Seminars
We host a variety of seminars and events. Our departmental seminars take place on Thursdays at 12pm in the main Seminar Room, and both MRC TIDU and MRC MHU host their own seminar series. Other seminars include our Careers Seminar Series, run by our Postdoc Association.
Our MRC WIMM DPhil Course is compulsory for MRC WIMM students and open to other members of the University.
Upcoming Seminars
OSE / RDM Entrepreneurial Talk - The Story Behind Next-Generation DNA Sequencing
Wednesday, 14 October 2026, 12pm to 1pm
Speaker(s): Professor Sir David Klenerman FRS (Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University) https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/person/dk10012
Department: Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (Unit)
Series: OSE / RDM Entrepreneurial Talk
WIMM Seminar - Malignant Transformation of the Immune System and Precision Therapy for Immune Neoplasms
Thursday, 15 October 2026, 12pm to 1pm
Speaker(s): Dr Ari Melnick (Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute Barcelona) https://www.carrerasresearch.org/en/directory/ari-matthew-melnick-1010
Department: Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (Unit)
Series: WIMM THURSDAY SEMINARS
Mucosal Immune Responses to Respiratory Infections
Friday, 16 October 2026, 9.15am to 10.15am
Speaker(s):
Prof Elena Mitsi
(Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford)
https://www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/team/eleni-mitsi
Dr Nile Verleur
(Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford)
Department: Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (Unit)
Series: FRI AM lab meetings
Evolving in vitro and in vivo drug testing towards clinically relevant preclinical models of KMT2A-rearranged infant ALL – Lessons learned (the hard way)
Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Speaker(s): Ronald Stam (Prinses Maxima Centrum) https://www.prinsesmaximacentrum.nl/en/professionals/researchers/ronald-stam
Department: Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (Unit)
Series: Molecular Haematology Unit
Understanding immune responses in breast cancer
Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 12pm to 1pm
Speaker(s): Professor Sherene Loi (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre) https://www.petermac.org/staff-details/sherene-loi
Department: Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (Unit)
Series: Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM