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2022-04-29 13:15: Age-dependent regenerative mechanisms in the brain (Sumru Bayin, Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge)

2022-05-06 13:15: Cells in gels: identification of Plakoglobin as an evolutionary conserved mechanosensitive regulator of naïve pluripotency (Timo Kohler, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge)

2022-05-13 13:15: Dynamic buffering of extracellular chemokine to enable robust adaptation during directed tissue migration (Mie Wong, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London)

2022-05-20 13:15: Neurogenic transcription factors in development and cancer (Roberta Azzarelli Wellcome, MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute University of Cambridge)

2022-10-07 13:15: Adherens junctions, mechanotransduction and intra-epithelial communication (Alpha Yap, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)

2022-10-14 13:15: Biofabrication and material interfaces for life science applications (Yan Yan Shery Huang, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

2022-10-28 13:15: Timescales in development: the tempo across and within species (Teresa Rayon, Babraham Institute)

2022-11-11 13:15: Protein synthesis regulation and metabolic switches during stem cell differentiation in Drosophila (Felipe Karam Teixeira, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge)

2022-11-18 13:15: Fit for this world - cellular properties are set during critical periods of development (Matthias Landgraf, Department of Zoology)

2022-12-02 13:15: Epigenetic resetting during human germline development (Wolfram Gruhn, Gurdon Institute)

2023-01-27 13:15: Human fetal cortex tissue models to understand human brain development and injury (Katie Long, Centre for Developmental  Neurobiology, Kings College London)

2023-02-17 13:00: New tricks for Rac and Rho, even after 30 years (Denise Montell, University of California  Santa Barbara, US)

2023-02-24 13:00: Encoding and decoding morphogen gradients (Jean-Paul Vincent, Crick Institute, London)

2023-03-03 13:00: Tumor initiation through aberrant differentiation (Walid Khaled, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)

2023-03-10 13:00: Form and function during early heart development (Richard Tyser, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)

2023-05-05 13:00: Decision making without genes? (Prof Jonathan Chubb, Laboratory For Molecular Cell Bology UCL)

2023-05-12 13:00: Sticky proteins and moving genomes: a single-molecule perspective of pluripotent cell differentiation (Speaker to be confirmed)

2023-05-19 13:00: Temporal development and maturation of CSF-producing choroid plexus organoids (Dr. Laura Pellegrini, Kings College London/ MRC LMB)

2023-05-26 13:00: Progenitor niches in the developing pancreas: regulation of cell fate and beyond (Prof. Francesca Spagnoli, Kings College London)

2023-06-02 13:00: Molecular mechanisms of oocyte specification in female germline cysts (Dr. Dmitry Nashchekin, Gurdon Institute )

2023-06-09 13:00: Mechanisms and function of de novo DNA methylation in placental development reveals an essential role for DNMT3B (Dr. Courtney Hanna, Department of Physiology, Development and Neurosience)

2023-10-13 13:00: Physical patterning of the cytosol in giant cells (Prof. Amy Gladfelter, Duke University)

2023-10-27 13:00: The presomitic mesoderm as a platform to integrate morphogenesis and mechanotransduction (Dr. Alessandro Mongera, University College London)

2023-11-03 13:00: Zebrafish trunk neural crest: an in vivo model to understand cell migration under physiological mechanical stress  (Dr. Elena Scarpa, Department of Phhysiology, Development and Neuroscience)

2023-11-10 13:00: Circuit basis of learning and decision-making (Dr. Marta Zlatic, MRC, Laboratory of Molecular Biology)

2023-11-24 13:00: TBC (Dr. Michalis Barkoulas, Imperial College London)

2023-12-01 13:00: New models to study human embryo implantation and early development (Dr. Peter Rugg-Gunn, Babraham Institute)

2024-02-02 13:00: TBA (Hansong Ma, University of Birmingham)

2024-02-09 13:00: Drosophila AP patterning: networks, dynamics, evolution, and robustness (Erik Clark, Department of Genetics)

2024-02-23 13:00: The presomitic mesoderm as a platform to integrate morphogenesis and mechanotransduction (Alessandro Mongera, University College London)

2024-03-01 13:00: The development and evolution of the mammalian jaw joint (Neil Anthwal, Kings College London)

2024-03-08 13:00: Controlling the cell cycle (Paul Nurse, Francis Crick Institute)

2024-04-12 13:00: A spatiotemporal malignant cell trajectory underlies tumour heterogeneity in glioblastoma (Dr Omer Bayraktar)

2024-04-12 13:00: A spatiotemporal malignant cell trajectory underlies tumour heterogeneity in glioblastoma (Omer Bayraktar, Wellcome Sanger Institute)

2024-04-26 13:00: Differential tissue deformability underlies fluid pressure driven shape divergence of the embryonic brain and spinal cord (Susannah McLaren, Gurdon Institute)

2024-05-03 13:00: An ancient regulatory network sets the position of the forebrain in chordates (Elia Benito-Gutierrez, Department of Zoology/Genentech)

2024-05-10 13:00: Multi-tissue tectonics enable self-assembly of the vertebrate body axis (Benjamin Steventon, Department of Genetics)

2024-10-11 13:00: Fate versus free will; how does the environment shape early tumour survival? (Maria Alcolea - Wellcome-MRC Cambridge  Stem Cell Institute)

2024-10-18 13:00: Ageing and age-associated mutations in human haematopoietic stem cells (Elisa Laurenti - Wellcome-MRC Cambridge  Stem Cell Institute)

2024-11-15 13:00: Understanding actomyosin contractility and force propagation within the zebrafish neural tube: an optogenetic approach (Clare Buckley - University of Manchester)

2024-11-22 13:00: Mechanical pre-patterning as a general mechanism in early morphogenesis (Fengzhu Xiong - Gurdon Institute)

2024-11-29 13:00: Mechanisms regulating trophoblast development in the human placenta  (Norah Fogarty - King's College London)

2024-12-06 13:00: How is limb size controlled during development and repair? New approaches for an old question (Alberto Rosello-Diez - Department of Physiology,  Development and Neuroscience)

2025-01-24 13:00: Investigating the role of sugar metabolism in controlling fate specification during gastrulation (Chaitanya Dingare - Department of Genetics)

2025-02-07 13:00: Warnings Unheeded: 25 Years of Planar Cell Polarity and Convergent Extension (John Wallingford - The University of Texas at Austin)

2025-02-28 13:00: Human intestinal epithelial organoids – translational tools to investigate epigenetic regulation in health, development and disease (Matthias Zillbauer - Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)

2025-03-07 13:00: Pushy guests: interrogating cell-fate specification in the early embryo through chimeras and computation (Stanley Strawbridge - Centre for Stem Cell Biology, The University of Sheffield)

2025-03-21 13:00: The epigenetic control of variable expressivity (Anne Ferguson-Smith - Department of Genetics)

2025-04-25 13:00: Echoes of the Embryo: A stem cell model of human gastrulation and post-gastrulation lineage emergence (Jitesh Neupane)

2025-05-02 13:00: Coordination of Protrusions in Migrating Immune Cells (Michael Sixt)

2025-05-16 13:00: Motility and matrix remodelling coupling drive early avian morphogenesis (Lakshmi Balasubramaniam)

2025-05-23 13:00: Decoding the Notch Signal (Sarah Bray)

2025-06-20 13:00: Chromatin remodelling and cell fate plasticity during neuronal maturation (Tony Southall)

2025-06-27 13:00: TBA (Vicky Metzis)

2025-10-24 13:00: Regeneration at your fingertips (Mekayla Storer (University of Cambridge))

2025-10-31 13:00: A novel RASopathy caused by hyperactive Wnt signalling (Dr. Ian Mcgough, Babraham Institute)

2025-11-07 13:00: Uncovering how the genome directs development (Julie Ahringer)

2025-11-14 13:00: Nonsense Mediated Decay in Early Embryonic Development (Claire Senner, Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research)

2025-11-28 13:00: Heads or tails? Decoding the regulatory logic of body plan patterning (Vicki Metzis, Imperial College London)

2025-12-05 13:00: Modelling self-organisation: Beyond Turing (Jeremy Green)

2026-01-30 13:00: Engineering and Safeguarding Synthetic Genomes (Patrick Cai, University of Manchester)

2026-02-06 13:00: Decoding bivalency: Mechanisms of poising at developmental gene promoters (Philipp Voigt, Babraham Institute)

2026-02-13 13:00: Lineage architecture of the human and avian spinal cord revealed by single cell genomic barcoding (Giulia Boezio, Francis Crick Institute)

2026-02-27 13:00:  To divide or differentiate, that is the question (Anna Philpott, Department of Oncology and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)

2026-03-06 13:00: Inter-Organ Communication and Metabolic Regulation in Drosophila (Norbert Perrimon, Harvard Medical School)

2026-03-13 13:00: Illuminating mechanisms of PGC migration in the early mouse embryo (Kate McDole (LMB))

2026-03-20 13:00: Aneuploidy and its impact on human embryo development (Marta Shahbazi)