DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Weekly seminars given on a Friday during term time in the Sherrington Large Lecture Theatre, Sherrington Building, Sherrington Road (off Parks Road) between 1pm and 2pm.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Timing: Fridays at 1pm
Organising department: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)

Talks:

Friday 2 May 2025

Why the drugs should work: A deep cellular atlas reveals a mechanistic overlap between Parkinson’s disease and Type 2 Diabetes
Date: 2 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Caleb Webber (UK Dementia Research Institute and Cardiff University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 9 May 2025

Developmental programmes in cancer
Date: 9 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Richard White (Ludwig Cancer Research, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 16 May 2025

Pathways for the entry and exit of solutes and proteins into and from the brain. Implications for neurological diseases
Date: 16 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Roxana Carare (University of Southampton)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 23 May 2025

Revisiting oxygen transport by red cells: getting excited about the most boring cell
Date: 23 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Pawel Swietach (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG), University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 6 June 2025

Oxygen Homeostasis – new insights into an ancient problem
Date: 6 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Editors: Nicole Harris, Peter Belk, Kiri Walden, Hannah Simm