Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

The Genomic Evolution of Cancer

David Wedge, University of Manchester.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 23 May 2022, 14:00-15:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Control limited perceptual decision making

Alfonso Renart, Champalimaud, Lisbon, Portugal.

Hodgkin-Huxley Seminar Room + Zoom.

Monday 23 May 2022, 16:15-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Projectile Fusion A new challenge in applied computational science and engineering

Dr. Nathan Joiner, First Light Fusion, Yarnton, Oxfordshire.

Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, and Zoom.

Monday 23 May 2022, 19:30-21:00

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

Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Seminars

Apathy and impulsivity in neurological disease – cause, effect and treatment

Professor James Rowe.

Register on Zoom - link in abstract.

Tuesday 24 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

Generation to Reproduction Seminars

A political ecology of horse breeding in early modern Spain and Spanish colonial America

Kathryn Renton (UCLA).

Zoom.

Tuesday 24 May 2022, 17:00-18:30

Immunology in Pathology

Regulation of innate immune activation during viral infections

Ian Humphreys.

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 12:30-13:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and Development of the vertebrate nervous system: from lampreys to humans

On Zoom only, ask organisers for link

Dr Dorit Hockman.

Zoom.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

MRC LMB Seminar list

Fast cryo-EM sample preparation: Recent developments and applications

David Klebl, University of Leeds.

In person in the Sanger Seminar Room (CB2 0QH).

Thursday 26 May 2022, 10:00-11:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar - Using connectomes to accelerate studies of the neuronal control of behavior in Drosophila

Gerald M. Rubin, Senior Group Leader, Janelia Research Campus, HHMI, LMB Fellow.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91661708050?pwd=WS9Ua0czQm9FaC9qaWk3S2VQMjE5dz09.

Thursday 26 May 2022, 11:00-12:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

"The prohibitin proteins in myelination"

Dr Emma Wilson, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 26 May 2022, 12:00-13:00

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

What is a delusion? Results and implications of phenomenological research

Dr Jasper Feyaerts, Ghen University.

Zoom (Please contact mho28@medschl.cam.ac.uk).

Thursday 26 May 2022, 12:30-13:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Small RNA-directed Reprogramming of Gene Expression During Host-bacteria Interactions

Professor Lionel Navarro, IBENS.

Online / Plant Sciences LLT for Department members only.

Thursday 26 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

Chaucer Club

Episodic Memory: Some stimulating findings

Joel Voss (University of Chicago) .

Zoom - see MRC CBU website (https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/seminar-information/chaucer-club/) for details.

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

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

JCTS PRESENTATIONS

Alex Berry, Fang Foo, Tom Hordle, Department of Veterinary Medicine Interns.

LT2.

Friday 27 May 2022, 08:45-10:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

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

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

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

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

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Harnessing cancer patients’ own immune system to control disease.

Professor Ann Ager, Professor of Cellular Immunity and Immunotherapy, Cardiff University.

Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, and Zoom.

Monday 30 May 2022, 19:30-21:00

Immunology in Pathology

Can viral infections exacerbate the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Mathew Clement.

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 01 June 2022, 12:30-13:30

Microglia webinar series

How microglia shape synapse homeostasis

This is a live webinar on Zoom using the link indicated in "Venue"

Michela Matteoli, Milan, Italy..

https://zoom.us/j/97166826000?pwd=QzlIMzVZQ0V3MHhFeG5UZExIaFhSdz09 Meeting ID: 971 6682 6000 Passcode: z8dyfgibi8.

Monday 06 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Iva Tchasovnikarova & Julie Ahringer

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

To be confirmed.

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

Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Seminars

Professor Sir Simon Baron Cohen - Title TBC

Professor Simon Baron Cohen, Department of Psychiatry.

Register on Zoom - link in abstract.

Tuesday 07 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Therapeutic targeting of recurrently mutated driver oncogenes using TCR gene therapy

Chris Klebanoff.

Lecture Theatre, Dept of Pathology and on Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 08 June 2022, 12:30-13:30

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The role of ocean heat transport from the Atlantic into the Arctic Ocean on sea ice variability

David Schroeder, University of Reading.

https://ukri.zoom.us/j/98387914302; BAS seminar room 1.

Wednesday 08 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

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

Cambridge Virology Seminars

CpG Enrichment as a Vaccine Strategy for Influenza A Virus

Dr Elly Gaunt, The University of Edinburgh.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Thursday 09 June 2022, 12:00-13:00

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr Elijah Mak, University of Cambridge.

Webinar (via Zoom online).

Thursday 09 June 2022, 12:30-13:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Exploring Cell-to-Cell Connectivity in C4 Photosynthesis

Dr Tina Schreier, Department of Plant Sciences.

Online / Plant Sciences LLT for Department members only.

Thursday 09 June 2022, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Cortical (beta) dynamics of movement control

Sven Bestmann (UCL).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

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

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

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Coupled ice-ocean modelling of the Amundsen Sea glaciers

Jan De Rydt, Northumbria university.

https://ukri.zoom.us/j/92941632380; BAS seminar room 1.

Thursday 09 June 2022, 14:00-14:30

Genetics Seminar

Human gene variants influencing programmed axon death.

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

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

On the stability of Antarctic grounding lines

Ronja Reese, Northumbria University.

https://ukri.zoom.us/j/92941632380; BAS seminar room 1.

Thursday 09 June 2022, 14:30-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

JCTS PRESENTATIONS

Kathryn Bateman, Alex Spencer-Taylor, Mica Taylor, Department of Veterinary Medicine Interns.

LT2.

Friday 10 June 2022, 08:45-10:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Investigating Human Foetal Blood Development at the Single-Cell Level

Ana Cvejic, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge.

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

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

Parasitology Seminars

TBC

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

Dr Roz Laing (University of Glasgow).

Department of Pathology Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 15 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Misinformation: Subjective beliefs, Source credibility, and Social Networks

Jens Koed Madsen, London School of Economics.

Psychology Department Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 15 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The impact of environmental factors on cancer

Dr Elisabete Silva, Brunel University London.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

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

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Prof Mike Rinck, Radboud University.

Zoom (Please contact mho28@medschl.cam.ac.uk).

Thursday 16 June 2022, 12:30-13:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Sciences Seminar

Professor Mathew Lewsey, La Trobe University.

Online / Plant Sciences LLT for Department members only.

Thursday 16 June 2022, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Regulation of physiology via a dietary lipid metabolite.

Host - Felipe Karam Teixeira

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

Zoom meeting.

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

Chaucer Club

Mapping the consequences of peripheral nerve injury on brain organisation and hand function

Ken Valyear (Bangor University).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

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

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Title to be confirmed

Valentina Boeva, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 20 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

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

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

Chaucer Club

Blurring boundaries: Aging and memory for movies

Karen Campbell (Brock University).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 30 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Microglia webinar series

Spatial heterogeneity of microglia in CNS disease

Bart Eggen, University of Groningen, Netherlands.

https://zoom.us/j/95152465088?pwd=eTNJUzJTbjJLa2YvcXY4aFJ1eXA1QT09 Meeting ID: 951 5246 5088 Passcode: X1cm68NuVp .

Monday 04 July 2022, 16:00-17:00

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

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Title to be confirmed

Julio Saez-Rodriquez, Faculty of Medicine of Heidelberg University, Director of the Institute of Computational Biomedicine and Group Leader at the EMBL- Heidelberg University Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU).

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 11 July 2022, 14:00-15:00

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 Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

**Please note change of time and date**

Marica Haigis, Harvard Medical School.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Topography-mediated Transport of Warm Deep Water across the Continental Shelf Slope, East Antarctica

Chengyan Liu, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory .

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 07 September 2022, 14:00-15:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Nikolaus Rajewsky, MDC Berlin.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Satellite altimetry over polar ice sheets

Thomas Slater, University of Leeds.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 21 September 2022, 14:00-15:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Title to be confirmed

Christopher Yau, University of Manchester.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 26 September 2022, 14:00-15:00

Parasitology Seminars

Defining genetic and environmental determinants of malaria transmission

This is a hybrid talk. You can attend in person or via zoom. See abstract for details

Prof Matthew Marti. University of Glasgow..

Marjory Stephenson Seminar Room, Hopkins Building, Dept of Biochemistry.

Wednesday 05 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Acute portal hypertension during liver lobectomy in a dog - a rare, but fatal complication

Malina Filipas, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

LT2.

Friday 07 October 2022, 08:45-10:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Seminars

Dr Deborah Vickers

Dr Deborah Vickers, Clinical Neurosciences.

Register on Zoom - link in abstract.

Tuesday 11 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Parasitology Seminars

TBC

Dr Martin Walker. Royal Veterinary College, RVC..

TBC.

Wednesday 12 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Hans Reimer-Rodewald, DKFZ.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

TBA

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

Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Seminars

Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain is Built

Professor Bill Harris, Department of Physiology, Development and Neurosciences, University of Cambridge.

Register on Zoom - link in abstract.

Tuesday 18 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Reduced overturning and abyssal ventilation in the Australian Antarctic Basin

Kathy Gunn, CSIRO.

British Antarctic Survey, Zoom.

Wednesday 19 October 2022, 10:00-11:00

Genetics Seminar

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

Host - Eric Miska

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

Zoom meeting.

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture

Hosted by: Andrea Brand & Iva Tchasovnikarova

Yukiko Gotoh, University of Tokyo, Japan.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 25 October 2022, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Seminars

Hypothalamic episode generators underlying the neural control of fertility

Professor Allan Herbison, Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

Register on Zoom - link in abstract.

Tuesday 25 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Observing the Southern Ocean carbon cycle with autonomous floats

Channing Prend, Scripps Institution of Oceanography/University of Washington.

https://ukri.zoom.us/j/91769463955; BAS seminar room 1.

Wednesday 02 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Louis Chesler, ICR.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Title to be confirmed

Kamila Naxerova, PhD, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Centre.

Zoom.

Monday 28 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Serena Nik-Zainal, MRC Cancer Unit.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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