Cambridge Philosophical Society

A V Hill Lecture - Kings and Queens of the Mountain: Studies of Extreme Physiology in Himalayan Sherpas

Online Lecture

Dr Andrew Murray, Metabolic Physiology Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

Time and venue to be confirmed.

Monday 26 October 2020, 18:00-19:00

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Mycobacterial structural biology and prospects for drug development in academia

Dr Lionel Mourey Pro.

Biochemistry Zoom.

Tuesday 27 October 2020, 12:30-14:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Discovery of a weak topological insulating state and van Hove singularity in triclinic RhBi2

Gunnar Lange.

Zoom.

Wednesday 28 October 2020, 11:30-12:30

Computational and Systems Biology

A multi-'omics graph convolutional network analysis for prediction of cancer survival

Dr Paul Schofield (University of Cambridge).

Please get in touch at compbiomphil@maths.cam.ac.uk for joining information.

Wednesday 28 October 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

A Supramolecular Approach to Templating Hybrid Perovskites

Jovana Milic, University of Fribourg.

Details of video conferencing will be distributed nearer the time..

Thursday 29 October 2020, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge RNA Club

RNA uridyl transferases TUT4/7-mediated control on tumour fitness

Ragini Medhi, Eric Miska Lab, Gurdon Inst., Cambridge.

Online.

Thursday 29 October 2020, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Control of global translation by endogenous RNA G-quadruplex structures

Dhaval Varshney, Shankar Balasubramanian's lab, CRUK Inst., Cambridge.

Online.

Thursday 29 October 2020, 17:00-18:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Imaging and reconstructing mouse development at the cellular level using light-sheet microscopy

Kate McDole, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Friday 30 October 2020, 13:15-13:55

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

“Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell (ILC2) and T cell co-development in the embryonic thymus – The role of the transcription factor RORa”

Dr Ana Carolina Ferreira.

Biochemistry Zoom.

Tuesday 03 November 2020, 12:30-14:00

Early Detection Special Lecture Series

Virtual breakfast meeting: Population screening for renal cancer - genius or madness?

To receive the Zoom link, register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/population-screening-for-renal-cancer-genius-or-madness-tickets-122377152357

Prof Grant Stewart, Professor of Surgical Oncology and Honorary Consultant Urological Surgeon.

This talk will happen virtually via Zoom.

Wednesday 04 November 2020, 08:30-09:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Letting the machines vote: Committee neural network potentials control generalization errors and enable active learning

Christoph Schran (UCL).

Zoom.

Wednesday 04 November 2020, 11:30-12:30

Computational and Systems Biology

Computational Approaches to Drug Design and Computational Toxicology

Dr Andreas Bender (Centre for Molecular Informatics).

Please get in touch at compbiomphil@maths.cam.ac.uk for joining information..

Wednesday 04 November 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Order within disorder: approaching phase boundaries in high-entropy systems

Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University.

Details of video conferencing will be distributed nearer the time..

Thursday 05 November 2020, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epithelial-mesenchymal cell plasticity during normal development and cancer progression

Kyra Campbell, Dept. of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Friday 06 November 2020, 13:15-13:55

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Note time change

Nasrin Mostafazadeh (Verneek).

Virtual (Details TBC).

Friday 06 November 2020, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Larmor Lecture - Climate change and cascading risks

Online Lecture

Professor Tim Benton Research Director – Emerging Risks, and Director – Energy, Environment and Resources Programme Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House.

Time and venue to be confirmed.

Monday 09 November 2020, 18:00-19:00

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Replenishing the end: Structural mechanism of human telomerase

Dr Kelly Nguyen.

Biochemistry Zoom.

Tuesday 10 November 2020, 12:30-14:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Understanding the Peculiarities of Metallic Bonding

Prof. Volker Heine FRS.

Zoom.

Wednesday 11 November 2020, 11:30-12:30

Computational and Systems Biology

Can machines understand the scientific literature?

Dr. Peter Murray-Rust (University of Cambridge).

Please get in touch at compbiomphil@maths.cam.ac.uk for joining information..

Wednesday 11 November 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Mark Tuckerman, NYU.

Details of video conferencing will be distributed nearer the time..

Thursday 12 November 2020, 14:00-15:00

Foster Talks

Woofing it Down: Lessons on the neurobiology of appetite from man’s best friend

Eleanor Raffan, PDN, Cambridge.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 12 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Sian Gooding (University of Cambridge).

Virtual (Details TBC).

Friday 13 November 2020, 12:00-13:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Chromatin remodelling determines cell-type specific Notch activity in the developing mouse brain

Jelle van den Ameele, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Friday 13 November 2020, 13:15-13:55

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Parallel evolution of neural microexons in insects and vertebrates

Dr Manuel Irimia.

Biochemistry Zoom.

Tuesday 17 November 2020, 12:30-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Mechanistic basis of epigenetic switching and memory

Hosted by: Ben Simons & Emma Rawlins

Martin Howard, John Innes Centre, Norwich.

Webinar.

Tuesday 17 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Amphipathic Nature of Graphene Flakes

Karolina Milowska.

Zoom.

Wednesday 18 November 2020, 11:30-12:30

Computational and Systems Biology

Computational Morphodynamics - a quantitative description of multicellular development

Prof. Henrik Jönsson (Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge).

Please get in touch at compbiomphil@maths.cam.ac.uk for joining information..

Wednesday 18 November 2020, 14:00-15:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

Wendy Bickmore, University of Edinburgh.

On Zoom.

Thursday 19 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Marco Schiro, CNRS and CEA-Saclay.

Details of video conferencing will be distributed nearer the time..

Thursday 19 November 2020, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Re-generating the principles of appendage regeneration in the single-cell era

Can Aztekin, The Gurdon Institute, Cambridge.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Friday 20 November 2020, 13:15-13:55

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Immune regulatory functions of group 2 innate lymphoid cells in health and disease

Dr Tim Halim.

Biochemistry Zoom.

Tuesday 24 November 2020, 12:30-14:00

Computational and Systems Biology

AstraZeneca Oncology Bioinformatics case studies and the skill sets we value

Miika Ahdesmäki & Krishna Bulusu (AstraZeneca).

Please get in touch at compbiomphil@maths.cam.ac.uk for joining information..

Wednesday 25 November 2020, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

From genomes to genealogies: mapping the history of humans and their genetic variation using ancient and modern genomes

Host: Aylwyn Scally

Professor Simon Myers, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 26 November 2020, 13:30-14:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Ady Stern, Weizmann Institute of Science.

Details of video conferencing will be distributed nearer the time..

Thursday 26 November 2020, 14:00-15:00

Foster Talks

TBC

Kevin Chalut, Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 26 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Elizabeth Salesky (Johns Hopkins University).

Virtual (Details TBC).

Friday 27 November 2020, 12:00-13:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Enhancers get ERKed around by chromatin remodellers during lineage commitment

Brian Hendrich, MRC Stem Cell Institute, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Friday 27 November 2020, 13:15-13:55

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Mutation-guided insights in Wnt signalling alterations in cancer

Prof Madelon Maurice.

Biochemistry Zoom.

Tuesday 01 December 2020, 12:30-14:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Weiwei Sun (University of Cambridge).

Virtual (Details TBC).

Friday 04 December 2020, 12:00-13:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

Amos Tanay, Weizmann Institute of Science.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 10 December 2020, 13:00-14:00

Computational and Systems Biology

Bioinformatic analysis of T-cell antigen receptors as a novel diagnostic test for coeliac disease/ gluten sensitivity

Dr Elizabeth Soilleux (University of Cambridge).

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Wednesday 20 January 2021, 14:00-15:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

Jason Lewis, MSKCC.

On Zoom.

Thursday 21 January 2021, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Hansong Ma

Dr Robert Johnston, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 21 January 2021, 14:00-15:00

Foster Talks

TBC

Flora Vaccarino, Yale University.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 21 January 2021, 16:00-17:00

Computational and Systems Biology

Computational image analysis for coeliac disease diagnosis

Dr Julian Gilbey (University of Cambridge).

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Wednesday 27 January 2021, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: John Welch

Dr Sally Otto, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 28 January 2021, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I Taylor Lecture - title to be confirmed

Dr Debora Sijacki. Institute of Astronomy.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 01 February 2021, 18:00-19:00

Computational and Systems Biology

Computational Biology in Drug Discovery

Philippe Sanseau (GSK).

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Wednesday 03 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Computational and Systems Biology

Title to be confirmed

Dr Arun Prasad Pandurangan.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Wednesday 10 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Ben Steventon

Professor Elly Tanaka, IMP - Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 11 February 2021, 13:30-14:30

Computational and Systems Biology

Regulation of gene expression and genome organisation

Prof. Julie Ahringer (The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge).

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Wednesday 17 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Frank Jiggins

Dr Patricia Wittkopp, Biological Science Building, University of Michigan.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 18 February 2021, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Honorary Fellows Lecture - Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE - title to be confirmed

Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE Chair, Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 24 February 2021, 18:00-19:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

Mara Sherman, OHSU.

On Zoom.

Thursday 25 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Foster Talks

Functional evolution of Hox proteins: Regulating the balance between pluripotency and differentiation

Robb Krumlauf, Stowers Institute for medical research.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 25 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Professor Sadaf Farooqi - title to be confirmed

Professor Sadaf Farooqi PhD, FRCP, FMedSci, Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Metabolism and Medicine, Department of Medicine.

Time and venue to be confirmed.

Monday 01 March 2021, 18:00-19:00

Computational and Systems Biology

The genomes of transmissible cancers

Prof. Elizabeth Murchison (University of Cambridge).

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Wednesday 03 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Hansong Ma

Dr Yanlan Mao, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 04 March 2021, 13:30-14:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Helene Rangone-Briatte

Dr Anna Castro, CRBM-CNRS, Montpellier .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 11 March 2021, 13:30-14:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

Shirley Liu, Dana Farber.

On Zoom.

Thursday 18 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

Foster Talks

Memory, learning, and control of cognitive representations

Andre Fenton, New York University.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 18 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Quantum Informatics amd Quantum Technologies - One day meeting

Organised by : Professor Ron Horgan and Professor Adrian Kent.

Cambridge University Engineering Department LT0.

Friday 26 March 2021, 09:00-17:15

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

Please note this seminar is on a Friday

Jim Norman, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Friday 23 April 2021, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Dr Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 29 April 2021, 13:30-14:30

Foster Talks

Regulation of stem cell fate by niche-derived factors and forces.

Sara Wickström, University of Helsinki.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 29 April 2021, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Human time vs. mouse time with recapitulated systems.

Miki Ebisuya, EMBL Barcelona.

Live Zoom webinar, followed by Q&A session.

Thursday 06 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Rosana Collepardo-Guevara

Professor Geeta Narlikar, University of California, San Francisco.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 06 May 2021, 17:00-18:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Cahir O'Kane

Professor Patrick Chinnery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 13 May 2021, 13:30-14:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

Ramanujan S Hegde, MRC LMB.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 20 May 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

Marcia Haigis, Harvard Medical School.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

Senthil Muthaswamy, Harvard.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 16 September 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

Elizabeth M Jaffee, John Hopkins.

On Zoom.

Thursday 14 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Dr Julia Wolf - title to be confirmed

Dr Julia Wolf, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.

Time and venue to be confirmed.

Monday 08 November 2021, 18:00-19:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK CI) Seminars in Cancer

Title to be confirmed

Andy Minn, University of Pennsylvania.

Zoom.

Thursday 16 December 2021, 13:00-14:00