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This is a superlist combining all talks (from those lists on talks.cam) of interest to researchers in the School of Biological Sciences as well as the Clinical School. It also includes some occasional talks from other departments which have a strong Biological, Biochemical, Biophysics or Biomedical interest. This list is syndicated elsewhere within the University.

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93 upcoming talks and 12595 talks in the archive: show first 500.

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Brainwide sequences of neural activity

UserMatteo Carandini, University College London.

HousePhysiology Lecture Theatre.

ClockMonday 16 February 2026, 16:15-18:00

ARClub Talks

The genetic architecture of autism: from medicine to neurodiversity

UserProf. Thomas Bourgeron, Université Paris Cité, Institut Pasteur, .

House https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81286610099?pwd=HsKTIo1MzZ7eEOJUaVYrEBbCvSSW1g.1.

ClockWednesday 18 February 2026, 11:30-12:30

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Polar Oceans Seminar Talk

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseBAS Seminar Room 1.

ClockWednesday 18 February 2026, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Polar Oceans Seminar Talk

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseBAS Seminar Room 1.

ClockWednesday 18 February 2026, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Identifying novel antimicrobial resistance variants in Klebsiella pneumoniae

UserKristina Kordova, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

HouseLT2.

ClockFriday 20 February 2026, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

UserNiamh Casey, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

HouseLT2.

ClockFriday 20 February 2026, 08:45-10:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

The role of Selenoprotein O in mitochondrial signaling

UserAnju Sreelatha Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research.

HouseCRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

ClockMonday 23 February 2026, 12:30-13:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

The emergence of perception through subcortico-cortical loops

UserLivia de Hoz, University of Cambridge.

HouseHodgkin-Huxley Seminar Room.

ClockMonday 23 February 2026, 16:15-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR lecture: Finding common ground

UserProfessor Ruchi Choudhary, Professor of Digital Civil Engineering, Dept. of Engineering, Cambridge University.

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

ClockMonday 23 February 2026, 19:30-21:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Algorithm-mediated social learning

UserWilliam Brady (Northwestern University).

HouseOnline.

ClockWednesday 25 February 2026, 15:00-16:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Machine learning: applications to cancer

UserDr Mireia Crispin Ortuzar, Early Cancer Institute and Department of Oncology.

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

ClockThursday 26 February 2026, 09:30-10:30

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

Seminars in Cancer

UserAshani T. Weeraratna, PhD, John Hopkins.

HouseCRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

ClockThursday 26 February 2026, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "New Bayesian methods and tools to address health challenges"

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend remotely, please click here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/7KTIPoNBSVuPXcFtZh8MiQ

UserDr Raiha Browning, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.

HouseLarge Downstairs Teaching Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site Robinson Way Cambridge CB2 0SR..

ClockThursday 26 February 2026, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

UserEmma Mitchell (NEB, sponsor), Magdalena Crossley (PI, CRUK, Cambridge, UK).

HousePerham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

ClockThursday 26 February 2026, 16:30-18:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

UserEmma Mitchell (NEB, sponsor), Magdalena Crossley (PI, CRUK, Cambridge, UK).

HousePerham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

ClockThursday 26 February 2026, 16:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

To divide or differentiate, that is the question

UserAnna Philpott, Department of Oncology and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

HouseBiffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

ClockFriday 27 February 2026, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Polar Oceans Seminar Talk

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseBAS Seminar Room 1.

ClockWednesday 04 March 2026, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Viruses: from within-host evolution to global pandemics

Host - Charlotte Houldcroft

UserProfessor Katrina Lythgoe from Department of Biology, University of Oxford.

HouseBiffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

ClockThursday 05 March 2026, 13:00-14:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds - Neurology

UserPaul Freeman Department of Veterinary Medicine.

HouseLT2.

ClockFriday 06 March 2026, 08:45-10:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

UserManon Revel (Google DeepMind).

HouseOnline.

ClockWednesday 11 March 2026, 15:00-16:00

Genetics Seminar

Remodelling the septin cytoskeleton for cytokinesis in budding yeast

Host - Marco Geymonat

UserDr Simonetta Piatti from Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier.

HouseBiffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

ClockThursday 12 March 2026, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

UserStella He, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

HouseLT2.

ClockFriday 13 March 2026, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

UserDorothy Hadju, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

HouseLT2.

ClockFriday 13 March 2026, 08:45-10:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Polar Oceans Seminar Talk

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseBAS Seminar Room 1.

ClockWednesday 18 March 2026, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

History of Natural History: Contributions from some Cambridge scientific giants of the 19th century

Please note the start time, being after the AGM, is approximate.

UserCNHS President and a former President of Cambridge Philosophical Society.

HouseMain Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

ClockThursday 19 March 2026, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

UserGuillermo Parada Gonzalez (Postdoc, Crick Institute and KCL, London, UK), Eleni Liapi (Postdoc, Aarhus University, DK).

HousePerham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

ClockThursday 26 March 2026, 16:30-18:30

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Polar Oceans Seminar Talk

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseBAS Seminar Room 1.

ClockWednesday 01 April 2026, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Polar Oceans Seminar Talk

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseBAS Seminar Room 1.

ClockWednesday 15 April 2026, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds - Neurology

Usertbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

HouseLT2.

ClockFriday 17 April 2026, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

UserGeorgina Harris and Ellen Schofield, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

HouseLT2.

ClockFriday 24 April 2026, 08:45-10:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

UserClemens Plaschka, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna.

HouseIn person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link .

ClockMonday 27 April 2026, 11:00-12:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Polar Oceans Seminar Talk

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseBAS Seminar Room 1.

ClockWednesday 29 April 2026, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ben Steventon

UserProfessor Rebecca Heald, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley.

HouseBiffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

ClockThursday 30 April 2026, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

UserRòża Przanowska (Postdoc, UVirginia), Zhipeng Lu (PI, USC).

HouseOnline (Zoom).

ClockThursday 30 April 2026, 16:30-18:30

Cambridge Fly Meetings

Title to be confirmed

UserKatja Roeper and Nadine Muschalik.

Housein person at Gurdon Institute.

ClockWednesday 06 May 2026, 16:00-17:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds - Oncology

Usertbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

HouseLT2.

ClockFriday 08 May 2026, 08:45-10:00

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

Seminars in Cancer

UserFrancisco X. Real, CNIO, Madrid.

HouseCRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

ClockThursday 14 May 2026, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Hosts – Alex Cagan, Elena Scarpa and Ben Steventon

UserProfessor Richard White from Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford.

HouseBiffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

ClockThursday 14 May 2026, 14:00-15:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

JCTS Presentations

Usertbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

HouseLT2.

ClockFriday 15 May 2026, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

JCTS Presentations

Usertbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

HouseLT2.

ClockFriday 22 May 2026, 08:45-10:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

UserMiguel Aracena Velazquez (PhD student, UYork), Pedro Madrigal (Project Leader, EMBL EBI).

HousePerham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

ClockThursday 28 May 2026, 16:30-18:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds - Equine

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

HouseLT2.

ClockFriday 12 June 2026, 08:45-10:00

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

Seminars in Cancer

UserTyler Jacks, PhD, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

HouseCRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

ClockThursday 18 June 2026, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

UserNida Ali (Postdoc, UCambridge, UK), TBD (Novogene, Sponsor).

HousePerham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

ClockThursday 25 June 2026, 16:30-18:30

Cambridge Fly Meetings

Title to be confirmed

UserSpeaker to be confirmed.

Housein person at Gurdon Institute.

ClockWednesday 08 July 2026, 16:00-17:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

UserSung Chul Kwon (PI, UHong Kong), TBD .

HouseOnline (Zoom).

ClockThursday 16 July 2026, 16:30-18:30

Cambridge Fly Meetings

Title to be confirmed

UserMarta Zlatic.

Housein person at Gurdon Institute.

ClockWednesday 07 October 2026, 16:00-17:30

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