History of Modern Medicine and Biology

Along the thread of the mosquito ovary: apprehending malarias lost and regained

Ann Kelly (University of Oxford).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 17:00-18:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Immune-related cellular niches in the regenerating heart

A light lunch will be provided from 12:30

Dr Filipa Simões Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine - University of Oxford.

VPD-HLRI, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Papworth Road, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0BB.

Thursday 27 February 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine

James Grime, Institute of Continuing Education.

Lightfoot Room, Divinity School, St John's College, Cambridge, CB2 1TP.

Monday 03 March 2025, 19:15-21:00

Early Science and Medicine

Concrescence in Mughal India: astronomical encounters at royal courts

Anuj Misra (Freie Universität Berlin).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Tuesday 04 March 2025, 17:00-18:30

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure - seminar series

Transport and the transmission of plague across settlements in early modern England.​

Charlie Udale and Eric Schneider (LSE)​.

Rm 101, William Hardy Building, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 05 March 2025, 16:00-17:30

History of Modern Medicine and Biology

How TV made 'The Naked Ape'

Miles Kempton (Christ's College).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Tuesday 11 March 2025, 17:00-18:30

Early Science and Medicine

What Descartes's woodblock cutter knew: excavating knowledge from early modern images

Ruth Sargent-Noyes (National Museum of Denmark).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Tuesday 18 March 2025, 17:00-18:30

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure - seminar series

Mortality in the century of apartheid, 1940-1970: spatial and racial inequalities in mortality and doctors during the antibiotic transition.​

Nick Fitzhenry (LSE)​.

Rm 101, William Hardy Building, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 19 March 2025, 16:00-17:30

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 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

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

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