Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Understanding actomyosin contractility and force propagation within the zebrafish neural tube: an optogenetic approach

Clare Buckley - University of Manchester.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 15 November 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Programmed DNA elimination in insects

Host – John Welch

Dr Laura Ross from Institute of Evolutionary Biology, The University of Edinburgh .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 14 November 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

How the double helix was really discovered, and what Rosalind Franklin thought about it

Host – Frank Jiggins

Professor Matthew Cobb from University of Manchester .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 07 November 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Bacterial evolution in the lung

Host – Kate Baker

Dr Josie Bryant from Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge .

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 24 October 2024, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Ageing and age-associated mutations in human haematopoietic stem cells

Elisa Laurenti - Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

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Friday 18 October 2024, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Fate versus free will; how does the environment shape early tumour survival?

Maria Alcolea - Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 11 October 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

What can butterfly hybrid zones tell us about the genomic architecture of species barriers?

Host – Richard Durbin

Dr Konrad Lohse from Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh.

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 10 October 2024, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Multi-tissue tectonics enable self-assembly of the vertebrate body axis

Benjamin Steventon, Department of Genetics.

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Friday 10 May 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Competition for phospholipids drives astrocyte morphogenesis in the CNS

Host - Cahir O'Kane

Professor Marc Freeman from The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, USA.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 09 May 2024, 15:00-16:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

An ancient regulatory network sets the position of the forebrain in chordates

Elia Benito-Gutierrez, Department of Zoology/Genentech.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 03 May 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Mutate everything: mapping the energetic and allosteric landscapes of proteins at scale

Host – Richard Durbin

Professor Ben Lehner from Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 02 May 2024, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Differential tissue deformability underlies fluid pressure driven shape divergence of the embryonic brain and spinal cord

Susannah McLaren, Gurdon Institute.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 26 April 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Vector Genomics and the Malaria Cell Atlas

Host - Frank Jiggins

Dr Mara Lawnikzak from Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 25 April 2024, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

E. coli and the Game of Clones

Host – Kate Baker

Professor Jukka Corander from Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge and University of Oslo.

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 18 April 2024, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A spatiotemporal malignant cell trajectory underlies tumour heterogeneity in glioblastoma

Dr Omer Bayraktar.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 12 April 2024, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A spatiotemporal malignant cell trajectory underlies tumour heterogeneity in glioblastoma

Omer Bayraktar, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 12 April 2024, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Controlling the cell cycle

Paul Nurse, Francis Crick Institute.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 08 March 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Pathogens through space and time - Lessons from high-throughput screening for ancient pathogen DNA

Host - Charlotte Houldcroft

Professor Martin Sikora from Section for Geogenetics, University of Copenhagen .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 07 March 2024, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The development and evolution of the mammalian jaw joint

Neil Anthwal, Kings College London.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 01 March 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Building patterning-dependent chromatin states during development.

Host - Erik Clark

Professor Shelby Blythe from Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, USA .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 29 February 2024, 15:00-16:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The presomitic mesoderm as a platform to integrate morphogenesis and mechanotransduction

Alessandro Mongera, University College London.

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Friday 23 February 2024, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Drosophila AP patterning: networks, dynamics, evolution, and robustness

Erik Clark, Department of Genetics.

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Friday 09 February 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

When the non-coding codes: Mining the microproteome for novel regulators of cancer cell plasticity

Host - Steve Russell

Dr Maria Abad from Altos Labs, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 08 February 2024, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

TBA

Hansong Ma, University of Birmingham.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 02 February 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Epigenetic Inheritance

Host - Ritwick Sawarkar

Dr Nicola Iovino from Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg.

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 01 February 2024, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

The Mechanics of Cancer Cell Division

Host - Ben Steventon

Dr Helen Matthews from School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 25 January 2024, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Beyond chromatin: Histones as developmental regulators in Drosophila

Host - Felipe Karam Teixeira

Professor Amanda Amodeo from Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Tuesday 23 January 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

An ancient ecospecies of Helicobacter pylori found in Indigenous populations and animal adapted lineages

Host - Zach Baker

Professor Daniel Falush from Shanghai Institute of Immunity and Infection, Chinese Academy of Sciences .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Wednesday 06 December 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

New models to study human embryo implantation and early development

Dr. Peter Rugg-Gunn, Babraham Institute.

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Friday 01 December 2023, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

TBC

Dr. Michalis Barkoulas, Imperial College London.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 24 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Multiscale synthesis of coupled dynamic gene expression during neural development

Host - Ben Steventon

Professor Nancy Papolopulu, School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 23 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

The evolution of organs and cell types.

Host - Francesco Nicola Carelli

Dr Margarida Cardoso Moreira from The Francis Crick Institute, London .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 16 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Circuit basis of learning and decision-making

Dr. Marta Zlatic, MRC, Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 10 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Tracking pathogens in space and time: something old, something new

Host - Charlotte Houldcroft

Dr Lucy van Dorp from UCL Genetics Institute, University College London .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 09 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Zebrafish trunk neural crest: an in vivo model to understand cell migration under physiological mechanical stress

Dr. Elena Scarpa, Department of Phhysiology, Development and Neuroscience.

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Friday 03 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The presomitic mesoderm as a platform to integrate morphogenesis and mechanotransduction

Dr. Alessandro Mongera, University College London.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 27 October 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Using synthetic biology to understand pattern-forming gene regulatory networks and their evolution

Host - Erik Clark

Professor Yolanda Schaerli from Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 19 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Physical patterning of the cytosol in giant cells

Prof. Amy Gladfelter, Duke University.

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Friday 13 October 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Challenges and solutions in identifying the genes responsible for local adaptation

Host - John Welch

Professor Michael Whitlock from Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 05 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Novelty and developmental systems drift in embryos of flies

Host - Erik Clark

Professor Urs Schmidt-Ott from the Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Wednesday 13 September 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanisms and function of de novo DNA methylation in placental development reveals an essential role for DNMT3B

Dr. Courtney Hanna, Department of Physiology, Development and Neurosience.

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Friday 09 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Population structure and effects of consanguinity on complex disease in British South Asians

Host - Richard Durbin

Dr Hilary Martin from Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 08 June 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Molecular mechanisms of oocyte specification in female germline cysts

Dr. Dmitry Nashchekin, Gurdon Institute .

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Friday 02 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Progenitor niches in the developing pancreas: regulation of cell fate and beyond

Prof. Francesca Spagnoli, Kings College London.

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Friday 26 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Temporal development and maturation of CSF-producing choroid plexus organoids

Dr. Laura Pellegrini, Kings College London/ MRC LMB.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 19 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Sticky proteins and moving genomes: a single-molecule perspective of pluripotent cell differentiation

Speaker to be confirmed.

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Friday 12 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Pathogen phylodynamics: from historical epidemics to contemporary outbreaks

Host - Henrik Salje

Professor Philippe Lemey from Clinical and Epidemiological Virology Rega Institute, K.U. Leuven .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 11 May 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Decision making without genes?

Prof Jonathan Chubb, Laboratory For Molecular Cell Bology UCL.

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Friday 05 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Whodunnit in the genome: Fingerprints of mutagenesis reveal culprits of cancer

Host - Cahir O'Kane

Professor Serena Nik-Zainal from Early Cancer Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 27 April 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Form and function during early heart development

Richard Tyser, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

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Friday 10 March 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Early Life Microbiomes and Long-Term Health

Host - Charlotte Houldcroft

Dr Trevor Lawley from Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire.

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 09 March 2023, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Tumor initiation through aberrant differentiation

Walid Khaled, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

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Friday 03 March 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Regulation of gene expression during the awakening of the zygotic genome

Host - Erik Clark

Dr Mounia Lagha from Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, France .

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 02 March 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Encoding and decoding morphogen gradients

Jean-Paul Vincent, Crick Institute, London.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 24 February 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Mechanism of neural differentiation

Host – Lara Busby

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

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 23 February 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

New tricks for Rac and Rho, even after 30 years

Denise Montell, University of California Santa Barbara, US.

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Friday 17 February 2023, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Human fetal cortex tissue models to understand human brain development and injury

Katie Long, Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Kings College London.

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Friday 27 January 2023, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Mitochondrial vesicles in immunology and evolution

Host - Hansong Ma

Professor Heidi McBride from McGill University, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal, Quebec .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 26 January 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Influence of antidepressants on craniofacial development

Marcia Gaete, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

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Friday 20 January 2023, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Genetic studies of epigenetic clocks in different species

Host - Richard Durbin

Professor Steve Horvath from Department of Biostatistics, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 12 January 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epigenetic resetting during human germline development

Wolfram Gruhn, Gurdon Institute.

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Friday 02 December 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Connecting Sensory Perception to Longevity in C. elegans

Host – Ritwick Sawarkar

Dr Rebecca Taylor, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 24 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Fit for this world - cellular properties are set during critical periods of development

Matthias Landgraf, Department of Zoology.

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Friday 18 November 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Patterns of purifying selection and adaptive evolution in SARS-CoV-2

Host – Henrik Salje

Professor Richard Neher, Biozentrum, University of Basel.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 17 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Protein synthesis regulation and metabolic switches during stem cell differentiation in Drosophila

Felipe Karam Teixeira, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

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Friday 11 November 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Single Cell Technologies : A Bioinformatician’s perspective

Host – Bianca De Sanctis

Dr Abigail Edwards, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 10 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Spatio-temporal control of microtubule mechanics during epithelial morphogenesis

Maja Matis, University of Muenster, Germany.

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Friday 04 November 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Chromosome Architecture: Lifting the Lid on Loop Extrusion

Host - Marco Geymonat

Dr Frank Uhlmann, The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 03 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Timescales in development: the tempo across and within species

Teresa Rayon, Babraham Institute.

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Friday 28 October 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Epigenetics and genome dynamics: what can we learn from ciliates?

Host - Felipe Karam Teixeira

Dr Sandra Duharcourt, Institut Jacques Monod, Universite de Paris.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 20 October 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Biofabrication and material interfaces for life science applications

Yan Yan Shery Huang, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

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Friday 14 October 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Base Editing and Prime Editing: Precise Gene Correction Without Double-Strand DNA Breaks

Host - Lin Wang

Professor David Liu, from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge MA.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 13 October 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Adherens junctions, mechanotransduction and intra-epithelial communication

Alpha Yap, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

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Friday 07 October 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Why is Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility so common?

Host - Frank Jiggins

Professor Michael Turelli, from Department of Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis College of Biological Sciences, CA .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 29 September 2022, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Regulation of physiology via a dietary lipid metabolite.

Host - Felipe Karam Teixeira

Professor Aurelio Teleman, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 16 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Investigating Human Foetal Blood Development at the Single-Cell Level

Ana Cvejic, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room (D Floor, Physiology building) - https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/about-us/map-and-directions.

Friday 10 June 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Using human genetics to define a spectrum of axon vulnerability

Host - Cahir O’Kane

Professor Michael Coleman from Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge Biomedical Campus .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 09 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Protein synthesis regulation and metabolic switches during stem cell differentiation in Drosophila

Felipe Karam Teixeira, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room (D Floor, Physiology building) - https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/about-us/map-and-directions.

Friday 27 May 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

How does complexity arise from molecular interaction?

Host - Ben Steventon

Professor Simone Reber, IRI Life Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 26 May 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Neurogenic transcription factors in development and cancer

Roberta Azzarelli Wellcome, MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute University of Cambridge.

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Friday 20 May 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Wolbachia, African-River Blindness and Big Sur

Host: Frank Jiggins

Professor William Sullivan, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 19 May 2022, 17:00-18:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dynamic buffering of extracellular chemokine to enable robust adaptation during directed tissue migration

Mie Wong, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London.

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Friday 13 May 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

A guiding torch at the poles: key roles of the centrosome during asymmetric cell division

Host - Marco Geymonat

Dr Fernando Monje Casas, Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER), Seville.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 12 May 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cells in gels: identification of Plakoglobin as an evolutionary conserved mechanosensitive regulator of naïve pluripotency

Timo Kohler, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

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Friday 06 May 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

The evolution of polychromatic ‘greenbeard’ genes

Host - Carol Edwards

Professor Jason Wolf, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 05 May 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Age-dependent regenerative mechanisms in the brain

Sumru Bayin, Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

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Friday 29 April 2022, 13:15-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cellular mechanisms of embryonic development and embryo-maternal interactions during implantation

Ivan Bedzhov, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Muenster, Germany.

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Friday 18 March 2022, 13:15-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanisms of organismal stress resistance in C. elegans

Rebecca Taylor, Neurobiology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

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Friday 11 March 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Mechanics of blastocyst morphogenesis

Host - Chaitanya Dingare

Dr Jean-Léon Maître, Institut Curie, Paris.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 10 March 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coordinating cell fate decisions and tissue shape changes during mammalian development

Marta Shahbazi, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

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Friday 04 March 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Exploring host-tumour metabolic interactions using Drosophila

Host - Chaitanya Dingare

Dr Susumu Hirabayashi, MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 03 March 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dynamics of starvation-induced and selective autophagy in mammalian cells

Nicholas Ktistakis, Babraham Institute.

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Friday 25 February 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Asymmetric cell division and germline immortality

Hosts - Hansong Ma and Ason Chiang

Professor Yukiko Yamashita, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 24 February 2022, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

In vivo exploration of biomolecular condensates in early Drosophila development

Tim Weil, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

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Friday 18 February 2022, 13:15-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Signalling dynamics of neutrophil migration at sites of tissue damage

Milka Sarris, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

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Friday 11 February 2022, 13:15-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cell surface fluctuations regulate early embryonic lineage sorting

Kevin Chalut, Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

Biffen Theater and Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 04 February 2022, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Transparency, reproducibility, and adaptability in data analysis.

Host: Elves Duarte

Dr Johannes Köster, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Duisburg-Essen.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 03 February 2022, 13:30-14:30

Genetics Seminar

Investigating the evolution and development of body plans and body parts in arthropods

Host - Steve Russell

Professor Alistair McGregor, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 27 January 2022, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Mending broken hearts with neural crest cells

Host: Ben Steventon

Professor Marianne Bronner, California Institute of Technology.

TBC.

Monday 06 December 2021, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Asymmetric nuclear division in neural stem cells generates sibling nuclei that differ in size, envelope composition, and chromatin organization

Chantal Roubinet, Postdoctoral Fellow Buzz Baum Lab, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 19 November 2021, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Inspecting the early secretory pathway with whole-cell, volumetric FIB-SEM in fed and starved cells

Host: Cahir O'Kane

Professor Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 18 November 2021, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Towards a cellular and molecular understanding of mammalian anterior patterning

Shankar Srinivas, University of Oxford.

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Friday 12 November 2021, 13:15-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Zooming into the sarcomere: from single molecules to molecular forces

Frank Schnorrer, Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 05 November 2021, 13:15-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Wnt gradients: how they form and their role in tissue morphogenesis

Ian McGough, Babraham Institute, Cambridge.

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Friday 29 October 2021, 13:15-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A finger on the pulse of regeneration

Mekayla Storer, Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge.

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Friday 22 October 2021, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Bacterial condensates under stress

Host: Rosana Collepardo

Professor Stephanie Weber, McGill University, Montreal.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 21 October 2021, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Building the human lungs: lessons from organoids

Dr Emma Rawlins (University of Cambridge).

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Friday 15 October 2021, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Coping with Mechanical Stress: Tissue dynamics in development and repair

Host: Hansong Ma

Dr Yanlan Mao, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 14 October 2021, 13:30-14:30

Genetics Seminar

Evolutionary strata on young mating-type chromosomes despite the lack of sexual antagonism.

Host: John Welch

Professor Tatiana Giraud, Departement Genetique et Ecologie Evolutives, Université Paris-Saclay.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 07 October 2021, 13:30-14:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Genetic and developmental basis of morphological variation in cichlid fishes

Emília Santos, Dept. of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 11 June 2021, 13:15-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

CANCELLED: Replication control during the cell cycle and development

Philip Zegerman, The Gurdon Institute, Cambridge.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 04 June 2021, 13:15-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Exploiting divergent biology of two fission yeasts to understand membrane function

Snezhana Oliferenko, The Francis Crick Institute.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 28 May 2021, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Telomere-to-Telomere Chromosome Assemblies: New Insights Into Genome Biology & Structure

Host – Richard Durbin

Dr Karen Miga from Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 27 May 2021, 17:00-18:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

From Signals to Chromatin: Germ layer specification in mouse

Sebastian Arnold, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany.

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Friday 21 May 2021, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Human hypothalamic neurons for studying obesity and its relevance to neurodegeneration

Florian Merkle, WT-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge.

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Friday 14 May 2021, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

The origin of mitochondrial DNA mutations: population genetics and disease

Host: Cahir O'Kane

Professor Patrick Chinnery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 13 May 2021, 13:30-14:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

New roles for Golgi-derived PI(4)P-containing vesicles in mitochondrial division

Julien Prudent, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 07 May 2021, 13:15-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Genome regulation by ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling and phase-separation

Host: Rosana Collepardo-Guevara

Professor Geeta Narlikar, University of California, San Francisco.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 06 May 2021, 17:00-18:00

Genetics Seminar

Human Immunity – one cell at a time

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Dr Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 29 April 2021, 13:30-14:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Gut induced vascular plasticity drives stem cell adaptation during intestinal regeneration

Julia Cordero, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 12 March 2021, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

PP2A-B55 inhibitors Arpp19 and ENSA define the cell cycle program by controlling the temporal pattern of protein phosphorylation

Hosts: Helene Rangone-Briatte and David Glover

Dr Anna Castro, CRBM-CNRS, Montpellier .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 11 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Continued development: the plasticity of adult organs

Irene Miguel-Aliaga, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 05 March 2021, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

This talk has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for later this year.

Host: Hansong Ma

Dr Yanlan Mao, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London.

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 04 March 2021, 00:00-00:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Understanding the structure-function relationships in asymmetric stem cell division

Mayu Inaba, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 26 February 2021, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Antagonistic effects of ionising radiation in cell competition

David Fernandez-Antoran, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 19 February 2021, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Molecular and evolutionary processes generating variation in gene expression

Host: Frank Jiggins

Dr Patricia Wittkopp, Biological Science Building, University of Michigan.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 18 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Fluorogenetic Interrogation of Chromatin Position Effects

Iva Tchasovnikarova, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 12 February 2021, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Defining intrinsic determinants of regeneration ability and inability.

Host: Ben Steventon

Professor Elly Tanaka, IMP - Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 11 February 2021, 13:30-14:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanisms of membrane protein biogenesis

Ramanujan S. Hegde, MRC Labortory of Molecular Biology.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 05 February 2021, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Genomic Scope of Adaptive Mutations in the Face of Environmental Challenges

Host: John Welch

Dr Sally Otto, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 28 January 2021, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Cone subtype specification in human retinal organoids

Host: Hansong Ma

Dr Robert Johnston, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 21 January 2021, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Enhancers get ERKed around by chromatin remodellers during lineage commitment

Brian Hendrich, MRC Stem Cell Institute, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 27 November 2020, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

From genomes to genealogies: mapping the history of humans and their genetic variation using ancient and modern genomes

Host: Aylwyn Scally

Professor Simon Myers, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 26 November 2020, 13:30-14:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Re-generating the principles of appendage regeneration in the single-cell era

Can Aztekin, The Gurdon Institute, Cambridge.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 20 November 2020, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Chromatin remodelling determines cell-type specific Notch activity in the developing mouse brain

Jelle van den Ameele, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge.

Webinar via Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 13 November 2020, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epithelial-mesenchymal cell plasticity during normal development and cancer progression

Kyra Campbell, Dept. of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Friday 06 November 2020, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Imaging and reconstructing mouse development at the cellular level using light-sheet microscopy

Kate McDole, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Friday 30 October 2020, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

The role of aneuploidy in tumorigenesis.

Host: Marco Geymonat

Professor Angelika Amon, MIT, Department of Biology, Cambridge, MA, USA .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 22 October 2020, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Shaping tissues: the role of mechanics across different scales.

Host: Ben Steventon

Dr Timothy Saunders, Mechanobiology, Institute, National University of Singapore.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 15 October 2020, 09:00-10:00

Genetics Seminar

Chromosomal evolution in Nematodes, and other adventures on the Tree of Life

Host: Richard Durbin

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

Zoom meeting.

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Towards predicting gene expression from DNA sequence

Jussi Taipale, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 March 2020, 13:15-13:55

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Haematopoietic stem cell-niche interactions change during ageing and age-related myeloproliferative disorders

Simón Méndez-Ferrer, Welcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and NHSBT.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 28 February 2020, 13:15-13:55

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissecting tissue mechanics in the early chicken embryo

Fengzhu Xiong, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 21 February 2020, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

This talk has been cancelled

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The mechanical regulation of brain development

Kristian Franze, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 14 February 2020, 13:15-13:55

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Repairing DNA damage in developing germ cells

Gerry Crossan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 07 February 2020, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Decoding Transcriptional Regulation and Kinetics Using Single-Cell Transcriptomics.

Host: Michael Imbeault

Professor Rickard Sandberg, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanics and mechanisms of tube morphogenesis

Katja Röper, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 31 January 2020, 13:15-13:55

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

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

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

CANCELLED: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanical scaling in blood platelets

François Nédélec Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 October 2019, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

What drives the dependence of human germline mutation rates on sex, age, and time? 

Host: Richard Durbin

Professor Molly Przeworski, Columbia University, New York .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 17 October 2019, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Transposable elements and the evolution of the human brain

Host: Michael Imbeault

Professor Johan Jakobsson, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund University, Sweden .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 10 October 2019, 14:00-15:00

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.

Tuesday 01 October 2019, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Timing of the first lineage segregation in the early mouse embryo

Meng Zhu, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 31 May 2019, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Study of pioneer factor concentration, chromatin binding kinetics & cell-to-cell variability during genomeawakening

Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 24 May 2019, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Linking physical gut remodelling to stem cell divisions in Drosophila

Golnar Kolahgar, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 17 May 2019, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Stem cell dynamics define clone fixation and spread in human colonic epithelium

Doug Winton, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 10 May 2019, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

A new force awakens: comparative approach to tissue morphogenesis in insects

Host: Berta Verd

Dr Pavel Tomancak from Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 09 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cyclin B1 and the spindle assembly check point: A 15 year odyssey

Jonathon Pines, The Institute of Cancer Research, University of London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 May 2019, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Think Global Act Local: do local morphological changes influence differentiation of pluripotent cells?

Host: Ben Steventon

Dr Sally Lowell from Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 02 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Role of the endosomal network in cell and tissue organization

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Professor Marino Zerial from Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 25 April 2019, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epithelial Morphogenesis: from cell to tissue dynamics

Yohanns Bellaïche, Institut Curie, Paris, France.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

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

Genetics Seminar

Super-resolution imaging - STED and related advanced microscopy techniques

Hosts: Ben Steventon and Ian Clark

Dr Martin Lenz from Cambridge Advanced Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 March 2019, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dynamic receipt of the BMP signal in the Drosophila ovary

Hilary Ashe, Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Manchester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

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

Genetics Seminar

Epigenetic inheritance in mammals

Host: Sam Lewis

Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith from Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cross-talk between cell mechanics, cell shape and cell fate

Ewa Paluch, MRC LMCB, University College London & PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Using phosphoproteomics to study context-specific signalling

Evangelia Petsalaki, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

RNA methylation as a new epigenetic mark in cancer

Isaia Barbieri, Dept. of Pathology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Gastruloids: a pluripotent stem cell-based model of early mammalian development

Naomi Moris, Dept. of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

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

Genetics Seminar

Experimental evolution in cancer cell lines

Host: Jane Charlesworth

Dr Louise Johnson from School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Unearthing structure and complexity in human and great ape evolution

Host: Chris Illingworth

Dr Aylwyn Scally from Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 17 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epigenetic reprogramming in the mouse germ line: what have we learnt?

Petra Hajkova, MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 November 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Cell cycle controls enforcing asymmetric spindle pole fate in budding yeast

Host: Helene Rangone-Briatte

Dr Marisa Segal from Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Escape from pluripotency

Austin Smith, Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 16 November 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Ancient genomic history and adaptation of human populations in Africa

Host: Aylwyn Scally

Dr Pontus Skoglund from The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Polarized endosome dynamics during asymmetric cell division

Emmanuel Derivery, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 09 November 2018, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Time to wake up: Regulation of Neural Stem Cell Quiescence and Reactivation

Andrea Brand, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 November 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Organoids and clonal analysis to study cell community interactions during pancreas development

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Professor Anne Grapin-Botton from DanStem, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 01 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Constructing the mammalian embryo in vitro: from single stem cells to gastrulation

Berna Sozen, Dept. of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 October 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Hacking the gene expression machinery for genome defense

Host: Felipe Karam Teixeira

Dr Julius Brennecke from IMBA, Vienna BioCenter .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 25 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Using Drosophila to understand mitochondrial biology and mechanisms of neurodegeneration

Alex Whitworth, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 19 October 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

The Genetic Basis of Clinal Adaptation

Host: Frank Jiggins

Professor Thomas Flatt from Department of Biology, University of Fribourg .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanisms controlling homeostasis in mammalian epidermis

Fiona Watt, Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine, King's College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 12 October 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

How to make or break an axon: the roles and regulation of neuronal microtubules

Host: Cahir O’Kane

Professor Andreas Prokop from Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 11 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Building and Breaking Epithelial tubes: an Optogenetic approach

Clare Buckley, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 June 2018, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hedgehog signalling in immune cells

Maike de la Roche, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Signals regulating cell fates and cell movements in the vertebrate embryo

Sergei Sokol, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, New York.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Self-organization and patterning of sensory organs in Drosophila

François Schweisguth, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Centriole Duplication: from body coordination in flies to skin cell biology and cancer

Host: Alexis Braun

Professor David Glover, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 10 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Tracing the Transitions from Pluripotency to Germ Cell Fate with CRISPR Screening

Ufuk Günesdogan, University of Göttingen, Germany.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Regulatory RNA

Host: Martyna Popis

Professor Eric Miska from Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Versatility and dynamics of transcriptional responses to Notch

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Professor Sarah Bray from Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Organoid systems to study the maternal-fetal dialogue of early pregnancy

Margherita Turco, Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 09 March 2018, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The genetic framework of germline stem cell development

Karam Teixeira, Dept. of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 March 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Cerebral organoids: modelling human brain development and tumorigenesis in stem cell derived 3D culture

Host: Michaela Frye

Dr Jürgen Knoblich, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 01 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A unifying theory of branching morphogenesis

Edouard Hannezo, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 February 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Eukaryotic cell division and its origins

Host: Alexis Braun

Professor Buzz Baum, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 22 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Primary liver tumor organoids: a new pre-clinical model for drug sensitivity analysis

Laura Broutier, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 16 February 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Viral evolution on sub-phylogenetic timescales

Dr Chris Illingworth, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 15 February 2018, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Modulating developmental signals allows establishment of cultures of expanded potential stem cells

Liu Pentao, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 09 February 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Scaling of tissue proportions to body size during vertebrate development

Host: Alfonso Martinez Arias

Dr Patrick Mueller, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen, Germany.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 08 February 2018, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cell polarity remodelling by the RASSF protein family

Nic Tapon, The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 February 2018, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Environmental stress, cryptic variation and innovation in the simplest molecular systems

Host: Frank Jiggins

Professor Andreas Wagner, Dept. of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 01 February 2018, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

DNA methyltransferase(s), transposons and spermatogenesis

Host: Eric Miska

Dr Déborah Bourc'his, Institut Curie, Paris .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 25 January 2018, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanisms of filopodia regulation

Jenny Gallop, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 24 November 2017, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Decoding the Notch signal

Sarah Bray, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 17 November 2017, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

An Editor’s Guide to Effective Science Communication

Host: Sudhakaran Prabakaran

Dr Nancy R. Gough.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Monday 13 November 2017, 12:00-13:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cartilage by 3D bioprinting of iPS cells

Stina Simonsson, Institute of Biomedicine, Göteborg (Sweden).

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 10 November 2017, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Capturing human axial progenitors in vitro

Hosts: Alfonso Martinez-Arias & Shlomit Edri

Dr Anestis Tsakiridis, Department of Biomedical Science, The University of Sheffield .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 09 November 2017, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Detecting death and damage: understanding macrophage migration in Drosophila

Will Wood, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 November 2017, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

The evolution of meiosis and meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis arenosa.

Host: Aylwyn Scally

Dr Kirsten Bomblies, John Innes Centre, Norwich .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 02 November 2017, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Building a young brain on Old shoulders: A story on the most primitive ventricular brain

Elia Benito-Gutiérrez, Dept. of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 October 2017, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Gill arch serial homology and the origin of jawed vertebrates

Andrew Gillis, Dept. of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 October 2017, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Formation and disease relevance of axonal endoplasmic reticulum, a "neuron within a neuron”.

Dr Cahir O’Kane, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 19 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cell polarity and local condensation of biomolecular condensates

Anthony A. Hyman, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden (Germany).

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 13 October 2017, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Cheating in Pseudomnas aeruginosa drives switch to privatisation of an essential function

Host: Chris Illingworth

Professor Ashleigh Griffin, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 05 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A battle for mitochondrial DNA transmission

Hansong Ma, The Gurdon Institute, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 09 June 2017, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Ascl1 control of neural stem cell homeostasis in the developing and adult brain

Noelia Urban, The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 June 2017, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Assembly of embryonic and extra-embryonic stem cells to mimic embryogenesis in vitro

Sarah Harrison, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 May 2017, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Bridging Crumb-mediated polarity and Hippo-mediated growth by Spectrin-bound PP2A

Graham Thomas, Center for Celluar Dynamics, PennState.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 19 May 2017, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissecting the functional heterogeneity of human hematopoietic stem cells

Elisa Laurenti, Dept. of Haematology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 12 May 2017, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Variable epigenetic silencing of the repeat genome: implications for non-genetic inheritance

Anne Ferguson-Smith, Dept. of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 05 May 2017, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Coordination of spindle positioning and cell cycle progression in yeast

Host: Marco Geymonat

Dr. Gislene Pereira, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 04 May 2017, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

The genetic analysis of population-scale data

Host: Aylwyn Scally

Professor Gil McVean, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 27 April 2017, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Human embryogenesis and the first trimester intrauterine environment

Graham Burton, Centre for Trophoblast Research, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 10 March 2017, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Transcription as a driver of epigenetic transitions during oocyte development

Gavin Kelsey, Babraham Institute, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 March 2017, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Understanding the causes of variation in nucleotide diversity across the genome

Host: Aylwyn Scally

Professor Peter Keightley, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 02 March 2017, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Highlights from the “Deciphering the Mechanisms of Developmental Disorders (DMDD) consortium” – novel insights into gene function during embryogenesis

Myriam Hemberger, Babraham Institute, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 24 February 2017, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Rate and pattern of evolutionary change in the gut microbiota as revealed by a commensal bacteria

Host: Chris Illingworth

Dr Isabel Gordo, Evolutionary Biology Group, Gulbenkian Institute, Lisbon .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 23 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Exploring the mechanisms of haematopoietic lineage progression at the single-cell level

Ana Cvejic, Dept. of Haematology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 17 February 2017, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Pluripotency at the multicellular level

Marta Shahbazi, PDN, University of Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 10 February 2017, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Decoding transcriptional regulation.

Host: Alexis Braun

Dr Alexander Stark, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 09 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Post-transcriptional control of gene expression in brain development and cancer

Eugene Makeyev, Dept. of Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 February 2017, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Non-coding solutions to developmental challenges

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Professor Donal O’Carroll, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 02 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Comparative population genomics in animals: genetic diversity, adaptive rate, species barrier

Host: John Welch

Dr Nicolas Galtier, University of Montpellier .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 26 January 2017, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Predicting the pleiotropic effects of circadian timing, from clock gene expression to biomass.

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Professor Andrew Millar, University of Edinburgh.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 19 January 2017, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coping with a stressful start in life

Alex Gould The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 December 2016, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Lung Stem Cell Niche in Health and Disease

Joo-Hyeon Lee Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 November 2016, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Stem cell control in the Drosophila gut

Host: Alexis Braun

Professor Bruce Edgar, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 24 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

"Why is the intestinal epithelia particularly susceptible to transformation by oncogenic APC mutations?"

Marc de la Roche, Biochemistry department, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 November 2016, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Domain architecture in the Drosophila genome

Rob White PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 November 2016, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

"Shaping cell contacts during tissue morphogenesis"

Pierre-Francois Lenne, IBDM, CNRS & Aix-Marseille Université, France.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 November 2016, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Defining transcription units across the human genome.

Host: Michaela Frye

Professor Nick Proudfoot, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 03 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

"Patterns and logic of actomyosin planar polarisation during Drosophila axis extension"

Benedicte Sanson, PDN department, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 28 October 2016, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Using experimental evolution to understand adaptation from standing genetic variation.

Host: Frank Jiggins

Professor Christian Schlotterer, Institute of Population Genetics of Vetmeduni Vienna .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 27 October 2016, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

“Shaping Cells and Tissues: from Embryonic Development to Synthetic Biology”

Stefano de Renzis, EMBL, Heidelberg.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 21 October 2016, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Directing and shaping the inside-out axis of the vertebrate brain

Host: Ben Steventon

Professor Jon Clarke, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 20 October 2016, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Towards a complete view of the genetics of gene expression variation in yeast

Host: Chris Illingworth

Professor Frank Albert, University of Minnesota .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 18 October 2016, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Neural mechanisms of behavioral switches

Host: Liria Masuda-Nakagawa

Dr. Arantza Barrios, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 06 October 2016, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cell fate imbalance in the Oesophageal Epithelium: mutant cell competition

Maria Alcolea Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 June 2016, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Balancing forces during mitosis: from molecular motors up to tissue mechanics

Sarah Woolner, Faculty of life sciences, University of Manchester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 May 2016, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Building integrin adhesions in development and evolution

Nick Brown Dept. of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 May 2016, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissecting mammalian 3D genome architecture with Capture Hi-C

Stefan Schoenfelder (Fraser lab) Babraham Institute, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 13 May 2016, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Division versus differentiation in development and disease

Anna Philpott, Dept. of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/ MRC Research Centre, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 May 2016, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Beyond the reference genome:  inference using prior knowledge of the diversity of a species.

Host: Chris Illingworth

Dr Zamin Iqbal, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 28 April 2016, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Genome diversity and evolution of DNA methylation genome in the human genome.

Host: Aylwyn Scally

Professor Tomas Marques-Bonet, Institut Biologia Evolutiva (Universitat Pompeu Fabra/CSIC), Barcelona.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 21 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Pair-rule patterning in Drosophila: how does it work, and what does it tell us about short-germ segmentation

Erik Clark (Akam lab) Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 March 2016, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Gene and Genome Regulation in Early Fruit Fly Neurogenesis.

Host: Steve Russell

Dr. Robert Zinzen, Max-Delbruck-Center Berlin.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 03 March 2016, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Live imaging and genetic analyses of transformed cell extrusion from the zebrafish embryonic epithelium

Masazumi Tada Dep. of Cell & Developmental Biology, UCL, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 February 2016, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Period and pattern in the embryo

Andrew Oates The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 19 February 2016, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Role of neuromesodermal progenitors in axial elongation.

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Professor Val Wilson, MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 18 February 2016, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Two for the price of one: twinning – the ultimate regeneration

Claudio Stern, Dep. of Cell & Developmental Biology, UCL, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 12 February 2016, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Checkpoint and non-checkpoint functions of Drosophila Mad1 and RZZ.

Host: Yuu Kimata

Professor Roger Karess, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Diderot.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 11 February 2016, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Using outbred genetics to explore Drosophilia development

Ewan Birney, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 05 February 2016, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

TF-mediated epigenetic memory in ES cells

Pablo Navarro, Institut Pasteur Dep. of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Paris, France.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 29 January 2016, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Single cell RNA-sequencing reveals a continuous spectrum of differentiation in haematopoietic cells.

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Dr Ana Cvejic, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 28 January 2016, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Roles and mechanisms of the drivers of reprogramming

Jose Silva, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 January 2016, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

An experimental assay of the genotype to phenotype connection.

Host: John Welch

Dr Fyodor Kondrashov, Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 21 January 2016, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Comparative analyses of neuromesodermal progenitor dynamics in vivo

Ben Steventon, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 November 2015, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Building a Platform for Cell Division

Paul Conduit, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 November 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Genomics approaches for the investigation of gene regulation.

Host: Steve Russell

Dr Jim Hughes, Hughes Genome Biology Group, Oxford .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 19 November 2015, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The origin of Metazoa, a genomics and cell biology approach…or why things are never ever so simple

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo, CSIC-UPF and Univeristy of Barcelona.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 13 November 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Breaking the silence: defense and counter-defense in antiviral RNA silencing pathways of insects.

Host: Frank Jiggins

Dr Ronald van Rij, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, The Netherlands .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 12 November 2015, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The 6th element of DNA: Identification of methyl deoxyadenosines in higher eukaryotes

Magdalena Koziol (Gurdon lab), Gurdon Institute, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 November 2015, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cerebral organoids: human brain development modelled in a dish

Madeline Lancaster, MRC LMB, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 30 October 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Transcriptional regulation and downstream program of Hox and Cdx genes during axial development in the mouse embryo.

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Dr Jacqueline Deschamps, Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 29 October 2015, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Inflammation in repair and cancer

Paul Martin Department of Physiology & Biochemistry, Bristol University.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 October 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Targeting Polycomb repression to the genome.

Host: Steve Russell

Dr Yuri Schwartz, Department of Molecular Biology, Umea University, Sweden .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 22 October 2015, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Statistical models of gene regulation in the fly embryo

Nicholas Luscombe The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 16 October 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Intra-tumour heterogeneity and genomic rearrangements in solid cancers.

Host: Aylwyn Scally

Dr Roland Schwarz, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 15 October 2015, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Into the void: bridging the gap between risk genes and psychiatric phenotypes.

Host: Cahir O' Kane

Dr Elizabeth Tunbridge, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 08 October 2015, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Inhibitory activities of short linear motifs underlie Hox interactome specificity in vivo.

Hosts: Steve Russell and Boris Adryan

Dr Samir Merabet, IGFL France.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 11 June 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Converting temporal information into spatial information in an early vertebrate embryo

Caroline Hill, The Francis Crick Institute - Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 29 May 2015, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Plant Developmental Plasticity: How and Why?

Ottoline Leyser, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 May 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Model systems to study embryonic patterning.

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Dr Benoit Sorre, National Center for Scientific Research, Paris.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 21 May 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

On growth and form: gastrulation and axis formation by stem cells in the Amniote embryo

Octavian Voiculescu, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 15 May 2015, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Navigating through tissue mazes: how leukocytes find their way to functional destinations

Milka Sarris, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 08 May 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

New dimensions of antiviral immunity in insects.

Host: Frank Jiggins

Dr Maria Carla Saleh, Institut Pasteur, Paris .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 07 May 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Trafficking and regulation of Wnt proteins in developing epithelia

Jean-Paul Vincent, The Francis Crick Institute - NIMR, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 May 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Biogenesis and function of circular RNAs (circRNAs).

Host: Boris Adryan

Dr Sebastian Kadener, University of Jerusalem.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 30 April 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cellular strategies for airway epithelial maintenance

Emma Rawlins, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 24 April 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Single-cell dynamics of the proliferation-quiescence decision.

Host: Viji Draviam

Dr Sabrina Spencer, Meyer Lab, Stanford University Medical Center.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 23 April 2015, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

Rapid microbial evolution: From the lab to the clinic and back again.

Host: Frank Jiggins

Professor Mike Brockhurst, Department of Biology, University of York .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 05 March 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Programming and reprogramming to the trophoblast lineage

Myriam Hemberger, Babraham Institute, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 February 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Causes and Consequences of New Mutations.

Host: Cahir O'Kane

Dr Matthew Hurles, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 26 February 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Transcriptional networks in the developing Xenopus embryo

Jim Smith, MRC National Institute for Medical Research London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 February 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

How dynein and its co-factors at the kinetochore ensure chromosome segregation fidelity.

Host: Viji Draviam

Dr Reto Gassmann, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Portugal .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 19 February 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The collective cell biology of organ formation

Darren Gilmour, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, Germany.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 13 February 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Beyond cancer genetics: dissecting the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation in leukaemia.

Host: Boris Adryan

Professor Chi Wai Eric So, Leukaemia and Stem Cell Biology Group, Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College London .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 12 February 2015, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

Single cell transcriptomics.

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Dr Steve Harvey, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Monday 09 February 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Capturing pluripotency form early mammalian embryos

Jenny Nichols, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 February 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Mitotic kinases and phosphatases work together to shape the right response.

Host: Yuu Kimata

Dr. Adrian Saurin, Division of Cancer Research, Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 05 February 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Genome-wide loss-of-function screening using the CRISPR-Cas9 system

Kosuke Yusa Wellcome, Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 30 January 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Imaging gene activity in living cells.

Host: Viji Draviam

Dr Jonathan Chubb, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 29 January 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cell-based modelling of epithelial morphogenesis: towards an integrative approach

Alexander Fletcher, Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Oxford.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 January 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Asymmetry in Drosophila neuroblasts: centrosomes & mRNA.

Host: Yuu Kimata

Dr Jens Januschke, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 22 January 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Polarization of ciliated node cells along the anterior-posterior axis by graded expression of Wnts and their inhibitors

Hiroshi Hamada, Osaka University, Japan.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 16 January 2015, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Using zebrafish models to identify novel alleles affecting human behaviour- a proof of principle study using smoking as an example.

Host: Boris Adryan

Dr Caroline Brennan, The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of London .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 15 January 2015, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hedgehog signalling and cell polarity in killer lymphocytes

Gillian Griffiths, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 05 December 2014, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Single molecule studies of mRNA localisation and motor activation

Simon Bullock, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 28 November 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

COMT: from single nucleotide polymorphism to whole brain function.

Host: Boris Adyran

Dr Elizabeth Tunbridge, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 27 November 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Order out of chaos - how does membrane traffic help organise the cell?

Sean Munro, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 21 November 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Large scale genomic analyses of complex traits in human populations.

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Dr Nicole Soranzo, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 20 November 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Unreliable organizers: Canalization and robustness in C. elegans vulva development

Jeroen van Zon, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF), Amsterdam.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 14 November 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

The memory of retinal stem cells?

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Professor Jochen Wittbrodt, COS Heidelberg, Heidelberg University.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 13 November 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A blueprint for cell fate: Network biology applied to stem cell engineering

Samantha Morris (George Daley lab), Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 07 November 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Regulation of Notch signalling by the endosomal pathway.

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Professor Dr. Thomas Klein, Institute of Genetics, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 06 November 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The Zebrafish Mutation Project

Derek Stemple, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 31 October 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Understanding mechanisms of long-range gene regulation.

Host: Boris Adyran

Dr Greg Elgar, Systems Biology, MRC NIMR, London .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 30 October 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Bridging cell-cell contact and cell fate in the early mouse embryo

Chuen Yan Leung (Zernicka-Goetz lab), PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 24 October 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Organisation and Regulation of DNA supercoiling domains in Mammalian Chromatin.

Host: Boris Adryan

Professor Nick Gilbert, MRC Human Genetics Unit, The University of Edinburgh.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 23 October 2014, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

C. elegans development: getting the seams right and living a balanced life.

Host: Melissa Antoniou-Kourounioti

Professor Alison Woollard, Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 16 October 2014, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

The impact of viral IκB-like ANK proteins on host-parasitoid interactions.

Host: Boris Adryan

Professor Giuseppe Gargiulo from Dipartimento di Farmacia e Biotecnologie, University of Bologna .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 12 June 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Good night and good luck: the role of sleep in dementia

Damian Crowther, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 30 May 2014, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanisms controlling primary germ layers specification in human

Ludovic Vallier, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 May 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

(At least) 3 ways to publish a pigeon genome.

Host: Frank Jiggins

Professor Tom Gilbert from the Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 22 May 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A bistable transcriptional switch modulated by signalling drives the choice between embryonic and extraembryonic cell fate

Christian Schroeter, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 16 May 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Shaping and reshaping regulatory loops in Drosophila morphogen signaling.

Host: Boris Adryan

Dr. Giorgos Pyrowolakis from BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies & Institute for Biology, University of Freiburg.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 15 May 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Going round in circles: development of the zebrafish vestibular system

Tanya Whitfield, MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics, University of Sheffield.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 09 May 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Molecular mechanisms of Mediator complex recruitment by transcription factors.

Hosts: Boris Adryan and Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Alexis Verger from Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Université de Lille .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 08 May 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Liver and pancreas Stem/progenitor cells and organoid cultures

Meritxell Huch, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 May 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

From stripes to blood flow: cell fates of the lateral plate.

Host: Boris Adryan

Professor Christian Mosimann from the Institute of Molecular Life Sciences (IMLS), University of Zürich.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 01 May 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Getting in Shape: in vivo and in silico studies of tissue mechanics in growth control

Yanlan Mao, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 April 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Computational insights into stem cell differentiation using dynamic hybrid modelling.

Host: Steve Russell

Dr Ben Hall from Microsoft Research, Cambridge .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 24 April 2014, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

Origin and evolution of novel microRNAs.

Host: Boris Adryan

Dr Antonio Marco, University of Essex.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 13 March 2014, 12:00-13:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Arc stress: a novel mechanism for epithelial bending

Jeremy Green, Department of Craniofacial Development, King’s College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 07 March 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Targets of T cell responses against malaria liver infection: immunology meets experimental genetics.

Host: Boris Adryan

Dr Julius Hafalla, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Immunology and Infection.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 06 March 2014, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

A Drosophila resource to study human pathology.

Host: Sarah Bray, PDN (sjb32@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Shinya Yamamoto, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Wednesday 05 March 2014, 15:00-16:00

Genetics Seminar

Engineering flies.

Host: Cahir O'Kane (c.okane@gen.cam.ac.uk)

Professor Hugo J Bellen, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Wednesday 05 March 2014, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The role of pituitary stem cells in homeostasis and tumour formation

Cynthia Andoniadou, Department of Craniofacial Development, King’s College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 28 February 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Molecular insights into the ecology, epidemiology and evolution of bat rabies.

Hosts: John Welch and Ben Longdon

Dr Daniel Streicker, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 27 February 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Molecular mechanisms of Wnt signalling

Mariann Bienz, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 21 February 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Studying the invasive migration of Drosophila immune cells.

Host: Boris Adryan

Professor Daria Siekhaus, IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria).

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 20 February 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Extrinsic forces and cell shape changes in gastrulation

Bénédicte Sanson, Dept. of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 14 February 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Vaccinia virus has evolved the Bcl-2 family of proteins to thwart the host innate immune system.

Host: Boris Adryan

Dr Stephen Graham, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 13 February 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The development and evolution of vertebrate electroreceptors

Clare Baker, Dept. of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 07 February 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Checks and Balances in Drosophila Muscle and Heart Differentiation Programs.

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Dr Mike Taylor, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 06 February 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Axis specification in Drosophila: mRNA transport and translational control

Timothy Weil, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 31 January 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Deconstructing Greatwall Kinase.

Host: Viji Draviam

Dr Helfrid Hochegger, University of Sussex .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 30 January 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

CANCELLED: Getting in Shape: in vivo and in silico studies of tissue mechanics in growth control

Yanlan Mao, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 24 January 2014, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Epigenetic contribution to transgenerational inheritance.

Host: Ian Furner

Professor Jurek Paszkowski, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 23 January 2014, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

Structural insights into the molecular mechanisms of accurate chromosome segregation.

Host: Viji Draviam

Dr. A. Jeyaprakash Arulanandam, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 16 January 2014, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Molecular alchemy: How to make one cell type into another

David Tosh, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 29 November 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Immune-metabolic interaction in Drosophila.

Host: Boris Adryan

Dr Marc Dionne from the Peter Gorer Dept of Immunobiology, King's College London .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 28 November 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The sins of your maternal grandparents: Transgenerational epigenetic effects of folate metabolism on development

Erica Watson, Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 November 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Widespread translation of small Open Reading Frames from coding regions, UTRs and non-coding RNAs.

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Professor Juan Pablo Couso, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 21 November 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Patterning ensembles of mouse ES cells: the embryo redux

Alfonso Martinez Arias, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 15 November 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Motors, rulers and clocks in chromosome segregation.

Host: Viji Draviam

Dr Helder Maiato from Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Lab., Universidade do Porto.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 14 November 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Drosophila p53, growth control and metabolism

Marco Milan, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), Barcelona.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 08 November 2013, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Nuclear actin and nuclear actin-binding protein as new players in embryonic development and reprogramming

Kei Miyamoto, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 November 2013, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Chiefs call in the Reserves: Differentiated Troy+ Chief cells act as ‘Reserve’ stem cells to generate all lineages of the stomach epithelium

Bon-Kyoung Koo, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 October 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

How does the kinetochore orchestrate a functional checkpoint signal?

Host: Viji Draviam

Professor Jakob Nilsson from The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 10 October 2013, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

Feedback control of the anaphase-telophase transition.

Host: Viji Draviam

Dr Helder Maiato, Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Lab., Universidade do Porto .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 13 June 2013, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

Sibling Rivalry and Stress Tolerance: the Single-Cell Biology of Mycobacteria.

Host: Viji Draviam

Dr Bree Aldridge, Tufts University, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Boston .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 06 June 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Self-organization of pluripotent cells to establish the mouse embryo

Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 31 May 2013, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A genomic survey of the machineries that control & link cell shape, microtubules & cell cycle progression

Rafael Carazo Salas, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 24 May 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Epigenetic regulation of tissue growth in Drosophila.

Host: Boris Adryan

Dr Anne Kathrin Classen, LMU Munich .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 23 May 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Organ morphogenesis: Cell movement and communication in liver development

Elke Ober, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 17 May 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

The evolutionary dynamics of unusual reproductive systems.

Hosts: Eli Vieira Araujo Jnr and John Welch

Dr Laura Ross from the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford ..

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 16 May 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Nutrient sensing in the central brain of Drosophila larvae controls feeding behavior

Pierre Léopold, Institute of Biology Valrose, University of Nice, France.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 10 May 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Tracking transmission and evolution of bacterial pathogens with high-throughput genomics.

Host: Frank Jiggins

Dr Julian Parkhill, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 09 May 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A fine balance: Self-renewal and differentiation of single stem cells amidst tumour heterogeneity

David Kent, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 May 2013, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Regulation of neural and intestinal stem cell differentiation

Axel Behrens, CR-UK London Research Institute, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 April 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Sequence-based discovery of transcriptional targets.

Host: Boris Adryan

Dr Stein Aerts, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven University.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

Tips at the Edge: Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics at the Cell Cortex.

Professor Dr Anna Akhmanova from Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrech University .

Biffen Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

Molecular mechanisms that mediate the adaptation to hypoxia in Drosophila.

Professor Pablo Wappner from Instituto Leloir, Argentina .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 07 March 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Chromatin organisation in embryonic stem cells

Peter Rugg-Gunn, Babraham Institute, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 March 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Linking the mitotic spindle to the plasma membrane during cytokinesis.

Dr. Mark Petronczki from Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Clare Hall Laboratories .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 28 February 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Using bacterial pathogens to explore immunity and development in the nematode C. elegans

Jonathan Hodgkin, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 February 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

How to maintain a stable genome: A Passenger Perspective.

Dr Susanne Lens from University Medical Centre Utrecht.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 21 February 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coping with life changing events: Stem cells, regeneration, and plasticity

Robin Lovell-Badge, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 15 February 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Fate

Professor Margaret Buckingham from Department of Developmental Biology, Pasteur Institute, Paris.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 14 February 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cytoplasmic streaming in the female germline and stem cell fate in the male germline of Drosophila

Isabel Palacios, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 08 February 2013, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Transcriptional Control of Cell Fate Choice in Blood Stem Cells

Bertie Gottgens, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 February 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Cell specification in the mouse blastocyst inner cell mass: interplay between Nanog, Gata6 and the Fgf signalling pathway.

Dr Claire Chazaud from Laboratoire GReD, France .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 31 January 2013, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

The mitotic checkpoint - a structural perspective.

Dr. Victor Bolanos Garcia, Oxford Brookes University, UK .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Wednesday 30 January 2013, 16:45-17:30

Genetics Seminar

Quantification and modeling of spindle positioning and size regulation in the C. elegans embryo

Dr. Akatsuki Kimura, National Institute of Genetics, Japan .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Wednesday 30 January 2013, 16:00-16:45

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Spindle orientation and cell division in Drosophila epithelial cells

Dan Bergstrahl, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 January 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Hox Control of a Drosophila Feeding Circuit.

Professor Dr Ingrid Lohmann from The Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 24 January 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissecting the role of stem cells in tissue development and maturation

Kim Jensen, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 January 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Perspectives on Next Generation DNA Sequencing.

Dr Harold Swerdlow from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Functional nuclear organization of the genome: from cell populations to single cell analyses

Peter Fraser, Babraham Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 November 2012, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Mechanisms of Transcriptional Repression during Development.

Dr Barbara Jennings from the Transcriptional Regulation Group, UCL Cancer Institute .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 22 November 2012, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Decoding the Notch signal

Sarah Bray, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 16 November 2012, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Systems-based, quantitative analyses of genomic function and variation.

Dr Bart Deplancke from EPFL Lausanne .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 15 November 2012, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

How variable clones build an invariant retina

Benjamin Simons, Cavendish Laboratory/ Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 09 November 2012, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Gene expression divergence recapitulates the developmental hourglass model.

Dr Pavel Tomancak from MPI for Cell Biology, Dresden .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 08 November 2012, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The role of Dicer and miRNAs in regulating neural stem cell multipotency

Therese Andersson, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge..

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 November 2012, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

PTEN phosphatase-independent maintenance of apical membrane integrity during colorectal glandular morphogenesis.

Professor F. C. Campbell from the Centre for Cancer Research & Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 01 November 2012, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissection of the cellular and molecular hierarchy of the bronchioalveolar epithelium in homeostasis and disease

Juan-Jose Ventura, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 October 2012, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

A life in science: from academia to industry and back.

Sir Peter Williams from The Royal Society .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 25 October 2012, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Balancing cell potency and specification in stem cells and in the early embryo

Veronique Azuara, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 19 October 2012, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Phase-shifted gene-activity oscillations during embryo development - a real-time imaging approach.

Dr Alexander Aulehla from EMBL Heidelberg .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 18 October 2012, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Deciphering gene regulatory circuitry underlying early steps of neural crest development

Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 12 October 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A quantitative view of gene expression levels

Sarah Teichmann, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 May 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Finding the correct pairing partner during meiosis: events inside and outside the nucleus

Enrique Martinez-Perez, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 May 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms regulating epidermal stem cell fate

Michaela Frye, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 May 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Molecules of touch and taste sensation

William Schafer, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 May 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Interactions between stem cells and their niche in mammalian epidermis

Fiona Watt, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 April 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Roles of ADAM family metalloproteases in cardiovascular development

Atsuko Sehara-Fujisawa, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 April 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The roles of the interaction between the APC/C and the centrosome in the cell cycle and development in Drosophila

Yuu Kimata, Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 March 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mapping Morphogenesis

Richard Adams, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 24 February 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A histone marks embryonic differentiation and acts as an epigenetic barrier to reprogramming

Vincent Pasque (Gurdon lab), Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 17 February 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Nanoscale Tools for the Silencing of Genes in the Brain

Kostas Kostarelos, The School of Pharmacy, University of London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 10 February 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

SHiPSCs, Naïve Human Pluripotent Stem Cells?

Pentao Liu, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 February 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Embryonic enigmas: geminin regulation and function in stem cells

Ron Laskey, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 January 2012, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Heart development and ageing

Thomas Brand, Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 November 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Anterior-posterior axis specification in the mammalian embryo

Tristan Rodriguez, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 November 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

What does smooth muscle development tell us about vascular disease susceptibility?

Christine Cheung, Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 November 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Regulation of neuronal growth in a developing motor system – a Drosophila dendrite perspective

Matthias Landgraf, Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 November 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A fly's-eye view of epithelial polarity

Franck Pichaud, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 28 October 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Understanding cell shape: reconstituting actin polymerisation at the membrane-cytosol interface

Jenny Gallop, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 21 October 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Taking shape: morphogenesis of Drosophila renal tubules

Helen Skaer, Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 14 October 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Map3k4 and Sry in mammalian sex determination

Andy Greenfield, MRC Harwell.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 10 June 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Actin + oocyte: Old love - new affairs

Melina Schuh, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 June 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coincidence, cause & consequence: How can we know in developmental gene regulation?

Boris Adryan, Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 May 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Genomics and development of the myriapod Strigamia maritima: an outgroup for comparison with insects and crustaceans

Michael Akam, Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 May 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cilia in development and disease

Dominic Norris, MRC Harwell.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 13 May 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissecting mRNA localisation mechanisms during Drosophila development

Simon Bullock, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 May 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Exploring the origin of leaves

Jill Harrison Plant, Sciences University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 March 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The Planar Cell Polarity pathway in lung development and disease

Charlotte Dean, MRC Harwell.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 March 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Morphogenesis of the adult abdominal epidermis of Drosophila: A matter of constriction and migration

Marcus Bischoff, Zoology University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 February 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Different flavours of myosin function drive tubulogenesis in the fly embryo

Katja Röper, PDN University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 February 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Transcriptional control of stem cell fate: keeping cells in the zone

Brian Hendrich, Centre for Stem Cell Research University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 February 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The complex life of small RNAs

Eric Miska, Gurdon Institute University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 February 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Control of tissue growth by the Hippo signalling pathway in Drosophila

Nic Tapon, LRI Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 28 January 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Your inner frog - Can clues from evolution unlock the molecular development of the cerebellum?

Richard Wingate, MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 November 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Regulation of chromatin organization and epigenetic modifications in embryonic stem cells

Anton Wutz, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 19 November 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The regulation of skeletal muscle development by signaling molecules and microRNAs

Andrea Münsterberg, Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 12 November 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coordinated regulation of cell divisions, migration and differentiation in the developing mouse brain

Francois Guillemot, Division of Molecular Neurobiology, National Institute for Medical Research.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 05 November 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hox targets in Drosophila

Rob White, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 29 October 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Tracking cell and cytoskeletal behaviour to understand tissue morphogenesis in fish and fly embryos

Guy Blanchard, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 October 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Modelling early human cell fate decisions using pluripotent stem cells

Roger Pedersen, The Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 15 October 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cell wars: competition through growth factor signalling

Eugenia Piddini, Gurdon Institute University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 June 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Region-specific regulation of neurogenesis by mir-9

Nancy Papalopulu, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 28 May 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Control of tissue size and shape in Drosophila

Barry Thompson, LRI Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 21 May 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epigenetic reprogramming in the mouse germ line: the repair connection

Petra Hajkova, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre Imperial College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 14 May 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epigenetic mechanisms in mammalian neurogenesis

Rick Livesey, Gurdon Institute University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 07 May 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissecting the role of signalling inhibition during the induction of pluripotency

Jose Silva, Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 30 April 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Fine-tuning BMP signaling during cell fate specification

Kristi Wharton, Brown University.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 April 2010, 13:15-13:55

Making your mark on the world: Jolien Veldwijk and her active involvement in peace-building processes in war-torn countries

Jolien Veldwijk, Concordis International.

Castlereagh Room in the Fisher Building, St. John's College.

Monday 15 March 2010, 18:00-19:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coupling organelle capacity to the cell's needs

David Ron, Institute of Metabolic Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 05 March 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Lung epithelial progenitor cells in development and repair

Emma Rawlins, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 February 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Shaping and patterning the embryo: Gastrulation in higher vertebrates

Octavian Voiculescu, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 19 February 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The development of brain asymmetry - from genes to circuits

Steve Wilson, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 12 February 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The role of Gata3 in the emergence of hematopoietic stem cells - a link between the hematopoietic and sympathetic nervous system

Katrin Ottersbach, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 05 February 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epigenetic signatures of stem-cell identity - CANCELLED

Veronique Azuara, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 29 January 2010, 00:00-00:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

What are the cells in the developing vertebrate retina doing?

Bill Harris, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 January 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Molecular control of axon pathfinding in the visual system

Robert Hindges, MRC Neurobiology Unit, King's College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 November 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Establishing and manipulating pluripotency in the early embryo

Jenny Nichols, Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 November 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Developmental programming of the placenta

Abby Fowden, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 13 November 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Balancing self-renewal and differentiation in the Drosophila nervous system

Andrea Brand, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 November 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The role of transcriptional regulators in extraembryonic cell-fate decisions

Kathy Niakan, Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 30 October 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The long and short of Hox non-coding RNAs

Matthew Ronshaugen, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 October 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hedgehog signalling and myogenesis in the zebrafish

Philip Ingham, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Singapore.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 16 October 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The imprinted atypical Notch ligand Dlk1 and the regulation of adult neurogenesis

Anne Ferguson-Smith - PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 05 June 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Insect gut feelings: development and function of visceral neurons in Drosophila

Irene Miguel-Aliaga - Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 29 May 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Division versus differentiation in the embryonic nervous system

Anna Philpott - Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 May 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Taking a Shot at neuronal growth in Drosophila

Andreas Prokop - Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 15 May 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Genetic Specification of Neuronal Circuitry: How Are Different Types of Neurons Made in the Vertebrate Spinal Cord?

Katharine Lewis - PDN University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 08 May 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Integrins: force-responsive connectors for morphogenesis

Nick Brown, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 May 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

How does smell turn into behaviour?

Gregory Jefferis - Division of Neurobiology LMB Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 March 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Regulatory logic for cell specification during early embryogenesis

Paola Oliveri - University College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 February 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Sex Determination Mechanisms in Zebrafish

John Postlethwait - Institute of Neuroscience University of Oregon.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 February 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Differential chromatin marking of introns and expressed exons by H3K36me3

Julie Ahringer - The Gurdon Institute University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 13 February 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Molecular basis of development and degeneration of sensory hair cells in deafness

Karen Steel - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Hinxton, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 February 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Intercellular signalling and intracellular transport during axis specification in Drosophila

Isabel Palacios - Department of Zoology University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 30 January 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Regulation of Dpp signalling in Drosophila

Hilary Ashe - Faculty of Life Sciences University of Manchester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 January 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Transcriptional networks in vertebrate mesoderm formation

Fiona Wardle - Dept of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 28 November 2008, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

In vivo analysis of morphogenesis in cultured imaginal discs: A new role for Myosin II

Luis M. Escudero - MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 21 November 2008, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

How to build a bridal chamber: development of the thalamus

Steffen Scholpp - MRC Centre for Developmental Biology King’s College Londo.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 14 November 2008, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Non-catalytic roles for the maintenance methyltransferase, XDnmt1, in development and disease

Richard Meehan - MRC Human Genetics Unit Western Gen Hospital Edinburgh.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 07 November 2008, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Wnt signalling and cell fate decisions in stem cell populations

Penny Hayward - Dept of Genetics University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 31 October 2008, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Modelling the vertebrate melanocyte - how exactly do neural crest cells go black?

Robert Kelsh - Dept of Biology and Biochemistry University of Bath.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 24 October 2008, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanisms controlling cell fate specification of pluripotent stem cells

Ludovic Vallier - Dept of Surgery Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 17 October 2008, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Genetic regulation of musculoskeletal development in zebrafish

Henry Roehl - Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics, University of Sheffield.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 June 2008, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Pax genes and neurogenic placode identity

Clare Baker - PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 30 May 2008, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

How to tinker a haltere instead of a wing: probing downstream targets of Hox genes in Drosophila

Tassos Pavlopoulos - University of Cambridge, Dept. Zoology.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 November 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissecting the molecular basis of cranial muscle development in the zebrafish

Robert Knight - Kings College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 16 November 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Rosalind Franklin Seminar: Transcriptional networks during development - dissecting the logics

Eileen Furlong - EMBL, Heidelberg.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 09 November 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Neural induction requires simultaneous inhibition of both Smad1 and Smad2 signals during gastrulation

Chenbei Chang - University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 November 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Combining classical and modern techniques in C. elegans to solve mechanisms of morphogenesis

Bob Goldstein - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 October 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Semaphorins, glia and keeping motor neurons in position

Matthieu Vermeren - University of Cambridge, Dept. Physiology, Development & Neuroscience.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 19 October 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Getting to the bottom of the Drosophila posterior

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

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 12 October 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The homeobox gene Hex has essential roles during liver development.

Clifford Bogue, Yale University/ Gurdon Institute..

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 09 March 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Conserved mechanisms regulating lineage commitment during vertebrate gastrulation.

Josh Brickman, Institute for Stem Cell Research, Edinburgh..

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 March 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Liver formation in zebrafish - Wnt and BMP signalling in organ specification.

Elke Ober, NIMR, Mill Hill.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 February 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Genetic control of brain development in Drosophila.

Frank Hirth, MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, KCL.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 16 February 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The transcription factor SRF directs developmental and adult brain plasticity.

Alfred Nordheim, University of Tuebingen..

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 09 February 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Genome-wide approaches to the identification and characterization of JAK/STAT pathways regulators in Drosophila and Human systems.

Martin Zeidler, University of Sheffield..

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 February 2007, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The Self-Renewing Intestinal Epithelium and its Neoplasms: Cellular and Developmental Issues.

William Dove, McArdle Laboratories, Wisconsin, USA.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 17 November 2006, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cell biological parameters that modulate the range of Wingless in Drosophila epithelia.

Jean Paul Vincent, NIMR, Mill Hill.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 10 November 2006, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

In vivo calcium imaging during zebrafish somite and muscle

Canceled

Caroline Brennan, Queen Mary University of London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 November 2006, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Neurodegeneration, membrane traffic and BMP signaling in Drosophila.

Cahir O'Kane, Dept. of Genetics.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 October 2006, 13:15-13:55