Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Departmental Tea Club Seminar - The context-dependence of Ras biology

Prof Ian Prior.

Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building, Thomas Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 22 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Exchange-diffusion Monte Carlo

Michael Hutcheon.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 23 October 2019, 11:30-12:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Axial anomalies in Weyl semimetals

Prof. Jens Bardarson, KTH Royal Technical Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 24 October 2019, 14:15-15:15

NLIP Seminar Series

Automatic Analysis of Affect and Personality Analysis in Multiperson Settings

Hatice Gunes (University of Cambridge).

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 25 October 2019, 12:00-13:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epigenetic remodelling enables adult liver regeneration and organoid formation

Luigi Aloia The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 October 2019, 13:15-13:55

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Cancer: when friends become foes, and how to make them friends again

Professor Gerard Evan FRS FMedSci, Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 October 2019, 18:00-19:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Human Regulator of TElomere Length Helicase 1 (RTEL1) couples nuclear envelope stability and functions to genome replication

Hosted by: Emma Rawlins & Steve Jackson

Arturo Londoño-Vallejo, Institut Curie, Paris, France.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 29 October 2019, 11:30-12:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

Dr Mette Handberg-Thorsager, Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Epigenetic memory over geological timescales

Hosted by: Hansong Ma & Eric Miska

Hiten Madhani, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Thursday 31 October 2019, 10:30-11:30

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

Forcing tumor initiation and progression

Valerie M Weaver, University of California, San Francisco.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 31 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Dr Maia Vergniory, Donostia International Physics Center.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 31 October 2019, 14:15-15:15

NLIP Seminar Series

A Mutual Information Maximization Perspective of Language Representation Learning

Lingpeng Kong (DeepMind).

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 01 November 2019, 12:00-13:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

How to build a primate: Towards a synthetic model of primate embryogenesis

Thorsten Edwin Boroviak PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 November 2019, 13:15-13:55

Engineering Department Computing Seminars

LaTeX for report-writing

Tim Love (University of Cambridge).

LR3, Engineering, Department of.

Friday 01 November 2019, 15:00-16:00

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Dr Colin Adrain - Title to be Confirmed

Dr Colin Adrain.

Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building, Thomas Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 05 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Foster Talks

The amazing world of the GnRH neuron

Allan Herbison, PDN Department, Cambridge.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

"CAPs in the niche" A new in vivo labelling system reveals parenchymal cells in the lung metastatic niche with stem cell features

Luigi Ombrato The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 08 November 2019, 13:15-13:55

Engineering Department Computing Seminars

Supplementary Python

Tim Love (University of Cambridge).

LR3, Engineering, Department of.

Friday 08 November 2019, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

100 Years of Universes

Professor John D Barrow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 November 2019, 18:00-19:00

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Departmental Tea Club Seminar - Co-factors pose stoichiometric questions for Dicer complex assembly and precursor miRNA processing

Dr Michael Plevin.

Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building, Thomas Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 12 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Centrosome amplification and cancer: reaching out

Hosts: David Glover & Paula Coelho

Dr Susana Godinho, Barts Cancer Institute, University of London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Comprehensive modeling of materials for solar applications from first principles

Prof. Julia Wiktor, Chalmers University of Technology.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 14 November 2019, 14:15-15:15

Foster Talks

Activin signaling and the regulation of Drosophila metabolism, body size and appendage scaling

Michael O'Connor, University of Minnesota.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Room Change: SS03

Shauna Concannon (University of Cambridge).

SS03, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 15 November 2019, 12:00-13:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dendritic Cell Migration at Various Scales

Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil Institut Curie, Paris, France.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 15 November 2019, 13:15-13:55

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Extra talk: note unusual day and time

Adam Lopez (University of Edinburgh).

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Tuesday 19 November 2019, 10:00-11:00

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Departmental Tea Club Seminar - Dr Tom Thompson (Title to be Confirmed)

Dr Tom Thompson.

Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building, Thomas Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 19 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

Dr Marketa Kaucka Petersen, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Judith Campisi, The Buck Institute for Research on Ageing .

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Minimal and Ancestral Genomes

Host: Richard Durbin

Dr. Arcady Mushegian from National Science Foundation, USA .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Curt Von Keyserlingk, University of Birmingham.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 14:15-15:15

Foster Talks

Context-specific Wnt Signalling in Embryonic Development and Heart Muscle Differentiation

Stefan Hoppler, University of Aberdeen.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Unsupervised cross-lingual representation learning

Sebastian Ruder (DeepMind).

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 22 November 2019, 12:00-13:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Nuclear topology organisation and cell cycle regulation of the first transcription in the embryo

Ferenc Mueller Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 November 2019, 13:15-13:55

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Spirit of Inquiry: how the Cambridge Philosophical Society shaped modern science

Dr Susannah Gibson, Author of "The Spirit of Inquiry" 200 years of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 November 2019, 18:00-19:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Mechanistic insights into the mRNA poly(A) tail machinery and DNA repair

Hosted by: Philip Zegerman & Eric Miska

Lori Passmore, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 26 November 2019, 11:30-12:30

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Departmental Tea Club Seminar - Dr Anne Bertolotti (Title to be Confirmed)

Dr Anne Bertolotti.

Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building, Thomas Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 26 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

The Flux Capacitor: How mitochondria shape the evolution of complexity

Host: Richard Durbin

Professor Nick Lane, University College London .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 28 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Mark van Schilfgaarde, King's College London.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 28 November 2019, 14:15-15:15

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Room Change: SS03

Haim Dubossarsky (University of Cambridge).

SS03, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 29 November 2019, 12:00-13:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epithelial cell plasticity during tissue morphogenesis and cancer metastasis

Kyra Campbell Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 29 November 2019, 13:15-13:55

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

Dr Anna Schönauer, Oxford Brookes University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 December 2019, 13:00-14:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Dr Joe Bhaseen, King's College London.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 05 December 2019, 14:15-15:15

Foster Talks

Thalamic Calcium waves regulate the development & plasticity of sensory cortical maps

Guillermina Lopez Bendito, Institute of Neuroscience, Alicante.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 05 December 2019, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Jean Dalibard, Collège de France and Laboratoire Kastler Brossel.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Foster Talks

Mechanics of epithelial migration, growth and folding

Xavier Trepat, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Professor Greg Hannon, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 16:15-17:15

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Hansong Ma

Professor Daniel St Johnston, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Dr Adolfo G. Grushin.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Foster Talks

Skeletal muscle and its role in challenging perceptions of human ageing

Steve Harridge, King's College London.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Evaluating Deep Generative Models on Out-of-Distribution Inputs

Eric Nalisnick (University of Cambridge).

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 24 January 2020, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Professor Nigel Peake - title to be confirmed

Professor Nigel Peake, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 January 2020, 18:00-19:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Cell competition during development and disease

Hosted by: The Gurdon PhD Society

Eduardo Moreno, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 11:30-12:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Professor Pat Heslop-Harrison, Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Moire superlattice effects in heterostructures of two-dimensional materials

Prof. Vladimir Fal'ko, University of Manchester.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Fengzhu Xiong & Ben Simons

Naama Barkai, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 04 February 2020, 11:30-12:30

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

Title to be confirmed

** Please note this seminar is on a Tuesday **

Sohrab Shah, MSKCC.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 04 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Eric Miska

Professor Rickard Sandberg, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 06 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Dr. Titus Neupert, University of Zurich.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 06 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Foster Talks

Adhesion and cytoskeleton dynamics in cell migration and pluripotency

Johanna Ivaska, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Finland.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 06 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

A V HILL LECTURE - Professor Eske Willerslev - title to be confirmed

Professor Eske Willerslev, Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre, Copenhagen.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 February 2020, 18:00-19:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Aylwyn Scally

Professor Richard Durbin, Department of Genetics.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Dr. Jan Carl Budich, TU Dresden .

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Frank Jiggins

Dr Kayla King, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Professor Rebecca Kilner - title to be confirmed

Professor Rebecca Kilner, Department of Zoology.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 24 February 2020, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - Professor David Baulcombe FRS- title to be confirmed

A COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS RECEPTION TO FOLLOW ON AFTER THE LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FOYER TO THE LECTURE THEATRE FOR ALL ATTENDEES

Professor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 18:00-19:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Ben Steventon

Dr Edwige Moyroud, Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU).

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Foster Talks

Formation and activation of ovarian follicles using germline stem cells

Evelyn Telfer, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Helene Rangone-Briatte

Dr Jean-René Huynh, Collège de France, CIRB, Paris .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 05 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Foster Talks

3D Genomics in development and disease

Stefan Mundlos, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

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

Title to be confirmed

E. John Wherry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Futures of Medicine - One Day meeting

ONE DAY MEETING FREE ENTRY NO BOOKING REQUIRED

Organisers: Professor Ashok Venkitaraman and Dr James Fraser.

Cambridge University Engineering Department LT0.

Friday 20 March 2020, 09:00-17:15

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: John Gurdon & Fengzhu Xiong

Andrew McMahon, Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 03 April 2020, 11:30-12:30

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

Title to be confirmed

Jim Norman, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 23 April 2020, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Hosts: David Summers and John Welch

Dr Trevor Lawley, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 23 April 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Marco Schiro, Institut de Physique Theorique, CEA-Saclay.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 23 April 2020, 14:15-15:15

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Ben Steventon

Professor Kate Storey, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 30 April 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Klemens Hammerer, Leibniz University Hannover.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 30 April 2020, 14:15-15:15

Foster Talks

The role of sensory inputs in generating and sustaining cognitive maps

Francesca Cacucci, UCL.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 30 April 2020, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Hosts: Helene Rangone-Briatte and David Glover

Dr Anna Castro, CRBM-CNRS, Montpellier .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 May 2020, 14:00-15:00

Foster Talks

Mechanisms of lineage specification in human embryos

Kathy Niakan, Francis Crick Institute, London.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 May 2020, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Hosts: Ben Steventon and Michael Imbeault

Dr Kim Judge, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 May 2020, 14:00-15:00

Foster Talks

Mechanobiology of cell shape control

Ewa Paluch, PDN Department, Cambridge.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 May 2020, 16:00-17:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Elizabeth Marion Jaffee MD, John Hopkins Medicine.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 21 May 2020, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Hansong Ma & Eric Miska

Harmit Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 26 May 2020, 11:30-12:30

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

Title to be confirmed

Marica Haigis, Harvard Medical School.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 25 June 2020, 13:00-14:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Carolyn Bertozzi, Stanford University.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 September 2020, 13:00-14:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Clare Isacke, The Institute of Cancer Research.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 15 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Wendy Bickmore, University of Edinburgh.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Amos Tanay, Weizmann Institute of Science.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 10 December 2020, 13:00-14:00