Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (Bateman Street)


2018-11-28 16:00: Cellular Trajectories in Root Regeneration (Professor  Kenneth D. Birnbaum, New York University)

2019-01-24 16:00: A resurrected scenario: single gain and massive loss of nitrogen-fixing root nodules (Dr ir. René Geurts, Wageningen University & Research)

2019-02-27 16:00: Root damage and immune responses at cellular resolution (Niko Geldner (Université de Lausanne))

2019-03-15 13:00: Mechanistic studies of purinergic signaling in plants (Professor Gary Stacey, University of Missouri)

2019-03-27 16:00: If walls could talk: the evolution and adaptations of plant and algal cell walls (Dr Zoë Popper, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Environment, Marine and Energy, NUI Galway)

2019-04-24 16:00: A rule based approach to Development (Kim Sneppen (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen))

2019-05-29 16:00: Reprogramming plant cells for endosymbiotic infection (Fernanda de Carvalho-Niebel (The Laboratory of Plant-Microbe Interactions, INRA-CNRS, Toulouse))

2019-07-03 16:00: Host-induced gene silencing vs RNA silencing suppressors - another battleground in host-pathogen arms race (Wenbo Ma (UC Riverside))

2019-07-24 16:00: Live imaging of nascent mesoderm across gastrulation highlights cell-environment interdependence (Dr Isabelle Migeotte, IRIBHM, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

2019-07-31 16:00: Swarm Engineering Across Scales: From Nanoparticles to Robots (Dr Sabine Hauert, University of Bristol)

2019-08-19 13:00: Symposium on CRISPR/CAS editing in crops (Professor Kan Wang (Iowa State University), Prof Wendy Harwood (John Innes), Dr Emma Wallington (NIAB))

2019-09-25 14:00: Calculating Timescales in Evolution: Optimisation, Ergodicity and Genotype-Phenotype Maps (Professor Thomas McLeish (University of York))

2019-10-30 14:00: The genetic basis for leaf development and diversity: from understanding to reconstructing  ( Prof Miltos Tsiantis (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research))

2019-11-27 14:00: Learning new biology from genome-wide maps of regulatory elements (Shao-shan Carol Huang (New York University))

2020-01-22 14:00: Cryptic variation and evolvability in a simple molecular system (Professor Andreas Wagner (University of Zurich))

2020-01-28 14:00: Rapid auxin responses get their due, and other hormone tales (Professor Mark Estelle (University of California San Diego))

2020-02-17 09:00: How do plants sense temperature? (Dr Rea L. Antoniou-Kourounioti (JIC))

2020-02-18 09:00: Overcoming Bottlenecks in Plant Gene Editing (Professor Dan Voytas (Minnesota State University). This seminar is organised on behalf of the Plant Sciences Department.)

2020-02-26 14:00: Principles of biochemical computations at criticality (Dr Aneta Koseska (Max Planck Institute))

2020-02-27 10:30: Adapting shoot morphology to seasons and climates (Jo Hepworth (JIC))

2020-02-27 15:30: Coordination of root development via shoot-derived light and temperature signals (Dr Kasper van Gelderen (Utrecht University))

2020-03-12 15:00: Reading Epigenetic Marks: Downstream of DNA Methylation and Beyond (Dr Jake Harris, UCLA)

2020-03-13 10:00: How is vegetative maturation coordinated between the shoot apical meristem and leaf primordia? (Dr Jim Fouracre, University of Pennsylvania)

2020-03-25 14:00: CANCELLED: Can cell wall polysaccharide structure influence plant development? (Prof Paul Dupree (University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry))

2023-06-21 16:00: "Does evolution have a built in Occam’s razor?" (Professor Ard Louis)

2024-01-26 13:00: Branching Out Seminar Series: Lewis Dartnell - 'Astrobiology and Science Writing' (Lewis Dartnell)

2025-06-13 10:00: “The Motor, the Clutch, and the Traction of a Migrating Tissue" (Holger Knaut, NYU)