Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Ina Sonnen, Hubrecht Institute.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 10 December 2024, 11:00-12:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

How is limb size controlled during development and repair? New approaches for an old question

Alberto Rosello-Diez - Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 06 December 2024, 13:00-14:00

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

Origins and consequences of gene dosage mutations in cancer

Professor Sam Aparicio, University of British Columbia.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 05 December 2024, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Machine learning: applications to cancer

Dr Mireia Crispin Ortuzar, Early Cancer Institute and Department of Oncology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 05 December 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Rob Matienssen, CSHL.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 02 December 2024, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Pradeepa Madapura Marulasiddappa, QMUL.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 02 December 2024, 17:30-19:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanisms regulating trophoblast development in the human placenta 

Norah Fogarty - King's College London.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 29 November 2024, 13:00-14:00

Foster Talks

The Environment and the Developing Brain: A Complex and Continuing Conversation

Stephen G. Matthews, Canada Research Chair in Early Development and Health, Depts Physiology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Medicine, University of Toronto, and the Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Canada.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 28 November 2024, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Developing AlphaFold 3: Biomolecular structure prediction with AI

Host - Michael Boemo

Dr Kathryn Tunyasuvunakool from DeepMind, London .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 28 November 2024, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

DNA repair: translating mechanistic insights towards new cancer therapies.

Prof Sir Steve Jackson, CRUK Cambridge Institute .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 28 November 2024, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanical pre-patterning as a general mechanism in early morphogenesis

Fengzhu Xiong - Gurdon Institute.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 22 November 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

CANCELLED - News from the Palaeolithic: ancient genomes and Neandertal-human interactions

Host – Alex Cagan

Dr Mateja Hajdinjak from Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig.

CANCELLED.

Thursday 21 November 2024, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Hypoxia, HIFs and cancer

Prof Margaret Ashcroft, Department of Medicine .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 21 November 2024, 09:30-10:30

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

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

Seminars in Cancer

**Seminar cancelled** to be rescheduled in 2025

Andrea Sottoriva, ICR and Human Technopole, Milan.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 14 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

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

Endogenous Formaldehyde as a driver for clonal haematopoiesis and in pervasive DNA base adduction

Professor KJ Patel, Director of the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit and MRC WIMM at the University of Oxford.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The mutations that drive cancer

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Seminar Room 1 & 2 (School of Clinical Medicine).

Thursday 14 November 2024, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Molecular mechanisms that regulate the first cell fate decisions in human development

Kathy Niakan, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 07 November 2024, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Core ideas in cancer research 2: cell biology

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Willliam Harvey Lecture Theatre (School of Clinical Medicine).

Thursday 07 November 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Core ideas in cancer research 1: genes and genetic instability

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Willliam Harvey Lecture Theatre (School of Clinical Medicine).

Thursday 31 October 2024, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Tumour pathology, structure and nomenclature

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 24 October 2024, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Ageing and age-associated mutations in human haematopoietic stem cells

Elisa Laurenti - Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

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

Senescent secretome shenanigans: Differential therapeutic benefit for breast cancer dictated by distinct extracellular vesicle-mediated inflammatory response

Dr Karen Crasta, Principal Investigator at the National University of Singapore, Centre for Healthy Longevity and Department of Physiology. .

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 October 2024, 13:00-14:00

Foster Talks

Hedonic and Homeostatic Mechanisms in Hunger Regulation: Insights into Hypothalamic Circuits

Bayram Yilmaz, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Tuesday 15 October 2024, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Thinking outside the chromosome: interrogating epigenetic mechanisms in noncanonical chromatin species

Yael David, MSKCC.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 14 October 2024, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

ARMC5 ubiquitin ligase and Integrator phosphatase form parallel mechanisms to control early stages of Pol II transcription

Ana Tufegdžić Vidaković, MRC-LMB.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 14 October 2024, 17:30-19:00

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

Foster Talks

Symmetry breaking decisions in stem cells from mouse bi-layered epithelia in development and regeneration.

Dr Silvia Fre - Institute Curie Paris.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 10 October 2024, 16:00-17:00

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Life without HOX

Olivier Pourquié, Harvard Medical School.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Friday 20 September 2024, 11:00-12:00

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

Identifying therapeutic opportunities in the metabolic crosstalk between the tumour and the host

Professor Karen Vousden, The Francis Crick Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 05 September 2024, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Leveraging the Virtuous Cycle: Clinical Trials - Translational Science - Basic Science

Prof Jean Abraham; Director, Cambridge Breast Cancer Research Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre , School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 18 July 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Translating the biology of epigenetics into clinical applications for cancer

Dr Harveer Dev, Early Cancer Institute, Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology..

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre , School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 11 July 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Pancreatic cancer - the clinical challenge;  Why the microenvironment matters during pancreatic cancer progression and treatment

Dr Bristi Basu, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT and Dept of Oncology; Dr Giulia Biffi, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre , School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 04 July 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

A scientists guide to the art of radiation therapy and Neurosurgery for the oncologist

Dr Raj Jena, Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology; Mr Adel Helmy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre , School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 27 June 2024, 09:30-10:30

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

The Biology of Drug Resistance in Lung Cancer

Please note change of time

Katerina Politi, Yale School of Medicine.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 20 June 2024, 14:00-15:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Dynamic Interplay: Coordinating stem cell fate and states through niche interactions

Dr Joo-Hyeon Lee, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Thursday 20 June 2024, 11:00-12:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Early cancer trials

Dr Simon Pacey, Cambridge University Hospitals, Dept of Oncology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 20 June 2024, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Control of cell fate specification and physiological maturation in the human brain by the lipid phosphatase OCRL

Prof Raghu Padinjat, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 18 June 2024, 11:00-12:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Does reconstructing the past history of kidney cancer help predict clinical behaviour?

Dr Tom Mitchell; Early Cancer Institute and Dept of Surgery.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre , School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 13 June 2024, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Identifying mechanisms of, and countermeasures to, muscle decline in ageing

Dr Colleen Deane, University of Southampton.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 06 June 2024, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

TODAY'S TALK CANCELLED DUE TO SICKNESS Machine learning: applications to cancer

Dr Mireia Crispin Ortuzar, Early Cancer Institute and Department of Oncology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 06 June 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The two-hit hypothesis and other mathematical models of cancer

Dr Jamie Blundell, Early Cancer Institute and Department of Oncology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 30 May 2024, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

How innate immune cells adapt to environment and function: diverse tales of mitochondria

Stefanie Wculek, IRB (Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona).

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 23 May 2024, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Targeted Protein Degradation tools for novel therapeutic strategies in cancer

Dr Catherine Lindon, Dept of Pharmacology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 23 May 2024, 09:30-10:30

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

Title to be confirmed

**Seminar cancelled** to be rescheduled in the autumn

KJ Patel, MRC WIMM, Oxford.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 16 May 2024, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer virology

Prof John Doorbar, Department of Pathology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 16 May 2024, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

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

Benjamin Steventon, Department of Genetics.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Foster Talks

Behavioural and mechanical heterogeneities underpin cell migration essential for mouse anterior patterning

Shankar Srinivas, Professor of Developmental Biology in the Department of Physiology Anatomy & Genetics at the University of Oxford, based at the Institute for Developmental and Regenerative Medicine. .

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 09 May 2024, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer resistance in the naked mole-rat: tales of transformation and more!

Prof Ewan St John Smith, Department of Pharmacology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 09 May 2024, 09:30-10:30

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

Modelling and Targeting the Tumour Microenvironment of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

Please note this seminar is on a Friday

Professor Frances Balkwill OBE, FMedSci, Centre for Tumour Microenvironment, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Biological and clinical insights from genome-wide association studies of cancer

Dr Siddhartha Kar, Early Cancer Institute and Department of Oncology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 02 May 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Does dose matter? Controlling X chromosome activity in early primate development

Claire Rougeulle, Université Paris Cité.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 29 April 2024, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Genomic imprinting and epigenetic inheritance: Impact on mammalian evolution and development

Azim Surani, Gurdon Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 29 April 2024, 17:30-19:00

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

Foster Talks

Eating and Walking - how cells manage their energy budget during migration and invasion

Laura Machesky, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 25 April 2024, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Role of cellular senescence in cancer and ageing: therapeutic opportunities

Dr Daniel Munoz Espin, Early Cancer Institute and Dept of Oncology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 25 April 2024, 09:30-10:30

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

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

Towards Rational Combination Therapies: Understanding tumor evolution during therapy response and resistance

Anna Obenauf, IMP Vienna.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 18 April 2024, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of radiation in cancer care: a spotlight on cancers of the oesophagus, head and neck

Dr Gill Barnett; Dept of Oncology and Strangeways Research Laboratory; Dr Christopher Jones, Dept of Oncology and Cambridge University Hospitals .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre , School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 18 April 2024, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Understanding the cancer genome base-by-base

Dr David Adams, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 11 April 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Clonal haematopoiesis, early detection and pre-leukemia to leukemia development

Prof Elisa Laurenti, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 21 March 2024, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Our first choices: decoding cellular signals during developmental transitions

Silvia Santos, Francis Crick Institute.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 19 March 2024, 11:00-12:00

Foster Talks

Epigenetic priming of embryonic cell lineages in the mammalian epiblast

Miguel Torres, Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 14 March 2024, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of transcription factors in cancer

Prof Jason Carroll, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 14 March 2024, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Fluorogenetic interrogation of epigenetic pathways

Dr Iva Tchasovnikarova, Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry. .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 07 March 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Chromosome dynamics during the cell cycle

Daniel Gerlich, IMBA, University of Vienna.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 04 March 2024, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Mutate Everything: globally mapping the energetic and allosteric landscapes of proteins

Ben Lehner, Sanger Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 04 March 2024, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Linking histone H1 to Polycomb repression

Iva Tchasovnikarova (University of Cambridge).

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 04 March 2024, 17:30-19:00

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

Foster Talks

Nutritional programming by maternal over-nutrition: a developing obesity crisis.

Susan Ozanne, MRC, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 29 February 2024, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Title to be confirmed

Susan Ozanne, MRC, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 29 February 2024, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Frontiers in paediatric cancer research

Professor Suzanne Turner, Department of Pathology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 29 February 2024, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The presomitic mesoderm as a platform to integrate morphogenesis and mechanotransduction

Alessandro Mongera, University College London.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The development of cancer risk prediction models and their applications to prevention and early detection

Prof Antonis Antoniou, Department of Public Health and Primary Care. .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 22 February 2024, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Towards Human Systems Biology of Sleep/Wake Cycles: Phosphorylation Hypothesis of Sleep

Dr Hiroki Ueda, University of Tokyo, RIKEN BDR.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 15 February 2024, 16:00-17:00

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

Deciphering Developmental Disorders

Matthew Hurles, Sanger Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 15 February 2024, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

"Meet the Expert": How to survive and thrive as an entrepreneur

Booking required, lunch provided, note later time

Dr Jason Mellad, Co-Founder and CEO of Startcodon. .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 15 February 2024, 12:00-13:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

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

Erik Clark, Department of Genetics.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

The secrets of human centromeres: from their epigenetic determination to the maintenance of their stability

Daniele Fachinetti, Institut Curie.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 05 February 2024, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Uncovering how the genome directs development

Julie Ahringer, Gurdon Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 05 February 2024, 17:30-19:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Redefining metastasis: what we know and where we are going

Dr Eric Rahrmann, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 01 February 2024, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Steroid hormone regulation of cancer immunity

Dr Bidesh Mahata, Department of Pathology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 25 January 2024, 09:30-10:30

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

Foster Talks

Our archael ancestry: cell division from arhaea to eukaryotes

Buzz Baum, MRC-LMB.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 18 January 2024, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy

Prof Rahul Roychoudhuri, Department of Pathology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 18 January 2024, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Hh signalling and the anti-tumour immune response: biology and new treatment opportunities

Dr Maike de La Roche, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 11 January 2024, 09:30-10:30

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

Mapping stromal heterogeneity and immunosuppression in breast cancer

Please note change of time to 11.30-12.30

Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 14 December 2023, 11:30-12:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer metabolism, a hallmark of cancer

Prof Christian Frezza CECAD Research Center, University Hospital Cologne.

Online only via Zoom.

Thursday 14 December 2023, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Human lung organoid models of lung development and disease

also hybrid, check this space for upcoming Zoom link!

Emma Rawlins, The Gurdon Institute/PDN, Univeristy of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 07 December 2023, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Hypoxia, HIFs and cancer

Prof Margaret Ashcroft, Department of Medicine .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 07 December 2023, 09:30-10:30

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.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 30 November 2023, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture: Coordination of cell states and tissue architecture by mechanical forces

Sara Wickström, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster.

Wellcome Trust /CRUK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB21QN.

Tuesday 28 November 2023, 10:30-11:30

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

Foster Talks

Dissecting neuronal circuits underlying visual cognition: from macaques to marmosets

Keita Tamura, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 23 November 2023, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

DNA repair: translating mechanistic insights towards new cancer therapies.

Prof Steve Jackson, CRUK Cambridge Institute .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 23 November 2023, 09:30-10:30

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

Seminar Cancelled

Seminar Cancelled - to be rescheduled in 2024

Karen Vousden.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 20 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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Precision oncology: a philosophical perspective

Dr Benjamin Chin-Yee, Haematologist (Western University, Canada); MA in History and Philosophy of Science..

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 16 November 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

The genetics of epigenetics: understanding H3K9me in C. elegans muscle development

Susan Gasser, Fondation ISREC.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 14 November 2023, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

KRAB zinc finger proteins expand the domestication potential of mobile elements

Michael Imbeault.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 14 November 2023, 17:30-19:00

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

Foster Talks

Going out on a limb to study mechanisms controlling organ size and proportions

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86076415954?pwd=XTPUrPn3tx4Z1T0ant39Y7HyaVBPtO.1

Alberto Rosell-Diez, PDN University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 09 November 2023, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The mutations that drive cancer

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 09 November 2023, 09:30-10:30

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

First in human evaluation of CDK9 inhibition with KB-0742 in solid tumors

Please note this seminar is on a Monday

Richard Cutler PhD, Kronos Bio, Inc..

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 06 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

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.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Core ideas in cancer research 2: cell biology

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 02 November 2023, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Core ideas in cancer research 1: genes and genetic instability

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 26 October 2023, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Tumour pathology, structure and nomenclature

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 19 October 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Regulation of mRNA translation and decay

David Bartel, Whitehead Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 16 October 2023, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Coevolution of transposable elements and small RNA defence mechanisms in mammals

Eric Miska, Department of Biochemistry.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 16 October 2023, 17:30-19:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Physical patterning of the cytosol in giant cells

Prof. Amy Gladfelter, Duke University.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

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

How cilia signal

Please note this seminar is on a Monday

Jeremy Reiter, UCSF.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 02 October 2023, 13:00-14:00

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

Updates and opportunities offered by whole genome sequencing on the Cambridge Biomedical Research Campus

Please note this seminar is on a Monday

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

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 18 September 2023, 13:00-14:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Curing cancer with AI – hype or hope?

Prof Richard Gilbertson, CRUK Cambridge Institute and Director of CRUK Cambridge Centre.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 27 July 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Paediatric malignancies

Dr Amos Burke Clinical Consultant, Dept of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology & Palliative Care.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 20 July 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Pancreatic Cancer - The clinical challenge; Why the microenvironment matters during progression and treatment

Dr Giulia Biffi and Dr Bristi Basu; CRUK Cambridge Institute / Oncology Dept and Cambridge University Hospitals.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 13 July 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Early stage cancer clinical trials

Dr Simon Pacey, Cambridge University Hospital, Dept of Oncology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 06 July 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The promise of proton therapy in paediatric tumours

Dr Thankamma Ajithkumar, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 29 June 2023, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Synthetic ex utero embryogenesis: from naive pluripotent stem cells to human and mouse bona fide embryo-models

Professor Jacob Hanna, Weizmann Institute, Israel.

Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 27 June 2023, 11:00-12:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Kidney cancer: an introduction

Dr James Jones; Cambridge University Hopitals NHSFT.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 22 June 2023, 09:30-10:30

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

Title to be confirmed

**Seminar cancelled** to be rescheduled in 2024

Nikolaus Rajewsky.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 15 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Nutrition and cancer prevention

Prof Martin Wiseman, World Cancer Research Fund International and Visiting Professor in Human Nutrition Southampton University .

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 15 June 2023, 09:30-10:30

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.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Biological and Clinical features of high grade serous ovarian cancer

Prof James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute and Cambridge University Hospitals NHSFT.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 08 June 2023, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Molecular mechanisms of oocyte specification in female germline cysts

Dr. Dmitry Nashchekin, Gurdon Institute .

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer resistance in the naked mole-rat: tales of transformation and more!

Prof Ewan St John Smith, Dept of Pharmacology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 01 June 2023, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Human brain chimeroids as avatars to study inter-individual variation in brain development and disease

To receive the link please email communications@gurdon.cam.ac.uk

Dr Paola Arlotta, Harvard, USA.

Webinar.

Tuesday 30 May 2023, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

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

Prof. Francesca Spagnoli, Kings College London.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

Dr Raj Jena Dept of Oncology and Cambridge University Hospitals; Mr Adel Helmy, Dept of Clinical Neuroscience.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 25 May 2023, 09:30-10:30

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

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

Seminar cancelled

**Seminar cancelled** to be rescheduled in 2024

Polly Fordyce, Stanford University.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 18 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Single cell RNA seq. and application in cancer research

Dr. Walid Khaled and Dr Sara Pensa (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute).

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 18 May 2023, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

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

Speaker to be confirmed.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Understanding Myc Transcription

Dr Catherine Wilson; Dept of Pharmacology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 11 May 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Kidney cancer

Dr James Jones; Cambridge University Hopitals NHSFT.

Online only via Zoom.

Tuesday 09 May 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Kidney cancer

Dr James Jones; Cambridge University Hospitals NHSFT.

Online only via Zoom.

Tuesday 09 May 2023, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Decision making without genes?

Prof Jonathan Chubb, Laboratory For Molecular Cell Bology UCL.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

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

Small Cell Lung Cancer from biology to biomarkers

Caroline Dive, CRUK Manchester Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 04 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Shedding light on tumour physiology

Dr Mariam-Eleni Oraiopoulou; research associate VISION Lab CRUK Cambridge Institute .

Online only via Zoom.

Thursday 04 May 2023, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Toolkit in Cancer Research: in vitro modelling and spatial phenotyping

Dr John Lizhe Zhuang; Early Cancer Institute and Dept of Oncology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 27 April 2023, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Imaging spatio-temporal MAPK signaling dynamics in the epithelium

Professor Olivier Pertz, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Gurdon Institute Tearoom.

Tuesday 25 April 2023, 11:00-12:00

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

Stressing out our immune system in chronic infection and cancer

Susan Kaech.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 20 April 2023, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Machine learning: applications to cancer

Dr Mireia Crispin, Department of Oncology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 20 April 2023, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Imaging spatio-temporal MAPK signalling dynamics in the epithelium

Professor Maddy Parsons, King’s College, London.

Gurdon Institute.

Tuesday 04 April 2023, 11:00-12:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Artificial Intelligence in Cancer

Dr Michael Boemo, Dept of Pathology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 30 March 2023, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Being a Good Neighbour: Cell Cycle, Metabolism and Cell Fate in the Drosophila Testis.

Dr Marc Amoyel, UCL.

Gurdon Institute Tearoom.

Tuesday 28 March 2023, 11:00-12:00

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

A DNA methylation atlas of normal human cell types

Tommy Kaplan, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The two hit hypothesis and other simple theories of cancer

Dr Jamie Blundell, Early Cancer Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 23 March 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Immune Regulation in Inflammation and Cancer

Dr Rahul Roychoudhuri.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 16 March 2023, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Form and function during early heart development

Richard Tyser, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

How do cells acquire drug resistance mutations?

Dr Jon Houseley, Babraham Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 09 March 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

KRAB zinc finger proteins and the species-specificity of human biology, for better and for worse

Didier Trono, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 06 March 2023, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

The evolution of mammalian X-inactivation

James Turner, The Francis Crick Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 06 March 2023, 17:30-19:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Tumor initiation through aberrant differentiation

Walid Khaled, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Hh signalling and the anti-tumour immune response: biology and new treatment opportunities

Dr Maike de La Roche, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 02 March 2023, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Physics of morphogenesis

To join online, please email events@gurdon.cam.ac.uk

Professor Stephan Grill, Max Plank Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.

Online.

Tuesday 28 February 2023, 11:00-12:00

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

Foster Talks

Membrane shapes and dynamics driven by curved active proteins

Hosted by Milka Sarris and Ewa Paluch

Nir Gov, Weizmann Institute Israel.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.

Thursday 23 February 2023, 16:00-17:00

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

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

Tumor genomes shed light into somatic mutational processes and cancer vulnerabilities

Nuria Lopez-Bigas.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Experimental cancer genetics

Dr David Adams, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 23 February 2023, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

New tricks for Rac and Rho, even after 30 years

Denise Montell, University of California Santa Barbara, US.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

TALK CANCELLED

Prof Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Cancer Institute.

Cancelled - apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Thursday 16 February 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Chromosome-end protection in pre-implantation development

Jérôme Déjardin, Institute of Human Genetics, Montpellier.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 06 February 2023, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Inheritance of H3-H4 and H2A-H2B modifications / variants across DNA replication and mitosis

Anja Groth, University of Copenhagen.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 06 February 2023, 17:30-19:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer virology

Professor John Doorbar, Department of Pathology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 02 February 2023, 09:30-10:30

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.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The development of cancer risk prediction models and their applications to prevention and early detection

Prof Antonis Antoniou, Dept of Public Health and Primary Care.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 26 January 2023, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Taking it up a Notch, building the body plan

Professor Kim Dale, University of Dundee.

In Person.

Tuesday 24 January 2023, 11:00-12:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Influence of antidepressants on craniofacial development

Marcia Gaete, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Zoom talk - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

In vivo functional screens for modelling cancer initiation and progression

Dr Eric Rahrmann, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 19 January 2023, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of transcription factors in cancer.

Prof Jason Carroll, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 12 January 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Role of cellular senescence in cancer and ageing: therapeutic opportunities

Dr Daniel Muñoz-Espin; Department of Oncology / Early Cancer Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 15 December 2022, 09:30-10:30

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

Title to be confirmed

**This seminar is cancelled and will be rescheduled in 2023**

Serena Nik-Zainal, MRC Cancer Unit.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 08 December 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

DNA repair: translating mechanistic insights towards new cancer therapies.

Prof Steve Jackson; The Gurdon Institute .

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 08 December 2022, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epigenetic resetting during human germline development

Wolfram Gruhn, Gurdon Institute.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer metabolism, a hallmark of cancer

Prof Christian Frezza, CECAD Research Center, University Hospital Cologne.

Online via Zoom.

Thursday 01 December 2022, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Mechanisms of Chromatin Remodeling Machines: Different or the Same?

Geeta Narlikar, UCSF.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 28 November 2022, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Mechanisms of zygotic genome activation and spatial chromatin organization in totipotent mouse embryos

Kikue Tachibana, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 28 November 2022, 17:30-19:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 24 November 2022, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

You get a methylation, and you get a methylation, everybody gets a methylation

Host: GIPA, Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association

Dr Pedro J Batista, NIH, Center for Cancer Research, Bethesda, MC, USA.

Virtual.

Tuesday 22 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.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

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

This seminar has been cancelled - we apologise for any inconvenience caused. Thank you

**This seminar is cancelled and will be rescheduled in 2023**

Louis Chesler, ICR.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Simulating medicine: testing- speculations about medical science and clinical practice

Prof Jacob Stagenga, Department of History and Philosophy of Science: .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 17 November 2022, 09:30-10:30

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.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The mutations that drive cancer

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 10 November 2022, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Spatio-temporal control of microtubule mechanics during epithelial morphogenesis

Maja Matis, University of Muenster, Germany.

Zoom talk - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Core ideas in cancer research 2: cell biology

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 03 November 2022, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Genome evolution and the control of transposons during germline development in Drosophila

Felipe Karam Teixeira, Department of Genetics.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 01 November 2022, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Fluorogenetic interrogation of chromatin position effects

Iva Tchasovnikarova, Gurdon Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 01 November 2022, 17:30-19:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture: Embryonic and adult neural stem cells- what underlies their difference

Hosted by: Iva Tchasovnikarova and Sumru Bayin

Dr Yukiko Gotoh, University of Tokyo, Japan.

Virtual.

Tuesday 01 November 2022, 09:00-10:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Timescales in development: the tempo across and within species

Teresa Rayon, Babraham Institute.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Core ideas in cancer research 1: genes and genetic instability

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 27 October 2022, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Tumour pathology, structure and nomenclature

Dr. Paul Edwards (University of Cambridge).

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 20 October 2022, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Biofabrication and material interfaces for life science applications

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

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

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

Probing the rate limitation of a cancer driver mutation

Hans-Reimer Rodewald, DKFZ.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Adherens junctions, mechanotransduction and intra-epithelial communication

Alpha Yap, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

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

This seminar has been cancelled - we apologise for any inconvenience caused. Thank you

**This seminar is cancelled and will be rescheduled in 2023**

Nikolaus Rajewsky, MDC Berlin.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Lung Cancer. Part 1. Patient pathway and Intervention; Part 2: Futurescape

Professor Robert Rintoul (Papworth Hospital and Dr Frank McCaughan (Dept of Biochemistry).

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 21 July 2022, 09:30-10:30

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

Mitochondria and Cancer - lessons learned dissecting cellular and molecular interactions

**Please note this seminar will take place at 12 noon**

Marica Haigis, Harvard Medical School.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 14 July 2022, 12:00-13:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Role of cellular senescence in cancer and ageing: therapeutic opportunities

Dr Daniel Muñoz-Espin; Department of Oncology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 14 July 2022, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Pancreatic Cancer: Challenges, Models and Therapeutic Opportunities

Dr Giulia Biffi; Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 07 July 2022, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Kidney cancer: The most lethal urological malignancy

Prof Grant Stewart, Dept of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 30 June 2022, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cell differentiation and tumour initiation - two sides of the coin

Dr Walid Khaled Dept of Pharmacology/ Cambridge Stem Cell Institute .

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 23 June 2022, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

CANCELLED The impact of environmental factors on cancer

Dr Elisabete Silva, Brunel University London.

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 16 June 2022, 09:30-10:30

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 Series

“Human gene variants influencing programmed axon death”.

Host : Cahir O'Kane

Professor Michael Coleman, Department of Clinical Neurosciences.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Hh signalling and the anti-tumour immune response: biology and new treatment opportunities

Dr Maike de La Roche, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 09 June 2022, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Decoding transcriptional regulation

Hosted by: Iva Tchasovnikarova & Julie Ahringer

Alexander Stark, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna, Austria.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room AND on Zoom.

Tuesday 07 June 2022, 11:30-12:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Understanding Myc Transcription

Dr Cathy Wilson, Department of Pharmacology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 26 May 2022, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted: Ben Simons

Wolf Reik, Babraham Institute, Cambridge.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 24 May 2022, 12:30-13:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Neurogenic transcription factors in development and cancer

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

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

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

Cell Plasticity and Lineage Commitment in Liver Tumorigenesis

**Please note this seminar will take place in person only**

Lars Zender, University Hospital Tuebingen.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer resistance in the naked mole-rat, a tale of transformation

Prof Ewan St John Smith; Dept of Pathology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 19 May 2022, 09:30-10:30

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.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Frontiers in paediatric cancer research

Dr Suzannne Turner, Dept of Pathology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 12 May 2022, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms in Hematopoietic Malignancies

Hosted by: Andrea Brand & John Gurdon

Prof Robert G Roeder, The Rockefeller University, New York.

Webinar.

Monday 09 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.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Foster Talks

The long road of building a nervous system - smooth travels and accidents on the journey to get the shape and size.

Elisa Marti, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona.

On Zoom.

Thursday 05 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The promise of proton therapy in paediatric tumours

Dr Thankamma Ajithkumar, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 05 May 2022, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Age-dependent regenerative mechanisms in the brain

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

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

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

Title to be confirmed

**Please note this seminar has been cancelled and rescheduled to 16 March 2023**

Fatima Metcha-Grigoriou, Institut Curie.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 28 April 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of transcription factors in cancer

Dr Jason Carroll; CRUK Cambridge Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 28 April 2022, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Global Views of Mammalian Development

Jay Shendure, University of Washington.

hybrid format.

Wednesday 20 April 2022, 16:00-17:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Daniel St Johnston & Andrea Brand

Anne-Kathrin Classen, University of Freiburg, Germany.

Live Zoom Seminar.

Tuesday 12 April 2022, 11:30-12:30

Foster Talks

Cochlear implants for deafness: how cochlear anatomy interacts with implant function

Manohar Bance, University of Cambridge.

hybrid format.

Thursday 07 April 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Biological and Clinical features of high grade serous ovarian cancer

Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 07 April 2022, 09:30-10:30

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

Deciphering the regulation and regulatory function of oncogenic transcription factors using time-resolved functional genetics

**Please note this seminar will take place on a Friday**

Johannes Zuber, IMP, Vienna BioCentre.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Friday 01 April 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

In vivo functional screens for modelling cancer initiation and progression

Dr Eric Rahrmann, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 31 March 2022, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Cell migration in gut homeostasis and cancer invasion

Danijela Matic Vignjevic, Curie Institute, Paris.

Physiology Lecture theatre (and on Zoom) .

Thursday 24 March 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer

Prof Paul Pharoah, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology.

Lecture Theatre 2, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 24 March 2022, 09:30-10:30

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.

Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Foster Talks

Development of interneurons in visual cortex

Renata Batista-Brito, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY.

hybrid format.

Thursday 17 March 2022, 16:00-17:00

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

Title to be confirmed

**This seminar has been postponed and will be rescheduled early next year**

Karen Vousden, The Crick Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 March 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The bone marrow microenvironment in myeloid malignancies

Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer Dept of Haematology, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 17 March 2022, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanisms of organismal stress resistance in C. elegans

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

Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Foster Talks

Regulation of bi-layered epithelial architecture: Insights from developing zebrafish

Mahendra Sonawane, TIFR Mumbai.

hybrid format.

Thursday 10 March 2022, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Paediatric malignancies - an overview

Dr Amos Burk Clinical Consultant, Dept of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology & Palliative Care.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 10 March 2022, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coordinating cell fate decisions and tissue shape changes during mammalian development

Marta Shahbazi, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Breast Cancer- demographics, presentation, diagnosis and patient pathway

Dr Richard Baird, Dept of Oncology, CUH NHS Foundation Trust.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 03 March 2022, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dynamics of starvation-induced and selective autophagy in mammalian cells

Nicholas Ktistakis, Babraham Institute.

Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Foster Talks

Fructose as a survival signal: Implications for cancer and obesity

Marcus Goncalves, Weill Cornell Medicine, NY.

hybrid format.

Thursday 24 February 2022, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Artificial Intelligence for identifying novel therapeutic targets, biomarkers and drug repositioning opportunities

Dr Namshik Han, Head of Computational Biology, Milner Therapeutics Institute.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 24 February 2022, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: David Fernandez-Antoran & Emma Rawlins

Maria Pilar Alcolea, Wellcome-MRC Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 22 February 2022, 12:15-13:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

In vivo exploration of biomolecular condensates in early Drosophila development

Tim Weil, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

Dr Simon Cook FRSB, Senior Group Leader, Babraham Institute.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 17 February 2022, 09:30-10:30

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.

Zoom - Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

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

Foster Talks

Unraveling the mysteries of the human placenta using ‘omics tools

Wendy Robinson, University ofi British Columbia.

hybrid format.

Thursday 03 February 2022, 16:00-17:00

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Novel mechanisms of neurogenesis and neural repair

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute PhD Society (GPS)

Magdalena Götz, Director, Institute of Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Center, Munich.

Webinar.

Tuesday 25 January 2022, 11:00-12:00

Foster Talks

CANCELLED: Cell migration in gut homeostasis and cancer invasion

Danijela Matic Vignjevic, Curie Institute, Paris.

hybrid format.

Thursday 20 January 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Mathematical and evolutionary approaches to cancer

Dr Jamie Blundell, Early Detection Programme, Dept of Oncology .

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 20 January 2022, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Viral Oncology

Professor John Doorbar, Department of Pathology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 13 January 2022, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

A scientist’s guide to the art of radiation therapy & Neurosurgery for the Oncologist

Dr Raj Jena, Dept of Oncology & Mr Adel Helmy, Dept of Clinical Neuroscience (CUH NHS Foundation Trust).

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 06 January 2022, 09:30-10:30

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

Decoding and Recoding the Opposing Roles of Interferon and Pattern Recognition Receptor Signaling in Cancer Immunotherapy

Please join via: https://zoom.us/j/92761420222?pwd=N3lHdmhIQk4zWExQeWJkN3QxV1Mvdz09 Meeting ID: 927 6142 0222 Passcode: 237565

Andy J. Minn, MD, PhD, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

Zoom.

Thursday 16 December 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Oncological imaging: 1: Introduction and non-radionuclide techniques; 2: Radionuclide techniques

Prof Ferdia Gallagher, Department of Radiology (Cambridge University) & Dr Luigi Aloj, Department of Nuclear Medicine, (Cambridge University Hospitals).

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 16 December 2021, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Physiological Society Lecture and event - Unveiling plaque for Lord Adrian

Speaker to be confirmed.

hybrid format.

Thursday 09 December 2021, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 09 December 2021, 09:30-10:30

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

Foster Talks

What the ancient reptilian brain tells the modern visual cortex

Riccardo Beltramo, PDN, Cambridge.

hybrid format.

Thursday 02 December 2021, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Care and Cure:an Introduction to Philosophy of Medicine

Professor Jacob Stegenga, Department of History and Philosophy of Science:.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 02 December 2021, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Imaging inflammation and wound repair in situ

Prof. Anna Huttenlocher, University of Wisconsin.

hybrid format.

Thursday 25 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

DNA repair: translating mechanistic insights towards new cancer therapies.

Professor Steve Jackson, The Gurdon Institute .

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 25 November 2021, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Engineering epithelial organoid development

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute PhD Society (GPS)

Matthias Lütolf, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Webinar.

Tuesday 23 November 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

Foster Talks

Nutrient sensing in the gut-brain-pancreatic axis

Fiona Gribble, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge.

hybrid format.

Thursday 18 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

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

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

Seminar cancelled

**Seminar Cancelled - to be rescheduled in 2022**

Amos Tanay, Weizmann Institute of Science.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 18 November 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Systematic anti-cancer therapy

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

Dr Gary Doherty, CUH NHS Foundation Trust.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 18 November 2021, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Towards a cellular and molecular understanding of mammalian anterior patterning

Shankar Srinivas, University of Oxford.

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

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture: Signalling pathways regulating cell fate allocation in the early mouse embryo

Hosted by: Azim Surani & Julie Ahringer

Elizabeth Robertson, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK.

Webinar.

Thursday 11 November 2021, 12:30-13:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to the biology of metastasis

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

Dr Sakari Vanharanta, MRC Cancer Unit.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 11 November 2021, 09:30-10:30

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

Foster Talks

Mechanisms of Aging

Anne Brunet, Stanford University.

hybrid format.

Thursday 04 November 2021, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The mutations that drive cancer

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 04 November 2021, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

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

Ian McGough, Babraham Institute, Cambridge.

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

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

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

Metabolic rewiring drives invasion and metastasis in mammary carcinoma

**Please register in advance for this seminar. Thank you. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/190513820967**

Jim Norman, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Overview of the core ideas in cancer research

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 28 October 2021, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A finger on the pulse of regeneration

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

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

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

Foster Talks

Cystic Fibrosis: From Gene to Precision Medicines

David Sheppard, Bristol University.

hybrid format.

Thursday 21 October 2021, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Tumour structure and nomenclature

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 21 October 2021, 09:30-10:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Building the human lungs: lessons from organoids

Dr Emma Rawlins (University of Cambridge).

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

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

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

Priming the Immune System to Provoke Checkpoints: The Path to Maintaining the Immunotherapy Momentum

***Please note this seminar will take place online at 3pm***

Elizabeth M Jaffee, John Hopkins.

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/99810093344?pwd=ZjR1YThpVktSRmtmUEhYRWpOcVVKdz09 Meeting ID: 998 1009 3344 Passcode: 384753.

Thursday 14 October 2021, 15:00-16:00

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Symmetry breaking in gastruloids development

Hosted by: Emma Rawlins & Jenny Gallop

Prisca Liberali, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), Basel, Switzerland.

Webinar.

Tuesday 05 October 2021, 11:00-12:00

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

Cell Polarity and Organoids: New Pathways and Models for Translational Research and Cancer Immunology

Due to Covid capacity restrictions in our lecture theatre this seminar will be for those based at the CRUK CI only. Please contact kate.davenport@cruk.cam.ac.uk if you would like to view a recording. Thank you.

Senthil Muthuswamy, Harvard Medical School.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 16 September 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Cancelled

**Seminar Cancelled - to be rescheduled in 2022**

Nikolaus Rajewsky, MDC Berlin.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 02 September 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Viral Oncology

Professor John Doorbar, Department of Pathology.

Online by Zoom - as below.

Thursday 22 July 2021, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

From another lens: An anthropological perspective on cancer and care in the UK.

Dr Ignacia Arteaga Dept of Social Anthropology .

Online by Zoom - as below.

Thursday 15 July 2021, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

In vivo functional screens for modelling cancer initiation and progression

Dr Eric Rahrmann, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Online by Zoom - as below.

Thursday 01 July 2021, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Dicer dependent tRNA derived small RNAs promote nascent RNA silencing

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association (GIPA)

Monika Gullerova, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK.

Webinar.

Tuesday 29 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

It takes a village: targeting the non-cancerous neighbours to fight pancreatic cancer

Dr Giulia Biffi; Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Online by Zoom.

Thursday 24 June 2021, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancelled

***Please note due to travel restrictions this seminar has been rescheduled to 2022***

Marcia Haigis, Harvard Medical School.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Diagnostics and patient pathways in pancreatic cancer

Mr Raaj Praseedom, Consultant HPB-Transplant Surgeon, Lead clinician for the East of England Specialist HPB Specialist Multidisciplinary Team.

Online - Google Meet.

Thursday 17 June 2021, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Chromatin Replication and Epigenome Maintenance

Hosted by: Julie Ahringer & Eric Miska

Anja Groth, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Webinar.

Monday 14 June 2021, 11:00-12:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Understanding Myc transcription

Dr Cathy Wilson, Department of Pharmacology.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 10 June 2021, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Using Fruit Flies to Understand Tissue Regeneration

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association (GIPA)

Rachel Smith-Bolton, Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, University of Illinois, USA.

Webinar.

Tuesday 08 June 2021, 15:00-16:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Biological and clinical features of high grade serous ovarian cancer

Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 03 June 2021, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The promise of proton therapy in paediatric tumours

Dr Thankamma Ajithkumar, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 27 May 2021, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Homeoboxes build the nervous system

Hosted by: Julie Ahringer

Oliver Hobert, Columbia University, USA.

Webinar.

Tuesday 25 May 2021, 15:00-16:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

From Signals to Chromatin: Germ layer specification in mouse

Sebastian Arnold, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany.

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

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

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

Quality control of proteins orphaned in the cytosol

Ramanujan S Hegde, MRC LMB.

https://zoom.us/j/96287903585?pwd=TTdwcEg4VkU0ZjQyTUVka2dDendjUT09 Meeting ID: 962 8790 3585 Passcode: 571491.

Thursday 20 May 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Frontiers in paediatric cancer research

Dr Suzanne Turner, Dept of Pathology, Cambridge University.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 20 May 2021, 09:30-10:30

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.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Kidney cancer: the most lethal urological malignancy

NB this lecture will not be recorded.

Prof Grant Stewart, Dept of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 13 May 2021, 09:30-10:30

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

Foster Talks

Human time vs. mouse time with recapitulated systems.

Miki Ebisuya, EMBL Barcelona.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 06 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Artificial intelligence for identifying novel therapeutic targets, biomarkers and drug repositioning opportunities.

Dr Namshik Han, Head of Computational Biology, Milner Therapeutics Institute.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 06 May 2021, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Regulation of stem cell fate by niche-derived factors and forces.

Sara Wickström, University of Helsinki.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 29 April 2021, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of transcription factors in cancer

Dr Jason Carroll, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 29 April 2021, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Genome regulation by long noncoding RNAs

Hosted by: Eric Miska & Julie Ahringer

Howard Chang, Stanford University Medical Center, USA.

Webinar.

Monday 26 April 2021, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer

Professor Paul Pharoah, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology.

Live event cancelled.

Thursday 22 April 2021, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Lung Cancer. Part 1. Patient pathway and Intervention; Part 2: Futurescape

Dr Robert Rintoul, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Frank McCaughan, Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow, Dept of Biochemistry.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 15 April 2021, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Breast Cancer – demographics, presentation, diagnosis and patient pathway

Dr Richard Baird, Dept of Oncology, CUH NHS Foundation Trust.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 25 March 2021, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Memory, learning, and control of cognitive representations

Andre Fenton, New York University.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 18 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

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

Regulation of Protein Degradation in Cancer and Effect on Tumor Immunity

X. Shirley Liu, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard University .

https://zoom.us/j/91298323844?pwd=cUxLVjdkMm5sbDlkd3RuNFZQUzJnUT09 Meeting ID: 912 9832 3844 Passcode: 362047.

Thursday 18 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Paediatric malignancies: an overview

Dr Amos Burk Clinical Consultant, Dept of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology and Palliative Care.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 18 March 2021, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Early detection and treatment of lethal prostate cancer.

Dr Charlie Massie, Dept of Oncology and Dr Harveer Dev, Clinical Lecturer Early Detection Programme.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 11 March 2021, 09:30-10:30

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

Foster Talks

How cells integrate chemical and mechanical cues during cell migration in vivo

Roberto Mayor, UCL.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 04 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Mathematical and evolutionary approaches to cancer

Dr Jamie Blundell, Early Detection Programme, Dept of Oncology.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 04 March 2021, 09:30-10:30

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

Foster Talks

Functional evolution of Hox proteins: Regulating the balance between pluripotency and differentiation

Robb Krumlauf, Stowers Institute for medical research.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 25 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

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

Mechanisms and consequences of pancreatic cancer stromal evolution

Mara Sherman, Oregon Health & Science University.

On Zoom please join at https://zoom.us/j/94247154940?pwd=dk1SNmVTSnlGZlJCbVNFSUNGMm0wdz09 Meeting ID: 942 4715 4940 Passcode: 143320.

Thursday 25 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Oncological Imaging: i. Introduction & Non-radionuclide techniques ii. Radionuclide techniques

Prof Ferdia Gallagher, Dept of Radiology, & Dr Luigi Aloj, Dept of Nuclear Medicine, CUH NHS Foundation Trust.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 25 February 2021, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

Dr Simon Cook FRSB, Senior Group Leader, Babraham Institute.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 18 February 2021, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The AKT inhibitor capivasertib (AZD5363): from discovery to clinical proof concept

Dr Barry Davies, Director, Clinical Translation Scientific Alliances, AstraZeneca.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 11 February 2021, 09:30-10:30

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

Foster Talks

Will the Real Preeclampsia Patient Please Stand Up?

Brian Cox, University of Toronto.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 04 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Clinical treatment and cancer stem cell biology in malignant glioma

Dr Harry Bulstrode, Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, CUH NHS Foundation Trust.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 28 January 2021, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Lineage tracing through somatic mutations in human development

Flora Vaccarino, Yale University.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 21 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

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

Molecular Imaging for the Improved Visualization and Treatment of Cancer

Jason Lewis, MSKCC.

On Zoom please join at https://zoom.us/j/98710548470?pwd=TVZoNExQc2ZNNE9VV0o0M2JFR1pLdz09 Meeting ID: 987 1054 8470 Passcode: 631155.

Thursday 21 January 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

A scientist’s guide to the art of radiation therapy & Neurosurgery for the Oncologist

Dr Raj Jena, Dept of Oncology & Mr Adel Helmy, Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, CUH NHS Foundation Trust.

Online - Google Meet as below.

Thursday 21 January 2021, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer Immunotherapy

Dr Christine Parkinson, Dept of Oncology, CUH NHS Foundation Trust.

Online - Google Meet.

Thursday 14 January 2021, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The bone marrow microenvironment in myeloid malignancies

Dr Simón Méndez-Ferrer, Department of Haematology.

Online - Google Meet.

Thursday 07 January 2021, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Systemic anti-cancer therapy

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

Dr Gary Doherty, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Online (see Google Meet link below).

Thursday 17 December 2020, 10:00-11:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

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

Dr Jacqui Shields, MRC Cancer Unit.

Online (see Google Meet link below).

Thursday 10 December 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity

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

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology.

Online (see Google Meet link below).

Thursday 03 December 2020, 09:30-10:30

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

Foster Talks

TBC

Kevin Chalut, Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 26 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

DNA repair: from mechanistic insights to therapeutic applications in cancer

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

Professor Steve Jackson, The Gurdon Institute.

Online (see Google Meet link below).

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

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

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

The remote control of gene expression: enhancer function in development and disease

Wendy Bickmore, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh.

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94186177151?pwd=ZHBhVVI2WUUweElydmlmYWZiN1FuQT09 Meeting ID: 941 8617 7151 Passcode: 426410.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer metabolism, a hallmark of cancer

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

Dr Christian Frezza, MRC Cancer Unit.

Online (see Google Meet link below).

Thursday 19 November 2020, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Mechanistic basis of epigenetic switching and memory

Hosted by: Ben Simons & Emma Rawlins

Martin Howard, John Innes Centre, Norwich.

Webinar.

Tuesday 17 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

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

Foster Talks

Woofing it Down: Lessons on the neurobiology of appetite from man’s best friend

Eleanor Raffan, PDN, Cambridge.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to the biology of metastasis

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

Dr Sakari Vanharanta, MRC Cancer Unit .

Online (see Google Meet link below).

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The mutations that drive cancer

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Online (meet.google.com/exf-zbdn-gmq).

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Overview of the core ideas in cancer research

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Online (see Google Meet link below).

Thursday 29 October 2020, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Tumour structure and nomenclature

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Online - Google Meet.

Thursday 22 October 2020, 09:30-10:30

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

Targeting the Tumour Microenvironment

Clare Isacke, The Institute of Cancer Research.

On Zoom please join at: https://zoom.us/j/92682831418?pwd=cTd1Zk5Sejg4UHNiMTd1dHJQYmxqZz09 Meeting ID: 926 8283 1418 Passcode: 588776.

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

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture: How CST protects telomeres and double-strand breaks

Hosted by: Steve Jackson & Hansong Ma

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

Webinar.

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

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

Therapeutic Opportunities in Glycoscience

***Please note the change of time to 17.30-18.30 - many apologies for the inconvenience this might cause, zoom registrations will update automatically***

Carolyn Bertozzi, Stanford University.

To register please sign up via zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEufuGgqDorGNKIbAXM0oNMYhpy2Sdl_bQM .

Thursday 17 September 2020, 17:30-18:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Firing up the genome

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association (GIPA)

Nadine Vastenhouw, Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany.

Webinar.

Monday 27 July 2020, 10:30-11:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Diagnostics and patient pathways in pancreatic cancer

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

Mr Raaj Praseedom, Consultant HPB-Transplant Surgeon, Lead clinician for the East of England Specialist HPB Specialist Multidisciplinary Team.

Online - "meet.google.com/epi-proa-bxu":URL.

Thursday 16 July 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Viral Oncology

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

Professor John Doorbar, Department of Pathology.

Online - "meet.google.com/tyd-okcn-wmr":URL.

Thursday 09 July 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The biology and fundamental management of colorectal cancer

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

Mr Simon Buczacki, Dept Haematology (University of Cambridge).

Online - Google Meet.

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Model-based explanation of cellular response

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association (GIPA)

Fabian Theis, Director, Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich, Germany.

Webinar.

Tuesday 30 June 2020, 14:00-15:00

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

**** This seminar has been cancelled ****

This seminar is rescheduled to take place on 17 June 2021

Marica Haigis, Harvard Medical School.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

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

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

Online - Google Meet.

Thursday 25 June 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Role of cellular senescence in cancer and ageing: therapeutic opportunities

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

Dr Daniel Munoz-Espin, Group Leader, Department of Oncology..

Online - Google Meet.

Thursday 18 June 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The promise of proton therapy in Paediatric tumours

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

Dr Thankamma Ajithkumar, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Online - Google Meet.

Thursday 11 June 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

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

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

Online - Google Hangouts.

Thursday 04 June 2020, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Artificial Intelligence for identifying novel therapeutic targets, biomarkers and drug repositioning opportunities

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

Dr Namshik Han, Head of Computational Biology, Milner Therapeutics Institute.

Online - Google Hangouts.

Thursday 28 May 2020, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Hosted by: Hansong Ma & Eric Miska

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

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

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

**** This seminar has been cancelled ****

We will reschedule for later in the year.

Ramanujan S Hegde.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Paediatric Malignancies

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

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

Online - Google Hangouts.

Thursday 21 May 2020, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Mechanobiology of cell shape control

Ewa Paluch, PDN Department, Cambridge.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Treatment of kidney cancer

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

Mr Grant Stewart, Cambridge University Hospitals.

Online - Google Hangouts.

Thursday 14 May 2020, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

Mechanisms of lineage specification in human embryos

Kathy Niakan, Francis Crick Institute, London.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of transcription factors in cancer

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

Prof Jason Carroll, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

Online - Google Hangouts.

Thursday 07 May 2020, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

The role of sensory inputs in generating and sustaining cognitive maps

Francesca Cacucci, UCL.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer

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

Professor Paul Pharoah, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology .

Online - Google Hangouts.

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

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

**** This seminar has been cancelled ****

Jim Norman, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Mathematical and evolutionary approaches to cancer

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

Jamie Blundell, Early Detection Programme, Dept of Oncology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

DNA repair: from mechanistic insights to therapeutic applications in cancer

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

Professor Steve Jackson, The Gurdon Institute.

Online - Google Hangouts.

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

Cambridge Oncology Seminar Series

CANCELLED - “Cancer genomics: from chromatin structure to new therapeutic targets”

Host: Sakari Vanharanta

Professor Elisa Oricchio (EPFL, Zurich).

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Tuesday 07 April 2020, 11:30-12:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Hosted by: John Gurdon & Fengzhu Xiong

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

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The microenvironment in the myeloid malignancies

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

Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer, Department of Haematology.

Clinical School William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Breast cancer: demographics, presentation, diagnosis & patient pathway

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

Dr Richard Baird, Department of Oncology.

Clinical School William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Biological and Clinical Features of High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

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

Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 19 March 2020, 09:30-10:30

Foster Talks

3D Genomics in development and disease

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

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

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

Professor Antonis Antoniou, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to the early detection of cancer and novel interventions

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

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

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

Foster Talks

Formation and activation of ovarian follicles using germline stem cells

Evelyn Telfer, University of Edinburgh, UK.

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

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

Genetics Seminar

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

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

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

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Cambridge Fly Meetings

Bringing Rcd4 into the limelight - A forgotten member of the Drosophila centriolar inventory

Pallavi Panda, Department of Genetics.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 17:30-19:30

Cambridge Fly Meetings

The Elongator complex controls symmetry breaking of the central spindle and thereby polarized trafficking of cell fate determinants during asymmetric cell division

Vicente Jose Planelles Herrero – Derivery group – MRC LMB.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 17:30-19:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

Dr Simon Cook, Babraham Institute.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

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

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

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

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

Foster Talks

Adhesion and cytoskeleton dynamics in cell migration and pluripotency

Johanna Ivaska, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Finland.

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

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

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

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

Single cell whole genome sequencing approaches to model evolution in cancer

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

Sohrab Shah, MSKCC.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Robustness and scaling in early development: the “distal pinning” mechanism

Hosted by: Ben Simons

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

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Cell competition during development and disease

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute PhD Society (GPS)

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

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Stem Cells: It’s All About the Neighborhood

Hosted by: Ben Simons & Emma Rawlins

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

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

Foster Talks

Skeletal muscle and its role in challenging perceptions of human ageing

Steve Harridge, King's College London.

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

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

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

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

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

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

Foster Talks

Mechanics of epithelial migration, growth and folding

Xavier Trepat, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer Immunotherapy

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

Dr Christine Parkinson, Department of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Systemic anticancer therapy

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

Dr Gary Doherty (University of Cambridge).

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

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

Dr Jacqui Shields - MRC Cancer Unit.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Foster Talks

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

Guillermina Lopez Bendito, Institute of Neuroscience, Alicante.

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

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

Cambridge Oncology Seminar Series

‘Cell Plasticity in Colon Carcinogenesis’

Host: Grad Student Society -

Professor Dr Florian Greten, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Frakfurt.

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Tuesday 03 December 2019, 11:30-12:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity

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

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

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

Hosted by: Philip Zegerman

Lori Passmore, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

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

Foster Talks

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

Stefan Hoppler, University of Aberdeen.

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

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

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

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

Cancer and ageing: Rival demons?

Judith Campisi, Buck Institute for Research on Ageing and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer metabolism, a hallmark of cancer- NB 9am start time

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

Dr Christian Frezza, MRC Cancer Unit.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 09:00-10:00

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

Foster Talks

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

Michael O'Connor, University of Minnesota.

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

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to the biology of metastasis

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

Dr Sakari Vanharanta, MRC Cancer Unit.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Cambridge Fly Meetings

Genetics of Axonal Mitochondrial Biology

Gaynor Smith, Cardiff University.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 13 November 2019, 17:30-19:30

Cambridge Fly Meetings

Intracellular trafficking of mitochondria and neuronal ageing

Alessio Vagnoni, IoPPN, King's College London.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 13 November 2019, 17:30-19:30

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

Foster Talks

The amazing world of the GnRH neuron

Allan Herbison, PDN Department, Cambridge.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The mutations that drive cancer

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

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

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

Forcing tumor initiation and progression

Valerie M Weaver, University of California, San Francisco.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Epigenetic memory over geological timescales

Hosted by: Hansong Ma & Eric Miska

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

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Overview of the core ideas in cancer research

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 31 October 2019, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

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

Hosted by: Emma Rawlins & Steve Jackson

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

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Tumour structure and nomenclature

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 24 October 2019, 09:30-10:30

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

Foster Talks

Adult CNS progenitors: reversing the ravages of ageing

Robin Franklin, WT-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

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

Thursday 17 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

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

Cambridge Fly Meetings

Effect of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia genes on presynaptic calcium handling

Megan Oliva, Dept of Genetics.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 16 October 2019, 17:30-19:30

Cambridge Fly Meetings

Using whole-brain connectomics to reveal circuit principles relevant to olfaction and instinctual behaviours

Alex Bates, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology .

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 16 October 2019, 17:30-19:30

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

Transcriptional dependencies in cancer

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

Christopher Vakoc, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Friday 11 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

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

Cambridge Oncology Seminar Series

‘Activation of transcription factor Nrf2 as a strategy to restore the cellular redox and protein homeostasis’

Host: Christian Frezza (CF366@hutchison-mrc.cam.ac.uk)

Professor Albena Dinkova-Kostova,Jacqui Wood Cancer Centre, Division of Cellular Medicine, University of Dundee .

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Tuesday 01 October 2019, 11:30-12:30

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

TET-family dioxygenases, immune responses and cancer

Anjana Rao, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 26 September 2019, 13:00-14:00