Seminars
Scheduled seminars in the School of Biosciences are listed below. University staff and students are welcome to attend any of the seminars.
Topics presented represent the wide range of research interests within the school and are presented by experts in particular areas.
Every effort is made to keep to the scheduled programme, but changes do have to be made sometimes.
If you have any questions regarding our programme, please contact biosciencesoperations@sheffield.ac.uk.
Programme
Area: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
| Date | Title/Research Area | Speaker | Venue and time | Host | Online joining link |
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| Monday 17th November | Constraints, convergence, and mammals that suck: interpreting marsupial evolution beyond the colonial deficiency discourse | Vera Weisbecker (Flinders University) | 13:00-14:00, Alfred Denny Conference Room | https://meet.google.com/iij-kdrw-wiq |
Past Seminars
| Date | Title/Research Area | Speaker | Venue and time | Host | Online joining link |
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| Monday 3rd November | Cross-scale community assembly: from microbiomes to spatial food webs | Miguel Lurgi Rivera, Swansea University https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/miguel.lurgi/ | 13:00-14:00, Alfred Denny Building Conference Room | https://meet.google.com/iij-kdrw-wiq?authuser=0&hs=122&ijlm=1761839566245 |
Area: Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil
| Date | Title/Research Area | Speaker | Venue and time | Host | Online joining link |
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Past Seminars
| Date | Title/Research Area | Speaker | Venue and time | Host | Online joining link |
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| Monday 27th October | Exploring the intersection of fire, carbon dynamics and ecosystem resilience in temperate peatlands | Prof. Gareth Clay (The University of Manchester) | 13:00-14:00, Alfred Denny Building Conference Room | Kim Simpson | https://meet.google.com/zkr-pnro-gqd?authuser=0&hs=122&ijlm=1761215886792 |
| Monday 10th November | Nodules and clocks: communication underground | Prof. Miriam Gifford (University of Warwick) | 13:00-14:00, Alfred Denny Building Conference Room | Julie Gray | Meet – PPS External Seminar - Prof. Miriam Gifford (University of Warwick) |
| Wednesday 12th November | Grafting as a Tool for Plant Resilience | Dr Pallavi Singh (University of Essex) | 13:00-14:00, Alfred Denny Lecture Theatre 1 | Matt Johnson | Meet – Special PPS External Seminar: Dr Pallavi Singh (University of Essex) |
Area: Molecular and Cellular Biology
| Date | Title/Research Area | Speaker | Venue and time | Host | Online joining link |
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| Wednesday 19th November | Genome protection by the ESCRT machinery | Juan Martin-Serrano (King's College London) | 13:00-14:00, Alfred Denny Conference Room | Barbara Ciani |
Past Seminars
| Date | Title/Research Area | Speaker | Venue and time | Host | Online joining link |
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| Wednesday 22nd October | Targeting Cell Cycle Control in Cancer | Professor Rob deBruin, Professor of Molecular Cancer Biology, UCL. | 13:00-14:00, Alfred Denny Building Conference Room | Isabella Davis | |
| Wednesday 5th November | How host-pathogen interactions can inform therapeutic strategies against relapsing invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella infections. | Dr Peter Hill | 13:00-14:00, Alfred Denny Building Conference Room | Dan Humphreys |
Area: Molecular Microbiology: Biochemistry to Disease
| Date | Title | Speaker | Venue and time | Host | Online joining link |
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| Thursday 20th November | Staphylococcus and man: the good, the bad and the smelly | Gavin Thomas (University of York) | 13:00-14:00, Alfred Denny Building Lecture Theatre 01 | Simon Foster |
Past Seminars
| Date | Title | Speaker | Venue and time | Host | Online joining link |
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| Thursday 6th November | Using structural biology to decipher the bacterial predator bdellovibrio | Professor Andrew Lovering | 13:00-14:00, Alfred Denny Lecture Theatre 1 | Andrew Fenton | Meet – EXTERNAL Seminar - Andrew Lovering (Birmingham) |
Area: Joint Molecular and Cellular Biology & Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology
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Area: Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology
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Past Seminars
| Date | Title | Speaker | Venue and time | Host | Online joining link |
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| Monday 3rd November | Epigenetic plasticity in stem cells and cancer | Yaser Atlasi, (Queens University, Belfast) | 11:00-12:00, Alfred Denny Building Conference Room | Dr Anestis Tsakiridis | meet.google.com/fyg-zwat-dx |
| Wednesday 12th November | Mechanisms of asymmetric cell division - from flies to humans | Jens Januschke (University of Dundee)e | 13:00-14:00, Alfred Denny Building Conference Room | Kyra Campbell | Meet – DRN external seminar - Jens Januschke (University of Dundee) |
Area: SM@SH (Single Molecules at Sheffield)
| Date | Title | Speaker | Venue and time | Host | Online joining link |
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| Thursday 20th November | The regulation of cell mechanics through actomyosin networks: New insights from super-resolution microscopy | Ruby Peters (University of Sheffield) | 12:30-13:30, Alfred Denny Conference Room | ||
| Thursday 20th November | DNA organisation by PfHU, a bacterial histone-like protein in the Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast | Theodora Enache (University of Sheffield) | 12:30-13:30, Alfred Denny Conference Room |
The Annual Margaret Savigear Lectures
The Margaret Savigear Lectures acknowledge the importance of role models to the next generation of scientists by explicitly increasing the visibility of women biologists and celebrates the importance of mentors.
Upcoming events
| Date | Title | Speakers | Venue and time |
#Inspire lecture series
The Biosciences #Inspire lecture series champions excellent scientists from minority or marginalised groups in the biosciences. Its goal is to promote discussions about the issues that impact these groups, so that we might create a more inclusive working and learning environment, where everyone feels represented.
Upcoming events
| Date | Title | Speaker | Find out more |
Past events
| Date | Title | Speaker | Find out more |
| 19 February 2024 | Supporting People and Teams in Research and Innovation | Dr Nikolay Ogryzko (Talent Programme Manager, UKRI talent team) | Listen again (University login needed) |
| 17 January 2023 | Identifying the causes and understanding the consequences of bias in evolution and academia | Dr Tiffany Taylor | Listen again (University login needed) |
| 7 June 2022 | Bullying and harassment in academia | Professor Serena Nik-Zainal, University of Cambridge | Listen again (University login needed) |
| 10 May 2022 | Disabled in the field: navigating nature as a disabled scientist. | Dr Kelsey Byers, the John Innes Centre | Listen again (University login needed) |
| 19 October 2021 | The Circuitous Journey of My PhD: Reflections on Mental Health, Vulnerability, and Cultivating Empathy in Academic Science to celebrate World Mental Health Awareness Day 2021. | Dr Mikel Haggadone, University of Michigan Medical School | Listen again (University login needed) |
| 15 June 2021 | From biodiversity to biologists' diversity to celebrate Pride Month 2021. | Dr Jeremy Yoder, California State University Northridge | Listen again (University login needed) |
| 16 March 2021 | Breaking barriers? Ethnicity and socioeconomic background impact on early career progression to celebrate International Women's Day 2021. | Professor Zenobia Lewis, the University of Liverpool | Listen again (University login needed) |
| 20 October 2020 | Delivering Diversity & Inclusivity in STEM Curricula: Becoming a Student–Ready Faculty to celebrate Black History Month 2020. | Professor Bugewa Apampa, Birmingham City University | Listen again (University login needed) |
Other biosciences seminars are hosted by the Florey Institute.