbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 09 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Alex Schier, Biozentrum, University of Basel.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 13 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Matthew Goldberg (Yale University).

Online.

Wednesday 14 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The two-hit hypothesis and other mathematical models of cancer

Prof Jamie Blundell; Early Cancer Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 15 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

Julieth Murillo Silva, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 16 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

Kelsey Lowman, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 16 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

James Turner, The Francis Crick Institute.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94132066038?pwd=OF2EjwrvRQxl0XgpGK0N5L4bDNaayi.1.

Monday 19 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

David Savage, UC Berkeley.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 19 May 2025, 12:30-13:30

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Title to be confirmed

Elisavet Baltas, University of Cambridge.

BAS Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 21 May 2025, 14:30-15:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Oncogene-induced senescence and tumour initiation

Prof Masashi Narita, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 22 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

Dr. Paul Donlin-Asp (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK), Dr. Aikaterini Gatsiou (Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK).

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 22 May 2025, 17:00-19:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

JCTS Presentations

tbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 23 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Ian Swinburne, UC Berkeley.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Rakoen Maertens (University of Oxford).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 28 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

From lab to clinic: an introduction to translational research

Dr James Jones; Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 29 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

JCTS Presentations

tbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 30 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Early cancer trials

Dr Simon Pacey, Cambridge University Hospitals, Dept of Oncology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 05 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

Abigail Caine, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 06 June 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

An Vanhaesebrouck, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 06 June 2025, 08:45-10:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of radiation in cancer care: a spotlight on cancers of the oesophagus, head and neck

Dr Gill Barnett and Dr Christopher Jones, Cambridge University Hospital & Dept of Oncology .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 12 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

Shohei Koide, NYU Langone Health.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 16 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Seminars in Cancer

Nixon Niyonzima, Uganda Cancer Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

Dr. Ana Tufegdzic Vidakovic (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, UK), TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 17:00-19:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Jean-Paul Vincent, Crick Institute.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 24 June 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Joachim Frank, Columbia University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94817284457?pwd=6BE30yOK6h4pSm9kS2tZ5wbLbDVk5k.1.

Thursday 26 June 2025, 10:00-11:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Andy Fire - Stanford University School of Medicine.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93594800418?pwd=cAhtrP8MGG3FclWimSbLLwl9XhIHNX.1.

Monday 30 June 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Marileen Dogterom - TU Delft, Delft University of Technology.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/95584842300?pwd=V2DAKEE0bQXA4bbbSUryiRPELlhmzP.1.

Monday 07 July 2025, 11:00-12:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Seminars in Cancer

**Please note new date for this seminar**

Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 10 July 2025, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Christian Haass - Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96372751903?pwd=C2hRQ8UF0B03vDp6IHGfWuTlsqzrTi.1.

Monday 14 July 2025, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

Dr. Arash Latifkar (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, Cambridge, USA), TBA.

Online (Zoom).

Thursday 17 July 2025, 17:00-19:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Elizabeth Villa, University of California, San Diego.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98880219442?pwd=2LiGulNdYohUjaMnbiN88kLpt3r8M9.1.

Monday 08 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Alan Brown, Harvard Medical School.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99625598840?pwd=tiFsd5DQ5nqRyGefhp24MlXakfaa9L.1.

Monday 15 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Nenad Ban - ETH Zurich.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97937314535?pwd=SciQzQiuFkLGF3ERwcMiLLTEbryUxV.1.

Monday 22 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Hiroaki Suga - The University of Tokyo.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96488916942?pwd=BpCGRwD8hD8ec89yfaJ0yKPmV3o6lv.1.

Monday 29 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Seminars in Cancer

Steffi Oesterreich, University of Pittsburgh.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 16 October 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Seminars in Cancer

Andrea Sottoriva, Human Technopole.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 20 November 2025, 13:00-14:00