Department: Radcliffe Department of Medicine
Talks:

Thursday 21 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Impacts of childhood cancer treatment on testicular function and new approaches to preserve and restore fertility
Date: 21 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Rod Mitchell (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Anne Goriely (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Can infection confer protection? Identifying determinants of response and toxicity to checkpoint immunotherapy
Date: 22 November 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Benjamin Fairfax (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Transcriptional deregulation in T-ALL
Date: 26 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Jan Cools (Ku Leuven)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Marlies Vanden Bempt (University of Oxford)

Thursday 28 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

mTOR signaling in growth, metabolism and disease
Date: 28 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Michael Hall (University of Basel)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Prof Ketan Patel (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

A therapeutic atlas of inflammatory bowel disease
Date: 29 November 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Calliope Dendrou (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

CEBPA mutation disrupting the bZIP domain regulates the epi-transcriptomic landscape to enforce aberrant erythropoiesis and drive disease progression in Myelodysplastic syndromes’
Date: 3 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Paloma Garcia (Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine)
Host: Giulia Orlando (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 4 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Essentials of Light Microscopy Short Course
Date: 4 December 2024, 10:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Dr Jana Koth (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Dr Jana Koth (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

The co-inhibitory receptor TIGIT promotes tissue protection and repair
Date: 4 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Nicole Joller (Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, the University of Zurich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: Prof Jan Rehwinkel ((Radcliffe Department of Medicine) University of Oxford), Dr Ross Chapman (University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Transient promoter interactions modulate developmental gene activation
Date: 5 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Angelika Feldmann (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 6 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Date: 6 December 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Davis Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 December 2024 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

What can spatial transcriptomics teach us about cardiac biology?
Date: 16 December 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Monday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr James Cranley (University of Cambridge)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Room B, Level 6 West Wing, JR
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 January 2025 (-1st Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 7 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, -1st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr. Ian Hitchcock (Department of Biology, University of York)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford)
Host: Beth Psaila (WIMM)

Wednesday 8 January 2025 (-1st Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 8 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Wednesday, -1st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Brian Huntly (University of Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Tom Milne (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Monday 20 January 2025 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 20 January 2025, 12:30 - 13:30 (Monday, 1st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Stephan Achenbach (University of Erlangen, Germany)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: OCMR Seminar Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

The Longterm Consequences of Preeclampsia for Mother and Child
Date: 20 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:30 (Monday, 1st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Heather Boyd (Statens Serum Institut)
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Hybrid: CCRF boardroom and Teams
Organiser: Yvonne Kenworthy (CCRF, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 January 2025 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 21 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Jean Soulier (Saint-Louise Hospital, France)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 23 January 2025 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

The non-coding exome in rare disease: from diagnosis to therapies
Date: 23 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Nicky Whiffin (Big Data Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Andrew Wilkie (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford)

Wednesday 29 January 2025 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 29 January 2025, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Simon Cleary (King's College London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof David Jackson (WIMM HIU)

Thursday 30 January 2025 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Large scale systematic identification of extracellular receptor-ligand interactions: case studies in host-pathogen interactions for vaccine design and the human immune system
Date: 30 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Gavin Wright (University of York)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Simon Davis (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 4 February 2025 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 4 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Jacob Corn (ETH Zürich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Grace Meaker (MRC WIMM)

Wednesday 5 February 2025 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Lung cancer initiation, metastases and immune evasion: 10 years of TRACERx
Date: 5 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Charles Swanton (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Giulia Orlando (University of Oxford)

Thursday 13 February 2025 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 13 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Björn Schumacher (Institute for Genome Stability in Ageing and Disease)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Ross Chapman (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 25 February 2025 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 25 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Sebastian Eustermann (EMBL)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 27 February 2025 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Cellular responses to DNA and RNA damage
Date: 27 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Julian Stingele (Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ewa Gogola (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 4 March 2025 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 4 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Simon Bomken (Newcastle University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Tom Milne (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 March 2025 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

New concepts in type 2 immunity
Date: 6 March 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Bart Lambrecht (Ghent University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Oliver Bannard (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 13 March 2025 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 13 March 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Kodi Ravichandran (Washington University School of Medicine)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Alison Simmons (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 March 2025 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 18 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 9th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Michael Milsom (German Cancer Research Centre)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Dr Beth Psaila (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 1 April 2025 (11th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 1 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 11th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor George Vassilou (Cambridge Cancer Stem Cell Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 8 April 2025 (12th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 8 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 12th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 17 April 2025 (13th Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 17 April 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 13th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Professor Eirini Papapetrou (Mount Sinai, NY)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Wednesday 30 April 2025 (15th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 30 April 2025, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 15th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Andreas Wack (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)

Monday 19 May 2025 (18th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 19 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 18th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Laura Ormesher (University of Manchester / St. Mary’s Hospital (ORC))
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: CCRF Seminar Room & via Teams
Organiser: Yvonne Kenworthy (CCRF, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA