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

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

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Order, Disorder, Flexibility, Function

Prof Andrew Goodwin.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 26 November 2024, 18:00-19:30

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

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

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

With a Little Help from My Friends: New Ways of Seeing Electrochemistry

Prof Patrick Unwin.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 03 December 2024, 18:00-19:30

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

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 tbc and Zoom.

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

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Kate Baker

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

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

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Erik Clark

Dr Justin Crocker from EMBL Heidelberg .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc 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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ben Steventon

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

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

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

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

Darwin College Lecture Series

Wayfinding through the Human Genome

Professor Keolu Fox, University of California, San Diego.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Aylwyn Scally

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

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

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

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