Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

REF2021 Open Access Workshop

Bea Gini (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 06 December 2019, 08:45-10:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Host factors that shape influenza evolution.

Wendy Barclay.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 06 December 2019, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

A 60 Year International History of Antarctic Subglacial Lake Exploration

Send an email to the organizer if you're not from BAS but want to come in.

Martin Siegert, Imperial College.

British Antarctic Survey, Aurora Conference Room.

Monday 09 December 2019, 16:30-17:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Blood is thicker than water

Michael Brecht, Bernstein Center Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Berlin.

St John's College Lightfoot Room.

Monday 09 December 2019, 18:30-20:00

Immunology in Pathology

Integrative NMR, Molecular Modeling, and Functional studies of immune recognition complexes

Host: Louise Boyle (lhb22@cam.ac.uk), tea and coffee available at 12.15pm

Dr Nikolaos Sgourakis, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 11 December 2019, 12:30-13:30

Parasitology Seminars

Takes two to Tango: the tale of ApiAP2 transcription factors and the regulation of crucial cell cycle functions in the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Dr Mathieu Gissot, Institut Pasteur de Lille.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 11 December 2019, 16:00-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Exploring the role of the tumour microenvironment: what do other cells do?

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Jacqui Shields - MRC Cancer Unit.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 12 December 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Systemic anticancer therapy

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Gary Doherty (University of Cambridge).

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 09 January 2020, 10:00-11:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Air pollution and human health. Lessons learnt and challenges ahead.

Professor Frank Kelly, Department of Analytical, Environmental and Forensic Sciences, King's College London.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 13 January 2020, 19:30-21:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Ode to the masalai: New Guinea as a crucible for evolution in plants and insects

Simon Segar (Harper Adams University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 14 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

ARClub Talks

An update on progress for the Autism Centre of Excellence

Aileen Thomson, Appeal Director for the ACE, Autism Research Trust.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 15 January 2020, 10:30-11:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

The roots of change: global change and mycorrhizal symbiosis through the Phanerozoic

Katie Field, University of Leeds.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Talk title tbc

Tim Rogers (Dept. of Psychology, U. of Wisconsin-Madison).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 15:30-17:00

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

A small RNA-based innate immune system guards the integrity of germ cell genomes

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

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Predicting anthrax suitability in Uganda using ecological niche modelling

Valentina Ndolo.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 17 January 2020, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

Nick Britten, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 17 January 2020, 08:45-10:00

Bradford Hill seminars at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health

Prof. Stephen Baker - Title TBC

BRADFORD HILL SEMINAR

Professor Stephen Baker, University of Oxford.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Friday 17 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

TBC

Rob Sansom (University of Manchester).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 21 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

A scientists guide to the art of radiation therapy & Neurosurgery for the Oncologist

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Raj Jena, Department of Onocology and Mr Adel Helmy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience CUH NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 09:30-10:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences PostDoc talk

Tina Schreier, Hibberd group.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 13:00-13:30

Genetics Seminar

How epithelial cells polarise and why this goes wrong in cancer

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

Chaucer Club

Combining brain mapping with machine-learning on individual differences

Simon Eickhoff (Institute of Systems Neuroscience, U. of Dusseldorf).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 15:30-17:00

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

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

George Carnell.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 24 January 2020, 08:45-10:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Milstein LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Elain Fuchs, Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute .

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

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

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Pioneering genetic therapies for Huntington's disease and its relevance for neurodegeneration

Professor Sarah Tabrizi, University College London.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 27 January 2020, 19:30-21:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Stem Cells in Silence, Action and Cancer

Hosted by: Azim Surani & Ben Simons

Elaine Fuchs, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor, Rockefeller University, New York, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

A deeper take on our sexual nature: Importance of cellular sex and underlying mechanisms

Bruno Hudry (Institute de Biologie Valrose).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Cell competition during development and disease

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute PhD Society (GPS)

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

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 14:30-15:30

ARClub Talks

Voice processing in autism

Dr Stefanie Schelinski, Visiting Researcher, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge; Research Associate, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden & Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 10:30-11:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Tribalism in War and Peace: The nature and evolution of ideological epistemology and its significance for modern social science

Dr Cory Clark, Durham University.

Lecture Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 15:00-16:00

Parasitology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr Isabelle Tardieux, Université Grenoble.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminar

Richard Smith, John Innes Centre.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

The genome landscape: consequences of repetitive DNA organization and evolution in diploid and polyploid crops

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

Chaucer Club

Non invasive deep brain stimulation via temporally interfering electric fields

Nir Grossman (Dept. of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 15:30-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

It's about time: The evolutionary ecology of circadian rhythms during infections

Sarah Reece (University of Edinburgh).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

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

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Clinical Treatment and Cancer Stem Cell Biology in Malignant Glioma

These talks are aimed at first year MRes/PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Harry Bulstrode - Neurosurgeon, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 06 February 2020, 09:30-10:30

Genetics Seminar

Decoding Transcriptional Regulation and Kinetics Using Single-Cell Transcriptomics.

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

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminar

Nick Talbot, Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

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

Chaucer Club

Attention, perception, and neural response: testing the limits

Nilli Lavie (Psychology and Language Sciences, UCL).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 06 February 2020, 15:30-17:00

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

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Jodi Nunnari, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

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

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

A Global Learning Crisis - Using tablets to get one billion children reading

Andrew Ashe, onebillion.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 10 February 2020, 19:30-21:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution of plasticity for life cycle regulation in seasonal environments

Karl Gotthard (Stockholm University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 11 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Parasitology Seminars

Identification of a novel protein complex essential for erythrocyte invasion by human-infective malaria parasites

Dr Ellen Knuepfer, Francis Crick Institute, London.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 12 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The AKT inhibitor Capivasertib (AZD5363): From Discovery to Clinical Proof of Concept

These talks are aimed at first year MRes/PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Barry Davies - Director, Clinical and Translational Scientific Alliances, AstraZeneca.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 09:30-10:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminar

Kirsten Bomblies, ETH Zürich.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

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

Genetics Seminar

Genomics of speciation and adaptation in the Lake Malawi cichlid fish radiation

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

Chaucer Club

How listeners track the changing statistics of rapidly unfolding auditory scenes – evidence from brain imaging and pupillometry

Maria Chait (The Ear Institute, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 15:30-17:00

Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine

The maternal imprint: gender, heredity and the biosocial body

Sarah Richardson (Harvard University).

Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 16:00-17:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Longevity, senescence and reproductive variation in wild African elephants.

Phyllis Lee (University of Stirling).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 18 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The challenges in therapeutic targeting of the RAF-MEK-ERK signalling pathway

Dr Simon Cook, Babraham Institute.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 09:30-10:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminar

Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Minnesota.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Rapid microbial evolution across the parasite-mutualist continuum

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Drivers of seabird movements and their fitness consequences

Annette Fayet (Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 25 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

Perutz LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

John Diffley, Associate Research Director, the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

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

ARClub Talks

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 10:30-11:30

Parasitology Seminars

Understanding the mechanism of chromosome segregation: lessons from diversity

Dr Bungo Akiyoshi, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Oncological Imaging: introduction and non-radionuclide techniques & radionuclide techniques

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr. Ferdia Gallagher Department of Radiology & Dr Luigi Aloj, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 09:30-10:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences PostDoc talk

Artemis Perraki, Andreuzza group.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 13:00-13:30

Genetics Seminar

Bullseye! Understanding the mechanisms of petal patterning

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

Chaucer Club

The neural basis of flexible semantic retrieval

Beth Jefferies (Dept. of Psychology, U. of York).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 15:30-17:00

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

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Combining 3D printing and collagen scaffolds to produce bioabsorbable orthopaedic implants

Matt Meek, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 28 February 2020, 08:45-10:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Bigging up behaviour on coral reefs

Sally Keith (Lancaster University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 03 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to the early detection of cancer and novel interventions

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 05 March 2020, 09:30-10:30

Genetics Seminar

Mixing mitosis and meiosis in Drosophila

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

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminar

Kerry Franklin, Bristol.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

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

Chaucer Club

The interpersonal function of emotional expressions

Julie Grezes (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 05 March 2020, 15:30-17:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Let food be thy medicine.

Professor Nita Forouhi, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 09 March 2020, 19:30-21:00

Parasitology Seminars

From magnets to stigma: multiple approaches to tackle the challenges of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Dr Helen Price, Centre for Applied Entomology & Parasitology, Keele University.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 11 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The development of cancer risk susceptibility models and application to early detection

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Antonis Antoniou, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 09:30-10:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences PostDoc talk

Doris Albinsky, Paszkowski group.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 13:00-13:30

Chaucer Club

Broca’s region: cytoarchitecture, transmitter receptors and brain mapping

Katrin Amunts (Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine, Juelich).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 15:30-17:00

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

Chaucer Club

How do our brains form maps of the world?

Alexandra Constantinescu (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 19 March 2020, 15:30-17:00

ARClub Talks

Title to be confirmed

Prof Tamsin Ford, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 25 March 2020, 10:30-11:30

Parasitology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr Robert Moon, Department of Immunology & Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Greaves Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 25 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Breast cancer: demographics, presentation, diagnosis & patient pathway

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Richard Baird, Department of Oncology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 26 March 2020, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Julie Ahringer, PhD FMedSci, Director, Wellcome Senior Research Fellow, Professor of Genetics and Genomics, Member of the Department of Genetics.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 27 March 2020, 00:00-00:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars - date to be found

Post Doc invited speaker

Zach Lippman, Cold Spring Harbor.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 01 April 2020, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The microenvironment in the myeloid malignancies

These talks are aimed at Masters and first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer, Department of Haematology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 02 April 2020, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Gerry Rubin, Vice President, HHMI, and Executive Director, Janelia Research Campus.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 03 April 2020, 00:00-00:00

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

Parasitology Seminars

Metallic metabolism in Toxoplasma gondii

Dr Clare Harding, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 08 April 2020, 16:00-17:00

ARClub Talks

Girls and women on the autism spectrum

Dr William Mandy, Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 22 April 2020, 10:30-11:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminar

Abdelhafid Bendahmane, Universite Paris Saclay.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

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

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

MRC LMB Seminar list

Perutz LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

David Baker, PhD, Director of the Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Tuesday 28 April 2020, 00:00-00:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences PostDoc talk

An-Shan Hsiao, Paszkowski group.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 30 April 2020, 13:00-13:30

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

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

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Zoonotic Disease Transmission Risks in Displaced Populations

Dorien Braam (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 01 May 2020, 08:45-10:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Dieselgate: The Inside Story

John German, International Council on Clean Transportation.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 04 May 2020, 19:30-21:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Peijun Zhang, Director of the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC).

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Tuesday 05 May 2020, 00:00-00:00

Parasitology Seminars

Cholinergic regulation of immunity to gastrointestinal nematode parasites

Prof Murray Selkirk, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 06 May 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

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences PostDoc talk

Joiselle Ferndandes, Henderson group.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 14 May 2020, 13:00-13:30

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

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Nieng Yan, Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Monday 18 May 2020, 00:00-00:00

ARClub Talks

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 20 May 2020, 10:30-11:30

Parasitology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Professor Tim Gilberger, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 20 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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Richard Durbin

Professor Mark Blaxter, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 28 May 2020, 14:00-15:00

ARClub Talks

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 10 June 2020, 10:30-11:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Kendrew LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc

Jonathan Weissman,Professor Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 11 June 2020, 00:00-00:00

ARClub Talks

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 24 June 2020, 10:30-11:30

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture

Hosted by: Steve Jackson & Hansong Ma

Titia de Lange, Director, Anderson Center for Cancer Research, Rockefeller University, New York, USA.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 13 October 2020, 11:30-12:30

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association (GIPA)

Kikuë Tachibana, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 03 November 2020, 11:30-12:30

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