MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: 'Bayesian analysis of diffusion-driven multi-type epidemic models with application to COVID-19'

This will be an online seminar. To register to attend, please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ocO6qrTsiH9V3mlmvd_EOYT1sTBOKOmUZ

Dr Lampros Bouranis, Athens University of Economics and Business.

Online Seminar.

Tuesday 06 June 2023, 14:00-15:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Reconstructing brain evolution, one cell at the time

Dr Maria A Tosches (Columbia University).

Online.

Wednesday 07 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Behavioural and Neural Dynamics of Learning in Social Interaction

Sara De Felice (University College London).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 07 June 2023, 15:00-16:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Biological and Clinical features of high grade serous ovarian cancer

Prof James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute and Cambridge University Hospitals NHSFT.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 08 June 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Virology Seminars

The virome of insect vectors

Dr Ioannis Karakasiliotis. Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 08 June 2023, 12:00-13:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

TLWD scaffold proteins sustain circadian rhythms in Arabidopsis

Dr Eva Herrero Serrano, Department of Plant Sciences.

Online / Plant Sciences LLT for Department members only.

Thursday 08 June 2023, 12:15-13:45

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Antibodies meet the atheroma plaque: perspectives and puzzles

Dr Almudena R Ramiro, CNIC, Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research. Hosted by: Dr Meritxell Nus. .

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

Thursday 08 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Population structure and effects of consanguinity on complex disease in British South Asians

Host - Richard Durbin

Dr Hilary Martin from Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 08 June 2023, 14:00-15:00

Chaucer Club

Human medial temporal theta oscillations in learned fear and schizophrenia

Dan Bush (UCL) .

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

Thursday 08 June 2023, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

JCTS PRESENTATIONS

Rachel Carter, Daisy Johnson, Jack Fawsitt: JCTSs, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

LT2.

Friday 09 June 2023, 08:45-10:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mechanisms and function of de novo DNA methylation in placental development reveals an essential role for DNMT3B

Dr. Courtney Hanna, Department of Physiology, Development and Neurosience.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 09 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Blending Proteins: Democratising Access to Beautiful Molecular Landscapes

Brady Johnston.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93844733292?pwd=RGczZ0szUnVxVUJOb0U5c1AvbWdhdz09.

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

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Developments in neuroscience (TBC)

Professor Jack Price, Institute for Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience. King’s College London.

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

Monday 12 June 2023, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Genomic analyses of the evolution and loss of distyly in Linum reveal convergent evolution at the molecular level

Prof. Tanja Slotte (Stockholm University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Exploring the Analgesic Effect of Social Power on Empathy for Pain

Ekim Luo (University of Cambridge).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 14 June 2023, 15:00-16:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Nutrition and cancer prevention

Prof Martin Wiseman, World Cancer Research Fund International and Visiting Professor in Human Nutrition Southampton University .

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 15 June 2023, 09:30-10:30

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

Title to be confirmed

Nikolaus Rajewsky.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 15 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Crossing the divide: Promoting confidence in contact in a diverse world

Rhiannon Turner (Queen's University Belfast).

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

Thursday 15 June 2023, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: What do we know about (your) antibodies? Novel insights from novel techniques in mass spectrometry

Albert Heck, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92910980652?pwd=U2V6MGFOOU9kbmRnckNaU05HaXl4QT09.

Monday 19 June 2023, 11:00-12:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Synthetic ex utero embryogenesis: from naive pluripotent stem cells to human and mouse bona fide embryo-models

Professor Jacob Hanna, Weizmann Institute, Israel.

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

Tuesday 20 June 2023, 11:00-12:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Kidney cancer: an introduction

Dr James Jones; Cambridge University Hopitals NHSFT.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 22 June 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Mosquito immunity defines flavivirus vector tropism and emergence potential

Dr Kevin Maringer. Pirbright Institute, UK..

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 22 June 2023, 12:00-13:00

Chaucer Club

Recovery from aphasia after stroke – from network to therapy

Dorothee Saur (Max Planck Institute/ U. of Leipzig) .

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

Thursday 22 June 2023, 14:00-15:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The promise of proton therapy in paediatric tumours

Dr Thankamma Ajithkumar, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 29 June 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

The dyslipidemic insult – how APOB-lipoproteins provoke systemic responses

Dr Stephen Malin Karolinska, Institute Department of Medicine, Solna, Sweden. Hosted by Dr Tian Xhao.

Heart and Lung Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 29 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Stephen Bell.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93130142776?pwd=dEhGKzFGTkw2RGI1enhVSGg0Vm1VZz09.

Monday 03 July 2023, 11:00-12:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

TBC

Pau Castel, NYU Langone Health.

CRUK CI.

Tuesday 04 July 2023, 14:00-15:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Early stage cancer clinical trials

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

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 06 July 2023, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Virginia Lee.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98581189338?pwd=U2NxTEo5eTZRUnVLVktWM2huN1R1QT09.

Thursday 06 July 2023, 10:30-11:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Simon Newstead.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94311710455?pwd=N05mNDk4ZXlDZWdUTzVnaHJTQzRWQT09.

Monday 10 July 2023, 11:00-12:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Pancreatic Cancer - the clinical challenge; Why the microenvironment matters during pancreatic cancer progression and treatment

Dr Giulia Biffi, CRUK Cambridge Institute & Dr Bristi Basu, Oncology Dept and Cambridge University Hospitals.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 13 July 2023, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Translating informed consent from persons to data & biospecimens

Jeffrey M Skopek.

Heart and Lung Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

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

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Ron Vale.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96873425169?pwd=b0lIVEhaSUVVcTNEc21SR21EWjVsUT09.

Monday 17 July 2023, 11:00-12:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Paediatric malignancies

Dr Amos Burke Clinical Consultant, Dept of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology & Palliative Care.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 20 July 2023, 09:30-10:30

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

TBC

Jette Lengefeld, Univeristy of Helsinki.

CRUK CI.

Monday 31 July 2023, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Mikhail Shapiro.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94069360553?pwd=djJlT09ZOTlENzNJVzRYVnp6WWVZQT09.

Tuesday 12 September 2023, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Hiroaki Suga.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94524239870?pwd=RjN1ZXhCZzNaaE1jWkdCcFgwbUFpZz0.

Monday 18 September 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

Serena Nik-Zainal.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 18 September 2023, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr Dunja Aksentijevic, Reader in Cardiovascular Physiology and Metabolism, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London. Hosted by: Dr Xuan Li..

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

Thursday 21 September 2023, 13:00-14:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

TBC

Madeline Lancaster, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

CRUK CI.

Monday 25 September 2023, 14:00-15:00

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 05 October 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - John Welch

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Erik Clark

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

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

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

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Evaluation of the association between myoclonus and cervical intervertebral disc disease in dogsPresent a Friday morning seminar? 14:45 69 KB

Ana Martinez Loro, 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

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

Title to be confirmed

Host - Charlotte Houldcroft

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

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

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

Title to be confirmed

Karen Vousden.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 16 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Francesco Nicola Carelli

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

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

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ben Steventon

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

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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