Collaboration Skills Initiative

Selling for researchers

Numbers are limited. Please indicate your interest by emailing the organiser, Jo Griffiths (jg393@cam.ac.uk)

Marcel Dissel.

Moller Centre, Cambridge.

Monday 30 November 2015, 10:00-16:00

Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows (IEEF)

Green to Gold - From academic curiosity to a Multi $Bn Business Opportunity!

Professor Xiaobin Zhao, Cambond.

Open Plan Area, BP Institute, Madingley Rise CB3 0EZ.

Thursday 19 November 2015, 11:30-12:30

Biophysical Seminars

Microtechnologies for biomolecular complex analysis and cryo-microscopy

All welcome

Dr Thomas Burg, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 18 November 2015, 15:00-16:00

CambPlants Hub

Translational Funders Day

Speaker to be confirmed.

Sainsbury Laboratory University of Cambridge, Bateman Street.

Thursday 30 July 2015, 09:30-14:00

"Life Sciences Masterclass"

How to make your research reproducible (5 selfish reasons to work reproducibly)

Florian Markowetz & Gordon Brown (Cancer Research UK) & Stephen Eglen (Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics).

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 08 July 2015, 18:30-20:00

Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School

Ignite 2015

Various speakers and contributors.

Cambridge Judge Business School.

Sunday 05 July 2015, 09:00-17:00

Stem Cell Institute Research Associates

Commercialization Processes and Career Opportunities in Biotech

Dr. Allen Eaves, CEO and Founder of STEM CELL Technologies.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 30 June 2015, 11:30-12:30

Sainsbury Laboratory Seminars

Connecting Biology to Mathematics by way of Symbolic Computing

Professor Eric Mjolsness, Leverhulme visiting Professor.

Auditorium of The Sainsbury Laboratory (Bateman Street).

Wednesday 17 June 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Food Futures in the World

Can GM crops help to feed the world?

Last talk of term!

Professor Sir Brian Heap.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Wednesday 06 May 2015, 13:00-14:00

Algae Around the World Symposium

Speaker to be confirmed.

Sainsbury Laboratory University of Cambridge, Bateman Street.

Thursday 19 March 2015, 10:00-18:00

Quantitative Climate and Environmental Science Seminars

Oil Palms, Alkenes, SCIs and Ozone: New measurement approaches to sidestep atmospheric chemical complexity

Bill Bloss (Birmingham).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 09 March 2015, 13:00-14:00

BSS Formal Seminars

Quantitative high spatiotemporal resolution imaging of biological processes

Dr Melike Lakadamyali, NEST fellow, ICFO, Barcelona.

Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory.

Friday 27 February 2015, 14:00-15:00

CEB Career Talks

"A career in design"

Talk is free but advance registration is required on http://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/alumni/events/talks

Harry Claxton, Technology Development Manager Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies.

Dept Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Pembroke St, New Museums Site, Shell Building, Lecture Theatre 1.

Thursday 26 February 2015, 13:00-14:00

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

Cellulose: the plant kingdom's strong material

Dr Michael Jarvis, Glasgow University.

Department of Biochemistry, Hopkins Building, Seminar Room 1.

Tuesday 24 February 2015, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Lighting the Future: Next generation LED lighting to save energy and improve our health

Professor Sir Colin Humphreys CBE FREng FRS, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 February 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Biomimetics: from nature to applications - ONE DAY MEETING

Organiser: Dr Silvia Vignolini.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 09 January 2015, 09:00-17:05

Department of Earth Sciences Seminars (downtown)

Greenhouse Algae: The Calcifying Phytoplankton during Cenozoic Warm Climates

Tom Dunkley Jones, University of Birmingham.

Harker 1 seminar room, Department of Earth Sciences.

Tuesday 02 December 2014, 16:00-17:00

British Antarctic Survey - Director's Choice

Fossil pollen and algae reveal Antarctica’s climate as the dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago

If external to BAS, please email the organiser in advance to gain access to the building

Vanessa Bowman (British Antarctic Survey).

British Antarctic Survey, conference room.

Thursday 27 November 2014, 13:00-13:30

Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series

Plenary Lecture 7: Lignocellulose degradation by enriched microbial consortia from cow rumen and termite gut

Understanding Microbial Communities; Function, Structure and Dynamics

Hernandez-Raquet, G (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - LISBP INSA, Toulouse).

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.

Thursday 27 November 2014, 10:05-10:40

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Chromatin and antisense transcript dynamics in seasonal timing

Enid MacRobbie Woman in Science Lecture

Caroline Dean, John Innes Centre.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 30 October 2014, 13:00-14:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

2D or not 2D? Two-dimensional nanostructures for sensing and solar energy conversion

Professor Bettina Lotsch, Ludwig-Maximillians-Universitaet, Germany.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 October 2014, 14:30-15:30

Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery (C2D3)

Horizon 2020 Opportunities in Big Data

Renata Schaeffer, European Policy Manager, Research Operations Office.

Mill Lane Lecture Room 2, 8 Mill Lane .

Thursday 02 October 2014, 14:00-15:30

The Shrinking Commons Symposium: Plenary Lectures

Who can own the Arctic?

Alun Anderson, Senior Consultant, New Scientist.

Queen's Building Lecture Theatre, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, St Andrew's Street, Cambridge.

Tuesday 09 September 2014, 16:45-18:45

Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series

A Direct Coupling Coherent Quantum Observer

Quantum Control Engineering: Mathematical Principles and Applications

Petersen, I (UNSW Canberra, at ADFA).

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.

Tuesday 05 August 2014, 09:45-10:25

Nanoscience Centre Seminar Series

Mass Fabrication of Micro/Nano Dual-scale Structures and its Applications in Energy Harvesting

Everyone is welcome

Prof. Haixia (Alice) Zhang, Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, China.

Kapitza Building Seminar Room 16, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Friday 04 July 2014, 14:00-15:00

DAMTP Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics

IPCC Climate Change 2014: Key Findings on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability in Asia and the Role of the Asian Network on Climate Science and Technology

http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=290&subid=7 note unusual venue

Prof. Joy Pereira, Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College.

Thursday 19 June 2014, 17:00-18:00

Plant Sciences Research Seminars

Aquatic carbon concentrating mechanisms as a source of genes for improving terrestrial C3 photosynthesis

Moritz Meyer (Griffiths Group).

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Friday 21 March 2014, 13:00-13:25

Darwin Society

Quantum effects in biology and organic materials: photosynthesis, solar cells and nanomachines.

This talk is free and open to all, and will be followed by refreshments. No registration is necessary.

Dr. Alex Chin, University of Cambridge.

Lloyd Room, Christ's College.

Thursday 06 March 2014, 19:00-20:30

Engineering - Mechanics and Materials Seminar Series

The micro-fluid mechanics of synthetic swimming

Dr Eric Lauga, DAMTP, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 28 February 2014, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Running Combustion Backwards: Fuels from Sunlight, From First Principles

The Linnett Lecture

Professor Emily Carter (Princeton University).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Tuesday 11 February 2014, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Science Seminars

Cassandra's Climate

Michael Sheppard, Emeritus Schlumberger Fellow, Schlumberger.

1 Newnham Terrace, Darwin College.

Thursday 06 February 2014, 13:10-14:00

Commercialisation Seminar Series

Commercialising your research via consultancy

Lunch will be provided. Please reply to tm487@cam.ac.uk to express your interest in attending so that we can estimate the numbers required for lunch by 15 Jan 2014.

Cambridge Enterprise and Engineering Department.

Oatley Meeting Room, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ.

Thursday 23 January 2014, 12:00-14:00

Equality & Diversity Events

Cake and Careers BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Speaker to be confirmed.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Wednesday 11 December 2013, 14:00-16:00

euroscicon

Applications for Synthetic Biology in Industrial Biotechnology

Professor Robert Edwards , Chief Scientist, The Food and Environment Research Agency.

Cineworld: The O2, Peninsula Square, London, SE10 0DX.

Friday 29 November 2013, 09:00-17:00

Engineering - Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

Inversion and perversion in biomechanics: from microscopic anisotropy to macroscopic chirality

Professor Alain Goriely, OCCAM, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.

Department of Engineering - LR4.

Friday 15 November 2013, 14:30-16:00

Department of Chemistry

Graphene Growth & Applications

BP Lectures 2013

Professor James M. Tour, Rice University, Texas.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 22 October 2013, 14:00-15:00

The Postdocs of Cambridge (PdOC) Society

Sustainable Energy - from academia to Whitehall

Prof David MacKay ( Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change).

Auditorium, Robinson College.

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

Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Cambridgeshire Area)

Trains for Crossrail – Challenges, Solutions and Systems

Phil Hinde, Crossrail.

Lecture Room 6, Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ.

Thursday 19 September 2013, 18:30-20:30

The Cambridge University/BAS Innovation Centre - Potential for New Collaborations

Bioenergy Initiative

Prof Lloyd Peck, British Antarctic Survey.

Biochemistry, Hopkins Bldg, Seminar Rm 1 .

Friday 05 July 2013, 09:30-12:00