Talks of interest to MPLS Division
Talks:

Tuesday 14 January 2025

Open scholarship: Fundamentals of open access
Date: 14 January 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 January 2025

Progress Towards Targeted Immunotherapy for Cancer
Date: 16 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Robert Wilkinson (Immunocore)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams
Organisers: Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Dr Charlotte Bell (University of Oxford)

Open Scholarship: Navigating open access monographs: OAPEN and the OA books toolkit for researchers
Date: 16 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: David Watson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Silke Davison (OAPEN Foundation)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 January 2025

Do individuals matter? - From psychology, via wound healing and calcium signalling to ecology
Date: 17 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Ivo Siekmann (University of Liverpool)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L3
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Alex Browning (Dept of Mathematics, University of Oxford)

Monday 20 January 2025

Responsible Research and Innovation
Date: 20 January 2025, 9:30 - 16:30
Speaker s: Sarah Callaghan (Research Practice Group, University of Oxford), Sally Charles (University of Oxford)
Venue: Rodney Porter Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: IMAT CDT
Organiser: Alison Trinder (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 January 2025

Open Scholarship: Logistics of open scholarship
Date: 23 January 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Polly Bannister (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 January 2025

To be announced
Date: 24 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Simon Walker-Samuel (UCL)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Eamonn Gaffney (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 29 January 2025

Advanced presentation skills (in-person)
Date: 29 January 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker : Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

GROW: Oxford Venture Builder (OVB), Discovery Session
Date: 29 January 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Ahmed Saad (Said Business School)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Sally Charles (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Enterprise

Thursday 30 January 2025

Getting Started with Public Engagement with Research (online)
Date: 30 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Friday 31 January 2025

Adventures in Mathematical Biology
Date: 31 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Kit Yates (Bath University)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 5 February 2025

Get that grant (in-person)
Date: 5 February 2025, 9:30 - 12:30
Speaker s: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division), Zoe Lee (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Research Data Management (in-person)
Date: 5 February 2025, 12:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Oliver Bridle (Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 February 2025

Open Scholarship: REF open access policy briefing
Date: 6 February 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Ideas to Action: Effective Public Engagement with Research (online)
Date: 6 February 2025, 13:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: online
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

First Principles for Scientists: Enterprise & Innovation (in-person)
Date: 6 February 2025, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Sally Charles (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: 37 St Giles
Organiser: Sally Charles (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Enterprise

Open Scholarship: Foundations of copyright for teaching
Date: 6 February 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker s: Chris Morrison (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

The trajectories of complex disease
Date: 6 February 2025, 15:30 - 16:30
Speaker : Professor Xavier Didelot (University of Warwick)
Venue: 24-29 St Giles', 24-29 St Giles' OX1 3LB
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Statistics
Organisers: Beverley Lane (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), Professor Simon Myers (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Christl Donnelly (University of Oxford), Professor Simon Myers (University of Oxford)

Friday 7 February 2025

Thriving in Research: core strategic skills and mindsets for research impact (in-person)
Date: 7 February 2025, 10:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Natacha Wilson (Director Cambridge Insights)
Venue Details: Seminar 2A DTC
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Self-organized patterning in complex biological fluids
Date: 7 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Giulia Celora (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 11 February 2025

Open Scholarship: Fundamentals of open access
Date: 11 February 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Beth Saward (Bodleian Libraries)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

GROW: Meet the Science Founders with Wilbe (online)
Date: 11 February 2025, 12:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Devika Thapar (Wilbe), Anna Vildaus (Wilbe), Ali Farzanehfar (Wilbe)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Louisa Trevail (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Enterprise

How to do a Career Development Review, for reviewers (in-person)
Date: 11 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Jarlath Brine (University of Oxfrod)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 12 February 2025

Coaching Skills for Leaders
Date: 12 February 2025, 9:30 - 13:00
Speaker : Marc Adams (People and Organisational Development)
Venue Details: TBC
Organiser: Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

Open Scholarship: REF open access policy briefing
Date: 12 February 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), David Watson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 February 2025

Open scholarship: Playing in the open: Getting familiar with creative commons licences
Date: 13 February 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker s: Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 February 2025

Computational investigation of single-scale and multi-scale heterogeneous immune responses during cancer evolution
Date: 14 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Raluca EFTIMIE (Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Jose Carrillo (University of Oxford)

Monday 17 February 2025

Open scholarship: Forum of open scholarship
Date: 17 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 20 February 2025, 15:30 - 16:30
Speaker : Professor Peter Grunwald (Leiden University)
Venue: 24-29 St Giles', 24-29 St Giles' OX1 3LB
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Statistics
Organisers: Beverley Lane (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), Professor Simon Myers (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Christl Donnelly (University of Oxford), Professor Yee Whye Teh (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)

Friday 21 February 2025

To be announced
Date: 21 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Maria Secrier (UCL)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Helen Byrne (University of Oxford)

Saturday 22 February 2025

HAPP One-Day Conference: Physical Origins from the Big Bang to Earth
Date: 22 February 2025, 10:30 - 17:00
Speaker s: Professor Erminia Calabrese (Cardiff University), Professor Richard McMahon (University of Cambridge), Professor John Bridges (University of Leicester), Professor Sara Russell (Natural History Museum, London), Professor Thomas Gernon (University of Southampton), Professor Chris Lintott (University of Oxford), After Dinner Speaker: Pat Daly (Gemmological Association of Great Britain)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 February 2025

Open Scholarship: Your thesis, copyright and ORA
Date: 25 February 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker s: David Watson (Bodleian Libraries), Thomas Mitchell (Bodleian Libraries)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 27 February 2025

Open Scholarship: Copyright the card game
Date: 27 February 2025, 9:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Chris Morrison (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 February 2025

Machine learning interatomic potentials to dynamics-preserving coarse-graining strategies
Date: 28 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Matthias Sachs (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Radek Erban (University of Oxford)

Follow-on HAPP Lecture: Origin of Life on Earth
Date: 28 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Mario Livio (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Venue Details: ONLINE via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 3 March 2025

Open Scholarship: Fundamentals of open access
Date: 3 March 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Beth Saward (Bodleian Libraries)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 March 2025

Open Scholarship: Foundations of copyright for researchers
Date: 4 March 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Chris Morrison (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 March 2025

Open Scholarship: Open Monographs
Date: 5 March 2025, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), David Watson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 March 2025

Open Scholarship: ORCIDs from scratch
Date: 6 March 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Neil Jefferies (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 March 2025

Nonlocal advection-diffusion for modelling organism space use and movement
Date: 7 March 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Jonathan Potts (University of Sheffiled)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Yurij Salmaniw (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 11 March 2025

Open scholarship: Preregistration and registered reports: What, why, and how
Date: 11 March 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker : Jackie Thompson (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 March 2025

To be announced
Date: 14 March 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Ben Lambert (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Robin Thomspon (University of Oxford)

Monday 17 March 2025

The Characterisation of Radiation Damage in Materials
Date: 17 March 2025, 9:00 - 20:00
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: Hume-Rothery Building, Parks Road OX1 3PH
Venue Details: Hume-Rothery Lecture Theatre and St Edmund Hall
Organiser: Grace Exley (University of Oxford, Department of Materials)
Hosts: Professor Sergio Lozano-Perez (University of Oxford, Department of Materials), Professor Pete Nellist (University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 March 2025

Open Scholarship: Logistics of open scholarship
Date: 27 March 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Beth Saward (Bodleian Libraries)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 10 April 2025

Open Scholarship: Fundamentals of open access
Date: 10 April 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker s: Sarah Humphreys (Open Scholarship Support, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Beth Saward (Bodleian Libraries), Polly Bannister (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 May 2025

Open scholarship: Playing in the open: Getting familiar with creative commons licences
Date: 29 May 2025, 10:00 - 11:30
Speaker s: Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Georgina Kiddy (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Sarah Humphreys (Bodleian Libraries)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 June 2025

Leadership in Action
Date: 24 June 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Wolfson College
Organiser: Alison Trinder (University of Oxford)
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)

This list contains talks from the following series:
BIPOC STEM Network's Allies Book Club
Building a Business
HAPP: St Cross Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics
Open Scholarship
Oxford Energy Network Seminar Series 2024-25
Oxford Energy Seminars 2023-24
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023
Postdoc Power Hour (PoPoH)
Sustainable Digital Scholarship (SDS) service