Accelerate Lunchtime Seminar Series

On Activation and Normalization Layers in Graph Neural Networks

Moshe Eliasof, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.

SS03 Seminar Room, Willam Gates building (Department of Computer Science and Technology).

Monday 19 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Quantitative Biology Seminar

David Savage, UC Berkeley.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 19 May 2025, 12:30-13:30

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "AI for the Human Cell Atlas"

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/jy1cAVg4SeiEB-grYmQV8Q

Professor Sarah Teichmann, FMedSci FRS, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site Robinson Way Cambridge CB2 0SR..

Tuesday 20 May 2025, 14:00-15:00

Foundation AI

Deep Learning Approaches for Label-Free Tumour Image Segmentation Spectroscopy in Cancer Diagnosis

Thomas Hartigan.

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Tuesday 20 May 2025, 17:00-17:45

Cambridge Ellis Unit

A Mixture-based framework for guiding Diffusion models

Alain Oliviero-Durmus - Ecole Polytechnique.

CBL Seminar Room.

Wednesday 21 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Oncogene-induced senescence and tumour initiation

Prof Masashi Narita, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 22 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Talk by Prof Hal Daume III

Prof Hal Daume III (University of Maryland).

GR05, English Faculty Building, 9 West Road, Sidgwick Site and online https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97599459216?pwd=QTRsOWZCOXRTREVnbTJBdXVpOXFvdz09.

Thursday 22 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

RSE Seminars

Fortitude: A Modern Fortran Linter

Liam Pattinson and Peter Hill, University of York Plasma.

JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, and on Zoom.

Thursday 22 May 2025, 13:00-14:00

HDR UK Cambridge Seminar Series

The changing burden of cardiovascular diseases.

HDR UK Cambridge seminar series event; SIGN UP HERE: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/university-of-cambridge/the-changing-burden-of-cardiovascular-diseases/2025-05-22/13:30/t-mommkej

Nathalie Conrad (University of Oxford).

Heart and Lung Research Institute (R.101 and 102) or Virtually via Zoom: https://sanger.zoom.us/j/95929379290?pwd=KrjDjLLM22yY47dAK6tIRutpXNDlmI.1.

Thursday 22 May 2025, 13:30-14:30

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Sangwoong Yoon (UCL).

Room FW26 with Hybrid Format. Here is the Zoom link for those that wish to join online: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/4751389294?pwd=Z2ZOSDk0eG1wZldVWG1GVVhrTzFIZz09.

Friday 23 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Information Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series

What If We Succeed?

Stuart Russell Professor of Computer Science, UC Berkeley.

Department of Engineering - LT2.

Friday 23 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Computer Laboratory Systems Research Group Seminar

AI Meets Economics: The Case of Auction-Assisted AI Systems in Cloud-Edge Continuum

Speaker to be confirmed.

Computer Lab, FW11 and Online (MS Teams link to appear below).

Friday 23 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Ian Swinburne, UC Berkeley.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Structures and Strategies for Assembly-Line Biosynthesis of Terpenoid Natural Products

David Christianson .

Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Computer Vision: Between Forensics and Biomedical Imaging

Giovanna Maria Dimitri, University of Siena (Italy).

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 13:00-14:00

Machine Learning Reading Group @ CUED

Conditional Expectation and Machine Learning

Eugene Wong(UC Berkeley and Clare Hall, Cambridge).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, CBL Seminar room BE4-38..

Wednesday 28 May 2025, 11:00-12:30

Machine Learning Reading Group @ CUED

Conditional Expectation and Machine Learning

Eugene Wong(UC Berkeley and Clare Hall, Cambridge).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, CBL Seminar room BE4-38..

Wednesday 28 May 2025, 11:00-12:30

Cambridge Statistics Clinic

Statistics Clinic Easter 2025 III

Speaker to be confirmed.

MR14.

Wednesday 28 May 2025, 16:30-18:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

From lab to clinic: an introduction to translational research

Dr James Jones; Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 29 May 2025, 09:30-10:30

Language Technology Lab Seminars

On Interacting and Writing with LLMs

Dr. Philippe Laban (Microsoft Research).

https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97599459216?pwd=QTRsOWZCOXRTREVnbTJBdXVpOXFvdz09.

Thursday 29 May 2025, 14:00-15:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Pietro Lesci (University of Cambridge).

Room FW26 with Hybrid Format. Here is the Zoom link for those that wish to join online: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/4751389294?pwd=Z2ZOSDk0eG1wZldVWG1GVVhrTzFIZz09.

Friday 30 May 2025, 12:00-13:00

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Post-transcriptional regulations via small molecules targeting RNA-binding proteins

Peng Wu.

Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 03 June 2025, 12:00-13:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Early cancer trials

Dr Simon Pacey, Cambridge University Hospitals, Dept of Oncology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 05 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

RSE Seminars

Symbolic Regression for Model Discovery in Python and Julia

Miles Cranmer - DAMTP, University of Cambridge.

JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, and on Zoom.

Thursday 05 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Talk by Prof. Prithviraj Ammanabrolu

Prof. Prithviraj Ammanabrolu (University of California, San Diego).

https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97599459216?pwd=QTRsOWZCOXRTREVnbTJBdXVpOXFvdz09.

Thursday 05 June 2025, 17:00-18:00

NLIP Seminar Series

When is Multilinguality a Curse? Language Modeling for 350 Languages

Catherine Arnett and Tyler Chang (EleutherAI and UC San Diego).

ONLINE ONLY. Here is the Zoom link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/4751389294?pwd=Z2ZOSDk0eG1wZldVWG1GVVhrTzFIZz09.

Friday 06 June 2025, 15:00-16:00

Department of Biochemistry - Tea Club Seminars

Structural and molecular basis of DNA transfer by bacterial conjugative systems

Gabriel Waksman .

Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 10 June 2025, 12:00-13:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The role of radiation in cancer care: a spotlight on cancers of the oesophagus, head and neck

Dr Gill Barnett and Dr Christopher Jones, Cambridge University Hospital & Dept of Oncology .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 12 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Talk by Dr. Asma Ghandeharioun

Dr. Asma Ghandeharioun (Google DeepMind).

https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97599459216?pwd=QTRsOWZCOXRTREVnbTJBdXVpOXFvdz09.

Thursday 12 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Jaap Jumelet (University of Groningen).

ONLINE ONLY. Here is the Zoom link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/4751389294?pwd=Z2ZOSDk0eG1wZldVWG1GVVhrTzFIZz09.

Friday 13 June 2025, 12:00-13:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Quantitative Biology Seminar

Shohei Koide, NYU Langone Health.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre.

Monday 16 June 2025, 12:30-13:30

Artificial Intelligence Research Group Talks (Computer Laboratory)

Title to be confirmed

Arduin Findeis (University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building.

Tuesday 17 June 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title TBC: lung cancer

Dr Huiqi Yang and Dr Nicola Thompson, Cambridge University Hopitals Trust.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Title TBC: lung cancer

Dr Huiqi Yang and Dr Nicola Thompson, Cambridge University Hopitals Trust.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Language Technology Lab Seminars

Talk by Prof. Lu Wang

Prof. Lu Wang (University of Michigan).

https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97599459216?pwd=QTRsOWZCOXRTREVnbTJBdXVpOXFvdz09.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Szilvia Ujvary (University of Cambridge).

ONLINE ONLY. Here is the Zoom link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/4751389294?pwd=Z2ZOSDk0eG1wZldVWG1GVVhrTzFIZz09.

Friday 20 June 2025, 12:00-13:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Jean-Paul Vincent, Crick Institute.

The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN.

Tuesday 24 June 2025, 11:00-12:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Transmissable cancers

Prof Elizabeth Murchison, Department of Veterinary Medicine. .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 26 June 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

The promise of proton therapy in Paediatric tumours

Dr Thankamma Ajithkumar, Cambridge University Hospitals and Department of Oncology. .

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 03 July 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Pancreatic cancer - the clinical challenge;  Why the microenvironment matters during pancreatic cancer progression and treatment

Dr Bristi Basu, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT and Dept of Oncology; Dr Gianluca Mucciolo CRUK Cambridge Institute (Biffi Lab).

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 10 July 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

A scientists guide to the art of radiation therapy and Neurosurgery for the oncologist

Dr Raj Jena and Mr Adel Helmy; Cambridge University Hospitals; Departments of Oncology/ Clinical Nuroscience.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 17 July 2025, 09:30-10:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Patenting, translating & commercialising research

Prof Rebecca Fitzgerald, Early Cancer Institute and Dept of Oncology.

Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre (LT2) School of Clinical Medicine.

Thursday 24 July 2025, 09:30-10:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host – Antoine Hocher

Dr Tom Williams from Bristol Palaeobiology Research Group, University of Bristol.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 16 October 2025, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host – Kate Baker

Professor Benoit Marteyn from Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC), University of Strasbourg.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 06 November 2025, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ritwick Sawarkar

Dr Germano Cecere from Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, Paris.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 20 November 2025, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Charlotte Houldcroft

Dr Katrina Lythgoe from Department of Biology, University of Oxford.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 27 November 2025, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Lin Wang

Professor Aleksandra Walczak from Laboratoire de physique, l’École Normale Supérieure, Paris.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 22 January 2026, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Aylwyn Scally

Dr James DiFrisco from The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 29 January 2026, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Hosts – Ben Steventon and Alex Cagan

Professor Richard White from Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 26 February 2026, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Marco Geymonat

Dr Simonetta Piatti from Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 12 March 2026, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ben Steventon

Professor Rebecca Heald, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 30 April 2026, 14:00-15:00