Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer metabolism through the lens of Otto Warburg

Prof Christian Frezza CECAD Research Center, University Hospital Cologne.

Online only via Zoom.

Thursday 08 January 2026, 09:30-10:30

Discrete Analysis Seminar

High-arity learning frameworks, an overview

Leonardo Coregliano (University of Chicago).

MR13, CMS.

Wednesday 14 January 2026, 14:00-14:45

Discrete Analysis Seminar

Sample completion, Netflix Prize Competition and k-dependence

Leonardo Coregliano (University of Chicago).

MR13, CMS.

Wednesday 14 January 2026, 14:45-15:30

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 15 January 2026, 09:30-10:30

Discrete Analysis Seminar

High-arity PAC learning

Leonardo Coregliano (University of Chicago).

MR13, CMS.

Thursday 15 January 2026, 14:00-15:00

Geometric Analysis & Partial Differential Equations seminar

Title to be confirmed

Bjoern Bringmann (Princeton University).

MR13.

Monday 19 January 2026, 14:00-15:00

Information Theory Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Kasia Wyczesany, University of Leeds.

MR5, CMS Pavilion A.

Wednesday 21 January 2026, 14:00-15:00

Algebra and Representation Theory Seminar

TBC

Nicolas Williams, University of Cambridge.

MR12.

Wednesday 21 January 2026, 16:30-17:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Systems immunology and variation in the human immune system

Professor Adrian Liston, Dept of Pathology.

Seminar Rooms 1+2 School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 22 January 2026, 09:30-10:30

DPMMS Departmental Colloquia

Title to be confirmed

Richard Samworth (Cambridge) .

CMS MR2.

Thursday 22 January 2026, 16:00-17:00

Geometric Group Theory (GGT) Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Sasha Bontemps (ENS Lyon).

MR13.

Friday 23 January 2026, 13:45-14:45

Junior Geometry Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Darragh Glynn, University of Warwick.

MR13.

Friday 23 January 2026, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Notes and noises in nature: not a swan song?

Professor Hans Slabbekoorn, Leiden University.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 23 January 2026, 17:30-18:30

Discrete Analysis Seminar

Title tbc

Ben Green (University of Oxford).

MR4, CMS.

Wednesday 28 January 2026, 13:30-14:30

Information Theory Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Dr Yoshinari Takeishi, Kyushu University.

MR5, CMS Pavilion A.

Wednesday 28 January 2026, 14:00-15:00

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 29 January 2026, 09:30-10:30

Junior Geometry Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

MR13.

Friday 30 January 2026, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Throat-Singing: Body, Spirit, Pathways, Place

Dr Carole Pegg, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 30 January 2026, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Connecting the False Discovery Rate to shrunk estimates

Nick W Galwey (Former Statistics Leader, Research Statistics, at GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development (Retired)).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF.

Tuesday 03 February 2026, 19:15-21:00

Discrete Analysis Seminar

Short character sums evaluated at homogeneous polynomials (date tbc)

Rena Chu (University of Göttingen).

MR4, CMS.

Wednesday 04 February 2026, 13:30-14:30

Information Theory Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Dr Yoshinari Takeishi, Kyushu University.

MR5, CMS Pavilion A.

Wednesday 04 February 2026, 14:00-15:00

Differential Geometry and Topology Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Bruno Martelli (Pisa).

MR13.

Wednesday 04 February 2026, 16:00-17:00

Geometric Group Theory (GGT) Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Bruno Martelli (Università di Pisa).

MR13.

Friday 06 February 2026, 13:45-14:45

Junior Geometry Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

MR13.

Friday 06 February 2026, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Songs We Grow By

Dr Ibrahim Baltagi, Lebanese American University.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 06 February 2026, 17:30-18:30

Discrete Analysis Seminar

Title tbc

Adam Harper (University of Warwick).

MR4, CMS.

Wednesday 11 February 2026, 13:30-14:30

Information Theory Seminar

Group Entropies: functionals on probability spaces, state space growth rates, energy, and connections to thermodynamics

Prof. Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen, Imperial College London.

MR5, CMS Pavilion A.

Wednesday 11 February 2026, 14:00-15:00

Algebraic Geometry Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Gavril Farkas, HU Berlin.

CMS MR13.

Wednesday 11 February 2026, 14:15-15:15

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 12 February 2026, 09:30-10:30

Junior Geometry Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

MR13.

Friday 13 February 2026, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Song in the Ancient World: Echoes of Religion and Resistance

Dr Matthew Gordley, Carlow University.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 13 February 2026, 17:30-18:30

Information Theory Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Prof Marcus Hutter, Google DeepMind, London.

MR5, CMS Pavilion A.

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

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Frontiers in paediatric cancer research

Prof Suzanne Turner.

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

Thursday 19 February 2026, 09:30-10:30

Geometric Group Theory (GGT) Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Pavel Zalesski, Brasilia.

MR13.

Friday 20 February 2026, 13:45-14:45

Darwin College Lecture Series

Hearing Her Voice: Women musicians in Vienna 1900

Dr Carola Darwin, Royal College of Music.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 20 February 2026, 17:30-18:30

Information Theory Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Dr Yihan Zhang, University of Bristol .

MR5, CMS Pavilion A.

Wednesday 25 February 2026, 14:00-15:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Machine learning: applications to cancer

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

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

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

Darwin College Lecture Series

Songs of the Stars: unravelling stellar music with asteroseismology

Professor Conny Aerts, KU Leuven.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 27 February 2026, 17:30-18:30

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 and Department of Oncology.

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

Thursday 05 March 2026, 09:30-10:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Palestinian Song in Transition: The Interplay of Tradition and Innovation, 1936-1948

Professor Issa Boulos, University of Chicago.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 06 March 2026, 17:30-18:30

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 12 March 2026, 09:30-10:30

Peter Whittle Lecture

Title to be confirmed

Gérard Ben Arous (Courant).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR2.

Thursday 12 March 2026, 16:30-17:30

Geometric Group Theory (GGT) Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Brita Nucinkis (Royal Holloway).

MR13.

Friday 13 March 2026, 13:45-14:45

Darwin College Lecture Series

How Song Shapes Society, and Society Shapes Song

Richard Morrison, The Times.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 13 March 2026, 17:30-18:30

Discrete Analysis Seminar

Title tbc

Florian Richter (EPFL).

MR4, CMS.

Wednesday 18 March 2026, 13:30-14:30

Discrete Analysis Seminar

Title tbc

Note this talk will take place in MR5.

Harald Helfgott (CNRS--Jussieu).

MR5, CMS.

Wednesday 25 March 2026, 13:30-14:30

Mordell Lectures

Title to be confirmed

Professor Thomas Nikolaus (Universität Münster).

MR2, CMS.

Tuesday 28 April 2026, 16:00-17:00

Mordell Lectures

Title to be confirmed

Professor Thomas Nikolaus (Universität Münster).

MR2, CMS.

Tuesday 28 April 2026, 16:00-17:00

Geometric Group Theory (GGT) Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Anitha Thillaisundaram, Lund.

MR13.

Friday 01 May 2026, 13:45-14:45

Foundation AI

Positional encodings in LLMs

Valeria Ruscio.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Thursday 04 June 2026, 17:00-17:45