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 biosciences@sheffield.ac.uk.
Programme
Area: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
| Date | Title/Research Area | Speaker | Venue and time | Host |
| TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
Area: Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil
| Date | Title/Research Area | Speaker | Venue and time | Host |
| Monday 3rd June | Plant silicon: costs and benefits | Dr Julia Cooke | Alfred Denny LT1, 1pm - 2pm | Jessica Dunn |
Area: Molecular Microbiology: Biochemistry to Disease
| Date | Title/Research Area | Speaker | Venue and time | Host |
| TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
Area: Molecular and Cellular Biology & Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology
| Date | Title | Speaker | Venue and time | Host |
| Tuesday 4th June | Multivariate analysis of ex vivo kidney 3D immune-microtumors for functional precision medicine | Dr Kequian Nan | Alfred Denny LT1, 1pm - 2pm | Elena Rainero |
| Tuesday 11th June | Cell plasma membrane dynamics in the control of cancer cell invasion | Dr Pedro Monteiro | Alfred Denny Conference Room, 11am - 12 noon | Elena Rainero |
| Wednesday 19th June | Novel regulators of SNAP25 dynamic S-acylation | Dr Jennifer Greaves | Alfred Denny Conference Room, 1pm - 2pm | Andrew Peden |
Area: Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology
| Date | Title | Speaker | Venue and time | Host |
| Thursday 6th June Joint DRN/Mathbio seminar | Pushy guests: interrogating cell-fate specification in the early embryo through chimeras and computation | Dr Stanley Strawbridge | Hicks LT9, 10am - 11am | Alex Fletcher |
| Wednesday 12th June | Decoding the sensory bases of navigation and settlement behaviours in a zooplanktonic marine chordate | Dr Marios Chatzigeorgiou | Alfred Denny Conference Room, 1pm - 2pm |
Anton Nikolaev |
| Tuesday 25th June | TBC | Dr Jason Sheltzer | Venue TBC, 11am - 12 noon | Ivana Barbaric |
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 |
| 3 March 2025 |
Prof Sophie Nixon, University of Manchester |
Arts Tower, 1.00pm |
#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
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) |
| Date | Title | Speaker | Find out more |
| 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 Imagine: Imaging Life project and the Florey Institute.