British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Ocean dynamics in the Ross Ice Shelf cavity from in situ observations

Yingpu Xiahou, University of Auckland.

BAS Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 23 April 2025, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

César Milstein Lecture: Mechanisms driving the rapid evolution of genomes

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

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

Homologous recombination deficiency in cancer: prevalence, diagnosis and novel targeting approaches

Simon Powell, MSKCC.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 24 April 2025, 13:00-14:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Stereo-photogrammetry of reef manta rays: insights into aggregation, maturity, and sexual dimorphism

Niv Froman, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 25 April 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

The global epidemiology of Streptococcus canis identifies genomic features of host adaptation, virulence and antimicrobial resistance

Muriel Dresen, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 25 April 2025, 08:45-10:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Echoes of the Embryo: A stem cell model of human gastrulation and post-gastrulation lineage emergence

Jitesh Neupane.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 25 April 2025, 13:00-14:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

Oliver Hantschel, University of Marburg.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 28 April 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Malaria Mosquito Genomics Across Africa

Dr Mara Lawniczak, Senior Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

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

Monday 28 April 2025, 19:30-21:00

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

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Common atoms mixture models in some biostatistical inference problems"

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/4uUskN5ZQjaJzckpMbxQ1Q

Prof Peter Mueller, University of Texas.

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

Tuesday 29 April 2025, 14:00-15:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Investigating complex dependence structures using Bayesian mixture modelling"

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/7PLSTFN7QM6iUvdzQaegEw

Dr Michail Papathomas, University of St Andrews.

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

Tuesday 29 April 2025, 15:15-16:15

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Leor Zmigrod (University of Cambridge).

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

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

Parasitology Seminars

Adding Biology to Barcodes: Tackling the Hidden Diversity of the Marine Alveolates

Host: Ross Waller

Dr Corey Holt, University of Bath.

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

Wednesday 30 April 2025, 16:00-17:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Targeted Protein Degradation tools for novel therapeutic strategies in cancer

Dr Catherine Lindon, Dept of Pharmacology.

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

Thursday 01 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

What’s the DVM Research Admin Team Up To? Grants, Culture, Impact & New Collaborations!

Margarida Rodrigue, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 02 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

A novel approach to the maxillary nerve: The Palatine Technique

Iliana Antonopoulou , Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 02 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coordination of Protrusions in Migrating Immune Cells

Michael Sixt.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 02 May 2025, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

BAS Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 07 May 2025, 14:00-15:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Lee McIntyre (Boston University).

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

Wednesday 07 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Decoding genomic chaos - a pancancer compendium of chromosomal instability

Professor Florian Markowetz, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

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

Thursday 08 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Grand Rounds - Oncology

tbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 09 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Normalisation, adaptation, and the balance of excitation and inhibition

Yashar Ahmadian, Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin-Huxley Seminar Room.

Monday 12 May 2025, 16:15-18:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Bioelectronic Medicine

Professor George Malliaras FRS, Prince Philip Professor of Technology, Department of Engineering, Cambridge University.

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

Monday 12 May 2025, 19:30-21:00

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).

Online.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The two-hit hypothesis and other mathematical models of cancer

Prof Jamie Blundell; Early Cancer Institute.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 15 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Leishmaniasis in Colombia: A Host-Pathogen Interaction Perspective.

Julieth Murillo Silva, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 16 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Mapping germinal center responses after monovalent vaccination in individuals with distinct dengue immune histories

Kelsey Lowman, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 16 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Motility and matrix remodelling coupling drive early avian morphogenesis

Lakshmi Balasubramaniam.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 16 May 2025, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Blueprints of Life: Understanding the Sex Chromosomes

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

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

David Savage, UC Berkeley.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 19 May 2025, 12:30-13:30

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Title to be confirmed

Elisavet Baltas, University of Cambridge.

BAS Seminar Room 330b.

Wednesday 21 May 2025, 14:30-15:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Oncogene-induced senescence and tumour initiation

Prof Masashi Narita, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

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

Thursday 22 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

Dr. Paul Donlin-Asp (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK), Dr. Aikaterini Gatsiou (Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK).

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

Thursday 22 May 2025, 17:00-19:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

JCTS Presentations

tbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 23 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Decoding the Notch Signal

Sarah Bray.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 23 May 2025, 13:00-14:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

From lab to clinic: an introduction to translational research

Dr James Jones; Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology .

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

Thursday 29 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

JCTS Presentations

tbc, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 30 May 2025, 08:45-10:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

BAS Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 04 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Early cancer trials

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

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

Thursday 05 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Advanced imaging of the feline biliary tract.

Abigail Caine, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 06 June 2025, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Canine Myasthenia Gravis: Insights from 167 cases and the need for better diagnostics

An Vanhaesebrouck, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

LT2.

Friday 06 June 2025, 08:45-10:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of radiation in cancer care: a spotlight on cancers of the oesophagus, head and neck

Dr Gill Barnett and Dr Christopher Jones, Cambridge University Hospital & Dept of Oncology .

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

Thursday 12 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

Shohei Koide, NYU Langone Health.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 16 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

An Introduction to The Alan Turing Institute, the National Institute for Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence

Professor Mark Girolami, Chief Scientist, The Alan Turing Institute; RAE Research Chair in Data Centric Engineering, Cambridge University Engineering Department.

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

Monday 16 June 2025, 19:30-21:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

BAS Seminar Room 1.

Wednesday 18 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title TBC: lung cancer

Dr Huiqi Yang and Dr Nicola Thompson, Cambridge University Hopitals Trust.

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

Thursday 19 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title TBC: lung cancer

Dr Huiqi Yang and Dr Nicola Thompson, Cambridge University Hopitals Trust.

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

Thursday 19 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

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

Seminars in Cancer

Nixon Niyonzima, Uganda Cancer Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - IN PERSON

Dr. Ana Tufegdzic Vidakovic (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, UK), TBA.

Perham Seminar Room - Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building.

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

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Chromatin remodelling and cell fate plasticity during neuronal maturation

Tony Southall.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 20 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Transmissable cancers

Prof Elizabeth Murchison, Department of Veterinary Medicine. .

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

Thursday 26 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Joachim Frank, Columbia University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94817284457?pwd=6BE30yOK6h4pSm9kS2tZ5wbLbDVk5k.1.

Thursday 26 June 2025, 10:00-11:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

TBA

Vicky Metzis.

Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.

Friday 27 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The promise of proton therapy in Paediatric tumours

Dr Thankamma Ajithkumar, Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology. .

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

Thursday 03 July 2025, 09:30-10:30

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 Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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

Dr Bristi Basu, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT and Dept of Oncology; Dr Gianluca Mucciolo CRUK Cambridge Institute (Biffi Lab).

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

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

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

Cambridge Fly Meetings

Title to be confirmed

Shuangxi Li; Carmen Santa Cruz Mateos.

in person at Gurdon Institute.

Wednesday 16 July 2025, 16:00-17:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

A scientists guide to the art of radiation therapy and Neurosurgery for the oncologist

Dr Raj Jena and Mr Adel Helmy; Cambridge University Hospitals; Departments of Oncology/ Clinical Nuroscience.

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

Thursday 17 July 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge RNA Club

Cambridge RNA Club - ONLINE

Dr. Arash Latifkar (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, Cambridge, USA), TBA.

Online (Zoom).

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Patenting, translating & commercialising research

Prof Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Cancer Institute and Dept of Oncology.

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

Thursday 24 July 2025, 09:30-10:30

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

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Alan Brown, Harvard Medical School.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99625598840?pwd=tiFsd5DQ5nqRyGefhp24MlXakfaa9L.1.

Monday 15 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.

Wednesday 17 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

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

Seminars in Cancer

Professor Ahmed Ahmed, University of Oxford.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 18 September 2025, 13:00-14:00

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

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99006584805?pwd=yFgF0P1zMvOJEKkOES4eNPpntaUodk.1.

Monday 13 October 2025, 11:00-12:00

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

Seminars in Cancer

Steffi Oesterreich, University of Pittsburgh.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 16 October 2025, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

David Klenerman, 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/94171771196?pwd=LbKuOThopk72DktYw3WJWcjBOGlKgG.1.

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

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

Seminars in Cancer

Andrea Sottoriva, Human Technopole.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 20 November 2025, 13:00-14:00