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Upcoming university events.
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
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for Labs (DATE SWITCH originally scheduled for 15 July)
Principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for staff working in laboratories handling samples derived in clinical trials
Wednesday, 22 July 2026, 12.30pm to 4.30pm
Department: Medical Sciences (Division)
Organiser: Research Governance, Ethics & Assurance (RGEA) Training
Host: Training provided by Research Governance, Ethics & Assurance
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Witchcraft, Amulets and Magic Tour
Go on a special tour of the galleries & hear intriguing stories behind magical & mystical objects from around the globe!
Wednesday, 22 July 2026, 2pm to 3pm
Department: Gardens, Libraries & Museums (Division)
Organiser: Pitt Rivers Museum
Host: Pitt Rivers Museum
Audience: Public Format: In Person