Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Learning Engines for Healthcare: Using Machine Learning to Transform Clinical Practice and Discovery

Prof Mihaela van der Schaar from Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 18 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to the early detection of cancer and novel interventions

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

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 09:30-10:30

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

Epigenetic control of malignant melanoma

Emily Bernstein, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Oncology Seminar Series

‘Multi-dimensional cancer-immune cell interaction during metastasis’

Host: Sakari Vanharanta (SV358@MRC-CU.cam.ac.uk)

Xiang Zhang, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.

Clifford Albutt Lecture theatre, Clinical School.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 12:00-13:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Liquid biopsy biomarkers for early detection; general principles and specific examples

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

Dr Charlie Massie, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Stem cells, regeneration and organoid cultures

Meritxell Huch, Wellcome Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Member of the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

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

Thursday 28 February 2019, 16:00-17:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Chemical regulation of functional RNAs

Special Seminar hosted by: Tony Kouzarides, Eric Miska & Cambridge RNA Club

Yunsun Nam, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 05 March 2019, 11:30-12:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series Milstein Lecture - Intracellular Membrane Contact Sites, Lipid Dynamics and Neurodegeneration

Pietro De Camilli Departments of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Kavli Institute for Neuroscince, Yale University School of Medicine.

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

Tuesday 05 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The development of cancer risk susceptibility models and application to early detection

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

Professor Antonis Antoniou, Early Detection Programme.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 07 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Animating Molecular Biology

Janet Iwasa, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Department, University of Utah.

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

Friday 08 March 2019, 16:00-17:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Regulatory Genomics: From Basic Biology to Disease Mechanisms and Ageing

Dr Judith Zaugg from EMBL in Heidelberg.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 11 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Lecture Cancelled

Lecture Cancelled.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Title TBC

Mary-Claire King, human geneticist professor, University of Washington.

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

Thursday 14 March 2019, 10:30-11:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Demographics, Diagnosis and Treatment Pathways in Haematological Malignancies

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

Professor Brian Huntly, Department of Haematology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 21 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

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

Title to be confirmed

Robert Bristow, Manchester Cancer Research Research Centre, University of Manchester.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 21 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Title to be confirmed

Professor Francesca D. Ciccarelli from King’s College London & The Francis Crick Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 25 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The bone marrow microenvironment in myeloid malignancies

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

Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer (University of Cambridge).

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 28 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Title TBC

Jorge Galan, PhD, DVM, Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Professor of Cell Biology; Chair, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis.

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

Friday 05 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Factors and Functions of ER Membrane Contact Sites

Gia Voeltz PhD, HHMI Investigator and Professor University of Colorado at Boulder.

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

Wednesday 10 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Tak Mak, UHN, Toronto.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 11 April 2019, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Breast cancer: demographics, presentation, diagnosis & patient pathway

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

Dr Charlotte Coles (University of Cambridge) Breast Cancer Programme and Hilary Stobart.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 18 April 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of transcription factors 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 25 April 2019, 09:30-10:30

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

Title to be confirmed

***Please note this seminar is on a Friday***

Thea Tlsty, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Friday 26 April 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - CryoEM of proton pumping macromolecular machines

John Rubinstein.

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

Monday 29 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture

Hosted by: Azim Surani & Emma Rawlins

Janet Rossant, University of Toronto, Canada.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Biological and Clinical Features of High Grade Serious Ovarian Cancer

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

Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Institute.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 02 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Title TBC

David Rudner, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School.

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

Friday 03 May 2019, 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 09 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer

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

Professor Paul Pharoah, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology .

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 16 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Modifications of RNA: their function and role in cancer

Tony Kouzarides, PhD FRS FMedSci, Professor of Cancer Biology, Cancer Research UK Gibb Fellow, Director of the Milner Therapeutics Institute, Member of the Department of Pathology.

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

Thursday 16 May 2019, 11:00-12:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Eric Miska & Azim Surani

Cedric Feschotte, Cornell University, NY, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 16 May 2019, 11:30-12:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Spatio-temporal dynamics of cell fate specification and differentiation in the zebrafish embryo

Hosted by: John Gurdon & Philip Zegerman

Philip W Ingham, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Imperial College London - Nanyang Technological University Singapore.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 21 May 2019, 11:30-12:30

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 23 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - The 100,000 genomes project and beyond

Tim Hubbard, Professor of Bioinformatics & Head of Department, King’s College London.

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

Thursday 23 May 2019, 16:00-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Brain tumours: demographics, presentation, diagnosis, treatment

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

Mr Thomas Santarius, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 30 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Clinical Treatment and Cancer Stem Cell Biology in Malignant Glioma

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

Dr Harry Bulstrode - Neurosurgeon, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 06 June 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Paediatric Malignancies

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

Dr Amos Burke, Clinical Consultant - Department of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology and Palliative Care.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 13 June 2019, 09:30-10:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Title TBC

Xiaodong Zhang.

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

Tuesday 18 June 2019, 11:00-12:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The childhood cancer genome

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

Dr Sam Behjati - Research Fellow in Medical Sciences and Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow, Department of Paediatrics and WTSI.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 20 June 2019, 09:30-10:30

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

Title to be confirmed

Chris Sander, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 20 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

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.

Dr Marc de la Roche, Lecturer - Department of Biochemistry.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 27 June 2019, 09:30-10:30

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 -Clinical Consultant, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and Dr Frank McCaughan-Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow / Honorary Consultant,Department of Biochemistry School of Clinical Medicine .

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 04 July 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Diagnostics and patient pathways in pancreatic cancer

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

Dr Raaj Praseedom - Consultant HPB-Transplant Surgeon, Lead clinician for the East of England Specialist HPB Specialist Multidisciplinary Team..

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 11 July 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Diagnostics and patient pathways in pancreatic cancer

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

Dr Raaj Praseedom.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 11 July 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The AKT inhibitor Capivasertib (AZD5363): From Discovery to Clinical Proof of Concept

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

Dr Barry Davies - Director, Clinical and Translational Scientific Alliances, AstraZeneca.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 18 July 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

MicroRNAs as circulating biomarkers in cancer

Dr Matthew Murray - Academic Consultant Paediatric Oncologist.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 25 July 2019, 09:30-10:30

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Title to be confirmed

Dr Anna Obenauf from Research Institute of Molecular Pathology in Vienna.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 16 September 2019, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series Perutz Lecture - The enigmatic TMEM16 family

Lily Jan, ack and DeLoris Lange Professor of Molecular Physiology at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

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

Thursday 19 September 2019, 11:00-17:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Anjana Rao, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 26 September 2019, 13:00-14:00

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

Title to be confirmed

***Please note this seminar is on a Friday***

Christopher Vakoc, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Friday 11 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Emma Rawlins & Steve Jackson

Arturo Londoño-Vallejo, Institut Curie, Paris, France.

To be confirmed.

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

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

Title to be confirmed

Valerie M Weaver, University of California, San Francisco.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 31 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

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

Title to be confirmed

Judith Campisi, The Buck Institute for Research on Ageing .

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Philip Zegerman & Eric Miska

Lori Passmore, MRC-LMB, Cambridge.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 26 November 2019, 11:30-12:30

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 05 December 2019, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Hansong Ma & Eric Miska

Harmit Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 26 May 2020, 11:30-12:30