Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

On the origin of human sociality: Ape minds and the evolution of Homo sapiens

Christopher Krupenye (University of St. Andrews).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 24 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

Craik Club

Flexible mental computations through regulation of cortical dynamics

The host for this talk is Professor Zoë Kourtzi, Department of Psychology

Mehrdad Jazayeri.

Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site.

Tuesday 24 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Information Extraction from Airborne Radio-Echo Sounding: Basal Properties and Crystal Orientation Fabric of the Greenland Ice Sheet

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Tom Jordan, University of Bristol and Stanford University.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 187.

Tuesday 24 April 2018, 14:30-15:30

ARClub Talks

fNIRS shines a light on early atypical brain responses in autism

Dr Sarah Lloyd-Fox, Co-Investigator and Lead Psychologist on the Brain Imaging for Global Health Study (BRIGHT); Head of NIRS Lab, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 10:30-11:30

Immunology in Pathology

Novel kinases controlling T cell development, trafficking and immune responses

Host: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Robert Koechl, King's College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 12:30-13:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Dorsal closure in dipterans: epithelial rupture, contraction and seaming in embryos of the scuttle fly Megaselia abdita

Juan Fraire-Zamora (Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

Parasitology Seminars

New approaches to old problems: controlling pathogenic protozoan parasites of poultry

Host: Ross Waller

Fiona Tomley, The Royal Veterinary College.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Fly Meetings

APC/C-Vihar regulates centrosome activity and stability in the Drosophila germline

Alexis Braun (Kimata lab, Dept of Genetics, Cambridge).

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 17:30-19:30

Cambridge Fly Meetings

Radially-polarised cell behaviours drive tube budding from an epithelium

Yara Sanchez-Corrales (Roper lab, MRC-LMB, Cambridge).

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 17:30-19:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Transcription factors as drivers and drug targets in cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Jason Carroll, CRUK Cambridge Institute and Dr Walid Khaled, Department of Pharmacology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 09:30-10:30

ARClub Talks

Double talk on Autism genetics

Dr Gokul Ramaswami and Dr Hyejung Won, Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 10:30-11:30

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Mechanisms of influenza A virus modulation of host membrane trafficking

Maria Amorim, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 12:00-13:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Unlocking the secrets of medicinal crops: from artemisinin to morphine, why are plants still better than bugs at making these drugs?

Ian Graham, University of York.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Exosomal KLF2-induced microRNAs: implications for treatment of pulmonary hypertension

Dr Beata Wojciak Stothard, Imperial College London.

School of Clinical Medicine, Lecture Theatre Two.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Versatility and dynamics of transcriptional responses to Notch

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Professor Sarah Bray from Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 14:00-15:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Exchangeable Random Measures for Sparse and Modular Graphs with Overlapping Communities”

Prof. François Caron, University of Oxford.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 14:30-15:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Kendrew Lecture-Electron cryo-microscopy

Jacques Dubochet.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Statistical Methods in Pre- and Clinical Drug Development: Tumour Growth-Inhibition Model Example

Robert Kozarski, AstraZeneca.

Amgen Ltd, Cambridge Science Park, CB4 0WG.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 19:15-21:30

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Novel Calcium Phosphate Nano-Probes for the Intestinal Immune System

Will Thom, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 27 April 2018, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Ethical Dilemmas in Veterinary Anaesthesia

Kristina Lehnus, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 27 April 2018, 08:45-10:00

British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series

Rapid laundering of deep-ocean waters in an abyssal boundary current

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Prof. Alberto Naveira Garabato (NOC, Southampton).

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Friday 27 April 2018, 11:00-12:00

BSS Formal Seminars

Phoretic Transport: a challenge for microscopic simulations

Prof. Daan Frenkel, Chemistry Department, Universtiy of Cambridge.

Small Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory.

Friday 27 April 2018, 16:00-17:00

Social and Developmental Psychology (SDP) Seminar Series

Social Representations of Women who Live as Men in Northern Albania

Ellen Robertson, Department of Psychology, Univeristy of Cambridge.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 01 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Neuroethology of a striking crustacean, the mantis shrimp

Dr Kate Feller, Dept of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge..

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 01 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Polar low formation: ambient environments and the role of moisture

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Annick Terpstra, University of East Anglia.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Tuesday 01 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

ARClub Talks

Altered responses to social chemosignals in autism spectrum disorder

Dr Yaara Shapira, Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 10:30-11:30

Immunology in Pathology

A novel aspect of Macrophage biology: learning from the great opportunist HIV-1

Host: Dr Naomi McGovern (nm390@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Petra Mlcochova, University College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Mechanics and Evolution of Cell Sheet Folding – Embryonic Inversion in the micro-alga Volvox

Stephanie Höhn (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Ovarian cancer - demographics, presentation, diagnosis and patient pathway

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute and Professor Paul Pharoah, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 09:30-10:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Open tools in Marchantia for plant bioengineering work and as a platform for elucidating morphogenesis

Susana Sauret-Gueto, Haseloff Lab.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 13:00-13:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

A role for the sodium channel beta 3 subunit in clustering the heart-specific sodium channel Nav1.5: Structural and functional implications.

Dr Tony Jackson, Cambridge.

School of Clinical Medicine, Lecture Theatre Two.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Regulatory RNA

Host: Martyna Popis

Professor Eric Miska from Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

Chaucer Club

What is sleep’s contribution to the language system?

Gareth Gaskell (U. of York).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 15:30-17:00

Foster Talks

Foster Talk - Cross-talk between circadian clocks, sleep-wake cycles, and metabolic networks

Akhilesh Reddy, Frances Crick Institute, London.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Urinary Sphincter Mechanism Incompetence (USMI) treated with Static Hydraulic Urethral Sphincter (SHUS), complications and long-term outcome in female dogs

Cesar Gomes, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 04 May 2018, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Flying Around Cambridge

Alana Thackray, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 04 May 2018, 08:45-10:00

Bradford Hill seminars at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health

Title TBC

BRADFORD HILL SEMINAR

Professor Richard Hobbs, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford .

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Friday 04 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Tracing the Transitions from Pluripotency to Germ Cell Fate with CRISPR Screening

Ufuk Günesdogan, University of Göttingen, Germany.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

BSS Formal Seminars

Linking mechanochemistry with protein folding with single bond resolution

Prof. Sergi Garcia-Manyes, Department of Physics and and Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London .

Small Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory.

Friday 04 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey

Title to be confirmed

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Chris Fogwill, Keele University.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 307.

Tuesday 08 May 2018, 11:00-12:00

Craik Club

You don't have to use 'motion energy' to compute velocity: a biologically inspired and implemented motion model

Dr Linda Bowns, Cambridge Computational Biology Institute.

Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site.

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Ovarian cancer - frontiers in research

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute and Professor Paul Pharoah, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 10 May 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Virology Seminars

In pursuit of a broad spectrum antiviral: High resolution structures of antiviral targets in the calnexin cycle

Nicole Zitzmann, University of Oxford.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 10 May 2018, 12:00-13:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Explosive seed dispersal

Angela Hay, Max Planck.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 10 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Centriole Duplication: from body coordination in flies to skin cell biology and cancer

Host: Alexis Braun

Professor David Glover, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 10 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: “Cox-process representation and inference for stochastic reaction-diffusion processes”

Dr Guido Sanguinetti, University of Edinburgh.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Thursday 10 May 2018, 14:30-15:30

Chaucer Club

Title TBC

Speaker TBC.

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 10 May 2018, 15:30-17:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

GRAND ROUNDS

Speaker to be confirmed.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 11 May 2018, 08:45-10:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Self-organization and patterning of sensory organs in Drosophila

François Schweisguth, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

BSS Formal Seminars

Cell morphogenesis across scales, from molecular processes to cell surface mechanics

Prof. Ewa Paluch, MRC LMCB, University College London and Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge..

Small Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory.

Friday 11 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Modified small RNA regulate chromosome dosage and segregation

Hosted by: Tony Kouzarides

Rob Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 15 May 2018, 11:00-12:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Epigenetics: One Genome, Multiple Phenotypes

Hosted by: Tony Kouzarides & Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association (GIPA)

Danny Reinberg, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, NYU Langone School of Medicine at Smilow Research Center, New York, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 15 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

Social and Developmental Psychology (SDP) Seminar Series

Beyond crazy: Rationality, irrationality, and conspiracy theory

Professor Robbie Sutton, University of Kent.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 15 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Illuminating the start of complex life: Spatial analysis of Ediacaran ecosystems

Dr Emily Mitchell, Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 15 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Computational and Systems Biology

CCBI Annual Symposium

REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 09:00-17:15

Immunology in Pathology

Red Queen drives selection on MHC genes

Host: Professor Jim Kaufman(jfk31@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Jacek Radwan, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Gene re-usages constrained the evolvability of the animal body plan?

Naoki Irie (University of Tokyo).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Parasitology Seminars

Chemical genetic approaches to accelerate antimalarial target discovery

Host: Ross Waller

Marcus Lee, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Kidney cancer: the most lethal urological malignancy

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend

Dr Grant Stewart, Department of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 09:30-10:30

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

Title to be confirmed

Allan Balmain, UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Family Cancer Centre.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Javier Igea, Tanentzap Lab.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 13:00-13:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Smooth muscle specific alternative splicing: super-enhancers point the way

Professor Chris Smith, Cambridge.

School of Clinical Medicine, Lecture Theatre Two.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

British Antarctic Survey

Title to be confirmed

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Elizabeth Thomas, British Antarctic Survey.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 187.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

Chaucer Club

Remembering complex events

Chris Bird (U. of Sussex).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 15:30-17:00

Foster Talks

Foster Talk - Localised RNA-based mechanisms underlie neuronal wiring

Professor Christine Holt.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Intercity dynamics of Influenza in Australia

Edward Lam, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 18 May 2018, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

Anna Cronin, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 18 May 2018, 08:45-10:00

Bradford Hill seminars at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health

The power of parenting support

BRADFORD HILL SEMINAR

Professor Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg, Leiden University.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Friday 18 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Signals regulating cell fates and cell movements in the vertebrate embryo

Sergei Sokol, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, New York.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

ARClub Talks

A longitudinal study on the effect of testosterone and estradiol on empathy and systemizing (EQ-SQ): from amniotic fluid to adolescence.

Tess Beking, PhD Student, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 10:30-11:30

Immunology in Pathology

Regulation of resistance and tolerance at the intestinal barrier

Host: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Virginia Pedicord, Sanger Institute.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series-Title to follow

Titia De Lange Rockefeller.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The clinical and biological basis of prostate cancer - from diagnosis to personalised therapy

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Mr Vincent Gnanapragasam, Department of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 24 May 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Role of RNA chaperons in segment assortment and RNA packaging of dsRNA viruses

Roman Tuma, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 24 May 2018, 12:00-13:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Metabolic Clusters – From Genetics to Genomics

Anne Osbourne, John Innes Centre.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 24 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Why are we so bad at face recognition?

Mike Burton (U. of York).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 24 May 2018, 15:30-17:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Junior Clinical Training Scholars Presentations

Speaker to be confirmed.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 25 May 2018, 08:45-10:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hedgehog signalling in immune cells

Maike de la Roche, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Optimal bootstrapping with dependent data"

Prof Alastair Young, Imperial College London.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 29 May 2018, 14:30-15:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series-Title to follow

Michael Hall.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Tuesday 29 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Title to be confirmed

Host: Dr Brian Ferguson (bf234@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Monsef Benkirane, Institute of Human Genetics, Montpellier, France.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Life in the dark: can deep sea fishes see colours?

Zuzana Musilova (Charles University, Prague).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Brain tumours - demographics, presentation, diagnosis, patient pathways

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Mr Thomas Santarius, Dept of Clinical Neuroscience and Dept of Neurosurgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 31 May 2018, 09:30-10:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Ronnelle Roth, Paszkowski Lab.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 31 May 2018, 13:00-13:30

Chaucer Club

The structure and function of visual working memory

Paul Bays (U. of Cambridge, Dept of Psychology).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 31 May 2018, 15:30-17:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

GRAND ROUNDS

Speaker to be confirmed.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 01 June 2018, 08:45-10:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Building and Breaking Epithelial tubes: an Optogenetic approach

Clare Buckley, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 June 2018, 13:15-13:55

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Regulatory principles in human development and evolution

Hosted by: Julie Ahringer & Emma Rawlins

Joanna Wysocka, Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Stanford, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 05 June 2018, 11:30-12:30

Immunology in Pathology

Challenges in human respiratory viral infection

Host: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug (ko256@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Christopher Chiu, Imperial College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 06 June 2018, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Zooming in on small vessel disease and dementia with 7T MRI

Professor Geert Jan Biessels, UMC Utrecht, Netherlands.

Herchel Smith building, Forvie Site, ground floor Seminar Room.

Wednesday 06 June 2018, 15:00-16:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Where does cancer come from?

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Professor Richard Gilbertson, Director of CRUK Cambridge Centre, Li Ka Shing Chair of Oncology, Head of Dept of Oncology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 07 June 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Insight into the molecular mechanism of extracellular matrix calcification in the vasculature from NMR spectroscopy and electron microscopy

Professor Melinda J Duer, Dept.Chemistry Cambridge.

School of Clinical Medicine, Lecture Theatre Two.

Thursday 07 June 2018, 11:00-12:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Developing and Funding a Global System for the Conservation of Crop Diversity in Genebanks

Luigi Guarino, Crop Trust.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 07 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Mass spectrometry-based proteomics: challenges and opportunities"

Dr Laurent Gatto, University of Cambridge .

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Thursday 07 June 2018, 14:30-15:30

Chaucer Club

The neural bases of declarative memory and primary using studies of brain damaged patients

Daniela Montaldi (U. of Manchester) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 07 June 2018, 15:30-17:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

Characterising Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Tenocytes and Determining the Changing Role of Scleraxis During Tendon Development

Yasmin Paterson, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 08 June 2018, 08:45-10:00

Friday Morning Seminars, Dept of Veterinary Medicine

The microbiome of sheep following administration of a recombinant anti-helminth vaccine – implications for parasite control

Xiaopei Su, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2.

Friday 08 June 2018, 08:45-10:00

British Antarctic Survey

Title to be confirmed

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building.

Jenny Turton, Friedrich-Alexander Universität.

British Antarctic Survey, Innovation Centre, Seminar Room 2.

Tuesday 12 June 2018, 14:00-15:00

ARClub Talks

Self-Other Processes in ASD - the Case of Empathy

Dr Idalmis Santiesteban, ESRC Future Research Leaders Fellow and Affiliate Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 13 June 2018, 10:30-11:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Paediatric malignancies: an overview

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Amos Burke, Department of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Cell-Autonomous Mechanisms of HIV Suppression

Michael Malim, King's College London.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr Rui Monteiro, University of Oxford.

School of Clinical Medicine, Lecture Theatre Two.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

Chaucer Club

Concept learning as compression

Bradley Love (UCL).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 15:30-17:00

Foster Talks

Foster Talk - "Integrating structural and functional approaches to decipher AMPA receptor signaling in synaptic transmission and plasticity"

Dr Ingo Greger, MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Bradford Hill seminars at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health

Psychological Medicine in Global Health : research for impact

BRADFORD HILL SEMINAR

Dr Melanie Abas, Kings College London.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Friday 15 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Muscle regeneration - No pain, no gain

Hosted by: John Gurdon & Meritxell Huch

Helen Blau, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 19 June 2018, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

refreshments available at 1pm

Professor Steeve Provencher, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.

School of Clinical Medicine, Lecture Theatre Two.

Tuesday 19 June 2018, 12:00-13:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Frontiers in paediatric cancer research

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Suzanne Turner, Department of Pathology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 21 June 2018, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Colorectal cancer. Part 1. Presentation, Diagnosis and Intervention. Part 2. Cellular signalling networks in colon cancer and the models to study them - a basic research perspective

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Mr Simon Buczacki, CRUK Cambridge Institute and Dr Marc de la Roche, Department of Biochemistry.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 28 June 2018, 09:30-10:30

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

Title to be confirmed

David Sabatini, Whitehead Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 28 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Cardiovascular Seminar Series

It takes two to tango:platelet collagen receptor GPVI-dimer in thrombosis and clinical implications

Dr Stephanie Jung, Cambridge.

School of Clinical Medicine, Seminar Room One.

Thursday 28 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series-Title to follow

Steve Harrison.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 28 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Lung Cancer. Part 1. Patient pathway and Intervention. Part 2. Lung Cancer: Futurescape

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Robert Rintoul, CUH and Papworth NHS Foundation Trusts, and Dr Frank McCaughan, Department of Biochemistry.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 05 July 2018, 09:30-10:30

British Antarctic Survey

Title to be confirmed

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Agatha de Boer, Stockholm University.

British Antarctic Survey, Seminar Room 187.

Thursday 05 July 2018, 14:00-15:00

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

Title to be confirmed

**Please note this talk is on a Tuesday**

Cigall Kadoch, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 10 July 2018, 13:00-14:00

ARClub Talks

Mechanistic insights from genome-wide association studies of reproductive traits

Professor Ken Ong, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 11 July 2018, 10:30-11:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Diagnostics and patient pathways in pancreatic cancer

Mr Raaj Praseedom, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 12 July 2018, 09:30-10:30

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Using Gaussian processes to model branching dynamics from single-cell data" (provisional)

Prof. Magnus Rattray, University of Manchester.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 14:30-15:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Research frontiers and new therapeutic strategies in pancreatic cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Tobias Janowitz, Department of Oncology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 19 July 2018, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

MicroRNAs as circulating biomarkers in cancer

These talks are aimed at first year PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Matthew Murray, Department of Pathology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 26 July 2018, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series-Title to follow

Jordan Raff.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 20 September 2018, 16:00-17:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Ana Pombo, MDC Berlin.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 27 September 2018, 13:00-14:00

Bradford Hill seminars at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health

Bradford Hill Seminar with Professor Andrew Morris - Title TBC

BRADFORD HILL SEMINAR

Professor Andrew Morris, Farr Institute, Scotland.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Friday 05 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Y M Dennis Lo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 25 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series-Title to follow

Sarah Teichmann.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 11:00-12:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Meritxell Huch & Ben Simons

Melissa Little, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Victoria, Australia.

To be confirmed.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 11:30-12:30

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

Title to be confirmed

Emily Hodges, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, USA.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Eric Miska

Ben Lehner, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 27 November 2018, 11:30-12:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

Perutz Lecture- Title to be confirmed

Eric Gouaux.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Skeletal Muscle Development in the Zebrafish

Hosted by: John Gurdon & Phil Zegerman

Philip Ingham, Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, UK.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 04 December 2018, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Title to be confirmed

Sylvia Richardson, MRC Biostatistics Unit.

Venue to be confirmed.

Monday 21 January 2019, 19:15-21:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Emma Rawlins

Bi-Sen Ding, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 29 January 2019, 11:30-12:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Azim Surani

Janet Rossant, University of Toronto, Canada.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 30 April 2019, 11:30-12:30