Department of Biochemistry Seminars
Description: Talks in the main Seminar Room, Department of Biochemistry
Talks:

Wednesday 29 January 2025

'How DUBs decode ubiquitin signals and how they are inhibited - Insights into USP30 and beyond'
Date: 29 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Malte Gersch (MPI of Molecular Physiology and TU Dortmund University, Dortmund)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1, Room 20-026
Organiser: Dr. Paul Elliott (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr. Paul Elliott (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Thursday 30 January 2025

Identification of state-dependent, drug-permeable fenestrations in glycine receptors
Date: 30 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Bjarne Feddersen
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: 40-091
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 6 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : TBA
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1, 20-026
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 13 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Nikolai Juraschko (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1, 20-026
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 February 2025

Cellular functionality and plasticity in the senescence spectrum
Date: 24 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Masashi Narita (Group Leader, CRUK, Cambridge Institute)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Fanni Gergely (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 27 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Mingyu Qin (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1, 20-026
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

'On the role of liquid-liquid phase separation in establishing biomolecular condensates'
Date: 27 February 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Andrea Musacchio (Director, Dept. of Mechanistic Cell Biology, MPI of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund; Honorary Professor, Centre for Medical Biotechnology, Essen)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Lars Jansen (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 3 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 3 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Nathan Goehring (Senior Group Leader, The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Alison Woollard (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 6 March 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Astrid Brandner (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1, 20-026
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 10 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 10 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Heath Murray (Professor of Bacterial Genetics, Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Newcastle University)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr. Frank Bürmann (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Thursday 13 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 13 March 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : TBA
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1, 20-026
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 20 March 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Zephyr Ford (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 24 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Dr. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla (Director of the Stem Cell Center, Director of the Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells, Helmholtz Munich)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Lars Jansen (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Thursday 24 April 2025

Title TBC
Date: 24 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : TBA
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 28 April 2025

Title TBC
Date: 28 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Neelika Malavige (Dept. of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Nicole Zitzmann (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Thursday 1 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 1 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : TBA
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 7 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 7 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Carl Wu (Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, John Hopkins University)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Francis Barr (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )

Monday 12 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 12 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor James Naismith (Head of MPLS, University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Simon Newstead (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Thursday 15 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 15 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Eden Gage (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 19 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 19 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Veronique Azuara (Reader in Stem Cell Biology, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction - Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Amanda Fisher (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Thursday 22 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 22 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : TBA
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: TBA
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 June 2025

Title TBC
Date: 2 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Z. (Tzviya) Zeev Ben Mordehai (Associate Professor, Utrecht University)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Lindsay Baker (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 9 June 2025

Title TBC
Date: 9 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Judy Hirst, FRS, FMedSci (Professor of Biological Chemistry, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Simon Newstead (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 16 June 2025

Title TBC
Date: 16 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Elisa Fadden (Associate Professor in Pharmacology, University of Southampton)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organiser: Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Phil Biggin (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 13 October 2025

Title TBC
Date: 13 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Giacomo Cavalli (Institute of Human Genetics, France)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Lothar Schermelleh (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Monday 19 January 2025

TBC
Date: 19 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Simon Boulton (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry), Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Nicholas Lakin (Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University)

Monday 2 February 2025

TBC
Date: 2 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Julie Welburn (Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, The University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Organisers: Jessica Barnes (Department of Biochemistry), Sarah-jane Scard (Department of Biochemistry)
Host: Professor Francis Barr (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford )