British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

The compounding impacts of Sea-Ice Deficits: A Global Perspective

Petra Heil, Australian Antarctic Division / University of Tasmania.

BAS Seminar Room 1; https://ukri.zoom.us/j/93901016357.

Tuesday 07 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

Computational Neuroscience

Evaluating dynamical systems hypotheses for pattern generation in motor cortex

Lea Duncker, Columbia.

CBL Seminar Room, Engineering Department, 4th floor Baker building.

Tuesday 07 January 2025, 15:00-16:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology & Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

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

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

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Title to be confirmed

Katherine Turner (British Antarctic Survey).

BAS Seminar Room 1; .

Wednesday 15 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Hh signalling and the anti-tumour immune response: biology and new treatment opportunities

Dr Maike de La Roche, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute .

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

Thursday 16 January 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

TBA.

Online (Zoom).

Thursday 16 January 2025, 17:00-19:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy

Prof Rahul Roychoudhuri, Dept of Pathology.

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

Thursday 23 January 2025, 09:30-10:30

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

Telomere to mitochondria signaling prevents age-associated cancer initiation

Jan Karlseder, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Transforming Precision Healthcare

Host - Cahir O'Kane

Professor Sir Mark Caulfield, Vice Principal for Health, Queen Mary University of London and Director of the NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre.

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Insect Conservation: conserving the little things that run the world

Ed Turner, Professor of Insect Ecology and Curator of Insects, Cambridge Museum of Zoology.

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

Thursday 23 January 2025, 18:45-20:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - The immune system of bacteria - IN PERSON ONLY

Rotem Sorek, Weizmann Institute of Science.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) .

Monday 27 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR lecture: Electric Jet Engines and Cricket Ball Swing

Dr Sam Grimshaw, The Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

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

Monday 27 January 2025, 19:30-21:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Modelling sea ice dynamics using brittle dynamics: impact in pack ice and marginal ice zones

Guillaume Boutin (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center).

BAS Seminar Room 1; .

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Helen Margetts (University of Oxford).

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

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Steroid hormone regulation of cancer immunity

Dr Bidesh Mahata, Dept of Pathology.

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

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

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Muzlifah Haniffa, Sanger Institute.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Is the bacterial accessory genome adaptive?

Host - Kate Baker

Dr John Lees from EMBL – EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Marine World

Frances Dipper.

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

Thursday 30 January 2025, 18:45-20:00

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Andela Saric.

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

Tuesday 04 February 2025, 12:00-13:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Karen Douglas (University of Kent).

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

Wednesday 05 February 2025, 15:00-16:00

Genetics Seminar

Drosophila in context: evolution, toxins, and behaviour

Host - Erik Clark

Dr Justin Crocker from EMBL Heidelberg .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 06 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Alice Hibbert-Ware: Nature Study and the Little Owl Food Enquiry (1936-7)

Max Long.

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

Thursday 06 February 2025, 18:45-20:00

Computational Neuroscience

Modelling C. elegans pharynx

Dana Sherman, Weizmann.

CBL Seminar Room, Engineering Department, 4th floor Baker building.

Friday 07 February 2025, 11:00-11:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Maria Grazia Spillantini, University of Cambridge, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98728840077?pwd=Z0MZ2xWLsyUC6fI31cIklaUbSYALwy.1.

Monday 10 February 2025, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR lecture: Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation

Professor Sander L. van der Linden, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge.

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

Monday 10 February 2025, 19:30-21:00

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Serge Mostowy.

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

Tuesday 11 February 2025, 12:00-13:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Frontiers in paediatric cancer research

Prof Suzanne Turner; Dept of Pathology.

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

Thursday 13 February 2025, 09:30-10:30

Genetics Seminar

Embryo-scale reverse genetics at single cell resolution reveals lineage-specific modules underlying cranial development

Host - Ben Steventon

Professor Lauren Saunders from Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University .

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 13 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Squirrels of the British Isles: Red, Grey, and Black!

Helen McRobie, Anglia Ruskin University.

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

Thursday 13 February 2025, 18:45-20:00

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Urs Jenal.

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

Tuesday 18 February 2025, 12:00-13:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Almog Simchon (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev).

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

Wednesday 19 February 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of transcription factors in cancer

Prof Jason Carroll, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

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

Thursday 20 February 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 20 February 2025, 17:00-19:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Great Fen: progress on the peat

Henry Stanier, Monitoring & Research Officer at the BCN Wildlife Trust.

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

Thursday 20 February 2025, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR lecture: The Road to Zero Carbon Cement

Dr. Cyrille Dunant, Cambridge University Engineering Department.

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

Monday 24 February 2025, 19:30-21:00

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Irma Querques.

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

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

CNHS Field Studies 2024

Duncan Mackay and Jonathan Shanklin.

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

Thursday 27 February 2025, 18:45-20:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Ian Gilmore, National Physical Laboratory.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92454273602?pwd=kKpRjV53ALrNtk3FXYDG1jqaNTjGa4.1.

Monday 03 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Paul Lohmann (University of Cambridge).

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

Wednesday 05 March 2025, 15:00-16:00

Genetics Seminar

21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the academic community: how science is manipulated to promote political ideology

Host - Aylwyn Scally

Professor Rebecca Sear from Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University.

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

History of Forests

Charles Turner.

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

Thursday 06 March 2025, 18:45-20:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Simonetta Gribaldo, Intstitut Pasteur.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93131890304?pwd=5wJQaRCpTeWdDhK0bgmfZrXu2qFmLY.1.

Monday 10 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR lecture: Intelligent manufacturing - TBC

Professor Sebastian Pattinson, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.

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

Monday 10 March 2025, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Cambridgeshire Bird Club - 1925 to 2025: a century of bird watching

Bob Jarman.

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

Thursday 13 March 2025, 18:45-20:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture

Alex Joyner, Sloan Kettering Institute.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 18 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - The DNA Quadruplex Helix

Shankar Balasubramaniam, University of Cambridge.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93702571246?pwd=I6zsi0w8N5XcKg2gu0bac58rcyTfba.1.

Wednesday 19 March 2025, 10:00-11:00

Parasitology Seminars

Structure-function studies of essential mitochondrial complexes of apicomplexan parasites

Lilach Sheiner, University of Glasgow.

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

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

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 20 March 2025, 17:00-19:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual General Meeting 2025

The President and Officers.

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

Thursday 20 March 2025, 18:45-19:10

Cambridge Natural History Society

Natural Materials for Musical Instruments

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

Jim Woodhouse, CNHS President; Emeritus Professor of Structural Dynamics.

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

Thursday 20 March 2025, 19:15-20:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Max Perutz Lecture 2025: Title TBC

Reinhard Lührmann, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91444589642?pwd=jnwAAhDSdpwbVU89ouG9RenIhuXRDL.1.

Monday 24 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

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

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

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 - Title TBC

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

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

TBA.

Online (Zoom).

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

MRC LMB Seminar Series

César Milstein Lecture 2025: Title TBC

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

MRC LMB Seminar Series

John Kendrew Lecture 2025: Title TBC

Elena Conti - Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92203736389?pwd=68nPyr7JP1gZrsR4lgJKm1ad4idxyx.1.

Monday 28 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

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

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Leor Zmigrod (University of Cambridge).

Online.

Wednesday 30 April 2025, 15:00-16:00

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

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Matthew Goldberg (Yale University).

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

Wednesday 14 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

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

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

TBA.

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

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Rakoen Maertens (University of Oxford).

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

Wednesday 28 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

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

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

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

Francis Crick Lecture 2025: Title TBC

Aviv Regev - Broad Institute MIT and Head of Genentech R&ED.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97187916144?pwd=lyPZ8ArbWHGtSPaNeM8T8Oqg157RF1.1.

Thursday 18 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

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