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

• 09:30 - Scientific Writing: Getting Your Paper Published (in-person)
  This course will look at the aspects you need to consider when constructing your paper; demystify peer reviewed journals by giving insider insights from science journal editors and show you what they really want.
  Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
• 12:00 - From COVID-19 to MPox: lessons from the humanities?
  Dr Erica Charters (University of Oxford), Utsa Bose, Dr Alberto Giubilini (The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics), Dr Tolulope Osayomi (University of Ibadan), Mofeyisara Omobowale
• 12:30 - Narrative CVs for Funding Applications
  Mary Muers (Research Culture Facilitator, Medical Sciences Division), Tanita Casci (Director, Research Strategy & Policy Unit, University of Oxford), Kanza Basit (Senior Research Facilitator, Social Sciences Division), Dr Susan Black (Oxford University Careers Service), Gavin Bird (Research Facilitator, Earth Sciences)
• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Week 12: Medical Ophthalmology
  Dr Samantha de Silva, Miss Christine Kiire, Dr Jasmina Kapetanovic
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds
• 17:00 - Fighting misinformation on social media: the role of economic research
  Professor Sergei Guriev (Dean, London Business School)
  Oxford Martin School Events

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

• 08:00 - The Changing Face of IBD Surgery: Controversies, Achievements, and Future Directions
  Professor Antonino Spinelli (Humanitas University)
  Surgical Grand Rounds
• 09:15 - Can infection confer protection? Identifying determinants of response and toxicity to checkpoint immunotherapy
  in-person only
  Professor Benjamin Fairfax (University of Oxford)
  MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
• 11:00 - Multimodal Multiscale Microscopic Imaging of the Brain: Revealing Secrets Hiding in Plain Sight
  Mark H. Ellisman (Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences Director, the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR), UCSD )
  CNCB Seminar Series
• 13:00 - GL BROWN PRIZE LECTURE: Beyond pretty pictures: Human neuroimaging as a tool for physiology in the 21st Century
  Professor Charlotte Stagg (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford)
  DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Monday 25 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - The potential of vaccination to prevent congenital CMV
  Dr Seilesh Kadambari (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

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

• 09:30 - Thesis and report writing (in-person)
  The thesis and report writing course is relevant for research students at any stage.
  Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
• 13:00 - Transcriptional deregulation in T-ALL
  Jan Cools (Ku Leuven)
  Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM
• 13:00 - Risk factors for dementia in the Million Women Study
  Dr Sarah Floud (University of Oxford)
  Richard Doll Seminars

Wednesday 27 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks: Bhattacharya & Bull Groups
  There is no need to register if you are a member of the Centre for Human Genetics. For anyone from a different unit who would like to attend in person please email chg.admin@well.ox.ac.uk at least 2 days in advance stating who you are and your affiliation. You will need to bring your University card to show at reception and sign in and out of the building. If you would like to join the talks online there is no need to register.
  Various Speakers
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks
• 17:00 - “An Imperfect Storm: A Pandemic and the Coming of Age of a Nigerian Institution” presented by Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu
  Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu (World Health Organization)
  Pandemic Sciences Institute seminar series

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

• 10:00 - Putting stories to work
  This builds on the introductory workshop (Telling Stories that Matter) and introduces new elements of great storytelling including clarity, summary and message.
  Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
• 11:00 - Differential deployment of oncogenic translational gene expression programmes by the eIF4F and CCR4-NOT complexes: The hidden information within our genomes
  this is a hybrid event - please email marie-laure.foisneau-bates@ludwig.ox.ac.uk for zoom details
  Prof Martin Bushell (CRUK Scotland Institute)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series
• 11:00 - Neuronal Cell Biology of PINK1/Parkin mitophagy
  A/Professor Michael Lazarou (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) Parkville, Australia)
  OPDC Seminar Series (DPAG)
• 12:00 - Towards a liveable planet: land, energy and food system transitions
  Professor Paul Behrens (British Academy Global Professor)
  Oxford Martin School Events
• 13:00 - Insight into Academia: Teaching in Higher Education
  Various Speakers
• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Week 13: Oncology
  Dr Elizabeth Smyth
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds
• 13:00 - mTOR signaling in growth, metabolism and disease
  Jordan Translational Medicine Lecture 2024: Registration and in-person event only
  Professor Michael Hall (University of Basel)
  Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

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

• 08:00 - Prevention of Tumour Cell Entrapment in Local-Regional Control of Gynecologic Cancer
  Dr Paul Sugarbaker (Washington Cancer Institute)
  Surgical Grand Rounds
• 09:15 - A therapeutic atlas of inflammatory bowel disease
  in-person only
  Professor Calliope Dendrou (University of Oxford)
  MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
• 11:00 - Precision medicine and the immune response: insights from infection
  this is a hybrid event - please email marie-laure.foisneau-bates@ludwig.ox.ac.uk for zoom details
  Prof Julian Knight (Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series
• 12:00 - 'A History of Herd Immunity: Between Observation and Cultivation' AND 'The Long-term Context of Medical Debates: A History of Herd Immunity'
  In person
  Dr David Robertson (University of Oxford), Prof Erica Charters (University of Oxford)
  Kennedy Institute Seminars
• 13:00 - hnRNP K pathology in neurodegenerative diseases
  Professor Tammaryn Lashley (University College London)
  DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Monday 2 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:00 - Molecular and spatial control of tumor-associated macrophages
  In person
  Prof Renato Ostuni (San Raffaele Telethon Institute, Milan)
  Kennedy Institute Seminars
• 13:00 - Cross-species MAIT cell immune responses
  Prof Paul Klenerman (Oxford, NDM)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

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

• 13:00 - TwinsUK diverging destinies: how longitudinal twin studies can bring insights for ageing and health
  Professor Claire Steves (King's College London)
  Richard Doll Seminars
• 13:00 - CEBPA mutation disrupting the bZIP domain regulates the epi-transcriptomic landscape to enforce aberrant erythropoiesis and drive disease progression in Myelodysplastic syndromes’
  Dr Paloma Garcia (Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham)
  Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

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

• 12:00 - The co-inhibitory receptor TIGIT promotes tissue protection and repair
  in person only
  Professor Nicole Joller (Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, the University of Zurich)
  MRC TIDU Wednesday Seminar Series

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

• 09:30 - Interviewing for podcasts (online)
  You are behind the mic, ready to record your first podcast ... but wait! What do you ask? This hands-on training session helps you navigate the world of podcast interviews.
  Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)
• 09:30 - Interview and Presentation Skills for Researchers
  Various Speakers
• 13:00 - Securing an Internship as a postgraduate student or a researcher
  Various Speakers
• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Week 14: Endocrine, Diabetes and Metabolism
  Dr Alistair Lumb, Dr Michael Matheou
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds

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

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Radiology
  Professor Fergus Gleeson
  Surgical Grand Rounds
• 09:15 - Title TBC
  in-person only
  Davis Group (University of Oxford)
  MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
• 13:00 - R JEAN BANISTER PRIZE LECTURE: Sparse coding for odour-specific memories through homeostatic plasticity
  Dr Andrew Lin (University of Sheffield, UK)
  DPAG Head of Department Seminar Series

Monday 9 December 2024 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:00 - Activation of Inhibitory Receptors on Mast cells: Is it a Winning Strategy to Fight Allergic Diseases and Mastocytosis?
  Prof. Francesca Levi-Schaffer (Professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine)
  CAMS Oxford Institute Seminars
• 12:00 - Live cell imaging unveils novel innate immune biology
  In person
  Dr Paul Kubes (Queen’s University, Canada)
  Kennedy Institute Seminars

Tuesday 10 December 2024 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 09:30 - The trajectories of human disease
  Professor Gil McVean (University of Oxford)
  BDI/CHG Genomics Seminar Series
• 11:00 - Ethox Seminar: Understanding Moral Injury in Healthcare: A Conceptual Analysis from the Clinic
  TBA
  Ethox Centre Seminars

Wednesday 11 December 2024 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks: Knight & Uhlig Groups
  There is no need to register if you are a member of the Centre for Human Genetics. For anyone from a different unit who would like to attend in person please email chg.admin@well.ox.ac.uk at least 2 days in advance stating who you are and your affiliation. You will need to bring your University card to show at reception and sign in and out of the building. If you would like to join the talks online there is no need to register.
  Various Speakers
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks

Thursday 12 December 2024 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Medical Grand Rounds - Week 15: Tropical Medicine
  TBA
  MSD Medical Grand Rounds
• 17:00 - TGLU Christmas Quiz
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  TBA
  TGLU Seminars

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

• 13:00 - Title TBC
  Dr. Ian Hitchcock (Department of Biology, University of York)
  Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

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

• 11:00 - Title TBC
  Prof Brian Huntly (University of Cambridge)
  WIMM Occasional Seminars

Monday 13 January 2025 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - The ecology and evolution of microbial communities
  Dr Katharine Coyte (University of Manchester)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

Wednesday 15 January 2025 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Enhancing Health Behaviors: Leveraging Smartphone Data and Electronic Medical Records for Optimized Health Outcomes
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  Dr Samah Hayek (University of Tel Aviv)
  Digital Phenotying

Thursday 16 January 2025 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

• 11:00 - Prof Edith Heard - title TBA
  Prof Edith Heard (EMBL, Heidelberg)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series

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

• 13:00 - Health and economic impacts of Lassa vaccination campaigns in West Africa
  Dr David Smith (Oxford, NDPH)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

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

• 13:00 - Title TBC
  Professor Jean Soulier (Saint-Louise Hospital, France)
  Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

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

• 11:00 - Dr Karina Pombo-Garcia - title TBA
  Dr Pombo-Garcia (the Rosalind Franklin Institute)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series

Friday 24 January 2025 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Obs & Gynae
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Monday 27 January 2025 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Host-parasite interactions
  Prof Cinzia Cantacessi (University of Cambridge)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

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

• 13:30 - Title TBC
  in person only
  Dr Simon Cleary (King's College London)
  MRC TIDU Wednesday Seminar Series

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

• 11:00 - Prof Thomas Carell - title TBA
  Prof Thomas Carell (LMU, Munich)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series

Friday 31 January 2025 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Urology
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Monday 3 February 2025 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Marburg vaccine trial
  Prof Teresa Lambe (Oxford, Paediatrics/OVG)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

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

• 13:00 - Title TBC
  Professor Jacob Corn (ETH Zürich)
  Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Thursday 6 February 2025 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 11:00 - Tumor-associated macrophages in tumor progression: double edged swords
  Prof Alberto Mantovani (Queen Mary University of London)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series

Friday 7 February 2025 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Vascular
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Monday 10 February 2025 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Tuberculosis vaccine R&D and human challenge models
  Prof Helen McShane (Oxford, NDM)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

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

• 11:00 - Prof Josef Penninger - title TBA
  Prof Josef Penninger (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series

Friday 14 February 2025 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Global Surgery
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Friday 21 February 2025 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Plastics
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Monday 24 February 2025 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Shingles vaccine and dementia, and other links between infectious diseases and brain health
  Dr Maxime Taquet (Oxford, Psychiatry)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

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

• 11:00 - Prof Frances Balkwill - title TBA
  Prof Frances Balkwill (Cancer Research UK)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series

Friday 28 February 2025 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Neuroradiology
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Monday 3 March 2025 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Using the adenoviral vectored vaccine platform for bacterial infections
  Prof Christine Rollier (University of Surrey)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

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

• 13:00 - Title TBC
  Dr Simon Bomken (Newcastle University)
  Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

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

• 11:00 - Prof Gareth Inman - Title TBA
  Prof Gareth Inman (University of Glasgow)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series

Friday 7 March 2025 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Monday 10 March 2025 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Social interactions among microorganisms
  Prof Kevin Foster (Oxford, Biology/Pathology)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

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

• 11:00 - Dr Céline Vallot - Title TBA
  Dr Céline Vallot (Institut Curie)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series

Friday 14 March 2025 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - ENT
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

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

• 13:00 - Title TBC
  Dr Michael Milsom (German Cancer Research Centre)
  Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Thursday 27 March 2025 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

• 11:00 - Targeting KRAS oncogenic signaling and tumour immune evasion in lung cancer
  Prof Julian Downward (The Francis Crick Institute)
  Ludwig Institute Seminar Series

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

• 13:00 - Title TBC
  Professor George Vassilou (Cambridge Cancer Stem Cell Institute)
  Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

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

• 13:00 - Title TBC
  Professor Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg)
  Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM

Monday 28 April 2025 (15th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Gut microbiome
  Prof Emma Slack (Oxford, Pathology)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

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

• 13:30 - Title TBC
  in-person only
  Dr Andreas Wack (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
  MRC TIDU Wednesday Seminar Series

Friday 2 May 2025 (15th Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Transplant
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Friday 9 May 2025 (16th Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Transplant
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Monday 12 May 2025 (17th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Malaria and febrile coma cohort study
  Dr Stephen Ray (Oxford, Paediatrics/OVG)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

Friday 16 May 2025 (17th Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Global Surgery
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

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

• 13:00 - The meningococcal B vaccine journey and beyond
  Prof Mariagrazia Pizza (Imperial College London)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

Friday 23 May 2025 (18th Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Urology
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Monday 2 June 2025 (20th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Avian and human influenza
  Prof Wendy Barclay (Imperial College London)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

Friday 6 June 2025 (20th Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - QRSTU
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Monday 9 June 2025 (21st Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Better treatment for tuberculosis
  Prof Stewart Cole (Oxford, IOI; Institut Pasteur)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

Friday 13 June 2025 (21st Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds

Monday 16 June 2025 (22nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - The burden of drug resistant infections, the GRAM project
  Prof Christiane Dolecek (Oxford, NDM)
  IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series

Friday 20 June 2025 (22nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 08:00 - Surgical Grand Rounds - Intensive care
  TBA
  Surgical Grand Rounds