Computational Neuroscience

A brain-machine interface for locomotion driven by subspace dynamics

Karen E. Schroeder, Columbia University.

Cambridge University Engineering Dept., CBL Seminar Room (4th floor).

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 11:00-12:00

Machine Learning Reading Group @ CUED

Natural gradient in deep neural networks

Alberto Bernacchia (University of Cambridge).

Engineering Department, CBL Room 438.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 14:00-15:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer metabolism, a hallmark of cancer

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 22 November 2018, 09:30-10:30

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Emergence of (linguistic) communication through multi-agent interactions

Angeliki Lazaridou, DeepMind.

Boardroom, Faculty of English, West Road.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Cell cycle controls enforcing asymmetric spindle pole fate in budding yeast

Host: Helene Rangone-Briatte

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

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

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

Computer Laboratory Systems Research Group Seminar

Chromebooks, USB-C and Google PI/SI Research

Mark Hayter (Google).

FW26, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Computing Seminars

Revision control with git

Tim Love (University of Cambridge).

LR3, Engineering, Department of.

Friday 23 November 2018, 15:00-16:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Academic Internships event!

Speaker to be confirmed.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Saturday 24 November 2018, 11:00-19:30

Computer Laboratory Tech Talks

What can the Rust Programming Language do for Embedded Systems development?

Jonathan Pallant, Cambridge Consultants.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Monday 26 November 2018, 13:30-14:30

CCIMI Seminars

Gen-Oja: A Simple and Efficient Algorithm for Streaming Generalized Eigenvector Computation

Dr Nicolas Flammarion.

CMS, MR11.

Monday 26 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Adrian Seminar - "Plasticity in neural networks"

Claudia Clopath, Imperial College London.

The Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 26 November 2018, 16:30-18:00

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Annual Hopkins Seminar 2018 - Targeted Antisense Therapeutics for Modulation of Splicing or NMD

Professor Adrian R Krainer .

Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building Jean Thomas Lecture Theatre.

Monday 26 November 2018, 17:00-18:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Towards in vivo structural biology: solving protein structures using deep mutagenesis

Hosted by: Eric Miska & Julie Ahringer

Ben Lehner, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 27 November 2018, 11:30-12:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Understanding cellular heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer

Axel Behrens.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 27 November 2018, 18:00-20:00

Experimental and Computational Aspects of Structural Biology and Applications to Drug Discovery

TBC

Dr Tim Stevens (Cell Biology Division, LMB).

Perham Seminar Room, Sanger Biochemistry Building.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 10:15-11:15

Cambridge Statistics Clinic

Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2018 - IV

Speaker to be confirmed.

Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Meeting Room 5 (centre building, basement).

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 16:30-18:00

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 29 November 2018, 09:30-10:30

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Linguistic Measures for the Detection of Clinical Conditions

Aline Villavicencio (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, University of Essex).

Boardroom, Faculty of English, West Road.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 11:00-12:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Estimation in two-stage adaptive threshold enrichment clinical trials”

Dr Peter Kimani, University of Warwick.

Small Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 13:30-14:30

CUED Control Group Seminars

Distributed price-based control of flexible electrical loads

Antonio De Paola, University of Bath.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Theatre 1.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Computer Laboratory Systems Research Group Seminar

Cross-modality Inference in Ubiquitous Human Identification

Chris Lu (Oxford).

SS03, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 15:00-16:00

Signal Processing and Communications Lab Seminars

On support localisation, the Fisher metric, and optimal sampling in off-the-grid sparse regularisation.

Dr Clarice Poon, DAMTP & Peterhouse.

LR12, Baker Building, CUED.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 15:00-16:00

SCI Cambridge Science Talks

Electrolysis: What Textbooks Don’t Tell Us

FREE EVENT

Dr Hasok Chang, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 19:00-20:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Room changed

Daniil Sorokin, Technische Universität Darmstadt.

FW11, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 30 November 2018, 12:00-13:00

Health Economics @ Cambridge

HE@Cam: Padraig Dixon - The causal effect of BMI on inpatient hospital costs: Mendelian Randomization analysis of the UK Biobank cohort

Dr Padraig Dixon, University of Bristol.

Large Seminar Room, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge.

Monday 03 December 2018, 15:00-16:00

Experimental and Computational Aspects of Structural Biology and Applications to Drug Discovery

A Saposin-lipoprotein nanoparticle system for membrane proteins

Dr Jens Frauenfeld (CEO Salipro Biotech, Sweden).

Jean Thomas Lecture Theatre, Sanger Biochemistry Building.

Monday 03 December 2018, 15:00-17:00

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Insights into the secretion machine of virulence factors in apicomplexan parasites

Dr Maryse Lebrun.

Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building Jean Thomas Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 04 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Molecular Sex - How Sperm Binds to the Egg at the Atomic Level

Luca Jovine, Professor of Structural Biology & EMBO, Karolinska Institute.

Department of Biochemistry, Hopkins Building, Stephenson Seminar Room.

Thursday 06 December 2018, 09:30-10:30

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 06 December 2018, 09:30-10:30

CUED Control Group Seminars

TBD

Dhruva V. Raman, University of Cambridge.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Theatre 6.

Thursday 06 December 2018, 14:00-15:00

Computer Laboratory Systems Research Group Seminar

The nitty gritty of doing a PhD

Jon Crowcroft (Computer Lab).

FW26, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Thursday 06 December 2018, 15:00-16:00

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Description:Novel functions of the C-terminal domain of PTCH1: a platform for non-canonical Hedgehog signalling

Dr Natalia Riobo-Del Gardo.

Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building Jean Thomas Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 11 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Statistics Clinic

Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2018 - Christmas Vacation

Speaker to be confirmed.

Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Meeting Room 5 (centre building, basement).

Wednesday 12 December 2018, 16:30-18:00

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.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 13 December 2018, 09:30-10:30

CUED Control Group Seminars

Control across scales by positive and negative feedback

Rodolphe Sepulchre, University of Cambridge.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 13 December 2018, 14:00-15:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Cell-of-origin of prostate cancer and clinical heterogeneity

Dr Esther Baena from CRUK Manchester Institute .

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 17 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The integrated approach to the diagnosis of haematological malignancies

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

Dr Mike Scott, Department of Haematology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 03 January 2019, 09:30-10:30

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 10 January 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Systemic Anticancer Therapy

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

Dr Bristi Basu, Department of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 17 January 2019, 09:30-10:30

Machine Learning @ CUED

Title to be confirmed

Hoda Heidari.

Engineering Department, CBL Room BE-438..

Thursday 17 January 2019, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Chris Illingworth

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

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

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

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Karina Vold, Centre for the Future of Intelligence / Faculty of Philosophy.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer Immunotherapy

These talks are aimed at 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 24 January 2019, 09:30-10:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Jane Charlesworth

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

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

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

Computer Laboratory Systems Research Group Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Daniel Williams (IBM).

FW26, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 15:00-16:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Ryan Cotterell, NLIP, University of Cambridge.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 25 January 2019, 12:00-13:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Vascular regulation of lung regeneration and fibrosis

Hosted by: Emma Rawlins & Ben Simons

Bi-Sen Ding, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 29 January 2019, 11:30-12:30

CCIMI Seminars

Pure Mathematics in Crisis

Professor Kevin Buzzard.

CMS, MR3.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer Survivorship

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

Dr Thankamma Ajithkumar and Dr Helen Hatcher, Department of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 09:30-10:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Berta Verd

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

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Signal Processing and Communications Lab Seminars

TBD

Marina Riabiz, CUED.

James Dyson Building Seminar Room, CUED.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 15:00-16:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Isabelle Lorge, TAL, University of Cambridge.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 01 February 2019, 12:00-13:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Oncological imaging: introduction and non-radionuclide techniques

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

Dr Ferdia Gallagher, Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Piotr Mirowski, DeepMind.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 08 February 2019, 12:00-13:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Title to be confirmed

Prof Mihaela van der Schaar from Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 11 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Oncological Imaging: radionuclide techniques

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

Dr Luigi Aloj, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Genetics Seminar

An evolutionary perspective on meiotic recombination in vertebrates

Host: Richard Durbin

Professor Molly Przeworski from Columbia University, New York .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

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

Computer Laboratory Systems Research Group Seminar

Open Source Quantum Computing

Mathew Treinish (IBM).

FW26, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Thursday 14 February 2019, 15:00-16:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Miltos Allamanis, Microsoft Research.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 15 February 2019, 12:00-13:00

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 21 February 2019, 09:30-10:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Ben Steventon

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

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

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

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dong Nguyen, University of Edinburgh & Alan Turing Institute.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 22 February 2019, 12:00-13:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

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

Dr Charlie Massie, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Sam Lewis

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

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

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

Computer Laboratory Systems Research Group Seminar

A Framework for Data Collection and Management for IoT

Maribel Fernandez (KCL).

FW26, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 15:00-16:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Learning multi-domain dialogues

Paweł Budzianowski, CUED, University of Cambridge.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 01 March 2019, 12:00-13:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Tony Kouzarides, Eric Miska & Cambridge RNA Club

Yunsun Nam, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 05 March 2019, 11:30-12:30

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 07 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Kevin Lemagnen, Sahan Bulathwela, Cambridge Spark.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 08 March 2019, 12:00-13:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Title to be confirmed

Dr Judith Zaugg from EMBL in Heidelberg.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 11 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

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 PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Barry Davies, AstraZeneca.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Kanako Komiya, Ibaraki University, Japan.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 15 March 2019, 12:00-13:00

Bradford Hill seminars at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health

Bradford Hill Seminar with Professor Michael Kenny - Title TBC

Professor Michael Kenny, Director of Bennett Institute of Public Policy.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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 21 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Title to be confirmed

Professor Francesca D. Ciccarelli from King’s College London & The Francis Crick Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 25 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Eric Miska & Martin Hemberg

Chris Burge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The bone marrow microenvironment in myeloid malignancies

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

Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer (University of Cambridge).

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Dr Charlotte Coles (University of Cambridge) Breast Cancer Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

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

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

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

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture

Hosted by: Azim Surani & Emma Rawlins

Janet Rossant, University of Toronto, Canada.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 30 April 2019, 11:30-12:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute and Professor Paul Pharoah, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

CCIMI Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Professor Coralia Cartis.

CMS, MR14.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

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

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Alexis Braun

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

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Research Institute.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Eric Miska & Azim Surani

Cedric Feschotte, Cornell University, NY, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 16 May 2019, 11:30-12:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

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

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Mr Thomas Santarius, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Title to be confirmed

Dr Anna Obenauf from Research Institute of Molecular Pathology in Vienna.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 16 September 2019, 13:00-14:00