Department: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
Talks:

Tuesday 3 December 2024

CEBPA mutation disrupting the bZIP domain regulates the epi-transcriptomic landscape to enforce aberrant erythropoiesis and drive disease progression in Myelodysplastic syndromes’
Date: 3 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Paloma Garcia (Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Medicine)
Host: Giulia Orlando (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 4 December 2024

Essentials of Light Microscopy Short Course
Date: 4 December 2024, 10:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Dr Jana Koth (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Dr Jana Koth (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

The co-inhibitory receptor TIGIT promotes tissue protection and repair
Date: 4 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Nicole Joller (Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, the University of Zurich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: Prof Jan Rehwinkel ((Radcliffe Department of Medicine) University of Oxford), Dr Ross Chapman (University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 December 2024

Transient promoter interactions modulate developmental gene activation
Date: 5 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Angelika Feldmann (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 6 December 2024

Decoding Immune Checkpoint Signalling Pathways Through CRISPR-Based Screening Approaches
Date: 6 December 2024, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Sumana Sharma (Davis Group, University of Oxford), Dr Joseph Clarke (T-cell Biology Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 7 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr. Ian Hitchcock (Department of Biology, University of York)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford)
Host: Beth Psaila (WIMM)

Wednesday 8 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 8 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Brian Huntly (University of Cambridge)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Tom Milne (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 21 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 21 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Jean Soulier (Saint-Louise Hospital, France)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 23 January 2025

The non-coding exome in rare disease: from diagnosis to therapies
Date: 23 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Nicky Whiffin (Big Data Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Andrew Wilkie (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford)

Wednesday 29 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 29 January 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Simon Cleary (King's College London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof David Jackson (WIMM HIU)

Thursday 30 January 2025

Large scale systematic identification of extracellular receptor-ligand interactions: case studies in host-pathogen interactions for vaccine design and the human immune system
Date: 30 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Gavin Wright (University of York)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Simon Davis (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 4 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 4 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Jacob Corn (ETH Zürich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Grace Meaker (MRC WIMM)

Wednesday 5 February 2025

Lung cancer initiation, metastases and immune evasion: 10 years of TRACERx
Date: 5 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Charles Swanton (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Giulia Orlando (University of Oxford)

Thursday 13 February 2025

Genome Stability in Aging: New perspectives from C. elegans
Date: 13 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Björn Schumacher (Institute for Genome Stability in Ageing and Disease)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Ross Chapman (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 25 February 2025

TBC
Date: 25 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Sebastian Eustermann (EMBL)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Doug Higgs (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 27 February 2025

Cellular responses to DNA and RNA damage
Date: 27 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Julian Stingele (Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ewa Gogola (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 4 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 4 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Simon Bomken (Newcastle University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Tom Milne (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 March 2025

New concepts in type 2 immunity
Date: 6 March 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Bart Lambrecht (Ghent University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Oliver Bannard (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 13 March 2025

TBC
Date: 13 March 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Kodi Ravichandran (Washington University School of Medicine)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Alison Simmons (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 18 March 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Michael Milsom (German Cancer Research Centre)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Dr Beth Psaila (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 1 April 2025

Title TBC
Date: 1 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor George Vassilou (Cambridge Cancer Stem Cell Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Tuesday 8 April 2025

Title TBC
Date: 8 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Andreas Trumpp (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Beatriz Hirt-Font (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Fiona Lambert (University of Oxford), Emma Butterfield (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Thursday 17 April 2025

TBC
Date: 17 April 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Eirini Papapetrou (Mount Sinai, NY)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Yasmine Saito (Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Paresh Vyas (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Title TBC
Date: 30 April 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Andreas Wack (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)