The PDN Foster talks is a seminar series that involves high profile internal and external speakers, who are experts in fields relevant to research interests in the Department.
We welcome people from the wider scientific community of Cambridge University as well as from within the Department to join us for these seminars. The talks are aimed for a broad audience, from all career stages, undergraduates to PIs.
This seminar series also provides an invaluable opportunity for staff and students to discuss with the guest speaker both before and after the talk, and often helps to foster collaborations.
Talks will be hosted in a hybrid format - either Zoom sessions, or live sessions at the Physiology Lecture Theatre with additional remote participation via Zoom. All talks will be followed by online Q&A - links will be circulated before the talks.
Calendar
| Date | Speaker | Hosted by |
| 21 October 2021 |
David Sheppard, Bristol University Cystic Fibrosis: From Gene to Precision Medicines |
Stewart Sage |
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Anne Brunet, Stanford University Mechanisms of Aging |
Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri |
| 18 November 2021 |
Fiona Gribble, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Nutrient sensing in the gut-brain-pancreatic axis |
Eleanor Raffan |
| 25 November 2021 |
Anna Huttenlocher, University of Wisconsin
Imaging inflammation and wound repair in situ
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Milka Sarris |
| 2 December 2021 |
Riccardo Beltramo, PDN, Cambridge What the ancient reptilian brain tells the modern visual cortex |
Sarah Bray |
| 9 December 2021 |
Physiological Society Lecture and event - Unveiling plaque for Lord Adrian |
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| 3 February 2022 |
Wendy Robinson, University ofi British Columbia Unraveling the mysteries of the human placenta using ‘omics tools |
Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri |
| 24 February 2022 |
Marcus Goncalves, Weill Cornell Medicine, NY Fructose as a survival signal: Implications for cancer and obesity’ |
Andrew Murray |
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3 March 2022 |
Dr Richard Tyser, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics at Oxford Form and function in the developing heart |
Golnar Kolahgar |
| 10 March 2022 |
Mahendra Sonawane, TIFR Mumbai Regulation of bi-layered epithelial architecture: Insights from developing zebrafish |
Sudipta Mukherjee |
| 17 March 2022 |
Renata Batista-Brito, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY Development of interneurons in visual cortex |
Elisa Galliano |
| 24 March 2022 |
Danijela Matic Vignjevic, Curie Institute, Paris Cell migration in gut homeostasis and cancer invasion |
Golnar Kolahgar |
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Manohar Bance, University of Cambridge Cochlear implants for deafness: how cochlear anatomy interacts with implant function |
Cecilia Brassett |
| Wednesday 20 April 2022 |
Jay Shendure, University of Washington Global Views of Mammalian Development 'Please note the change of date' |
Antonia Weberling |
| 5 May 2022 |
Elisa Marti, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona Title tbc |
Xuan Liang |