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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Mutational signatures: From bytes to bedside

Professor Serena Nik-Zainal.

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

Thursday 03 April 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Immunology Network Seminar Series

Cambridge Immunology and Medicine Seminar - TBC

Speaker to be confirmed.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 03 April 2025, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Higher Order Transient structures and the principle of dynamic connectivity in membrane signaling

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 - How small molecules rescue a folding disease: principles learned from the ion channel CFTR

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

LMB Seminar - Transmission of Misfolded Proteins in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Common Mechanism of Disease Progression

Virginia Man-Yee Lee, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, University of Pennsylvania.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99931963515?pwd=6FBGl1amJG2tfvl9ycgkErGpbebGw3.1.

Tuesday 08 April 2025, 11:30-12:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Myc in Cancer and Regeneration

Dr Catherine Wilson, Dept of Pharmacology.

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

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

Cambridge Immunology Network Seminar Series

Raphael Mattiuz, Post-doctoral Fellow in Immunobiology, Mount Sinai

Raphael Mattiuz, Post-doctoral Fellow in Immunobiology, Mount Sinai.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

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

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Predicting recurrence of prostate cancer: a Bayesian approach

Roger Sewell.

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF.

Thursday 10 April 2025, 19:15-21:30

Cambridge Immunology Network Seminar Series

Cambridge Immunology and Medicine Seminar - NO TALK

Speaker to be confirmed.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 17 April 2025, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

Dr. Adam Cawte (University of Oxford, UK), Dr. Isaia Barbieri (University of Turin, IT).

Online (Zoom).

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

MRC LMB Seminar Series

César Milstein Lecture: Mechanisms driving the rapid evolution of genomes

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

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

Homologous recombination deficiency in cancer: prevalence, diagnosis and novel targeting approaches

Simon Powell, MSKCC.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 24 April 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology Network Seminar Series

Inflammation in vaccines and infection: it’s (even) more complex than we think

Prof John Tregoning, Professor of Vaccine Immunology at Imperial College London.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 24 April 2025, 16:00-17:00

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

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

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Using Cryo-EM to Understand Evolution

Edward Egelman .

Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 29 April 2025, 12:00-13:00

Parasitology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Host: Ross Waller

Dr Corey Holt, University of Bath.

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

Wednesday 30 April 2025, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Targeted Protein Degradation tools for novel therapeutic strategies in cancer

Dr Catherine Lindon, Dept of Pharmacology.

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

Thursday 01 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Michiel van Elk, Leiden University.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 01 May 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Immunology Network Seminar Series

Self or non-self? Detection of nucleic acids in the endolysosome

Prof. Dr. Veit Hornung, Gene Center Munich.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, MRC LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH .

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

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Post-transcriptional regulations via small molecules targeting RNA-binding proteins

Peng Wu.

Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 06 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Decoding genomic chaos - a pancancer compendium of chromosomal instability

Professor Florian Markowetz, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

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

Thursday 08 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Omid Ebrahimi, University of Oxford.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 08 May 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Immunology Network Seminar Series

“Imaging the Immune System in Tissue Repair”

Professor Paul Kubes, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 08 May 2025, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Danesh Moazed, Harvard University.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 12 May 2025, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian ( Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 12 May 2025, 17:30-19:00

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

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Roberto Bellelli .

Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The two-hit hypothesis and other mathematical models of cancer

Prof Jamie Blundell; Early Cancer Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 15 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Professor Sanneke de Haan, Erasmus School of Philosophy.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 15 May 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Immunology Network Seminar Series

Prof. Jonathan Wilson Yewdell, Senior Investigator Cellular Biology and Viral Immunology Section, NIAID/DIR

Prof. Jonathan W Yewdell, Senior Investigator Cellular Biology Cellular Biology and Viral Immunology Section, The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 15 May 2025, 16:00-17:00

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

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

David Savage, UC Berkeley.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Oncogene-induced senescence and tumour initiation

Prof Masashi Narita, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

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

Thursday 22 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr Rashmi Patel, University of Cambridge.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 22 May 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Immunology Network Seminar Series

Prof. Vincenzo Bronte, Universita di Verona, Italy

Prof. Vincenzo Bronte, Universita di Verona, Italy.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 22 May 2025, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

Dr. Paul Donlin-Asp (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK), Dr. Aikaterini Gatsiou (Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK).

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

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Structures and Strategies for Assembly-Line Biosynthesis of Terpenoid Natural Products

David Christianson .

Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

From lab to clinic: an introduction to translational research

Dr James Jones; Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology .

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

Thursday 29 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Immunology Network Seminar Series

Cambridge Immunology and Medicine Seminar - TBC

Speaker to be confirmed.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 29 May 2025, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Early cancer trials

Dr Simon Pacey, Cambridge University Hospitals, Dept of Oncology.

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

Thursday 05 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr Nikhil Chaudhary, University of Cambridge.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 05 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Immunology Network Seminar Series

Dr Ewan Harrison, Wellcome Sanger Institute

Dr Ewan Harrison, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 05 June 2025, 16:00-17:00

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Gabriel Walksman .

Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 10 June 2025, 12:00-13:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of radiation in cancer care: a spotlight on cancers of the oesophagus, head and neck

Dr Gill Barnett and Dr Christopher Jones, Cambridge University Hospital & Dept of Oncology .

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

Thursday 12 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Professor Barbara Sahakian & Dr Christelle Langley.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 12 June 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

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr Brian Pennie, Trinity College Dublin.

Online via zoom.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

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

Seminars in Cancer

Nixon Niyonzima, Uganda Cancer Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

Dr. Ana Tufegdzic Vidakovic (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, UK), 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

Joachim Frank, Columbia University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94817284457?pwd=6BE30yOK6h4pSm9kS2tZ5wbLbDVk5k.1.

Thursday 26 June 2025, 10:00-11:00

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

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

Dr. Arash Latifkar (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, Cambridge, USA), TBA.

Online (Zoom).

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

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

Alan Brown, Harvard Medical School.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99625598840?pwd=tiFsd5DQ5nqRyGefhp24MlXakfaa9L.1.

Monday 15 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

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

Seminars in Cancer

Professor Ahmed Ahmed, University of Oxford.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 18 September 2025, 13:00-14:00

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

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

All models are wrong and yours are useless: making clinical prediction models impactful for patients

Florian Markowetz, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute.

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 07 October 2025, 19:15-21:30

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

Seminars in Cancer

Steffi Oesterreich, University of Pittsburgh.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 16 October 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Benefits of data openness in a digital world

Sam Gilbert, Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

Venue to be confirmed.

Monday 03 November 2025, 19:00-21:00

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

Seminars in Cancer

Andrea Sottoriva, Human Technopole.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 20 November 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

100 years of educational trials – no significant difference?

Riikka Hofmann, Faculty of Education.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 26 November 2025, 19:15-21:00

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Connecting the False Discovery Rate to shrunk estimates

Nick W Galwey (Former Statistics Leader, Research Statistics, at GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development (Retired)).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF.

Tuesday 03 February 2026, 19:15-21:00