MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual BSU Seminar: 'Assumption-lean inference for generalised linear model parameters'

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Prof Stijn Vansteelandt, Ghent University .

Virtual Seminar .

Thursday 24 September 2020, 14:00-15:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Characterizing and forecasting tumour evolution

Please email anna.toporska@cruk.cam.ac.uk by Friday 25 September to receive a ZOOM registration link

Dr Robert Noble from City, University of London.

ZOOM (live).

Monday 28 September 2020, 10:30-11:30

CCIMI Seminars

Title to be confirmed

James Ng (GAM Systematic).

Virtual Zoom meeting.

Wednesday 30 September 2020, 14:00-15:00

MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr Kostas Tokatlidis | University of Glasgow .

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7) The Keith Peters Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Wednesday 07 October 2020, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Dynamics and Vibration Tea Time Talks

An introduction to the DVRG

Professor Robin Langley, CUED.

Online - Zoom link to follow.

Friday 09 October 2020, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Electronics on the brain

Professor George Malliaras, Prince Philip Professor of Technology, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Location: Your choice. See CSAR website or emails for joining information..

Monday 12 October 2020, 19:30-21:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture: How CST protects telomeres and double-strand breaks

Hosted by: Steve Jackson & Hansong Ma

Titia de Lange, Director, Anderson Center for Cancer Research, Rockefeller University, New York, USA.

Webinar.

Tuesday 13 October 2020, 14:00-15:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Virtual BSU Seminar: 'Stochastic treatment interventions in causal survival analysis'

If you would like to join this virtual seminar, please email alison.quenault@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Dr Lan Wen, Harvard University .

Virtual Seminar .

Tuesday 13 October 2020, 14:00-15:00

Computational and Systems Biology

Discovering the gene networks that regulate hunger

Dr Katherine Lawler (IMS, Cambridge).

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

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

Computer Laboratory Security Group meeting presentations

change of room: FW26

Speaker to be confirmed.

Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building, Room FW26.

Friday 16 October 2020, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Dynamics and Vibration Tea Time Talks

Title - tbc

Tisal Edirisinghe, CUED.

Online - Teams link to follow.

Friday 16 October 2020, 16:00-16:30

Early Science and Medicine

The first Egyptian society

Anna Marie Roos (University of Lincoln).

Zoom.

Tuesday 20 October 2020, 17:00-18:30

MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr Stephen Tait | CRUK Beatson Institute / University of Glasgow .

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7) The Keith Peters Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Wednesday 21 October 2020, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

TBA

Benyi Cao, CUED.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 22 October 2020, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

New 1D models for localisation in slender structures

Claire Lestringant, Structural Engineering, Cambridge.

Oatley 1 Meeting Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 23 October 2020, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Dynamics and Vibration Tea Time Talks

Title - tbc

Malar Chellasivalingam, CUED.

Online - Teams link to follow.

Friday 23 October 2020, 16:00-16:30

Computational and Systems Biology

Title to be confirmed

Dr Paul Schofield (University of Cambridge).

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

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

Computational and Systems Biology

Computational Approaches to Drug Design and Computational Toxicology

Dr Andreas Bender (Centre for Molecular Informatics).

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

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

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Seismic behaviour of structures with basements in liquefiable soil

Dr Fiona Hughes, Graduate Geotechnical Engineer at Arup.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 05 November 2020, 16:00-16:45

Bennett Institute for Public Policy

Science, evidence, and government; reflections on the covid-19 experience

Professor Neil Lawrence, Professor Theresa M Marteau, Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, & Professor Anna Vignoles.

Online Event on Zoom.

Tuesday 10 November 2020, 17:30-19:00

Computational and Systems Biology

Can machines understand the scientific literature?

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

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

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

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

TBA

Zijing Li, CUED.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 12 November 2020, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Dynamics and Vibration Tea Time Talks

Title - tbc

Dr Tore Butlin, CUED.

Online - Teams link to follow.

Friday 13 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Is Dementia Preventable?

Professor Gill Livingston, Division of Psychiatry, UCL..

Location: Your choice. See CSAR website or emails for joining information..

Monday 16 November 2020, 19:30-21:00

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

MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr Maya Schuldiner | Weizmann Institute .

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7) The Keith Peters Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Wednesday 18 November 2020, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Performance of drains in earthquake-induced liquefaction mitigation under new and existing buildings

Samy Garcia-Torres, CUED.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 19 November 2020, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Dynamics and Vibration Tea Time Talks

Title - tbc

Dr Mohammed Hussein, Qatar University.

Online - Teams link to follow.

Friday 20 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

Computational and Systems Biology

AstraZeneca Oncology Bioinformatics case studies and the skill sets we value

Miika Ahdesmäki & Krishna Bulusu (AstraZeneca).

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

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

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

TBA

Charalampos Konstantinou (University of Cambridge).

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 26 November 2020, 16:00-16:45

Engineering Department Dynamics and Vibration Tea Time Talks

Title - tbc

Professor Julian Dunne, University of Sussex.

Online - Teams link to follow.

Friday 27 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

TBA

Dr Thejesh Kumar Garala, Research Associate at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Thursday 03 December 2020, 16:00-16:45

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

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

Computer Laboratory Security Group meeting presentations

change of room: FW26

Speaker to be confirmed.

Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building, Room FW26.

Friday 29 January 2021, 16:00-17:00

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

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Hunt for Exoplanets

Professor Didier Queloz, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge.

Location: Your choice. See CSAR website or emails for joining information..

Monday 08 February 2021, 19:30-21:00

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

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

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

Computer Laboratory Security Group meeting presentations

change of room: FW26

Speaker to be confirmed.

Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building, Room FW26.

Friday 30 April 2021, 16:00-17:00