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Upcoming university events.
Immunisation and Influenza Update Training
A short-day immunisation and influenza training course.
Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 9am to 3.30pm
Term: Michaelmas, Week 11
Department: Paediatrics (Department)
Organiser: Clara Lloyd
Host: Karen Ford
Audience: HCP's Format: In Person
Leading Collaboration - bringing people together to achieve the extraordinary (in-person)
Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 10am to 3pm
Speaker(s): Kate Tapper
Venue:
Careers Service
Careers Service 56 Banbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6PA United Kingdom
Venue details:
upon booking
Department: Maths, Physical & Life Sciences (Division)
Organiser: Dr Catherine Seed
Host: MPLS Researcher Training & Development
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Lunchtime Lab Talks
Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Speaker(s): Nicky Whiffin
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine (Department)
Host: Centre for Human Genetics
Status: Cancelled
University of Oxford Scientific Research Facilities (SRF) Conference
Learn more about our outstanding Scientific Research Facilities at the University of Oxford's second SRF Conference.
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 9am to 5pm
Venue:
The Life and Mind Building
The Life and Mind Building South Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3RB United Kingdom
Host: SRF Conference Committee
Audience: Please see Event Description for details. Format: In Person
External Virtual Human Factors Course
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 9am to 1pm
Speaker(s): Dr Helen Higham
Department: Clinical Neurosciences (Department)
Organiser: Wendy Washbourn
Audience: Is suitable for clinical and non-clinical staff and aims to provide an introduction to the fundamentals of human factors in healthcare. Format: Hybrid
Medical Grand Round - Infectious Diseases
'Hiding in plain sight?'
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine (Department)
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Audience: OUH clinical, University academic staff and medical students Format: In Person
Earth Observation for Conservation Impact Evaluation: Opportunities and Challenges
Opportunities and challenges of utilising Earth observation within causal impact evaluation frameworks.
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 3pm to 4pm
Speaker(s): Alejandro Guizar-Coutino (Department of Biology)
Department: Environmental Change Institute (Unit)
Organiser: Andrey Levitskiy
Host: Global Finance & Economy Programme
Series: NatureFinance@Oxford
Audience: Public Format: Online
The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 4pm to 5pm
Department: The Uehiro Oxford Institute (Department)
Host: Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
'CryoSeek: A Structure-First Paradigm for Discovery' (A Kavli Research and Enterprise Lecture)
Dr Nieng Yan will deliver a lecture on 'CryoSeek: A Structure-First Paradigm for Discovery'.
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 4.30pm to 5.30pm
Speaker(s): Dr Nieng Yan
Venue:
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building - DCHB 20-138 Seminar Room 2
DCHB 20-138 Seminar Room 2 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building off South Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3QU United Kingdom
Venue details:
DATE: Thursday, 9 July 2026 TIME: 4.30pm, followed by a drinks reception at 5.30pm VENUE: Room 20-138, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, Sherrington Road, Oxford PLEASE NOTE: Entry is strictly on presentation of a University card. Seating is limited.
Department: Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery (Unit)
Host: Professor Dame Carol Robinson and Professor Simon Newstead
Series: Kavli Research and Enterprise Lectures
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Discarded; How Technofossils will be our Ultimate Future
A free talk by authors Sarah Gabbott and Jan Zalasiewicz on their new book.
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 6pm to 7.30pm
Venue:
University Museum of Natural History
University Museum of Natural History Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3PW United Kingdom
Venue details:
Lecture theatre
Department: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Department)
Organiser: Communications Team
Series: Exhibition series: 34: The critical raw materials shaping our future
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Invited Seminar: Meningococcal disease: still with us – but for how long?
We are looking forward to hearing from Martin Maiden, Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, University of Oxford
Friday, 10 July 2026, 9.30am to 10.30am
Speaker(s): Martin Maiden (Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, Head of Department. Department of Biology, University of Oxford)
Venue:
Henry Wellcome Building Rooms A & B
Room A+B Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7BN United Kingdom
Venue details:
Centre for Human Genetics, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive Oxford OX3 7BN United Kingdom
Department: Medical Sciences (Division)
Organiser: Delia O'Rourke
Host: Delia O'Rourke
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
The architecture, assembly, and evolution of a complex flagellar motor
Friday, 10 July 2026, 11am to 12pm
Speaker(s): Dr Beile Gao (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science Guangzhou, China)
Venue:
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building - Seminar Room 2 (Room 20-138)
Seminar Room 2 (Room 20-138) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building off South Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3QU United Kingdom
Venue details:
Seminar Room 2, Room 20-138
Department: Biochemistry (Department)
Organiser: Professor Ben Berks
Host: Professor Ben Berks
Series: Microbiology and Systems Biology Seminar
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
OxON-14: Targeting Synapse Loss to Rescue Memory in Alzheimer’s Disease
Friday, 10 July 2026, 12pm to 1pm
Speaker(s): Professor Xuelin Lou (Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA)
Venue:
Pharmacology - David Smith Lecture Theatre
David Smith Lecture Theatre Pharmacology off Mansfield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3QT United Kingdom
Department: Pharmacology (Department)
Organiser: Prof. Ira Milosevic
Host: Prof. Ira Milosevic
Series: Oxford Organelle Network (OxON)
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
'Building living cells from lifeless molecules' (A Kavli Research and Enterprise Lecture)
Friday, 10 July 2026, 12pm to 1pm
Speaker(s): Professor Gijsje Koenderink (Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Delft; Bionanoscience Department at TU Delft; Erasmus Medical School Rotterdam)
Venue:
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building - DCHB 20-138 Seminar Room 2
DCHB 20-138 Seminar Room 2 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building off South Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3QU United Kingdom
Venue details:
* Open to University of Oxford staff and students only. * Entry to both buildings is strictly on presentation of a University Bodleian card. * The lecture is in person only, and will start at 12:00 sharp. Seating is limited. * Please note that late arrivals cannot be accommodated.
Department: Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery (Unit)
Series: K.R.E.D. Lectures
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Industry and Innovation in Oxford
Saturday, 11 July 2026, 10.30am to 3.30pm
Department: Engineering Science (Department)
Host: International Society for the history of Engineering and Technology
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person