Department: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Talks:

Thursday 22 May 2025

SHERRINGTON PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE PRIZE LECTURE: The Art of Choosing
Date: 22 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Sheena S. Iyengar (Columbia Business School)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 23 May 2025

Revisiting oxygen transport by red cells: getting excited about the most boring cell
Date: 23 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Pawel Swietach (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG), University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Oxford Parkinson's Research Day (this event is for Oxford Parkinson's Researchers only & is not aimed at members of the public)
Date: 3 June 2025, 9:00 - 17:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Organiser: Lorraine Dyson (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

Role of subplate neurons in the development and evolution of the mammalian neocortex
Date: 3 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Chiaki Ohtaka-Maruyama (Developmental Neuroscience Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 4 June 2025

Lunch & Learn: The Funding Landscape
Date: 4 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Peter Barber
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building & Online, please visit booking url to register
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 June 2025

Oxygen Homeostasis – new insights into an ancient problem
Date: 6 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 11 June 2025

Lunch & Learn: Elements of a Good Research Grant Application
Date: 11 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Peter Barber
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building and Online, please visit booking url to register
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 18 June 2025

Lunch & Learn: Time Management
Date: 18 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 June 2025

Dissecting the synaptic basis of learning in vivo
Date: 19 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Dr William (Jake) Wright (University of California, San Diego)
Venue Details: Virtual (Please contact events@dpag.ox.ac.uk for Teams Link)
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Randy Bruno (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 23 June 2025

OPDC Seminar - talk title tbc
Date: 23 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Associate Professor Antony Cooper (Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia)
Venue: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details: This seminar will be held in the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, Ground Floor Seminar Room (20-138). Email: opdc.administrator@dpag.ox.ac.uk for more details.
Organiser: Lorraine Dyson (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 24 June 2025

DPAG KAVLI SIR HANS KREBS PRIZE LECTURE 2025: Advances in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering: Towards Oral Insulin and Artificial Pancreas
Date: 24 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Robert Langer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: Professor Dame Molly Stevens (DPAG, University of Oxford), Professor David Paterson (DPAG, University of Oxford), Professor Dame Carol Robinson (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 2 July 2025

Lunch & Learn: Transitioning to Group Leader
Date: 2 July 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online (please visit booking url to register)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 7 July 2025

PAEDIATRICS, KAVLI & DPAG SPECIAL LECTURE: Bespoke CRISPR Gene Editing Therapies at Nationwide Scale: an Actionable Path
Date: 7 July 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Professor Fyodor Urnov (University of California, Berkeley)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Matthew Wood (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Matthew Wood (University of Oxford)

Thursday 10 July 2025

OPDC Seminar - talk title tbc
Date: 10 July 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Assistant Prof. Briana R. De Miranda (The University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Venue Details: This seminar will be held online. Please email opdc.administrator@dpag.ox.ac.uk for more details.
Organiser: Lorraine Dyson (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)