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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.

User Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Detection Programme.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 09:30-10:30

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

Understanding mechanisms of anxiety: combining experimental psychology and genomics

User Thalia Eley (Kings College London).

Thursday 21 February 2019, 15:30-17:00

House David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Hyde Park: a history through trees

User Greg Packman, Arboricultural Officer at the Royal Parks.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 18:45-20:00

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

How to make good scientific figures

User Matthew Davis (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU).

House Nick Mackintosh Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Monday 25 February 2019, 16:00-17:30

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

Linking all the things: towards a biodiversity knowledge graph

User Roderick Page (University of Glasgow).

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

Specialty: CPC Surgery - Title: Developing personalised medicine in primary prostate cancer by integrating research into routine practice

User Presenters from the Translational Prostate Cancer Group: Vincent Gnanapragasam, Anne Warren, Tristan Barrett, Henno Martin, Charlie Massie, David Thurtle.

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

DevOps and Cloud Native development in the University of Cambridge

User Dr Abraham Martin - Head of DevOps, University of Cambridge Information Services .

House Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 16:15-17:00

Liquid biopsy biomarkers for early detection; general principles and specific examples

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

User Dr Charlie Massie, Early Detection Programme.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 09:30-10:30

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

The neural fingerprints of a missing hand: from phantoms to artificial limbs

User Tamar Makin (UCL).

Thursday 28 February 2019, 15:30-17:00

Kelvin Club - The Scientific Society of Peterhouse, Cambridge

Rewiring photosynthesis for power and fuel generation

User Dr Jenny Zhang, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

House The Theatre, Peterhouse.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 18:15-19:00

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Using a convergence of clinical and cognitive neuroscience methods: The case study of semantic cognition

User Matt Lambon Ralph (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU).

House Nick Mackintosh Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Monday 04 March 2019, 16:00-17:30

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

The evolution of recombination rate variation in the wild

User Susan Johnston (University of Edinburgh).

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

Title: I Spy With My Little Scope - Exploding Stones, Strange Strictures and Disappearing Stents

User Presenter: Dr Gareth Corbett.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 13:00-13:30

Title: ‘Lining up the diagnosis’

User Presenter: Emily Hayes.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 13:30-14:00

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.

User Professor Antonis Antoniou, Early Detection Programme.

Thursday 07 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

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

Cognitive training works: what are the mechanisms and why are so many experimental psychologists opposed?

User Ian Robertson (Trinity College Dublin) .

Thursday 07 March 2019, 15:30-17:00

House David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Parasitic plants

User Helen Moore.

Thursday 07 March 2019, 18:45-20:00

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

How to write a Fellowship proposal

User Duncan Astle (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU).

House Nick Mackintosh Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Monday 11 March 2019, 16:00-17:30

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

Microbial evolution in the human gut

User Pauline Scanlan (University College Cork).

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

Title: Reproducibility in Research “Cutting-edge” Cellular Therapy for Acute Myocardial infraction

User Guest Speaker: Dr Glenn Begley.

Wednesday 13 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Lecture Cancelled

User Lecture Cancelled.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

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

Far beyond the back of the brain

User Peter Hagoort (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour) .

Thursday 14 March 2019, 15:30-17:00

House David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Creating a wildlife tour with the Arctic Sami

Part of Cambridge Science Festival - free admission

User Kevin Hand.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 18:45-20:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Note unusual time; out-of-term seminar

User Cosima Porteus (University of Exeter).

Friday 15 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Out-of-term seminar

User Alexandra K. Schnell (University of Cambridge).

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

Title to be confirmed

User Speaker to be confirmed.

Wednesday 20 March 2019, 13:00-13:30

Title: 'Electric'

User Presenter: Dr Julian Ray.

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Wednesday 20 March 2019, 13:30-14:00

Representation Learning on Graphs

User Jure Leskovec - Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, Chief Scientist at Pinterest, and investigator at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub.

House Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory.

Wednesday 20 March 2019, 16:15-17:00

Demographics, Diagnosis and Treatment Pathways in Haematological Malignancies

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

User Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology.

Thursday 21 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

House David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Farming of the future: Alternative options for agriculture & conservation

Part of Cambridge Science Festival - free admission

User Abigail Burns.

Thursday 21 March 2019, 18:45-20:00

Title: “When Wheeze is not Wheeze”

User Presenter: Dr Iheoma Okpala, Dr Harriet Robinson & Dr Amie Varney.

Wednesday 27 March 2019, 13:00-13:30

Title to be confirmed

User Presenter: Dr Peter Pugh.

Wednesday 27 March 2019, 13:30-14:00

The bone marrow microenvironment in myeloid malignancies

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

User Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer (University of Cambridge).

Thursday 28 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

House Wesley Methodist Church, Christs Pieces.

Exploring the Natural World: an Orchestral Concert

Tickets £10 (children free) from tickets@cnhs.org.uk or on door

User Cambridge Concert Orchestra.

Saturday 30 March 2019, 19:30-21:30

House David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Tree rings at the interface of archaeology, biology, climatology and ecology

User Ulf Büntgen, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Thursday 04 April 2019, 18:45-20:00

House Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

NatHistFest: 100th Conversazione

Cambridge’s oldest celebration of citizen science

User Free Public Exhibition.

Friday 12 April 2019, 13:00-18:00

House Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Annual General Meeting

User The President and Officers.

Friday 12 April 2019, 18:00-18:30

House Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

NatHistFest: 100th Conversazione

Cambridge’s oldest celebration of citizen science

User Free Public Exhibition.

Saturday 13 April 2019, 10:00-17:00

Breast cancer: demographics, presentation, diagnosis & patient pathway

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

User Dr Charlotte Coles (University of Cambridge) Breast Cancer Programme and Hilary Stobart.

Thursday 18 April 2019, 09:30-10:30

The role of transcription factors in cancer

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

User Dr Jason Carroll, CRUK Cambridge Institute and Dr Walid Khaled, Department of Pharmacology.

Thursday 25 April 2019, 09:30-10:30

Biological and Clinical Features of High Grade Serious Ovarian Cancer

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

User Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

Thursday 02 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

Kidney cancer: the most lethal urological malignancy

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

User Dr Grant Stewart, Department of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Thursday 09 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer

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

User Professor Paul Pharoah, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology .

Thursday 16 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

The clinical and biological basis of prostate cancer - from diagnosis to personalised therapy

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

User Mr Vincent Gnanapragasam, Department of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Thursday 23 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

Brain tumours: demographics, presentation, diagnosis, treatment

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

User Mr Thomas Santarius, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Thursday 30 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

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.

User Dr Harry Bulstrode - Neurosurgeon, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.

Thursday 06 June 2019, 09:30-10:30

Paediatric Malignancies

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

User Dr Amos Burke, Clinical Consultant - Department of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology and Palliative Care.

Thursday 13 June 2019, 09:30-10:30

The childhood cancer genome

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

User Dr Sam Behjati - Research Fellow in Medical Sciences and Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow, Department of Paediatrics and WTSI.

Thursday 20 June 2019, 09:30-10:30

Cellular signalling networks in colon cancer and the models to study them. A basic research perspective

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

User Dr Marc de la Roche, Lecturer - Department of Biochemistry.

Thursday 27 June 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lung Cancer: Part 1. Patient pathway and intervention. Part 2. Lung Cancer: Futurescape

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

User Dr Robert Rintoul -Clinical Consultant, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and Dr Frank McCaughan-Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow / Honorary Consultant,Department of Biochemistry School of Clinical Medicine .

Thursday 04 July 2019, 09:30-10:30