Name: Dr John Davis
Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute
http://oxford-ddi.alzheimersresearchuk.org/

Events this person is hosting:

Monday 6 November 2017 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Synaptic and immune system changes in the brains of mice with rising amyloid beta. Can we improve mouse models for Alzheimer's disease?
Date: 6 November 2017, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Professor Frances Edwards (University College London (UCL))
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser: Keely Jones (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)

Thursday 14 February 2019 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Mapping Synaptic Contacts: From Dendrites to the Axon Initial Segment
Date: 14 February 2019, 13:30 - 14:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Juan Burrone (King's College London)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford), Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)

Thursday 11 April 2019 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Discovery and characterisation of new lipid mediators of innate immunity generated by circulating blood cells
Date: 11 April 2019, 13:30 - 14:30 (Thursday, -2nd week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Professor Valerie O'Donnell (Cardiff University)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford), Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)

Thursday 27 June 2019 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Human stem cell models for Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia
Date: 27 June 2019, 13:30 - 14:30 (Thursday, 9th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Selina Wray (UCL)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)

Thursday 10 October 2019 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Modelling Microglia to Understand Neurodegeneration and Aging
Date: 10 October 2019, 13:30 - 14:30 (Thursday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Professor David Brown (University of Bath)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford), Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)

Thursday 21 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

More than Bystanders in Dementia—Understanding What Microglia Do
Date: 21 November 2019, 13:30 - 14:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Soyon Hong (UCL)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford), Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)

Events this person is organising:

Wednesday 13 December 2017 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Synapse degeneration and recovery: a role of Wnt signalling in Alzheimer’s disease
Date: 13 December 2017, 14:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Professor Patricia Salinas (UCL)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 January 2018 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Microglia in neurodegeneration
Date: 19 January 2018, 11:00 - 12:00 (Friday, 1st week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Professor Guy Brown (University of Cambridge)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 8 February 2018 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

PINK1/Parkin and mitochondrial markers
Date: 8 February 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Dr David Komander (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 March 2018 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

AMPK - a drug target in diabetes, cancer, and even neurodegenerative diseases – too good to be true?
Date: 22 March 2018, 10:00 - 11:00 (Thursday, 10th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Professor Grahame Hardie (University of Dundee)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 April 2018 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

The Cellular Face of Alzheimer's Disease
Date: 17 April 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 0th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Professor Bart De Strooper (UK Dementia Research Institute, UCL)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 15 May 2018 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Understanding the role of the novel TLDc proteins in neurodegeneration
Date: 15 May 2018, 11:00 - 12:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Mattea Finelli (University of Oxford)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar room
Organiser: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 June 2018 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Two surprises in canonical Wnt signalling
Date: 5 June 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Professor Trevor Dale (Cardiff University)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room (basement)
Organiser: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 9 January 2019 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

Aggregation of tau and alpha-synuclein: towards a therapeutic target in neurodegenerative diseases
Date: 9 January 2019, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 0th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Maria Grazia Spillantini FRS (Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford), Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute), Elena Di Daniel, Head of Biology (Oxford Drug Discovery Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford)

Thursday 14 February 2019 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Mapping Synaptic Contacts: From Dendrites to the Axon Initial Segment
Date: 14 February 2019, 13:30 - 14:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Juan Burrone (King's College London)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford), Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)

Monday 11 March 2019 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

ABAD or a good drug target for Alzheimer’s disease?
Date: 11 March 2019, 13:30 - 15:00 (Monday, 9th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr Laura Aitken (University of St Andrews)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford), Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 11 April 2019 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Discovery and characterisation of new lipid mediators of innate immunity generated by circulating blood cells
Date: 11 April 2019, 13:30 - 14:30 (Thursday, -2nd week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Professor Valerie O'Donnell (Cardiff University)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford), Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)

Thursday 10 October 2019 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Modelling Microglia to Understand Neurodegeneration and Aging
Date: 10 October 2019, 13:30 - 14:30 (Thursday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Professor David Brown (University of Bath)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford), Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)

Thursday 21 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

More than Bystanders in Dementia—Understanding What Microglia Do
Date: 21 November 2019, 13:30 - 14:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Soyon Hong (UCL)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford), Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host: Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)