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Seminars

Talks, journal clubs and scientific colloquia — the ordinary habits that keep a research culture honest.

Why seminars

Research needs an audience that asks questions

A regular seminar programme does something no amount of individual effort achieves: it exposes work to people who were not involved in it. That is when unstated assumptions surface, when an alternative explanation gets raised, and when a weakness in a design is caught while it can still be fixed.

It also teaches presentation, which is a research skill rather than a decorative one. Being made to explain your reasoning to a room that will push back is among the most efficient ways to discover the parts you had not thought through. Journal clubs do the same for reading: they train researchers to assess a paper critically rather than accept its abstract.

Formats

The seminar programme

Research seminars

Center researchers present work in progress and completed studies to an audience expected to question them.

Journal clubs

Critical appraisal of recent literature — including what a paper does not establish.

Invited speakers

Talks from researchers and clinicians at other institutions, in Pakistan and internationally.

Methods sessions

Focused discussion of a particular technique or analytical approach and its practical limitations.

Trainee presentations

Interns and fellows present their work, with feedback aimed at developing them as presenters.

Public lectures

Occasional talks for a general audience on health and biotechnology topics.

The seminar schedule will be published here

Upcoming seminars, speakers, topics and joining details will be listed here and on our News & Events page as the programme is scheduled.

Speak at, or attend, a seminar

We welcome proposals from researchers who would like to present, and enquiries from those who would like to attend.

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