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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
EXECUTIVE SUMMER SCHOOL Turning Science into Value: Health Economics for Health Innovators
As healthcare decisions increasingly hinge on value, affordability, and measurable impact, the ability to speak the lang
Monday, 13 July 2026 to Wednesday, 15 July 2026, 9am - 5pm
Venue:
Kellogg College
Kellogg College 62 Banbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6PN United Kingdom
Venue details:
Oxford
Department: Kellogg College (College)
Organiser: Kellogg
Host: https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/events/executive-summer-school-health-economics/
Audience: Public Format: In Person
HRA & NHS ethics submissions training
HRA & NHS ethics submissions training
Tuesday, 14 July 2026, 10am to 1pm
Department: Medical Sciences (Division)
Organiser: Research Governance, Ethics & Assurance (RGEA) Training
Host: Joint training provided by Research Governance, Ethics & Assurance and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Online
Connect@CHG Genomics Data Forum: Assessing Illumina Spatial Technology using kidney biopsies and other samples
Tuesday, 14 July 2026, 10am to 10.30am
Speaker(s): Yanxia Wu
Venue:
Henry Wellcome Building Rooms A & B
Room A+B Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7BN United Kingdom
Department: The Centre for Human Genetics (Unit)
Organiser: Gavin Band / Helen Lockstone
Host: Helen Lockstone
Series: Connect@CHG Genomics Data Forum
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
ESOC Presentations
Tuesday, 14 July 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Venue:
John Radcliffe Hospital - Wolfson Building - Seminar Room
Seminar Room Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9DU United Kingdom
Venue details:
Seminar Room, Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Oxford. OX3 9DU
Department: Clinical Neurosciences (Department)
Organiser: Dr Linxin Li
Series: NDCN Stroke Seminar Programme
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Establishing the epigenome in early mammalian development
Department Seminar
Tuesday, 14 July 2026, 2pm to 3pm
Speaker(s): Dr. Wei Xie (TsienTang Professor & Vice Dean, School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, China)
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
Department: Biochemistry (Department)
Organiser: Sarah-jane Scard
Host: Professor Rob Klose
Series: Department Seminar
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person