Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Gallium Nitride LEDs: How can they save energy, purify water, improve our health (and be made here in the UK)

This talk will be preceeded by a short presentation by Olivia Macleod on her research

Prof. Sir Colin Humphreys, Director of Research, Dept. Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 15 June 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Saga of the Miles M-52 Britain’s Wartime Supersonic Project

Please note this lecture is different to that previously advertised. It will be preceeded by a short presentation by Vaibhav Bhardwaj on his research "Algae-bacteria symbiosis: Using molecular biology to improve algae cultivation for biofuels"

Rod Kirkby, Retired Aerodynamics Research/Project Feasibility Engineer.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 08 June 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Finding Patterns in Genes and Proteins

The Lecture will be preceded by a brief presentation by Bursary Student Siang Koh, entitled “It takes two to tango: Combination therapy in cancer”

Dr Sarah Teichmann, Sanger Institute/EMBL.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 01 June 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Evolution of Dragonfly Wings

The lecture will be preceded by a short presentation by Jan Mertens on new materials

Dr Robin Wootton, University of Exeter.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 11 May 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

New Developments in Machine Intelligence

This talk will be preceeded by a short presentation from Laura Burzynski on her research into blood clotting proteins

Prof. Chris Bishop, Microsoft Research, Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 27 April 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The CSAR debate:"This House believes that the Government should fund discovery of new antibiotics and control their distribution and use"

For: Drs Nick Brown and Zack Hassan; Against: Drs David Williams and Ewan Harrison.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 13 April 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Flying 300 underwater Planes and other Oil Industry Innovations

Dr Simon Bittleston, Vice President Research, Schlumberger.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 02 March 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Some of my Accidents

Prof. Stephen Richardson, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 16 February 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Ripping up the Rule Book in Formula One

Prof. Tony Purnell, Systems Design, Royal Academy of Engineering.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 02 February 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Innovation in Practise

Prof. Andy Hopper, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 19 January 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Prospects and Obstacles affecting Cell Replacement in Humans

Prof. Sir John Gurdon, Dept. Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 15 December 2014, 19:25-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Building a Climate System Laboratory: Modelling the climate system.

Prof. Dame Julia Slingo DBE, Chief Scientist, UK Met Office.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 01 December 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Living Time Machine: Non-verbal intelligence

Prof. Nicky Clayton FRS, Dept of Psychology, University of Cambridge and Clive Wilkins.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 17 November 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Human Metabolic Disease: Lessons from the extremes.

Prof. Sir Stephen O'Rahilly, Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 03 November 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Learning to Remember: How should we teach history?

Speaker to be confirmed.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 20 October 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Noise in audio and electronics

Dr Chris Hicks, Engineering Director of CEDAR Audio, Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 16 June 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Should We Engineer The Climate? The SPICE Project

The listed speaker is not available; Dr Hunt has very kindly agreed to deliver this lecture in his place

Dr Hugh Hunt, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 02 June 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Molecular Gastronomy, The Science of Taste and Flavour

Professor Peter Barham, School of Physics, University of Bristol.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 19 May 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Tunnelling Under Cities, Advances in Research and Practice

Professor Robert Mair, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 05 May 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Self-Assembling Molecular Structures, Novel molecular structures and materials

Professor Daan Frenkel, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 14 April 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

New Book Evening

In association with the Cambridge Science Festival

Profs. Spiegelhalter, Ahmed and Longair.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 17 March 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Why aircraft may soon grow bumps on their wings

Professor Holger Babinsky, Professor of Aerodynamics, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 03 March 2014, 19:30-21:00

Stephen Roskill Memorial Lecture

China's Unfinished Revolution - Why the People's Republic will not rule the world

Mr Jonathan Fenby CBE.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Thursday 20 February 2014, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Grand Challenges and Accomplishments of Engineering Research

Professor Lord Alec Broers, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 17 February 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Can Research Prevent Crime?

Professor Lawrence Sherman, Director, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 03 February 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Validation of EEG-neurofeedback for optimising performance

Professor John Gruzelier, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 20 January 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Do We Really Need Pandas? The impact of human intervention on natural selection

Dr Ken Thompson, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 02 December 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Notes on Notes: The musicology of performance

The CSAR AGM will precede this lecture at 19:15

Professor John Rink, Professor of Musical Performance Studies, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 18 November 2013, 19:15-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The CSAR Debate

Speakers to be announced.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 04 November 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Key Drivers in the World Economy: Why we should be positive

The ‘Festival of Ideas’ Lecture

Dr Gerard Lyons, Economic Adviser to the Mayor of London.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 28 October 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR Book Evening

Dr Paula Gomes, Dr Richard Preece, Dr Tim Sparks, Charles Cotton.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 04 March 2013, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Graphene Future Emerging Technology

Professor Andrea C. Ferrari, Professor of Nanotechnology, Department of Engineering.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 18 February 2013, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Shift in the Balance of Economic and Financial Power: what does it really mean?

Dr. Gerard Lyons, Chief Economist and Group Head of Global Research, Standard Chartered Bank.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 04 February 2013, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Keeping the Lights on in 2050: how can we do it and how much will it cost?

Professor David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 21 January 2013, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Lost Soldiers of Fromelles

Professor Margaret Cox, Emeritus Professor, Department of Forensic Anthropology, Cranfield University and Founder of the International Centre for Forensic Excellence.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 26 November 2012, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Are We Alone?

Dr. Robin Catchpole, Emeritus Researcher, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 12 November 2012, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

CSAR Green Energy Debate

Professor Keith Tovey,Professor Andy Woods,Lucy Fielding,Megan Davies Sykes,Hugh Parnell,Robin Nicholson.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 29 October 2012, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Impacts of a Disappearing Arctic Sea Cover

Professor Peter Wadhams, Professor of Ocean Physics and Head of the Polar Oceans Physics Group,Dept. Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 15 October 2012, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Genetics and Evolution of Transmissible Cancers in Dogs and Tasmanian Devils

Dr Elizabeth Murchison, Fellow of Medical Sciences, King's College, Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 11 June 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Bacteria as Active Colloids

Professor Wilson Poon, Professor of Condensed Matter Physics SUPA and School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 28 May 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

What are the Chances? Living with Risk and Uncertainty

Professor David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 14 May 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Rethinking Research Objectives for the 21st Century

Professor Sir David King, Director, the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 30 April 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Genetic Screens in Embryonic Stem Cells

Professor Allan Bradley, Director Emeritus, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 05 March 2012, 19:30-21:00

Stephen Roskill Memorial Lecture

Modernizing Multilateralism

The lecture is open to all, but please contact Julie Sanderson to reserve a place (julie.sanderson@chu.cam.ac.uk or 01223 336166) FULLY BOOKED

Mr Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Science of Well-Being and its Application to Policy

Professor Felicia Huppert, Director of the Well-being Institute University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 20 February 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Boosting your Brain:Cognitive Enhancement and Neuroethics

Professor Barbara Sahakian, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 06 February 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Science and Non-science in Drug Policy

Held jointly with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Professor David Nutt, Edmund J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and Director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit Division of Experimental Medicine.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 23 January 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

RNA Silencing in Plant and Animal Biotechnology

Professor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 28 November 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

How Thorium Could Save the Planet

Professor Robert Cywinski, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 14 November 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Science and the Media

The lecture will be preceeded by the AGM of the society

Vivienne Parry, OBE, Science writer and broadcaster.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 31 October 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Secret Science of WWII

Professor Brian J Ford, President of CSAR.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 17 October 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Impacts of a Disappearing Artic Sea Cover

Professor Peter Wadhams, Professor of Ocean Physics and Head of the Polar Oceans Physics Group,Dept. Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Saturday 15 October 2011, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Controlling the diabetes epidemic. Is screening the way forward?

Dr Rebecca Simmons, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 06 June 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Genomes, Structural Biology and Drug Discovery: What Can Academia Contribute?

Emeritus Professor Sir Tom Blundell, FRS, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 23 May 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Doing Mathematics online, and in the open

Professor Tim Gowers, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 09 May 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

DNA Profiling of Horses

Please note this lecture is on Tuesday not Monday

Susan Gurney, University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 26 April 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

High Temperature Superconductors

Venue back to normal

Professor David A Cardwell, Professor of Superconducting Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 21 March 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Human Contact Networks

Dr Jon Crowcroft, Marconi Professor of Communications, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 29 November 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Sustainable Energy in the UK

Dr Bernie Bulkin, Commissioner for Energy & Transport, UK Sustainable Development Commission.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 15 November 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Molecular Modelling of Anaesthetics

This lecture will be preceded by the society's AGM

Dr Pak-Lee Chau, Bioinformatique Structurale, CNRS URA 2185, Institut Pasteur, Paris.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 01 November 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Physiology of Autumn

Professor Brian J. Ford, President of CSAR.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 18 October 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Genomics, Society and Policies

Dr Ron Zimmern, Director of the Public Health Genetics Unit.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 07 June 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Happy Danes

Please note that this lecture is on Tuesday not Monday

Dr Luisa Corrado, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 25 May 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Holographic Technologies

Dr T D Wilkinson, Reader in Photonic Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 10 May 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Brood Parasitism

Dr Clair Spottiswoode, Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 26 April 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Sustainable Building in the UK

David Adamson, Director of Smarter Construction in the Office of Government Commerce.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 01 March 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Imaging Cancer

Please note this week the lecture is on Tuesday not Monday

Dr Kevin Brindle, Cancer Research Institute/Dept. Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 16 February 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Stem Cells: Overcoming the Embryo

Please Note this lecture is not on a Monday

Professor Austin Smith, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 02 February 2010, 19:30-21:00

Stephen Roskill Memorial Lecture

Cities in the Future

The lecture is open to all, but please contact Julie Sanderson to reserve a place (julie.sanderson@chu.cam.ac.uk or 01223 336166). FULLY BOOKED

Mr Ken Livingstone.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 01 February 2010, 17:00-18:15

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Gravitational Lensing

Dr Lindsay King, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 18 January 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Robotic Surgery

Professor David Neal, Professor of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Research UK.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 30 November 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Laser Photonics

Please note the return to our usual venue

Dr Bill O'Neill, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 16 November 2009, 19:30-21:00