CBU Monday Methods Meeting

Brain Digital Twins for Neurological Disorders

Dr. Nitin Williams, Department of Neuroscience & Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, Finland.

MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.

Monday 02 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Maik Bischoff-Plexin/Semaphorin Antagonism Orchestrates Collective Cell Migration and Organ Sculpting by Regulating Epithelial-Mesenchymal Balance; Harry McNamara-Decoding and controlling self-organization in stem cell models of embryonic development

Maik Christian Bischoff, UNC, Mark Peifer lab; Harry McNamara, Yale University.

Online.

Monday 02 June 2025, 14:30-15:30

Computational Neuroscience

Discovering reward-guided learning strategies from large-scale datasets

Kimberly Stachenfeld (DeepMind, Columbia).

CBL Seminar Room, Engineering Department, 4th floor Baker building.

Tuesday 03 June 2025, 11:00-12:30

Chaucer Club

From anatomy to systems: Charting the language connectome

Stephanie Forkel (Donders Institute).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 05 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

CBU Monday Methods Meeting

Robust and replicable effects of ageing on resting state brain electrophysiology measured with MEG

Dr. Andrew Quinn, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK.

MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.

Monday 09 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Ana Patricia Ramos-Forming an Eye: from cell behaviour to tissue shape changes;

Kumud Saini, Robinson Lab, Sainsbury Laboratory & Ana Patricia Ramos, IGC, Portugal .

Online.

Monday 09 June 2025, 14:30-15:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Matthew Hornsey (University of Queensland).

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

Monday 09 June 2025, 15:00-16:00

Chaucer Club

Rethinking the sensory-deprived brain: How sensory deprivation improved our vision on brain function

Emiliano Ricciardi (U. of Pisa.

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 12 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

ARClub Talks

Towards the Development of a National Autism Suicide Prevention Resource Hub

Darren Hedley, La Trobe University.

Adrian House Seminar Room (Trinity College).

Wednesday 18 June 2025, 17:00-18:00

Chaucer Club

Insights into mental health disorders from genetics and immunology

Mary-Ellen Lynall (U. of Cambridge, Psychiatry Dept.) .

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Chromatin remodelling and cell fate plasticity during neuronal maturation

Tony Southall.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 20 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

CBU Monday Methods Meeting

How to reduce the carbon footprint of your research computing

Dr Nick Souter, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK.

MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.

Monday 23 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

TBA

Vicky Metzis.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 27 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

ARClub Talks

Understanding health and wellbeing during menopause: A longitudinal comparison study between autistic and non-autistic people

Eunhee Kim, Bournemouth University.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87076030035?pwd=XUpJuh8jiR0mae1AhkV79qbg8MtlSM.1.

Wednesday 16 July 2025, 11:30-12:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host – Antoine Hocher

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 16 October 2025, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host – Kate Baker

Professor Benoit Marteyn from Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC), University of Strasbourg.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 06 November 2025, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ritwick Sawarkar

Dr Germano Cecere from Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, Paris.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 20 November 2025, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Charlotte Houldcroft

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 27 November 2025, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Lin Wang

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Aylwyn Scally

Dr James DiFrisco from The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Hosts – Ben Steventon and Alex Cagan

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 26 February 2026, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Marco Geymonat

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

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

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