British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Investigating the impact of glacial retreat upon iron and macronutrient cycling along the West Antarctic Peninsula

Rhiannon Jones, University of Southampton.

BAS Seminar Room 2; https://ukri.zoom.us/j/94865119404.

Wednesday 27 September 2023, 13:00-14:00

Craik Club

A new approach to understanding eye design

Professor Simon Laughlin (Department of Zoology, Cambridge).

Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site.

Monday 02 October 2023, 13:00-14:00

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

How cilia signal

Please note this seminar is on a Monday

Jeremy Reiter, UCSF.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 02 October 2023, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: 'Some advances and applications of robust gradient-based Markov chain Monte Carlo'

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsdOypqTwrH9LeiEEIL8dXxO_IpOC8lVMS

Sam Livingstone, University College London.

MRC Biostatistics Unit, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site Robinson Way Cambridge CB2 0SR..

Tuesday 03 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

Parasitology Seminars

The Burden of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Nigeria, Control Efforts and the Need for Research Collaboration

Professor Olaoluwa Pheabian Akinwale - Nigerian Institute of Medical Research.

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

Wednesday 04 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Challenges and solutions in identifying the genes responsible for local adaptation

Host - John Welch

Professor Michael Whitlock from Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 05 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

Chaucer Club

Importance of studying cognitive ageing in everyday life: Findings from diary studies of everyday memory failures

Lia Kvavilashvili (U. of Hertfordshire) .

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

Thursday 05 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds

Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 06 October 2023, 08:45-10:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

How Best to Explore Chemical Space for Bioactive Molecular Discovery

Prof Adam Nelson.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 09 October 2023, 18:00-19:30

Bradford Hill Seminars

Bradford Hill seminar - Tweeting through the storm: how to use social media during a pandemic

Meaghan Kall, UK Health Security Agency.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site Robinson Way Cambridge CB2 0SR..

Wednesday 11 October 2023, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

When language typology meets dementia

Boon Lead Tee (UCSF) .

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

Thursday 12 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Evaluation of the association between myoclonus and cervical intervertebral disc disease in dogs

Ana Loro, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 13 October 2023, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

The reciprocate interaction between gut microbiome and parasite eggs

Klara Stark, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 13 October 2023, 08:45-10:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Regulation of mRNA translation and decay

David Bartel, Whitehead Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 16 October 2023, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Eric Miska, Department of Biochemistry.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 16 October 2023, 17:30-19:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Understanding cellular oxygen sensing mechanisms: adventures of a physician in discovery science.

Sir Peter Ratcliffe.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 16 October 2023, 18:00-19:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Title to be confirmed

Sir Peter Ratcliffe.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 16 October 2023, 18:00-19:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Our first choices: decoding cellular signals during developmental transitions

Silvia Santos, Francis Crick Institute.

Wellcome Trust /CRUK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB21QN.

Tuesday 17 October 2023, 11:30-12:30

Genetics Seminar

Using synthetic biology to understand pattern-forming gene regulatory networks and their evolution

Host - Erik Clark

Professor Yolanda Schaerli from Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 19 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

Chaucer Club

How does the brain generate movement? A neural population view

Juan Alvaro Gallego (Imperial College).

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

Thursday 19 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Participatory development of a drinking water testing system

Dr Alicja Dabrowska & Dr George Lewis, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 20 October 2023, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Midline shift diagnosed on brain MRI is a prognostic factor for survival time in dogs with structural brain disease

Bethany Guy, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 20 October 2023, 08:45-10:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

TBC

Fernando Santini, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

CRUK CI.

Monday 23 October 2023, 14:00-15:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Autophagy, a guardian against neurodegeneration

Prof David Rubinsztein.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 23 October 2023, 18:00-19:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Is NHST a QRP?

Null Hypothesis Significance Testing should, in some scientific fields, be regarded as a questionable research practice perpetrated by the scientific community as a whole.

Professor Alexander Bird.

Heart and Lung Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 26 October 2023, 13:00-14:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds

Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 27 October 2023, 08:45-10:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Kendrew Lecture 2023: Title TBC

Wolfgang Baumeister.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98196424925?pwd=a0V2Z1FOYU5UZFgreHp1ckQ4Z2UyUT09.

Monday 30 October 2023, 11:00-12:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 30 October 2023, 18:00-19:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Social prescribing - beyond pills

Professor Sir Sam Everington, Bromley by Bow Health Partnership, Tower Hamlets.

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

Monday 30 October 2023, 19:30-21:00

Parasitology Seminars

TBC

Prof Alex Rowe (University of Edinburgh).

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

Wednesday 01 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

Chaucer Club

Flexible human behaviour may be underpinned by flexible neural codes. A flexible code can rapidly change its mapping between stimuli and evoked neural activity patterns

Sanjay Manohar (U. of Oxford).

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

Thursday 02 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Did a body temperature change cause expansion of innate immunity in mammals comparing to birds?

Xiner (Stella) He, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 03 November 2023, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

The role of SARS-CoV-2 Membrane and Envelope proteins in protective immunity to COVID-19

Dan Egan, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 03 November 2023, 08:45-10:00

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

First in human evaluation of CDK9 inhibition with KB-0742 in solid tumors

Please note this seminar is on a Monday

Richard Cutler PhD, Kronos Bio, Inc..

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 06 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Motor Augmentation: The Brain's Journey Beyond Biological Boundaries

Dr Tamar Makin.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 06 November 2023, 18:00-19:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Jeff Kelly.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94698100541?pwd=L0RIZUcvY0dvYjhaRW5VU0pXNThKUT09.

Tuesday 07 November 2023, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Tracking pathogens in space and time: something old, something new

Host - Charlotte Houldcroft

Dr Lucy van Dorp from UCL Genetics Institute, University College London .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 09 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

Chaucer Club

Neural mechanisms of domain-general inhibitory control

Jan Wessel (U. of Iowa) (Joint Chaucer-Zangwill talk) .

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

Thursday 09 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Discovery of potent broadly neutralizing antibodies against dengue virus using a targeted E dimer probe

Kelsey Lowman, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 10 November 2023, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

Cleo Price, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 10 November 2023, 08:45-10:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

The Large Hadron Collider, a marvel of technology

Dr Lyn Evans CBE, CERN.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 13 November 2023, 18:00-19:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

The genetics of epigenetics: understanding H3K9me in C. elegans muscle development

Susan Gasser, Fondation ISREC.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 14 November 2023, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Single-molecule and single-cell epigenetics: Decoding the epigenome for cancer research and diagnostics

Efrat Shema, Weizmann Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 14 November 2023, 17:30-19:00

Genetics Seminar

The evolution of organs and cell types.

Host - Francesco Nicola Carelli

Dr Margarida Cardoso Moreira from The Francis Crick Institute, London .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 16 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

Chaucer Club

Joint Hypermobility: insights from bench to bedside

Jessica Eccles (Brighton and Sussex Medical School).

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

Thursday 16 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

JCTS Presentations

Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 17 November 2023, 08:45-10:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Perutz Lecture 2023: Title TBC

Paola Picotti.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96403558268?pwd=YTBCSjlndzJxVms0ZytFczZDd3RtZz09.

Monday 20 November 2023, 11:00-12:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Please note this seminar is on a Monday

Karen Vousden.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 20 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Short Cuts

Prof Ian Fleming.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 20 November 2023, 18:00-19:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Short Cuts

Prof Ian Fleming.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 20 November 2023, 18:00-19:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Short Cuts

Prof Ian Fleming.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 20 November 2023, 18:00-19:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ben Steventon

Professor Nancy Papolopulu, School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 23 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Cognitive-computational mechanisms in psychotherapy

Quentin Huys (UCL).

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

Thursday 23 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

JCTS Presentations

Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 24 November 2023, 08:45-10:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Crick Lecture 2023: TBC

Jill Banfield.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96751041497?pwd=SDgyU1NMdjFVdENscUZqams4Z1RWUT09 .

Monday 27 November 2023, 11:00-12:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

TBC

Erwin Schoof, Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

CRUK CI.

Monday 27 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

When the Quantum World Breaks Through and Resistance Becomes Quantized

Sir Michael Pepper FREng FRS - Emeritus Professor of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 27 November 2023, 18:00-19:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture: Coordination of cell states and tissue architecture by mechanical forces

Sara Wickström, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster.

Wellcome Trust /CRUK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB21QN.

Tuesday 28 November 2023, 10:30-11:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Single-molecule approaches to exploring a nanomotor dysfunction; Impaired motor function as a trigger to pathological cardiac remodeling in cardiomyopathy

Dr. Mamta Amrute.

Heart and Lung Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 30 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Disruptive behaviour disorders: The poor cousin of children and young people’s mental health research

Essi Viding (UCL) .

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

Thursday 30 November 2023, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Mark Howarth.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/95625236862?pwd=NGttT1d6ay9SWFRqUHMvRWNPdDhyZz09.

Monday 04 December 2023, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Maria Grazia Spillantini.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92958233734?pwd=eDI1dkNlTFNQc2lxUVV4S2JHRlFmZz09.

Monday 11 December 2023, 11:00-12:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

TBC

John Brognard, NIH | NCI.

CRUK CI.

Monday 11 December 2023, 14:00-15:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Xin Chen, Johns Hopkins University.

Wellcome Trust /CRUK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB21QN.

Tuesday 12 December 2023, 00:00-00:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 14 December 2023, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Prisca Liberali.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97161414783?pwd=UEhEZUdDSVVLbDU0Q2lPdFhPQ3M2UT09.

Monday 15 January 2024, 11:00-12:00

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

Title to be confirmed

George Vassiliou, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 25 January 2024, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ben Steventon

Dr Helen Matthews from School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 25 January 2024, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Ben Lehner.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96896374524?pwd=VFJYbkZmRlZQREJ6a1QwelRSdEZwdz09.

Monday 29 January 2024, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ritwick Sawarkar

Dr Nicola Iovino from Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 01 February 2024, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Matthieu Piel.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96572384351?pwd=MkJzbE1qM2dGd0ZSTi9hTmV0elZ5dz09 .

Monday 05 February 2024, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Steve Russell

Dr Maria Abad from Altos Labs, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 08 February 2024, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Cahir O'Kane

Professor Marc Freeman from The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, USA.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 15 February 2024, 15:00-16:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Erik Clark

Professor Shelby Blythe from Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, USA .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 29 February 2024, 15:00-16:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Charlotte Houldcroft

Professor Martin Sikora from Section for Geogenetics, University of Copenhagen .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 07 March 2024, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Jenny Hinshaw.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98964505344?pwd=T3VtMDE2aUpXTGRLNCtwU3RnNEdHdz09.

Monday 25 March 2024, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Crick Lecture 2024: TBC

Silvia Arber.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97648518778?pwd=TXNvMUg5UW1XRU5abHFHYUlYeUllUT09.

Monday 15 April 2024, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Frank Jiggins

Dr Mara Lawnikzak from Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 25 April 2024, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host – Richard Durbin

Professor Ben Lehner from Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 02 May 2024, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Felipe Karam Teixeira

Professor Amanda Amodeo from Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 09 May 2024, 14:00-15:00