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Upcoming university events.
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
Lunchtime Lab Talks: Lucassen Group & CPM
The Lunchtime Lab Talks are designed to showcase the diverse range of research taking place across the Centre
Wednesday, 15 July 2026, 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Speaker(s): Professor Anneke Lucassen
Department: The Centre for Human Genetics (Unit)
Organiser: Charmaine Lang; Isabel Schmidt
Series: CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
Prof Beth Psaila - Exploring the MEGAverse - new insights into megakaryocytes and platelets, and their roles in cancer
Seminar by Prof. Bethan Psaila
Wednesday, 15 July 2026, 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Speaker(s): Prof Bethan Psaila (University of Oxford)
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Unit)
Organiser: Dr Arlene Glasgow
Host: Prof Deborah Gill
Series: NDCLS Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
OPDC seminar: Cell Atlases for Brain Health and Disease: Resources and Insights from the Allen Institute
Join scientists from the Allen Institute for an interactive seminar
Thursday, 16 July 2026, 9.30am to 11.30am
Speaker(s): Dr Mariano Gabitto (Allen Institute), Dr Jeremy Miller (Allen Institute), Dr Rachel Hostetler (Allen Institute)
Venue:
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building - DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1
DCHB 20-026 Seminar Room 1 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building off South Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3QU United Kingdom
Department: Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery (Unit)
Organiser: OPDC Administrator
Host: Dr Dominik Domanski
Series: OPDC Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Molecular Measurement of Immune Responses
Ludwig External Seminar Series
Thursday, 16 July 2026, 11am to 12pm
Speaker(s): Dr Jianbin Wang
Venue:
NDM Building
NDM Building Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7FZ United Kingdom
Venue details:
seminar room
Department: Oxford Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (Unit)
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates
Host: Dr Chunxiao Song
Series: Ludwig External Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Medical Grand Round - Renal Medicine
‘Under Pressure: BP management and CKD’
Thursday, 16 July 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Department: Medical Sciences (Division)
Organiser: Prof Brian Angus
Audience: OUH clinical, University academic staff and medical students Format: In Person
3’ RNA Uridylation: Biological Insights and Targeted Inhibition as a Cancer Therapy
Thursday, 16 July 2026, 3pm to 4pm
Speaker(s): Associate Professor John Hagan (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
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: Faraz Mardakheh
Host: Professor Faraz Mardakheh
Series: Seminar
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Geopolitical Risk | DPIR Executive Education Programme
See event description for more information
Thursday, 16 July 2026 to Saturday, 18 July 2026, 6pm - 1pm
Venue:
South Parks Road - Rhodes House
Rhodes House South Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3RG United Kingdom
Department: Politics & Int Relations (Department)
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Beatrice Blackwood Lecture 2026 with Professor Lady Sue Black
Join us for an evening with Prof. Lady Sue Black, President of St John's College & the UK's leading forensic scientist.
Friday, 17 July 2026, 5pm to 7pm
Department: Gardens, Libraries & Museums (Division)
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Synovial Fibroblasts in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Monday, 20 July 2026, 12pm to 1pm
Speaker(s): Professor Caroline Ospelt (University of Zurich)
Venue:
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology - Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Kennedy Lecture Theatre Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7FY United Kingdom
Venue details:
Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Department: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology (Unit)
Organiser: Tess Lawless
Host: Professor Christopher Buckley
Series: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology External Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Managing Metabolic Disease in Mothers: Mechanisms and Interventions to Improve Fetal Health
Monday, 20 July 2026, 2pm to 3pm
Speaker(s): Owen Vaughan (University College London)
Venue:
John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building - Hybrid: CCRF boardroom and Teams
Hybrid: CCRF boardroom and Teams John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9DU United Kingdom
Department: Radcliffe Department of Medicine (Department)
Organiser: Yvonne Kenworthy
Host: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Series: CDPRC Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid