This seminar series is our flagship monthly event, featuring a leading international speaker from the stem cell field and attracting an audience from around Cambridge and beyond.
These seminars take place in the JCBC lecture theatre. A link to join virtually is available upon request to events@stemcells.cam.ac.uk.
January 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Chair |
| Weds 21st - 12pm |
Prof. David Kent Head of the Department of Biology, University of York Title: "Let's get physical: Understanding cellular mechanics and competition in pre-leukaemic cells." |
Prof. Elisa Laurenti |
February 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Chair |
| Weds 25th - 12pm |
Prof. Andrew Jackson Programme Leader at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh Title: "TBC" |
TBC |
March 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Chair |
| Weds 25th - 12pm |
Dr. Alejo Rodriguez Group Leader, Quantitative Stem Cell Dynamics, Aging & Metabolism, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), Barcelona Title: "TBC" |
TBC |
April 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Chair |
| Weds 29th - 12pm |
Dr. Vincent Pasque Professor of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, KU Leuven Institute for Single-Cell Omics, Belgium Title: "TBC" |
TBC |
May 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Chair |
| Weds 20th - 12pm |
Prof. Shahragim Tajbakhsh Department of Developmental & Stem Cell Biology at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France Title: "TBC" |
TBC |
June 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Chair |
| Weds 17th - 12pm | TBC | TBC |
July 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Chair |
| Weds 15th - 12pm |
Prof. Magdalena (Magda) Zernicka-Goetz Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA Title: "TBC" |
Prof. Sarah Teichmann |
September 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Chair |
| Weds 23rd - 12pm |
Dr. Jacco van Rheenen Senior Group Leader at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) Title: "TBC" |
TBC |
October 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Chair |
| Weds 21st - 12pm | TBC | TBC |
November 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Chair |
| Weds 18th - 12pm | TBC | TBC |
December 2026
| Date & Time | Speaker | Chair |
| Weds 9th - 12pm | TBC | TBC |