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News
8 Sep 2026
Dr Marco Geymonat
9 Jul 2026
Sexually transmitted diarrhoea spreading rapidly among some networks of gay men in UK, study finds
8 Jun 2026
Prof Julie Ahringer elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
15 Dec 2025
Professor Eske Willerslev receives the Amalienborg Prize
28 Nov 2025
Genes and hands: mapping character and health
Events
Genetics Seminar Series, Professor Mark Kirkpatrick: The Genomic War Between the Sexes
15 October 2026 * 2:00pm to 3:00pm Hybrid seminar in Biffen Lecture Theatre - please contact Caroline Newnham cn355@cam.ac.uk for the Zoom link
Internal Seminar Series, Ben Carter and Santiago Morell Hita
20 October 2026 * 12:40pm to 1:30pm Part II Room, Department of Genetics
Genetics Seminar Series, Dr James DiFrisco: Entrenchment and compensation in the evolution of vertebrate gastrulation
22 October 2026 * 2:00pm to 3:00pm Hybrid seminar in Biffen Lecture Theatre - please contact Caroline Newnham cn355@cam.ac.uk for the Zoom link
Internal Seminar Series, Lorena Blaya Martinez and Geoffroy Gaschignard
3 November 2026 * 12:40pm to 1:30pm Part II Room, Department of Genetics
Genetics Seminar Series, Dr Adam Rutherford:
5 November 2026 * 1:00pm to 2:00pm Hybrid seminar in Biffen Lecture Theatre - please contact Caroline Newnham cn355@cam.ac.uk for the Zoom link
Genetics Seminar Series, Professor Nick Croucher: Bacterial populations: diversification, dynamics, and responses to interventions
19 November 2026 * 2:00pm to 3:00pm Hybrid seminar in Biffen Lecture Theatre - please contact Caroline Newnham cn355@cam.ac.uk for the Zoom link