Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution of ant social chromosomes and bumblebee diversity

Yannick Wurm (Queen Mary University of London).

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

Tuesday 23 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Medical Staff Round

Title: When lightning strikes twice: stroke and cancer

Presenter: Dr Juliana Delos Reyes.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Hacking the gene expression machinery for genome defense

Host: Felipe Karam Teixeira

Dr Julius Brennecke from IMBA, Vienna BioCenter .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 25 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony. How culture made the human mind

Zoology Graduate Student's Invited Speaker

Kevin Laland (University of St. Andrews).

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

Tuesday 30 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Medical Staff Round

Title: Spectrum of human disease associated with GNAS mutations

Presenter: Dr Fleur Talbot.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 13:00-13:30

Medical Staff Round

Title: A Case to Attr-act

Presenter: Dr Habitha Sulaiman.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 13:30-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Tumour structure and nomenclature

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 01 November 2018, 09:30-10:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

What makes biology so cool - the wonderful tension between diversity and generalizability

Hannah Kokko (University of Zurich).

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

Tuesday 06 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Medical Staff Round

Title: A focal chondral defect in the knee

Presenter: Mr Ben Davies.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 13:00-13:30

Medical Staff Round

Title: “Intoxicating Pharmacology”

Presenter: Douglas Maslin.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 13:30-14:00

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Scalable Intelligent Systems by 2025

Carl Hewitt - Emeritus professor at MIT.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 16:15-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Overview of the core ideas in cancer research

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 08 November 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

39th Cambridge Epigenetics Seminar

Bas van Steensel; 2nd speaker to be confirmed.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Monday 12 November 2018, 18:00-19:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Sexual conflict in ecological context

Jen Perry (University of Oxford).

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

Tuesday 13 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Medical Staff Round

Antibiotic Awareness Week

Dr Nick Brown.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

Failing with Style: Why and How we Should Encourage Humans to Fail with Highly Capable Systems

Professor Steve Benford, Mixed Reality Laboratory, School of Computer Science, The University of Nottingham.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory.

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 16:15-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The mutations that drive cancer

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

Dr Paul Edwards, Emeritus Reader in Cancer Biology.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 09:30-10:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Social learning? So what! Looking for evolutionary consequences of social information use.

Rose Thorogood (University of Cambridge and University of Helsinki).

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

Tuesday 20 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Medical Staff Round

Title: All in your head ...or not in mine? Dealing with Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Primary Care

Presenter: Dr Golnessa Masson.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 13:00-13:30

Medical Staff Round

Title: ‘The liver gets the NOD too’

Presenter: Dr Ricky Sinharay, on behalf of Dr Bill Griffiths.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 13:30-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer metabolism, a hallmark of cancer

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

Dr Christian Frezza, MRC Cancer Unit.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 09:30-10:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Social ecology of wild birds: networks and social learning

Ben Sheldon (University of Oxford).

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

Tuesday 27 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Medical Staff Round

Title: "management of traumatic brain injury - past, present and the future"

Presenter: Professor Franco Servadei, President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies .

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 13:00-13:30

Medical Staff Round

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 13:30-14:00

Computer Laboratory Wednesday Seminars

From molecules to recurrent visual hallucinations: multimodal imaging and computational modelling of Dementia with Lewy bodies

Dr Li Su - Alzheimer’s Research UK Senior Research Fellow.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 16:15-17:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Introduction to the biology of metastasis

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

Dr Sakari Vanharanta, MRC Cancer Unit .

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 09:30-10:30

Cambridge Epigenetics Club

40th Cambridge Epigenetics Seminar

Speakers to be confirmed.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Monday 03 December 2018, 18:00-19:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

TBC [ topic: evolution and genetics of butterfly wing patterns]

Owen McMillan, STRI.

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

Tuesday 04 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

Medical Staff Round

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 05 December 2018, 13:00-13:30

Medical Staff Round

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 05 December 2018, 13:30-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity

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 06 December 2018, 09:30-10:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Alarm calls and interspecific eavesdropping

Pat Magrath (Australian National University).

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

Tuesday 11 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

Medical Staff Round

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 12 December 2018, 13:00-13:30

Medical Staff Round

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 12 December 2018, 13:30-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

DNA repair: from mechanistic insights to therapeutic applications in cancer

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

Professor Steve Jackson, The Gurdon Institute.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 13 December 2018, 09:30-10:30

Medical Staff Round

Christmas Quiz

Dr Menna Clatworthy .

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 19 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Dr Mike Scott, Department of Haematology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 03 January 2019, 09:30-10:30

Medical Staff Round

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 09 January 2019, 13:00-13:30

Medical Staff Round

Title to be confirmed

Presenter: Dr Alice Hughes.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 09 January 2019, 13:30-14:00

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Dr Raj Jena, Department of Onocology and Mr Adel Helmy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience CUH NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Dr Bristi Basu, Department of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 17 January 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Dr Christine Parkinson, Department of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Dr Thankamma Ajithkumar and Dr Helen Hatcher, Department of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Dr Ferdia Gallagher, Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Dr Luigi Aloj, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

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

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

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

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 PhD students but all are welcome to attend.

Dr Barry Davies, AstraZeneca.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

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

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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 02 May 2019, 09:30-10:30

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Title to be confirmed

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

Dr James Brenton, CRUK Cambridge Research Institute.

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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

Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title to be confirmed

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