Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Generative machine learning to model cellular perturbations

Mohammad Lotfollahi.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 24 February 2025, 12:30-13:30

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

BroadCASTing DNA in bacteria: Mechanisms of CRISPR-associated transposons

Irma Querques.

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

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

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Culinary chemistry: Exploring the science of baking with Josh Smalley

Dr Josh Smalley.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 18:00-19:30

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Digital Money and Decentralised Finance

Professor Frank Stajano and Dr Ferdinando Samaria - Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge..

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 26 February 2025, 15:05-15:55

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Systems immunology and variation in the human immune system

Professor Adrian Liston.

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

Thursday 27 February 2025, 09:30-10:30

RSE Seminars

The Rise of Self-Driving Labs: Automation of Scientific Workflows with Agentic Artificial Intelligence

Boris Bolliet - Cavendish Laboratory & Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge.

West 2, West Hub.

Thursday 27 February 2025, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Why do some people remain cognitively able in old age? Investigating Cognitive Reserve in the CamCAN sample

Rik Henson (MRC CBU U.of Cambridge).

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

Thursday 27 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

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

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Plasmonic and Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

Prof Thanh Nguyen.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 04 March 2025, 18:00-19:30

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Title to be confirmed

Dr Joe Watson - Co-founder, Xaira Therapeutics.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 05 March 2025, 15:05-15:55

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Role of cellular senescence in cancer and ageing: therapeutic opportunities

Dr Daniel Munoz Espin, Early Cancer Institute and Dept of Oncology.

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

Thursday 06 March 2025, 09:30-10:30

RSE Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Jennifer Cobbe - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge.

Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Psychiatric disorders, dimensions, hierarchies, states or traits? How can we determine the right ontology for research and practice?

Claire Gillan (Trinity College Dublin) .

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

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

Cambridge Natural History Society

The 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

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Ryan Lister, University of Western Australia.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 11 March 2025, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Edith Heard, EMBL.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 11 March 2025, 17:30-19:00

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Title to be confirmed

Dr Edwin Brady - School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 12 March 2025, 15:05-15:55

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer virology

Prof John Doorbar, Department of Pathology.

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

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

RSE Seminars

Project management by and for RSEs

Sarah Jaffa - RSE, University of Manchester.

Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

A neural basis for distinguishing imagination and reality in the human brain

Nadine Dijkstra (UCL).

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

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

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

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Beyond the Standard Model of particle physics: a maths-driven journey to the unknown

Prof Maria Ubiali.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 18 March 2025, 18:00-19:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Biological and clinical insights from genome-wide association studies of cancer

Dr Siddhartha Kar, Early Cancer Institute .

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

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

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

Seminars in Cancer

George Vassiliou, CSCI Cambridge.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

RSE Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Miles Cranmer - DAMTP, University of Cambridge.

Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge.

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

Chaucer Club

Who is this? Forming first impressions from voices

Nadine Lavan (Queen Mary U. of London).

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

Thursday 20 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual General Meeting 2025

Please note earlier 6.30pm start

The President and Officers.

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

Thursday 20 March 2025, 18:30-18:55

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, 19:00-20:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Revealing the Unseen: AI's Role in Novel Target Discovery for High Unmet Needs Areas Through Multi-Omics Integrationce for identifying novel therapeutic targets, biomarkers and drug repositioning opportunities

Dr Namshik Han, Head of Computational Research & AI, Milner Therapeutics Institute.

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

Thursday 27 March 2025, 09:30-10:30

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Mutational signatures: From bytes to bedside

Professor Serena Nik-Zainal.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Myc in Cancer and Regeneration

Dr Catherine Wilson, Dept of Pharmacology.

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

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Myc in Cancer and Regeneration

Dr Catherine Wilson, Dept of Pharmacology.

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

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

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

Seminars in Cancer

Simon Powell, MSKCC.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 24 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

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Edward Egelman .

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

Tuesday 29 April 2025, 12:00-13:00

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Peng Wu.

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

Tuesday 06 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Science and Technology

Title to be confirmed

Dr Prakash Murali - Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Wednesday 07 May 2025, 15:05-15:55

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Danesh Moazed, Harvard University.

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 12 May 2025, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian ( Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Biffen Lecture Theater, Department of Genetics.

Monday 12 May 2025, 17:30-19:00

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Roberto Bellelli .

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

Tuesday 13 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The two-hit hypothesis and other mathematical models of cancer

Prof Jamie Blundell.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine.

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

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

Seminars in Cancer

Antoine Molaro, iGReD.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

QBS

David Savage, UC Berkeley.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

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

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Structures and Strategies for Assembly-Line Biosynthesis of Terpenoid Natural Products

David Christianson .

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

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Gabriel Walksman .

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

Tuesday 10 June 2025, 12:00-13:00

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

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

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

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

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