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If you have a question about this list, please contact: Bjoern A. Zeeb. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser. 0 upcoming talks and 210 talks in the archive. Cambridge Philosophical Society Signals from the beginning of the universeProfessor Jo Dunkley OBE, Joseph Henry Professor of Physics and Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 25 November 2024, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society A V HILL LECTURE Pain: Why does it exist, how does it work and how can we more effectively treat it?Professor Ewan St John Smith, Professor of Nociception, Deputy Head of Department, Department of Pharmacology. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 11 November 2024, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE Surging cylinders, flapping wings and gust encounters: Force production in unsteady flowsProfessor Holger Babinsky, Professor of Aerodynamics, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 28 October 2024, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Diagnostics Without Frontiers: A Regenerable Supply Chain For PCR In Low Resource CountriesProfessor Lisa Hall FRSC CBE, Professor of Analytical Biotechnology, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 14 October 2024, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society SCIENCE AND THE FUTURES OF MEDICINE One Day MeetingCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Organisers: Professor Ashok Venkitaraman, Dr James Fraser and Dr Nick Pugh. Cambridge University Engineering Department. Constance Tipper Lecture Theatre. Friday 22 March 2024, 09:00-17:15 Cambridge Philosophical Society Using organoids to reveal what sets the human brain apartCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Dr Madeline Lancaster, Group Leader in the Cell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 11 March 2024, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - Every breath you take and every move you make - understanding cellular oxygen sensing mechanismsCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe FRS, Distinguished Scholar, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford and Clinical Research Director, Francis Crick Institute, London.. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 06 March 2024, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The quest for the first stars and first black holes with the James Webb Space TelescopeCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Roberto Maiolino FRS, Professor of Experimental Astrophysics, Kavli Institute for Cosmology. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 26 February 2024, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Going beyond emissions reduction – Climate RepairCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Dr Shaun Fitzgerald FREng OBE, Director of Research, Centre for Climate Repair, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 12 February 2024, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I TAYLOR LECTURE - The influence of GI Taylor: granular collapses, viscous gravity currents, explosive eruptions and chemical gardensCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Herbert Huppert FRS FRSN, Professor of Theoretical Geophysics, Faculty of Mathematics . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 29 January 2024, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The quiet AI revolution in weather forecastingCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Richard Turner, Professor of Machine Learning, Department of Engineering . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 20 November 2023, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society A V Hill LECTURE - Recent controversies in evolutionary theoryCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Dr John Welch, Department of Genetics . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 06 November 2023, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Maths versus pandemics: the COVID-19 storyCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor of Mathematical Biology, at DAMTP, Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, and the David N. Moore Fellow in mathematics at Queens’ College Cambridge. . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 23 October 2023, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE From superconductors to giant planets: a computational window on materialsCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Chris Pickard, Sir Alan Cottrell Professor of Materials Science, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 09 October 2023, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Our Quantum World: How Quantum Technologies will Shape the Future - One Day MeetingCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Organisers: Professor Adrian Kent, Dr Boris Groisman, Dr Sergii Strelchuk and Professor Ron Horgan. Cambridge University Engineering Department. Constance Tipper Lecture Theatre. Saturday 18 March 2023, 10:15-17:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Nanowires: Small but mighty building blocks for efficient electronicsPlease note change to start time of 18.00. Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Hannah Joyce, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 13 March 2023, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Honorary Fellows Lecture - Cosmic extinction - the far future of our UniversePlease note change to start time of 18.00. Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Carlos Frenk, Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics, Durham. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 08 March 2023, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Mitigating mitochondrial mutational meltdown: can we save the species?Please note change to start time of 18.00. Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Patrick Chinnery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 27 February 2023, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Building your life-support system; a new paradigm for human placental developmentPlease note change to start time of 18.00. Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Graham Burton, Department of Physiology Development & Neuroscience . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 13 February 2023, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I TAYLOR LECTURE – Some wrinkles in Gauss’ Theorem: Mathematics of everyday objects from Pizza to Umbrellas and ParachutesPlease note change to start time of 18.00. Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Dominic Vella, Department of Mathematics, Oxford. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 30 January 2023, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Lecture - Eureka! How the history of science became a story of discoveryCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Jim Secord, Department of History & Philosophy of Science. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 21 November 2022, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society A V HILL Lecture – The Protected Brain: Neurogenesis Under StressCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Alex Gould, Francis Crick Institute, Imperial College, London. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 07 November 2022, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Cambridge Darwins in ConversationCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Paula Darwin, Professor Roger Keynes and Dr Claire Barlow. Murray Edwards College, Buckingham House Conference Centre. Monday 31 October 2022, 18:00-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Banks, Bunkers, and Backup: Securing Crop Diversity from the Cold War through the Internet AgeCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Helen Anne Curry, Kranzberg Professor of the History of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 24 October 2022, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Larmor Lecture - The Milky Way Galaxy - from beginning to endCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Gerry Gilmore, Institute of Astronomy. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 10 October 2022, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I Taylor Lecture - Life in Moving FluidsCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Eric Lauga, Professor of Applied Mathematics, DAMTP. Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge. Monday 28 March 2022, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Our Quantum World: How Quantum Tehnologies Will Shape the Future - One day meetingCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Organised by: Professor Adrian Kent, Dr Boris Groisman, Dr Sergii Strelchuk and Professor Ron Horgan. Cambridge University Engineering Department. Constance Tipper Lecture Theatre. Friday 18 March 2022, 09:00-17:15 Cambridge Philosophical Society Light-rechargeable Batteries: A New tool to Fight Climate Change?Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org Professor Michael de Volder, Professor of Advanced Materials Engineering, Institute for Manufacturing . Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge. Monday 14 March 2022, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Imaging cancer metabolism - Out of the lab and into the clinicCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org or https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-professor-kevin-brindle-tickets-260329090317 Professor Kevin Brindle FMedSci FRS, Professor of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre. Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge. Monday 28 February 2022, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Honorary Fellows Lecture - Using electron microscopy to understand the molecules of lifeCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org or https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/honorary-fellows-lecture-professor-richard-henderson-tickets-260346963777 Professor Richard Henderson CH FRS FMedSci HonFRSC, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 23 February 2022, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Should we Automate?Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org or go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-professor-duncan-mcfarlane-tickets-250023506037 Professor Duncan McFarlane, Professor of Industrial Information Engineering and Head, Distributed Informaiion and Automation Laboratory, Department of Engineering. Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge. Monday 14 February 2022, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Lecture - Professor Graham Burton - title tbcSpeaker to be confirmed. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Sunday 13 February 2022, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The Biology of EatingCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org or go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by-professor-sadaf-farooqi-tickets-188170812967 Professor Sadaf Farooqi, Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Metabolism and Medicine, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Department of Medicine. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 22 November 2021, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Urban tunneling - the challenges of creating underground space in historic citiesCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org or go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-professor-giulia-viggiani-infrastructure-geotechnics-tickets-188169037657 Professor Giulia Viggiani, Professor of Infrastructure Geotechnics, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 08 November 2021, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Honorary Fellows Lecture - Should we trust statistics?Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org or go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/honorary-fellows-lecture-professor-sir-david-spiegelhalter-frs-obe-tickets-188164062777 Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE Chair, Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 03 November 2021, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society A V Hill Lecture - The Rewarded BrainCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org or go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-v-hill-lecture-professor-wolfram-schultz-tickets-181588946427 Professor Wolfram Schultz Professor of Neuroscience Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 25 October 2021, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Larmor Lecture - Covid, Chaos and Climate: How mathematical models help to explain the universeCheck website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org or go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/larmor-lecture-professor-chris-budd-tickets-177983973857 Professor Chris Budd OBE, FIMA, C Math, NTF Dept. of Mathematical Sciences University of Bath . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 11 October 2021, 18:30-19:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I Taylor Lecture - title to be confirmedYouTube upload date to follow soon Dr Debora Sijacki, Institute of Astronomy. Friday 26 March 2021, 00:00-00:01 Cambridge Philosophical Society Phylogenetic network analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes - tracing the origins of the epidemicYouTube upload date to follow soon Dr Peter Forster, (Cambridge). Friday 26 March 2021, 00:00-00:01 Cambridge Philosophical Society LECTURE - title to be confirmedYouTube upload date to follow soon Dr Daniel Munoz-Espin, Group Leader in Cancer Early Detection, Department of Oncology. Friday 26 March 2021, 00:00-00:01 Cambridge Philosophical Society Universal Darwinism: A Health Check at FortyYouTube upload date to follow soon Professor Tim Lewens, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Wednesday 24 March 2021, 00:00-00:01 Cambridge Philosophical Society Larmor Lecture - Climate change and cascading risksYouTube Lecture available online now Professor Tim Benton Research Director – Emerging Risks, and Director – Energy, Environment and Resources Programme Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW7XLjb1S08. Tuesday 02 March 2021, 00:00-00:01 Cambridge Philosophical Society A V Hill Lecture - Kings and Queens of the Mountain: Studies of Extreme Physiology in Himalayan SherpasYouTube Lecture available online now Dr Andrew Murray, Metabolic Physiology, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience. Tuesday 02 March 2021, 00:00-00:01 Cambridge Philosophical Society Lecture - Modern Molecular Science and How is it Changing our Life - Dr Ljiljana FrukYouTube Lecture available online now Dr Ljiljana Fruk, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. Youtube https://youtu.be/e_AZzwsLbfw. Tuesday 02 March 2021, 00:00-00:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society ONLINE LECTURE - title to be confirmedONLINE LECTURE - YOUTUBE UPLOAD DATE TO FOLLOW SOON Professor Tim Lewens, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. You tube link to be confirmed. Thursday 28 January 2021, 00:00-00:01 Cambridge Philosophical Society Meeting Cancelled - Science and the Futures of Medicine - One Day meetingMeeting has been cancelled Organisers: Professor Ashok Venkitaraman and Dr James Fraser. Cambridge University Engineering Department LT0. Friday 20 March 2020, 09:00-17:15 Cambridge Philosophical Society Vibration and Acoustics of Everyday ThingsDr Anurag Agarawal, Department of Engineering 18.00 - 19.00 . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 09 March 2020, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - What is epigenetics? And is it important?A COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS RECEPTION TO FOLLOW ON AFTER THE LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FOYER TO THE LECTURE THEATRE FOR ALL ATTENDEES Sir David Baulcombe, Royal Society Edward Penley Abraham Research Professor, Department of Plant Sciences 18.00 - 19.00 . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 26 February 2020, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Simpson's question: How does behaviour determine evolution?Professor Rebecca Kilner, Department of Zoology 18.00 - 19.00 . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 24 February 2020, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Modern Molecular Science and How It Is Changing Our LifeDr Ljiljana Fruk, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology 18.00-19.00. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 10 February 2020, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I TAYLOR LECTURE - The Silent Flight of the OwlProfessor Nigel Peake, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics 18.00 - 19.00. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 27 January 2020, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The Spirit of Inquiry: how the Cambridge Philosophical Society shaped modern scienceDr Susannah Gibson, Author of The Spirit of Inquiry, 18:00 - 19:00. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 25 November 2019, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society How to Hunt a SubmarineProfessor Tom Kӧrner, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics. 18.00 to 19.00. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 11 November 2019, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Cancer: when friends become foes, and how to make them friends againProfessor Gerard Evan FRS FMedSci, Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry 18.00 - 19.00 . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 28 October 2019, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE - Design of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds - Still Learning our ABC?Professor Serena Best, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. 18.00 - 19.00. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 14 October 2019, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society 200TH ANNIVERSARY TWO-DAY MEETING - The Futures of Sciences200TH ANNIVERSARY TWO DAY MEETING FREE ENTRY - OPEN TO ALL - NO BOOKING REQUIRED Organiser Professor Simon Conway Morris. Lecture Room 0, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ. Friday 22 March 2019, 09:00-17:15 Cambridge Philosophical Society 200TH ANNIVERSARY TWO-DAY MEETING - The Futures of Sciences200TH ANNIVERSARY TWO DAY MEETING - FREE ENTRY - OPEN TO ALL - NO BOOKING REQUIRED Organiser Professor Simon Conway Morris. Lecture Room 0, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ. Thursday 21 March 2019, 13:15-17:15 Cambridge Philosophical Society Supertall Timber: impossibly high wooden skyscrapersDr Michael Ramage, Department of Architecture . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 11 March 2019, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society A V HILL LECTURE - Cardiac Arrest: From Genes to Mechanisms to MindA V HILL LECTURE - Professor Pier Lambiase FRCP FHRS, Professor of Cardiology, UCL, London and St Barts London. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 25 February 2019, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society When algebra meets geometryProfessor Caucher Birkar, DPMMS . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 11 February 2019, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - The Fuel of LifeA COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS RECEPTION TO FOLLOW ON AFTER THE LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FOYER TO THE LECTURE THEATRE FOR ALL ATTENDEES Professor Sir John E Walker FRS FMedSci,Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Medical Research Council, Mitochondrial Biology Unit . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 06 February 2019, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Fluctuations in the life of a cell: maintaining order amidst disorderProfessor Vikram Deshpande, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 28 January 2019, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The combinatorics of spaghetti hoopsProfessor Simon Tavaré FRS FMedSci, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 19 November 2018, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Lecture has been cancelled - This Antibiotics from Darwin’s chemistry setThis lecture has been cancelled Professor Peter Leadlay FRS, Emeritus Herchel Smith Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 05 November 2018, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Manipulating light at the nanoscale with plasmonicsDr Emilie Ringe Department of Material Science and Metallurgy and Department of Earth Sciences. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 22 October 2018, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE - Why the Ancient Continents are special: a geological detective storyProfessor James Jackson FRS, Professor of Active Tectonics, Department of Earth Sciences . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 08 October 2018, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society What we don’t know about the Universe from the very small to the very big : ONE DAY MEETINGONE DAY MEETING FREE ENTRY NO BOOKING REQUIRED Organisers Professor Ron Horgan and Dr Matt Wingate. Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA. Friday 23 March 2018, 09:00-17:15 Cambridge Philosophical Society New micro-machines, new materialsProfessor Mark Warner FRS, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 12 March 2018, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society A V HILL LECTURE - The cortex and the hand of the primate: a special relationshipProfessor Roger Lemon, Sobell Chair of Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology, University College London. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 26 February 2018, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Magnetic microscopy of meteorites: probing the magnetic state of the early solar systemProfessor Richard Harrison, Department of Earth Sciences. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 12 February 2018, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS PRIZE LECTURE - Towards a silent aircraftA COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS RECEPTION TO FOLLOW ON AFTER THE LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FOYER TO THE LECTURE THEATRE FOR ALL ATTENDEES Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FRS FREng, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 07 February 2018, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Waves in the airways: a carpet of microscopic rowers keeps us aliveProfessor Pietro Cicuta, Professor of Biological Physics, Biological and Soft Systems, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 29 January 2018, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Strategic brain routes for learning and plasticityProfessor Zoe Kourtzi, Professor of Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 20 November 2017, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Three phases of genome sequencing and their consequences for science and medicineProfessor Richard Durbin FRS, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 06 November 2017, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society On dangerous ground: understanding earthquake induced soil liquefactionProfessor Gopal Madabhushi, Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 23 October 2017, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE - Exoplanets, on the hunt of Universal lifeProfessor Didier Queloz, Battcock Centre for Experimental Astrophysics, Cavendish Laboratory . Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 09 October 2017, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society New Frontiers in Robotics - ONE DAY MEETINGONE DAY MEETING FREE ENTRY NO BOOKING REQUIRED Organisers: Fumiya Iida and Jim Woodhouse. Lecture Theatre 0, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge. Friday 24 March 2017, 09:00-17:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Environmental diversity of ArchitectureProfessor Koen Steemers BSc BArch MPhil PhD RIBA ARB, Professor of Sustainable Design, Department of Architecture. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 13 March 2017, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - Evolution in action: Materials, Design and SustainabilityA COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS RECEPTION TO FOLLOW ON AFTER THE LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FOYER TO THE LECTURE THEATRE FOR ALL ATTENDEES Professor Michael F Ashby, CBE FRS FREng, Emeritus Professor of Materials, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 01 March 2017, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society A V HILL LECTURE - Systems level in vivo modelling of vertebrate physiology and pharmacologyProfessor Calum A MacRae, Chief of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School, USA. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 27 February 2017, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society A Lab of One's Own: Science & Suffrage in World War OneDr Patricia Fara, President, British Society for the History of Science. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 13 February 2017, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I Taylor Lecture - Using light to orchestrate the assembly of self-propelled particles into microfluidic devicesProfessor Michael Cates FRS FRSE, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, DAMTP. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 30 January 2017, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Climate change and local wildlifeBrian Eversham, Chief Executive of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 21 November 2016, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Molecular medicines for the lysosomeProfessor Timothy Cox MD FRCP FMedSci, Professor of Medicine Emeritus. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 07 November 2016, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE - Nanostructured steel: the challenge of manufactureProfessor Sir Harry Bhadeshia FRS FREng, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 24 October 2016, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Packing dominoes and other shapesProfessor Imre Leader, Department of Pure Mathematics & Mathematical Statistics. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 10 October 2016, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Evolution of life - ONE DAY MEETINGONE DAY MEETING Organisers: Professor Ray Goldstein FRS and Professor Simon Conway Morris FRS. Babbage Lecture Theatre - New Museums Site. Friday 18 March 2016, 09:00-17:45 Cambridge Philosophical Society Towards a cure for Alzheimer's DiseaseProfessor Michele Vendruscolo, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, Department of Chemistry. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 07 March 2016, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Campath-1H: how a famous antibody found its diseaseProfessor Alastair Compston, Professor Emeritus of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 22 February 2016, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Fracking - shale gas extraction and protecting buildings from tunnelling subsidenceProfessor Lord Mair CBE FREng FRS, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering, Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 08 February 2016, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society A V HILL LECTURE - Oxygen sensing: from worms to people and genes to drugsProfessor Patrick Maxwell DPhil FRCP FMedSci, Regius Professor of Physic, School of Clinical Medicine. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 25 January 2016, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Epigenetic inheritance and parent-of-origin effectsProfessor Anne Ferguson Smith, Department of Genetics. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 23 November 2015, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - Molecules against cancer or for long-term memory storageA COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS RECEPTION TO FOLLOW ON AFTER THE LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FOYER TO THE LECTURE THEATRE FOR ALL ATTENDEES Professor Roger Y Tsien ForMemRS, Department of Pharmacology, Chemistry & Biochemistry and HHMI, University of California, San Diego. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 11 November 2015, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The human brain - a lesson in green technologyProfessor Simon Laughlin FRS, Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Zoology. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 09 November 2015, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society On the origin of animals, and the invention of the modern biosphereProfessor Nick Butterfield, Department of Earth Sciences. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 26 October 2015, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE - The statistical physics of stem cell biology: Dicing with fateProfessor Benjamin D Simons, Herchel Smith Professor of Physics, Department of Physics. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 12 October 2015, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Between rock and a hard place: soil, the ambiguous materialProfessor Malcolm Bolton FREng, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 09 March 2015, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society A V HILL LECTURE - Science and the quiet art revisitedProfessor Sir David Weatherall FRS, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 23 February 2015, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Lighting the Future: Next generation LED lighting to save energy and improve our healthProfessor 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 G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Understanding the physics of molecular motorsProfessor Eugene Terentjev, Department of Physics. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 26 January 2015, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Biomimetics: from nature to applications - ONE DAY MEETINGOrganiser: Dr Silvia Vignolini. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Friday 09 January 2015, 09:00-17:05 Cambridge Philosophical Society MEMS Biosensors and their potential for improving healthcareDr Andrew Flewitt, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 24 November 2014, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS PRIZE LECTURE - Could computers understand their own programs?Professor Sir Tony Hoare FRS FREng. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 19 November 2014, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The changing genome: signatures of mutagenesis in human cellsDr Serena Nik-Zainal, Wellcome Trust Sangar Institute. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 10 November 2014, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Perception and belief in psychosisProfessor Paul Fletcher, Department of Psychiatry. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 27 October 2014, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE - The Computational UniverseProfessor Leslie Valiant FRS, T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Harvard USA. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 13 October 2014, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The Henslow Fellow Lectures - Use of random matricesThe second of two half-hour lectures by the Society's Henslow Fellows Dr Stephanie Jacquot, formerly of the Statistical Laboratory, Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 14 May 2014, 18:30-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Henslow Fellows Lectures - Resolving the early record of animal evolution: Insights from the enigmatic Ediacaran BiotaThe first of two half-hour lectures by the Society's Henslow Fellows Dr Alexander Liu, Department of Earth Sciences. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 14 May 2014, 18:00-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Perception and belief in psychosisSpeaker to be confirmed. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Tuesday 08 April 2014, 18:00-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Electric and Hybrid Powered Aircraft – making energy go furtherDr Paul Robertson, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 10 March 2014, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Hop, skip and jump - muscles are not just for runningA V HILL LECTURE Professor Michael Ferenczi, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 24 February 2014, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The dinosaur Iguanodon (1809-2013) - palaeobiology in actionDr David B Norman, Reader in Palaeobiology & Curator of the Sedgwick Museum, Department of Earth Sciences. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 10 February 2014, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Fluid mechanical processes during geological sequestration of carbon dioxideG I TAYLOR LECTURE Professor John Lister, DAMTP. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 27 January 2014, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society COLOUROne day meeting - free entry and open to all Organised by Professor John Mollon FRS. Lecture Room 0 Department of Engineering. Thursday 09 January 2014, 09:30-17:15 Cambridge Philosophical Society Decoding human genomes on a population scale: solexa/illumina sequencingNote new start time of 6.00pm Professor Shankar Balasubramanian FRS FMedSchi, Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 25 November 2013, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Genomics, Structural Biology and Making New Medicines: An Opportunity for Academia to ContributeHONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE Professor Sir Tom Blundell FRS FMedSci, Emeritus Professor and Director of Research, Department of Biochemistry. Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. Wednesday 13 November 2013, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The cultured chimpanzee: nonsense or breakthrough?Note new start time of 6.00pm Professor William McGrew, Division of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology . Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 11 November 2013, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Antarctica, Ozone and Change: some links between environmental concernsNote new start time of 6.00pm Mr Jonathan Shanklin, British Antarctic Survey . Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 28 October 2013, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Physics, Chemistry,Materials Science and Biology from the Schrodinger EquationLARMOR LECTURE - note new start time of 6.00pm Professor Mike Payne FRS, Head of Theory of Condensed Matter Group, Department of Physics. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 14 October 2013, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The Inaugural Henslow Fellows Lectures - Moving without a brain: how do fruit fly larvae explore?The second of two half-hour lectures by the Society's Henslow Fellows Dr Jimena Berni, Department of Zoology. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 24 April 2013, 18:30-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The Inaugural Henslow Fellow Lectures - Turning the tables in plant-animal interactions: the tricks and traps of insect-eating pitcher plantsThe first of two half-hour lectures by the Society's Henslow Fellows Dr Ulrike Bauer, Department of Plant Sciences. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 24 April 2013, 18:00-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Low Carbon Road Freight TransportProfessor David Cebon, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 11 March 2013, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society A V HILL LECTURE - Vaccines: from science to policyProfessor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 25 February 2013, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Under the volcano: geological fieldwork in East GreenlandDr Marian Holness, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 11 February 2013, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Making Nanoscience and Nanotechnology usefulProfessor Sir Mark Welland FRS FREng, Professor of Nanoscience Technology, Nanoscience Centre. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 28 January 2013, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society ONE DAY MEETING - BRAGG'S LAWOrganised by Professor Haroon Ahmed FRS and Professor Archie Howie FRS Sir John Meurig Thomas FRS, University of Cambridge; Professor A. Howie FRS, University of Cambridge; Professor J A K Howard FRS, University of Durham, Dr Richard Henderson, University of Cambridge, Professor John Rodenburg, University of Sheffield; Pr. Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics. Friday 11 January 2013, 09:00-17:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Sustainable Materials: with both eyes openDr Julian Allwood, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 19 November 2012, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - Seeing is believing: how a Century after its discovery, Bragg's Law allows us to peer into molecules that read the information in our genesDr Venki Ramakrishnan FRS, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. Wednesday 07 November 2012, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Seeing in three dimensions: philosophical issues and empirical findingsProfessor Brian Rogers, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 05 November 2012, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society How Plants Grow: Chemical and Physical Interactions Create Developmental PatternsProfessor Elliot Meyerowitz ForMemRS, Inaugural Director The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 22 October 2012, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE - The Antikythera Mechanism and the Mechanical UniverseProfessor Mike Edmunds, Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics, University of Cardiff. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 08 October 2012, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society "When Antarctica was green: Fossil plants reveal Antarctica's climate history"LECTURE TO COMMEMORATE THE SCIENTIFIC WORK OF SCOTT'S POLAR EXPEDITION OF 1912 Professor Jane Francis, Professor of Palaeoclimatology, of the University of Leeds. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Wednesday 28 March 2012, 18:00-19:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Nine evolutionary myths: The closing of the Darwinian mind?Professor Simon Conway-Morris FRS, Department of Earth Sciences. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 12 March 2012, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - The Youthful Spirit of MathematicsProfessor Michael Atiyah FRS. Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. Wednesday 07 March 2012, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Quantum chemical games of lifeProfessor Ali Alavi, Department of Chemistry. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 27 February 2012, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Gilding the lily: understanding angiosperm diversity through petal evolution and developmentDr Beverley Glover, Department of Plant Sciences. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 13 February 2012, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Bulk High Temperature Superconductors for High Field Engineering ApplicationsG I TAYLOR LECTURE Professor David Cardwell, Professor of Superconducting Engineering, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 30 January 2012, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society ONE DAY MEETING - Geometry in ScienceOrganised by Professor Jim Woodhouse Professor Sir Michael Berry FRS; Professor Chris Calladine FRS ; Professor Gabor Domokos; Professor Jan Koenderink; Professor Gabriel Paternain; Professor Denis Weaire FRS. Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0. Friday 13 January 2012, 09:00-17:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Metallic Glasses: record-breaking properties for alloys from parvenus in the world of glassesProfessor A Lindsay Greer, Head of Department, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 21 November 2011, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Before the Silk Road - Food Globalisation in PrehistoryProfessor Martin Jones, Department of Archaeology. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 07 November 2011, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Lapis lazuli and the Virgin's RobeDr Spike Bucklow, Hamilton Kerr Institute. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 24 October 2011, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The diversity of extrasolar planetary systems: Clues to planet formation and migrationLARMOR LECTURE LARMOR LECTURE - Professor John Papaloizou, DAMTP. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 10 October 2011, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society SOAP FILMS AND THE ATTRACTIONS OF CLASSICAL PHYSICSProfessor Simon J Schaffer, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 14 March 2011, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society UNDERSTANDING AND CURING CANCER: LESSONS FROM EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGYProfessor Gerard Evan FRS, Department of Biochemistry. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 28 February 2011, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society FRAGMENTS AND DROPLETSProfessor Chris Abell, Department of Chemistry. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 14 February 2011, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I TAYLOR LECTURE - THE FLUID DYNAMICS OF GREEN BUILDINGSCo-hosted with the Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics. A complimentary drinks reception will follow on after the lecture for all attendees. Professor Paul Linden FRS, G I Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics, Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Monday 31 January 2011, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society ONE DAY MEETING - MAKING LIGHT WORKNOTE CHANGE OF VENUE Speakers: Professor Jim Barber (Imperial), Professor John Gray, Professor Neil Greenham, Professor Gehan Amaratunga, Professor Chris Howe, Dr Adrian Fisher, Dr Richard Douthwaite (York). Organisers: Professor Alison Smith and Professor Archie Howie. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Tuesday 07 December 2010, 09:00-17:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society FROM VAN DER WAALS TO MODELLING PROTEIN CHRYSTALLISATIONProfessor Daan Frenkel FRS, Department of Chemistry. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 22 November 2010, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society THE ANTIBODY REVOLUTION; FROM SCIENCE AND INVENTIONS TO COMPANIES AND MEDICINESSir Gregory Winter FRS, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 08 November 2010, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - CLONING, NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING AND PROSPECTS FOR CELL REPLACEMENTProfessor Sir John Gurdon FRS. Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. Wednesday 03 November 2010, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society TENSEGRITY: THE ART AND MATHEMATICS OF PRE-STRESSED STRUCTURESDr Simon Guest, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 25 October 2010, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE - STRING THEORY - A UNIFYING PRINCIPLE IN THEORETICAL PHYSICSNote venue change Professor Michael Green FRS, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, DAMTP. Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street. Monday 11 October 2010, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Title to be confirmedProfessor Simon Schaffer, Department of History of Philosophy and Science. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Sunday 14 March 2010, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society What should we do about the diabetes epidemic? Insights from epidemiologyDr R Simmons, Department of Public Health. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 08 March 2010, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The consequences of Chernobyl, from human health to genetic mechanismsProfessor Sir Dillwyn Williams, Strangeways Laboratory. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 22 February 2010, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Title to be confirmedProfessor Chris Abell, Department of Chemisty. Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry. Sunday 14 February 2010, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The Dynamics of AvalanchesDr Jim McElwaine, DAMTP. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 08 February 2010, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Stirring Tails of EvolutionProfessor Ray Goldstein, DAMTP. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 25 January 2010, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society ONE DAY MEETING - Emotions in an age of communicationAn interdisciplinary scientific ONE DAY meeting OPEN TO ALL who are interested SPEAKERS: Ross Anderson, Bhismadev Chakrabarti, Nicky Clayton, David Good, Mel Slater, Paul White - ORGANISERS: Peter Robinson and Alan Blackwell DISCUSSION SESSION : Simone Schnall. Lecture Theatre 1, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Builiding. Monday 07 December 2009, 09:00-17:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Tracing human ancestry using DNADr Peter Forster, Director of Research, Institute of Forensic Genetics, University of Münster, Germany. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 23 November 2009, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Hearing loss and hearing aidsProfessor Brian C J Moore, FMedSci FRS, Professor of Auditory Perception. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 09 November 2009, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS PRIZE LECTURE - Our cosmic environmentProfessor Martin Rees FRS, Astronomer Royal. Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. Wednesday 04 November 2009, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The Measure of the Universe: a crisis for cosmologyProfessor G Efstathiou FRS, Kavli Institute for Cosmology. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 26 October 2009, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE - The internet and new forms of mathematical collaborationProfessor W T Gowers FRS, DPMMS. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 12 October 2009, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The Voyage to the Beagle Letters, Henslow, Darwin and the Philosophical SocietyDarwin 2009 Lecture Professor John Parker, Director Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Thursday 09 July 2009, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Machines that seeProfessor Andrew Blake FRS FREng, Microsoft Research. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 09 March 2009, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The biomechanics of Spiderman: how insects walk on the ceilingDr Walter Federle, Department of Zoology. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 23 February 2009, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Planar cell polarity: a large or small part of animal development?Dr Peter A Lawrence FRS, Department of Zoology and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 09 February 2009, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I Taylor Lecture - How metals can fall apart: Vision, observation and G I TaylorProfessor L M Brown FRS, Department of Physics. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 26 January 2009, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society ONE DAY MEETING - Pluripotency, reprogramming and stem cellsREGISTER BY EMAIL TO: philosoc@hermes.cam.ac.uk SPEAKERS: Peter Andrews, Robin Lovell-Badge, James Byrne, Ian Chambers, Kevin Eggan, Martin Evans, Stephen Minger, Alison Murdoch and Kevin Shakesheff, CHAIRED BY: Chris Graham and Richard Gardiner, ORGANISERS: Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz and John Gurdon. Fitzwilliam College Auditorium. Friday 12 December 2008, 09:00-18:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society All cells are born equal, but some are more equal than othersDr Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK, The Gurdon Institute. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 24 November 2008, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Lost in translation: challenges in applying society's risks to individualsProfessor David Spiegelhalter OBE FRS, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 10 November 2008, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS PRIZE LECTURE - Who owns science?Professor Sir John Sulston FRS. Wednesday 05 November 2008, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Writing the future: opportunities and challenges in inkjet printingProfessor Ian Hutchings FREng, Institute for Manufacturing. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 27 October 2008, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE Seeing Nano: optics on the smallest scalesProfessor Jeremy J Baumberg, NanoPhotonics Centre, Department of Physics. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 13 October 2008, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society RNA: the fourth dimension in evolution or how nurture could influence nature?NOTE: NEW VENUE AND NEW START TIME Professor David Baulcombe FRS, Professor of Botany, Department of Plant Sciences. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 10 March 2008, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Unpredictability and chance in science and technologyNOTE: NEW VENUE AND NEW START TIME Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas FRS, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 25 February 2008, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Sundials and the calendarNOTE: NEW VENUE AND NEW START TIME Dr Frank King, Computer Laboratory. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 11 February 2008, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I Taylor Lecture - When is a structure a musical instrument? Percussion instruments and other musical odditiesNOTE: NEW VENUE AND NEW START TIME Professor Jim Woodhouse, Department of Engineering. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 28 January 2008, 17:30-18:30 General Discussion SessionAll. Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge. Monday 03 December 2007, 16:30-17:00 Synthetic biology: from bacteria to stem cellsRon Weiss (Princeton). Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge. Monday 03 December 2007, 15:50-16:30 Synthetic Biology: DNA version 2.0Jeremy Minshull (DNA2.0). Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge. Monday 03 December 2007, 14:40-15:20 Biological Engineering of Plant SystemsJim Haseloff (Cambridge). Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge. Monday 03 December 2007, 14:00-14:40 Exploiting Scaffold Proteins to Generate Diverse I/O Dynamics in MAPK PathwaysCaleb Bashor (UCSF). Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge. Monday 03 December 2007, 12:10-12:50 Towards large-scale integrated nucleic acid logic circuitsGeorg Seelig (Caltech). Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge. Monday 03 December 2007, 11:30-12:10 Computational Design in Synthetic BiologyAlfonso Jaramillo (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris). Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge. Monday 03 December 2007, 10:20-11:00 The iGEM competition: Building with biologyJames Brown (Cambridge) and Cambridge iGEM team. Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge. Monday 03 December 2007, 09:40-10:20 Tea/ coffee from 9.05 + Introduction (9.30)Gos Micklem (Cambridge). Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge. Monday 03 December 2007, 09:05-09:40 Cambridge Philosophical Society Hands-free writingNOTE: New start time and New venue Professor David J C MacKay, Department of Physics. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 26 November 2007, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Imaging biology in the cancer patient - new ways to guide treatment. (Towards the Star Trek Tri-corder)NOTE: New start time and New venue Professor Kevin Brindle, Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Research UK. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 12 November 2007, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The physics of the Earth's interiorHONORARY FELLOWS PRIZE LECTURE Professor Dan McKenzie CH FRS, Department of Earth Sciences. Wednesday 07 November 2007, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Ancient WoodlandsNOTE: New start time and New venue Professor Oliver Rackham OBE FBA. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 29 October 2007, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society LARMOR LECTURE, Dark Ages to Dark Endings: The Life Cycles of GalaxiesNOTE: New start time and New venue Professor Robert Kennicutt, Department of Astronomy. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Monday 15 October 2007, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS – WHY HAVE LARGE SCALE APPLICATIONS TAKEN SO LONG?Co-sponsored with Professor David Caldwell, IRC in Superconductivity Professor David Larbalestier of the Applied Superconductivity Center, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. McCrum Lecture Theatre, Corpus Christi College.. Wednesday 12 September 2007, 17:00-18:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Beanbags, fish oil and rose-tinted spectacles; navigating the path through dyslexia 'cures'Professor Dorothy Bishop, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 12 March 2007, 20:30-21:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Persistent Infectious Diseases - Viruses and how we live with themProfessor Patrick Sissons, Regius Professor of Physic, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 26 February 2007, 20:30-21:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Carbon Nanotubes- the Future for Electronics?Professor Bill Milne, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 12 February 2007, 20:30-21:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society G I Taylor Lecture - Explaining the flow of elastic liquidsProfessor E J Hinch FRS, Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 29 January 2007, 20:30-21:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Instabilities of Liquid Surfaces: Rayleigh meets NanoscienceProfessor Ullrich Steiner, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 27 November 2006, 20:30-21:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Stem cells to synapses: how to construct a nervous systemDr Andrea Brand, The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 13 November 2006, 20:30-21:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society HONORARY FELLOWS PRIZE LECTURE - Controlling the Cell CycleSir Tim Hunt FRS, Cancer Research UK. Wednesday 01 November 2006, 17:30-18:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The life habits of the trilobitesProfessor Richard Fortey, FRS, Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 30 October 2006, 20:30-21:30 Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR) Sentient Computing- Larmor LectureNote unusual time and venue Professor Andy Hopper, The Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, Cockcroft Building. Monday 16 October 2006, 20:30-22:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society The Puppet Master - How the brain controls the body.Professor Daniel Wolpert, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 13 March 2006, 20:30-21:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Protein Folding. Misfolding and disease.Professor Sir Alan Fersht, FRS, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 27 February 2006, 20:30-21:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Inositol: evolution's favourite molecule?Professor Robin Irvine, FRS. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 13 February 2006, 20:30-21:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society Evolution of the EarthProfessor Simon Conway-Morris FRS, Dr Andrew Mackenzie, Professor Dan Schrag. Professor Dan McKenzie FRS, Professor Dave Stevenson, FRS, and Professor Steve Sparks FRS.. Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics. Friday 16 December 2005, 09:00-18:00 Cambridge Philosophical Society Packaging the genome: chromatin, DNA architecture and the role of proteinsProfessor Dame Jean O Thomas FRS, Department of Biochemistry. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 28 November 2005, 20:30-21:30 Cambridge Philosophical Society The Free Will TheoremProfessor John Horton Conway FRS, Princeton University. Wednesday 09 November 2005, 17:15-18:15 Cambridge Philosophical Society Our Dynamic SunDr Helen Mason, DAMTP. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site. Monday 31 October 2005, 20:30-21:30 Please see above for contact details for this list. |
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