British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The compounding impacts of Sea-Ice Deficits: A Global Perspective

Petra Heil, Australian Antarctic Division / University of Tasmania.

BAS Seminar Room 1; https://ukri.zoom.us/j/93901016357.

Tuesday 07 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology & Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

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

Thursday 09 January 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds

Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 10 January 2025, 08:45-10:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Title to be confirmed

Katherine Turner (British Antarctic Survey).

BAS Seminar Room 1; .

Wednesday 15 January 2025, 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, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute .

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

Thursday 16 January 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

TBA.

Online (Zoom).

Thursday 16 January 2025, 17:00-19:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Ornithobacterium hominis: investigating a 'bird bacterium' found in the respiratory tract of humans

Susannah Salter, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 17 January 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Genome secrets: Unmasking intervertebral disc disease in Miniature Dachshunds

Bruno Lopes, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 17 January 2025, 08:45-10:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy

Prof Rahul Roychoudhuri, Dept of Pathology.

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

Thursday 23 January 2025, 09:30-10:30

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

Telomere to mitochondria signaling prevents age-associated cancer initiation

Jan Karlseder, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Transforming Precision Healthcare

Host - Cahir O'Kane

Professor Sir Mark Caulfield, Vice Principal for Health, Queen Mary University of London and Director of the NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre.

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

'Diagnostic challenges and outcome following splenectomy due to Polyclonal B-cell Lymphocytosis in an English Bulldog (PBLEB)

Morwenna Rodgers, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 24 January 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Exploring the Impact of One Health Approaches on Canine Rabies Vaccination Efforts Globally

Charlotte Rendina, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 24 January 2025, 08:45-10:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Bits with Soul

Professor Simon Peyton Jones, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 24 January 2025, 17:30-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - The immune system of bacteria - IN PERSON ONLY

Rotem Sorek, Weizmann Institute of Science.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) .

Monday 27 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Morphogenetic control of cellular differentiation during gastrulation

Marta Shahbazi, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.

in person at Hodgkin-Huxley Seminar Room, PDN and online.

Monday 27 January 2025, 14:30-15:30

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Modelling sea ice dynamics using brittle dynamics: impact in pack ice and marginal ice zones

Guillaume Boutin (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center).

BAS Seminar Room 1; .

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Helen Margetts (University of Oxford).

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

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 15:00-16:00

Milner Seminar Series

Milner Seminar January 2025 - Focus on the microbiome in disease

Virginia Pedicord, CITIID, University of Cambridge and Ghaith Bakdash, Microbiotica.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre.

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Steroid hormone regulation of cancer immunity

Dr Bidesh Mahata, Dept of Pathology.

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

Thursday 30 January 2025, 09:30-10:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Muzlifah Haniffa, Sanger Institute.

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

Thursday 30 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Is the bacterial accessory genome adaptive?

Host - Kate Baker

Dr John Lees from EMBL – EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

BOAS, the canine 'obstructive sleep apnoea' effect on the brain - The BBB study'

Susana Monforte Monteiro, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 31 January 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

The MRC Toxicology Unit Histopathology Core Facility – resources and potential opportunities?”

Mark Southwood, MRC Toxicology Histology Core Facility .

LT2.

Friday 31 January 2025, 08:45-10:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Power of Music: A Journey Back to Home

Maya Youssef.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 31 January 2025, 17:30-18:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Fundamental principles during the egg-to-embryo transition

Andrea Pauli, IMP (Institute of Molecular Pathology), Vienna, Austria.

Online.

Monday 03 February 2025, 14:30-15:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Karen Douglas (University of Kent).

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

Wednesday 05 February 2025, 15:00-16:00

Genetics Seminar

Drosophila in context: evolution, toxins, and behaviour

Host - Erik Clark

Dr Justin Crocker from EMBL Heidelberg .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

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

Darwin College Lecture Series

Using Maths to Decode the Universe

Dr Tom Crawford, University of Oxford.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 07 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Maria Grazia Spillantini, University of Cambridge, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98728840077?pwd=Z0MZ2xWLsyUC6fI31cIklaUbSYALwy.1.

Monday 10 February 2025, 11:00-12:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Yamini Ravichandran-Topology changes of the regenerating Hydra define actin nematic defects as mechanical organizers of morphogenesis

Akantsha Jain; Yamini Ravichandran,University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Online.

Monday 10 February 2025, 14:30-15:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Frontiers in paediatric cancer research

Prof Suzanne Turner; Dept of Pathology.

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

Thursday 13 February 2025, 09:30-10:30

Genetics Seminar

Embryo-scale reverse genetics at single cell resolution reveals lineage-specific modules underlying cranial development

Host - Ben Steventon

Professor Lauren Saunders from Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University .

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 13 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds - Neurology

tbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 14 February 2025, 08:45-10:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Epigenetics: A Code upon a Code?

Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 14 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Juan Alonso-Serra; Ana Patricia Ramos.

Online.

Monday 17 February 2025, 14:30-15:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Almog Simchon (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev).

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

Wednesday 19 February 2025, 15:00-16:00

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 20 February 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 20 February 2025, 17:00-19:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Development of diagnostic assays using a surface plasmon resonance platform technology

Alex Currie, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 21 February 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Preparing for the next pandemic: a computationally designed, future-proofed pan-H5 haemagglutinin nanoparticle vaccine

Chloe Huang, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 21 February 2025, 08:45-10:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Eve's Byte of the Apple

Sandi Toksvig OBE.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 21 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Paula Elomaa.

Online.

Monday 24 February 2025, 14:30-15:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Evaluation of fluorescence in situ hybridisation for the detection of bacterial pathogens in liver biopsy samples from dogs with idiopathic chronic hepatitis

Arran Smith, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 28 February 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Investigating the role of Influenza virus neuraminidase activity on the host immune response

Mahmoud Elgamal, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 28 February 2025, 08:45-10:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Wayfinding through the Human Genome

Dr Keolu Fox, University of California, San Diego.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 28 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Ian Gilmore, National Physical Laboratory.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92454273602?pwd=kKpRjV53ALrNtk3FXYDG1jqaNTjGa4.1.

Monday 03 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Timothy Saunders.

in person at Sainsbury Laboratory and online.

Monday 03 March 2025, 14:30-15:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Paul Lohmann (University of Cambridge).

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

Wednesday 05 March 2025, 15:00-16:00

Genetics Seminar

21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the academic community: how science is manipulated to promote political ideology

Host - Aylwyn Scally

Professor Rebecca Sear from Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University.

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

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

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds - QICG

Alison Hayes, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 07 March 2025, 08:45-10:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Polari - a Very Queer Code

Professor Paul Baker, University of Lancaster.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 07 March 2025, 17:30-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Simonetta Gribaldo, Intstitut Pasteur.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93131890304?pwd=5wJQaRCpTeWdDhK0bgmfZrXu2qFmLY.1.

Monday 10 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Fengzhu Xiong.

Online.

Monday 10 March 2025, 14:30-15:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Unraveling Its Variability, Mimics, and Predictors

Jose Novo Matos, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 14 March 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Geospatial Analysis and Forecasting of Bacterial Meningitis Outbreaks in Africa

Molly Cliff, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 14 March 2025, 08:45-10:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Decoding our Humanity

Professor Shannon Vallor, University of Edinburgh.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 14 March 2025, 17:30-18:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture

Alex Joyner, Sloan Kettering Institute.

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

Tuesday 18 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - The DNA Quadruplex Helix

Shankar Balasubramaniam, University of Cambridge.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93702571246?pwd=I6zsi0w8N5XcKg2gu0bac58rcyTfba.1.

Wednesday 19 March 2025, 10:00-11:00

Parasitology Seminars

Structure-function studies of essential mitochondrial complexes of apicomplexan parasites

Lilach Sheiner, University of Glasgow.

Seminar Room, Tennis Court Road, Dept of Pathology..

Wednesday 19 March 2025, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 20 March 2025, 17:00-19:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Max Perutz Lecture 2025: Title TBC

Reinhard Lührmann, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91444589642?pwd=jnwAAhDSdpwbVU89ouG9RenIhuXRDL.1.

Monday 24 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Engineering genomes and proteomes as foundational biotechnology for translational research

Jesse Rinehart, PhD, Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 31 March 2025, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Rod MacKinnon - Rockefeller University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92311841585?pwd=auhAdp8eTD8Ca0xGZpaNlZrChEcHAr.1.

Monday 07 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Jue Chen - Rockefeller University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93491001276?pwd=2utwaSIeA0haHVdOuRkZlBlQq6wzLb.1.

Monday 07 April 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

TBA.

Online (Zoom).

Thursday 17 April 2025, 17:00-19:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

César Milstein Lecture 2025: Title TBC

David Pellman - Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, Harvard University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97042445746?pwd=rjwSiStXxjdk1Q2tPOdRnqr8aM3qwn.1.

Thursday 24 April 2025, 10:00-11:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

John Kendrew Lecture 2025: Title TBC

Elena Conti - Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92203736389?pwd=68nPyr7JP1gZrsR4lgJKm1ad4idxyx.1.

Monday 28 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Meritxell Huch, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden.

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

Tuesday 29 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Leor Zmigrod (University of Cambridge).

Online.

Wednesday 30 April 2025, 15:00-16:00

Mordell Lectures

Title to be confirmed

Tim Austin (Warwick).

MR2, CMS.

Thursday 01 May 2025, 16:00-17:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Alex Schier, Biozentrum, University of Basel.

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

Tuesday 13 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Matthew Goldberg (Yale University).

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

Wednesday 14 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

James Turner, The Francis Crick Institute.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94132066038?pwd=OF2EjwrvRQxl0XgpGK0N5L4bDNaayi.1.

Monday 19 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 22 May 2025, 17:00-19:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Ian Swinburne, UC Berkeley.

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

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Rakoen Maertens (University of Oxford).

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

Wednesday 28 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 17:00-19:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Jean-Paul Vincent, Crick Institute.

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

Tuesday 24 June 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Andy Fire - Stanford University School of Medicine.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93594800418?pwd=cAhtrP8MGG3FclWimSbLLwl9XhIHNX.1.

Monday 30 June 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Marileen Dogterom - TU Delft, Delft University of Technology.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/95584842300?pwd=V2DAKEE0bQXA4bbbSUryiRPELlhmzP.1.

Monday 07 July 2025, 11:00-12:00

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

Seminars in Cancer

**Please note new date for this seminar**

Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 10 July 2025, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Christian Haass - Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96372751903?pwd=C2hRQ8UF0B03vDp6IHGfWuTlsqzrTi.1.

Monday 14 July 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Elizabeth Villa, University of California, San Diego.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98880219442?pwd=2LiGulNdYohUjaMnbiN88kLpt3r8M9.1.

Monday 08 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Francis Crick Lecture 2025: Title TBC

Aviv Regev - Broad Institute MIT and Head of Genentech R&ED.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97187916144?pwd=lyPZ8ArbWHGtSPaNeM8T8Oqg157RF1.1.

Thursday 18 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Nenad Ban - ETH Zurich.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97937314535?pwd=SciQzQiuFkLGF3ERwcMiLLTEbryUxV.1.

Monday 22 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Hiroaki Suga - The University of Tokyo.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96488916942?pwd=BpCGRwD8hD8ec89yfaJ0yKPmV3o6lv.1.

Monday 29 September 2025, 11:00-12:00