All events
Upcoming university events.
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): Shiri Shkedi‑Rafid, Sally Sansom, Susie Weller, Professor Anneke Lucassen
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:
Rooms A&B or join on MS Teams
Department: The Centre for Human Genetics (Unit)
Organiser: Charmaine Lang; Isabel Schmidt
Host: Susie Weller
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
Modulating, Not Depleting: Engineered Bacteria for the Collagen Barrier in Solid Tumors
Thursday, 16 July 2026, 12.15pm to 1.15pm
Speaker(s): Prof. Bahareh Behkam (Virginia Tech)
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: Dr Nan Yang
Series: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology 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
Title TBC
Monday, 20 July 2026, 2pm to 3pm
Speaker(s): Owen Vaughan
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
Venue details:
Hybrid: CCRF boardroom and Teams
Department: The Centre for Human Genetics (Unit)
Organiser: Yvonne Kenworthy
Series: CDPRC Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Hybrid
Title TBC - CAMS Oxford Institute Seminar
CAMS Oxford Institute - Seminar Series
Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 9.30am to 10.30am
Venue:
Henry Wellcome Building Rooms A & B
Room A+B Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7BN United Kingdom
Department: NDM (CAMS Oxford Institute) (Unit)
Host: Ricardo Fernandes, Dannielle Wellington, Mimie Szyk
Series: CAMS Oxford Institute - Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Introducing OxTRE (University of Oxford Trusted Research Environment)
An introduction to OxTRE, the University's first centralised platform for storing highly-sensitive research data.
Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 1pm to 3.30pm
Venue:
Examination Schools - South School
South School Examination Schools 75-81 High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4BG United Kingdom
Department: IT Services (Unit)
Organiser: Sreya Rao
Host: OxTRE Delivery Team
Audience: Member of University - Staff Format: In Person
Beyond the bump: How managing blood pressure around pregnancy shapes your future health.
This talk will explore how pregnancy is a window into future health, giving an opportunity to improve long-term care and
Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 2pm to 3pm
Department: Medical Sciences (Division)
Host: Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
Audience: Public Format: Online
Dr Feng Zhang - Title TBA
Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 2.15pm to 3.15pm
Speaker(s): Dr Feng Zhang
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: Prof Yang Shi
Series: Ludwig Institute External Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Book Talk: 'Global Portuguese: Literary, Historical, Sociolinguistic and Anthropological Approaches’ (Brill, Leiden, 2025)
Book Talk - registration is not required.
Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 3pm to 5pm
Speaker(s): Professor Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London & Faculty of History, University of Oxford), D.ra Ângela Sarmento-D (Language Centre-OLL, University of Oxford & Instituto de Literatura Comparada ML-FLUP, University of Porto), D
Venue:
Schwarzman Centre - Room 20.402
Room 20.402 Schwarzman Centre Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6GG United Kingdom
Department: History (Department)
Audience: Public Format: In Person
DPAG Neuroscience Seminar: 'Gene-environment interactions modulating brain function within and between generations'
Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 4pm to 5pm
Speaker(s): Professor Anthony Hannan (University of Melbourne)
Venue:
Sherrington Building - Sherrington Library
Sherrington Library Sherrington Building off Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3PT United Kingdom
Department: Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (Department)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar
Series: DPAG Neuroscience Seminars
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
A new Geological Map of the Greater Himalayan Ranges
Talk on a new geological map (scale: 1:1.5 M) of the Greater Himalayan Ranges .
Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Venue:
University Museum of Natural History
University Museum of Natural History Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3PW United Kingdom
Venue details:
Westwood Room
Department: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Department)
Organiser: Oxfordshire Geology Trust
Host: Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Series: Oxfordshire Geology Trust Talks
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Lunch & Learn | MSD Discovery Day
Wednesday, 22 July 2026, 11am to 12.30pm
Venue:
IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building - IDRM Seminar Rooms 1&2
IDRM Seminar Rooms 1&2 IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building Roosevelt Dr, Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7TY United Kingdom
Venue details:
Seminar Rooms 1&2
Department: IDRM (DPAG) (Unit)
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person