Wed 24 Jun 14:00: External Seminar - Sabine Zachgo TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Professor Dr. Sabine Zachgo, Osnabrück University, Botany
- Wednesday 24 June 2026, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 29 Apr 14:00: External Seminar - Michael Rassig TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Professor Michael Rassig, University of Bern
- Wednesday 29 April 2026, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 25 Mar 14:00: External Seminar - Bénédicte Charrier TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Dr Bénédicte Charrier, Institute of Functional Genomics at Lyon (IGFL)
- Wednesday 25 March 2026, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 25 Feb 14:00: External Seminar - Magdalena Bezanilla TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Professor Magdalena Bezanilla, Dartmouth College
- Wednesday 25 February 2026, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 28 Jan 14:00: External Seminar - Christine Faulkner TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Professor Christine Faulkner, John Innes Centre
- Wednesday 28 January 2026, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 29 Oct 14:00: External Seminar - Christian Fankhauser TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Professor Christian Fankhauser, University of Lausanne
- Wednesday 29 October 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 23 Jul 14:00: External Seminar - Dr Oswaldo Valdes-Lopez TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Dr Oswaldo Valdes-Lopez, Functional Genomics of Legumes
- Wednesday 23 July 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 26 Nov 14:00: External Seminar - Lars Østergaard TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Lars Østergaard, Oxford University
- Wednesday 26 November 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 09 Apr 15:00: Exploring the Spatial and Temporal Variability in Water Column Properties in Tidewater Glacier-Ocean Systems in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
The Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) is home to over 300 marine-terminating glaciers facing retreat with ongoing Arctic change, increasing glacial meltwater delivery to the ocean. Subglacial discharge can produce meltwater plumes that promote upwelling and enhance mixing near glacier termini, impacting water column structure, turbidity, and other biogeochemical properties in the proximate ocean. Despite their abundance, knowledge is lacking on glacier-ocean systems across the CAA , specifically how glacial meltwater is influencing and modifying the marine environment in the coastal ocean. This talk explores the 4 years of late summer in-situ observations of marine-terminating glacier-ocean systems and non-glacierized systems in Jones Sound, a glacier rich region of the CAA . Specifically, we examine the systematic influence of marine-terminating glacier presence on the chemical and physical marine environment and contrast marine-terminating glacier systems with riverine systems in the same region. We find marine-terminating glaciers host late-summer nutrient enhancement above the region’s characteristic nutricline year over year. This contrasts riverine systems that show rare nutrient enhancement above the characteristic nutricline. Ongoing retreat may shift these systems towards riverine-like systems, reducing this above-nutricline nutrient enhancement that may impact phytoplankton community composition, which may have subsequent impacts on carbon sequestration and food web function. This work also informs the Inuit community of Ausuittuq (Grise Fiord, NU), who live in Jones Sound and use the neighbouring ocean for traditional hunting, culture, and economic benefit, about the ongoing change in their local environment.
- Speaker: Claire Parrott, University of British Columbia
- Wednesday 09 April 2025, 15:00-16:00
- Venue: BAS Seminar Room 2.
- Series: British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series; organiser: Dr Birgit Rogalla.
Wed 24 Jun 14:00: External Seminar - Sabine Zachgo TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Professor Dr. Sabine Zachgo, Osnabrück University, Botany
- Wednesday 24 June 2026, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 29 Apr 14:00: External Seminar - Michael Rassig TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Professor Michael Rassig, University of Bern
- Wednesday 29 April 2026, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 25 Mar 14:00: External Seminar - Bénédicte Charrier TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Dr Bénédicte Charrier, Institute of Functional Genomics at Lyon (IGFL)
- Wednesday 25 March 2026, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 25 Feb 14:00: External Seminar - Magdalena Bezanilla TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Professor Magdalena Bezanilla, Dartmouth College
- Wednesday 25 February 2026, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 29 Oct 14:00: External Seminar - Christian Fankhauser TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Professor Christian Fankhauser, University of Lausanne
- Wednesday 29 October 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 28 Jan 14:00: External Seminar - Christine Faulkner TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Professor Christine Faulkner, John Innes Centre
- Wednesday 28 January 2026, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 23 Jul 14:00: External Seminar - Dr Oswaldo Valdes-Lopez TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Dr Oswaldo Valdes-Lopez, Functional Genomics of Legumes
- Wednesday 23 July 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Wed 30 Apr 14:00: Unravelling the complexity of root stem cell niche regulation through multi-scale models
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Dr Monica Garcia Gomez, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University
- Wednesday 30 April 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Auditorium of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University - 47 Bateman Street and Online (Zoom meeting). Contact events@slcu.cam.ac.uk for meeting joining details. .
- Series: Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars; organiser: Sainsbury Laboratory.
Fri 04 Apr 13:00: Deep convection and ocean overturning
The ocean’s circulation plays a pivotal role in Earth’s climate system, with its changes during climate transitions being of critical importance. This study, grounded in the principle of dynamical similarity, employs Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) in an idealized setup to dissect the complexities of ocean circulation, with a particular focus on the North Atlantic and the role of buoyancy and wind in shaping the hydrological cycle.
We begin with a simple system—a non-rotating ocean forced by a single scalar—then gradually introduce complexity by adding constant/variable rotation, wind forcing, and a second scalar. Surprisingly, our results show the spontaneous formation of gyres and a western boundary current, along with full-depth overturning, even without the introduction of wind. Wind forcing further localizes upwelling near the western boundary current and primarily strengthens the gyres while having less influence on overturning circulation. With the introduction of a second scalar (salinity), our results become more representative of the real ocean, reproducing key features such as mode water formation, mid-latitude deeper thermocline structures, and polar haloclines, both with and without wind forcing. Our DNS framework is well-suited for resolving convection processes, including diffusive convection near the poles and salt fingering in mid-latitudes, both of which are crucial for establishing mixed layers and pycnoclines in these regions.
A key highlight of our study is capturing ocean circulation across multiple scales—from basin-scale overturning and gyres to mesoscale eddies, submesoscale dynamics, and millimeter-scale convection. These multiscale interactions regulate heat, salt, and tracer transport. Our highresolution approach explicitly resolves the interplay between large-scale circulation and small-scale turbulent mixing, offering deeper insights into ocean stratification, ventilation, and buoyancy-driven flows, providing critical insights for forecasting the evolving dynamics of the North Atlantic.
- Speaker: Bishakh Gayen, University of Melbourne
- Friday 04 April 2025, 13:00-14:00
- Venue: BAS Seminar Room 1.
- Series: British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series; organiser: Dr Birgit Rogalla.
Wed 18 Jun 14:00: Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Speaker to be confirmed
- Wednesday 18 June 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: BAS Seminar Room 1.
- Series: British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series; organiser: Dr Birgit Rogalla.
Wed 07 May 14:00: Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Speaker to be confirmed
- Wednesday 07 May 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: BAS Seminar Room 1.
- Series: British Antarctic Survey - Polar Oceans seminar series; organiser: Dr Birgit Rogalla.