Statistics

Metric and variable selection for functional nonparametric regression models

Torben Sell (University of Edinburgh).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR12, CMS.

Friday 31 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Steering the evolutionary dynamics of cancer through space and time

Jeffrey West, Ph.D. Assistant Member, Integrated Mathematical Oncology H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 03 February 2025, 12:30-13:30

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Text-and-audio methods

Cătălina Cangea, ex-Google DeepMind.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Tuesday 04 February 2025, 13:00-14:00

Probability

Road layout in the KPZ class

Marton Balazs (Bristol).

MR12.

Tuesday 04 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Nucleic-Acid based therapeutics: how to use mechanistic information to ensure "safe-by-design"

Prof Anne Willis.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 04 February 2025, 18:00-19:30

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

EU AI Act: A firsthand perspective

Gabriele Mazzini - Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 05 February 2025, 15:05-15:55

Statistics

Identification and Estimation of Graphical Continuous Lyapunov Models

Note unusual location

Mathias Drton (Technical University of Munich).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR15, CMS.

Friday 07 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Alpha-Synuclein and its aggregation: Past, Present and Future

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

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Evolution on Islands: insights from silvereyes of the southwest Pacific

Prof Sonya Clegg.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 11 February 2025, 18:00-19:30

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Hardware Datapath: For Machine Learning and Beyond

Professor George A. Constantinides - Professor of Digital Computation, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 12 February 2025, 15:05-15:55

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Note unusual location

Peter Orbanz (UCL).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR15, CMS.

Friday 14 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Strengthening control over stress: novel brain mechanisms and opportunities for intervention

Prof Jeffrey W. Dalley.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 18 February 2025, 18:00-19:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

The Francis Crick Lecture 2025 - 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 February 2025, 10:00-11:00

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Title to be confirmed

Dr Ilan Price - Senior Research Scientist, Google DeepMind.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 19 February 2025, 15:05-15:55

Statistics

A General Design-Based Framework and Estimator for Randomized Experiments

Fredrik Sävje (Uppsala University).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR12, CMS.

Friday 21 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Generative machine learning to model cellular perturbations

Mohammad Lotfollahi.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 24 February 2025, 12:30-13:30

Probability

Branching random walk with non-local competition

Sarah Penington (Bath).

MR12.

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Culinary chemistry: Exploring the science of baking with Josh Smalley

Dr Josh Smalley.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 18:00-19:30

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Digital Money and Decentralised Finance

Professor Frank Stajano and Dr Ferdinando Samaria - Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge..

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 26 February 2025, 15:05-15:55

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

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Plasmonic and Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

Prof Thanh Nguyen.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 04 March 2025, 18:00-19:30

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Title to be confirmed

Dr Joe Watson - Co-founder, Xaira Therapeutics.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 05 March 2025, 15:05-15:55

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

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Title to be confirmed

Konstantin Hemker (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Tuesday 11 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Title to be confirmed

Dr Edwin Brady - School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 12 March 2025, 15:05-15:55

Peter Whittle Lecture

Title to be confirmed

Rina Foygel Barber (Chicago).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR2.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 16:00-17:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Rina Foygel Barber (University of Chicago).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR12, CMS.

Friday 14 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Similarity-based Methods for Language Model Analysis and Prediction

Julius Cheng (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Tuesday 18 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Beyond the Standard Model of particle physics: a maths-driven journey to the unknown

Prof Maria Ubiali.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 18 March 2025, 18:00-19:30

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

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

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

Oliver Hantschel, University of Marburg.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 28 April 2025, 12:30-13:30

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Title to be confirmed

Dr Prakash Murali - Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 07 May 2025, 15:05-15:55

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

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

David Savage, UC Berkeley.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 19 May 2025, 12:30-13:30

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

Shohei Koide, NYU Langone Health.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 16 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

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

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

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