The IGMM Seminar Series attracts distinguished scientists from around the world working in the fields of genetics, molecular medicine and cancer research, and whose research complements that being done at IGMM.

If you have a question about this list, please contact:

Each talk has an organiser. Please contact them in the first instance if you have a query about a particular talk. Only contact one of the people below if you have a question about the list, such as whether your talk or series could be added.



TBC - 7 June 2018
Richard Youle
Thu 07 Jun 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


TBC - 17 May 2018
Daniel Gaffney
Thu 17 May 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBC - 10 May 2018
Massimo Palmarini
Thu 10 May 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBC - 3 May 2018
Cathie Sudlow
Thu 03 May 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBC - 26 April 2018
Gil McVean
Thu 26 Apr 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBC - 19 April 2018
Moira Whyte
Thu 19 Apr 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


Decoding Plasticity in the Dark Proteome
Edward Lemke
Thu 29 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBC - 22 March 2018
Bart De Strooper
Thu 22 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBC - 15 March 2018
Giles Hardingham
Thu 15 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBC - 8 March 2018
Dmitry Gordenin
Thu 08 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

To be confirmed 1 March 2018
Jordan Raff
Thu 01 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre



To be confirmed 25 January 2018
Stuart Forbes
Thu 25 Jan 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


To be confirmed 11 January 2018
Stirling Churchman
Thu 11 Jan 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

To be confirmed 7 December 2017
Paul Welsh
Thu 07 Dec 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

To be confirmed 30 November 2017
Pedro Beltrao
Thu 30 Nov 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

To be confirmed 23 November 2017
Caroline Relton
Thu 23 Nov 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

To be confirmed 16 November 2017
Constance Alabert
Thu 16 Nov 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre




From genomic variation to molecular mechanism
Jan Korbel
Thu 12 Oct 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Precision Wnt signaling
John Paul Vincent
Thu 05 Oct 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre




Variation and evolution in transcription factor-DNA interactions
Professor Martha Bulyk
Fri 23 Jun 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Inter-generational epigenetic memory and forgetting
Dr Ben Lehner
Thu 01 Jun 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


DNA breakage and human genetic disease
Professor Keith Caldecott
Thu 11 May 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Neurodegeneration: from molecules to medicines
Professor Giovanna Mallucci
Thu 04 May 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Epigenetic memory over geological timescales
Professor Hiten Madhani
Tue 02 May 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA 27/4
Dr Jason Carroll
Thu 27 Apr 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre



How replication impediments impair epigenetic memory
Dr Julian Sale
Thu 23 Mar 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


O-GlcNAc signalling in development and disease
Professor Dan Van Aalten
Thu 09 Mar 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre




mRNA cap regulation and cellular decisions
Professor Vicky Cowling
Thu 26 Jan 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TRACERx – Chromosomal Order and Chaos
Professor Charles Swanton
Tue 10 Jan 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Roles and regulation of the eukaryotic replisome
Professor Karim Labib
Thu 01 Dec 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Putting function into Drosophila genomics
Professor Shireen Davies and Professor Julian Dow
Thu 24 Nov 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

The importance of studying African genomes - recent experiences
Professor Michele Ramsay
Fri 18 Nov 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA 17/11
Professor Phil Jones
Thu 17 Nov 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Powering senescence: the ugly side of mitochondria
Dr Joao Passos
Thu 10 Nov 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Genes to clinic in autoimmune diabetes
Professor John Todd
Thu 03 Nov 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

How is DNA woven into chromosomes?
Professor Kim Nasmyth
Thu 27 Oct 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

How chromatin structure regulates alternative splicing
Professor Albert Kornblihtt
Thu 13 Oct 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


TBA 6/10
Professor Paul McKeigue
Thu 06 Oct 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


The targeted maintenance of epigenetic states - a genetic approach
Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith
Thu 30 Jun 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Chromosome Replication: A View From the Lagging Strand
Professor Iestyn Whitehouse
Thu 16 Jun 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


Histones, bacteria, sickle cells and reindeer (in that order)
Professor Tobias Warnecke
Thu 02 Jun 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

The Living Time Machine
Professor Nicola Clayton and Mr Clive Wilkins (Artist in Residence)
Thu 26 May 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

How a Volvox Embryo Turns Itself Inside Out
Professor Ray Goldstein
Thu 19 May 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


TBA - 28/4
Professor Erin Schuman
Thu 28 Apr 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre



Networks of alternative splicing regulation in cancer
Professor Juan Valcarcel
Thu 14 Apr 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Transcriptional regulation through nuclear lipids
Professor Stefan Roberts
Thu 17 Mar 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA - 10/3
Professor Carlos Lopez-Otin
Thu 10 Mar 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


Sensing and Restricting: Innate immune control of HIV
Professor Jan Rehwinkel
Thu 11 Feb 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


The control of T cell metabolism and differentiation
Professor Doreen Cantrell
Thu 21 Jan 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

Non-coding solutions to developmental challenges
Professor Donal O'Carroll
Thu 14 Jan 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA 17/12
Professor Richard Iggo
Thu 17 Dec 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre

TBA - 10/12
Professor Wieland Huttner
Thu 10 Dec 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre



TBA 12/11
Dr Laura Machesky
Thu 12 Nov 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


Assembly of functional axonal domains
Professor Brophy
Thu 05 Nov 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


Chromatin dynamics in the mouse oocytes
Dr Petra Hajkova
Thu 22 Oct 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre


Using Biology, Chemistry and Physics to study Alzheimer’s Disease
Professor Frank Gunn-Moore
Thu 01 Oct 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
IGMM Lecture Theatre