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

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

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

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

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

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

The Larmor Lecture

This lecture is held jointly with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Professor John Papaloizou, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 10 October 2011, 17:30-19:00

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

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

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

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

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

Mathematics of Complex Systems

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE

Dr Ray Goldstein, Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge.

The Møller Centre, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 07 March 2011, 19:30-21:00

Peanut Allergies

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE

Dr Andrew Clark, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, Addenbrooke's NHS Foundation Trust.

The Møller Centre, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

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

Ocean forcing of ice sheet change in West Antarctica

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE AND VENUE

Dr Adrian Jenkins, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge.

The Møller Centre, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 07 February 2011, 19:30-21:00

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

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

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

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

String Theory - A unifying principle in theoretical physics

Please note that this lecture is not at the usual spacetime coordinates.

Professor Michael Green, FRS, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, DAPTP, University of Cambridge.

Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museum Site.

Monday 11 October 2010, 17:30-19:00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Science and the Media

Please note our temporary venue

Quentin Cooper, Presenter of BBC's "Material World".

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 02 November 2009, 19:30-21:00

Plagiarism in Science

Please note our temporary venue

Professor Brian J Ford, President of the CSAR.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

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

"Happy Danes!" A scientific analysis of the recent EU survey into income and contentment

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

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 08 June 2009, 19:30-21:00

"Just one more try will do it!" The Psychology of Gambling

Rescheduled from February

Dr Luke Clarke (Behavioural and Clinical Neurosciences Institute, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 01 June 2009, 19:30-21:00

"Bringing new medicines to market" How the biopharmaceutical industry works

Dr Melanie Lee DSc (Hon) FMedSci (Executive Vice President of Research and Development, UCB Belgium ).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Tuesday 26 May 2009, 19:30-21:00

"Life in the Colonies" Social insects and their relevance to human behavior

Professor Francis Ratneiks (Professor of Apiculture, University of Sussex ).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 11 May 2009, 19:30-21:00

"The Venetians certainly knew about building" The extraordinary and enduring properties of Lime Mortar

Professor Geoff Allen (University of Bristol).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 27 April 2009, 19:30-21:00

"Where is it safe to go on holiday?" Antigenic Cartography; a mathematical method for mapping the spread of viruses

Professor Derek Smith (Professor of Infectious Disease Informatics Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 02 March 2009, 19:30-21:00

"Genetics and Cancer" The BRCA2 gene (discovered by Professor Stratton and his team), and its involvement in human breast and prostate cancer

Professor Michael Stratton (Deputy Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Head of the Cancer Genome Project).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

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

"We know who you are, from the way you sound" Computer voice-recognition systems and what they can do

This lecture is joint with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Dr Kirsty McDougall (Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

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

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air

Prof David J C Mackay (Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 01 December 2008, 19:30-21:00

“What goes round comes round” Making wind turbines from renewable materials

Dr Jim Platts (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 17 November 2008, 19:30-21:00

"Something’s come up": The Discovery of New Drugs, (including Cardura, Norvasc and Viagra)

Dr Simon Campbell CBE (Former President of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Former Pfizer Senior Vice-President for Discovery).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 03 November 2008, 19:30-21:00

"Intelligence and the Living Cell": Adaptive behaviour and decision-making by single cells

Professor Brian J Ford (President of CSAR).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 20 October 2008, 19:30-21:00

The Larmor Lecture: "Seeing Nano: optics on the smallest scale"

This lecture is jointly with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Professor Jeremy J Baumberg (NanoPhotonics Centre Department of Physics. University of Cambridge).

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 13 October 2008, 17:30-19:00

"I was nowhere near there at the time Guv - honest"

Professor Sir Bob Hepple, Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, former Master of Clare College.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 12 May 2008, 19:30-21:00

www.Antibodies_Direct.com

Dr Jonathan Milner, Abcam plc, Cambridge Science Park.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 28 April 2008, 19:30-21:00

Not Mammoth Steaks Again?!

Professor Martin Jones, Archaeological Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 17 March 2008, 19:30-21:00

Nanoelectronics and Quantum Computing

Dr David Williams, Head of the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 03 March 2008, 19:30-21:00

Rebuilding the Colossus of the Modern World

Tony Sale, Hon Fellow of the British Computer Society.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 18 February 2008, 19:30-21:00

The Journey of the Future

Dr Liz Orme, Director of Transport, Cambridge Consultants.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 04 February 2008, 19:30-21:00

Water that does not wet hands

Dr Zbigniew ("Andy") Szydlo.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 03 December 2007, 19:30-21:00

Lives and Letters (the Robert Hooke Portfolio)

Professor Lisa Jardine CBE, Queen Mary College, University of London.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 19 November 2007, 19:30-21:00

Ancient Vaults

Professor Jacques Heymen, Former Head of Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 05 November 2007, 19:30-21:00

The invention of the High Power Microscope

Celebrating Antony van Leeuwenhoek's 375th Birthday

Professor Brian J Ford, President of the CSAR.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 22 October 2007, 19:30-21:00

Nuclear Fusion as a Global Energy Source? Work at UKAEA Culham Laboratory and elsewhere to harness fusion energy

Professor Chris Llewellyn-Smith FRS. Director, UKAEA Culham Laboratory, Abingdon, Oxford.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 11 June 2007, 19:30-21:00

Take the Eurostar to Stratford...

Dr Mike Glover, Director, Arup Engineering, London, project manager of the High-Speed link.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Saturday 09 June 2007, 19:30-21:00

"Actually you were' and I can prove it"

Mr Skip Palenik, President, Microtrace, Illinois, USA.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Saturday 02 June 2007, 19:30-21:00

www.Antibodies_Direct.com The story of Abcam; selling antibodies on-line

Dr Jonathan Milner. Abcam plc, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 28 May 2007, 19:30-21:00

Mending Broken Hearts: replacing damaged cardiac muscle; the MAGIC programme

Mr Stephen Large FRCS, Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 14 May 2007, 19:30-21:00

DNA Repair Mechanisms in the Central Nervous System

Professor Robin Franklin. Neurosciences Laboratory (Department of Veterinary medicine) and the Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 30 April 2007, 19:30-21:00

The Eternal Triangle: Science, Propaganda and Disease Control; the facts behind the 2001 Foot and Mouth Epidemic

Dr Mike Thrusfield, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, University of Edinburgh.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 05 March 2007, 19:30-21:00

The Calving of Larson-B and other phenomena: Climate Change in the Antarctic

Professor David Vaughan, Deputy Director, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 19 February 2007, 19:30-21:00

Avian 'Flu - The origin of SARS and the impact of avian influenza H5N1 upon mammals and wild birds

Dr Diana Bell, School of Biological Sciences, University of east Anglia, Norwich.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 05 February 2007, 19:30-21:00

A Stitch in Time: The molecular Basis of DNA repair

joint meeting with Cambridge Philosophical Society

Professor Steve Jackson, Wellcome Trust, CRUK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 22 January 2007, 19:30-21:00

Children of Eve: Exon Sequencing; identifying variation in the human genome

Dr Alison 'Pod' Coffey, Sanger Centre, Hinxton Hall, Cambridgeshire.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 20 November 2006, 19:30-21:00

Mother Nature Knows Best: Making Heat-Stable Vaccines

Dr Bruce Roser, Chief Scientific Officer, Cambridge Biostability, Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 06 November 2006, 19:30-21:00

Soft Small and Interesting - Soft Matter: towards Soft Nanotechnology

Professor Ullrich Steiner, Professor of Physics of Materials, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 23 October 2006, 19:30-21:00

Sentient Computing- Larmor Lecture

Note 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

Colision Course - How Science is abused by the Media

Professor Brian J Ford, Writer, Broadcaster and CSAR Member of Council.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 09 October 2006, 19:30-21:00

Looking inside a star (and other stories) - Developments in Radio Astronomy made here in Cambridge

Professor Richard Hills, Professor of Radio Astronomy, the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Tuesday 06 June 2006, 19:30-21:00

An Alternative to the Infernal Combustion engine.? - Modern Fuel Cells

Professor John Kilner, Department of Materials, Imperial College, London.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 22 May 2006, 19:30-21:00

Obesity and Modern Humans - Diet, lifestyle or simply in our genes?

Professor Steve ORahilly, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 08 May 2006, 19:30-21:00

Defence research: Changing world, changing priorities (R&D in the MoD)

Professor Phil Sutton, Director-General (Research and Development), Ministry of Defence, Whitehall.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 24 April 2006, 19:30-21:00

Antibiotics are no substitute for good hygiene - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; the importance of hospital cleanliness and practices

Dr Norman Alan Simmons, CBE, Emeritus Consultant Microbiologist, Guys and St Thomas Hospital Trust.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 06 March 2006, 19:30-21:00

Antibiotics, 75 years on - New antibiotics, using genes cloned from Streptomyces species

Professor Sir David Hopwood, FRS, Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 20 February 2006, 19:30-21:00

Just print me another computer, will you? - The world of plastic electronics

Dr Henning Sirringhaus, Chief Scientist at Plastic Logic, Cambridge Science Park, Hitachi Professor of Electron Device Physics at the University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Tuesday 07 February 2006, 19:30-21:00

Hush, here comes an aircraft! - The Silent Aircraft Initiative

Professor Ann Dowling, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cambridge Department of Engineering.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 23 January 2006, 19:30-21:00

Receiving you, Loud and Clear - Digital radio, and its future in the UK

Mike Ellis, BBC Research and Development.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 05 December 2005, 19:30-21:00

Faster than the speed of sound - The M52 -the worlds first supersonic aircraft

Rod Kirkby, CSAR Member, aeronautical engineer, and aviation artist.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 21 November 2005, 19:30-21:00

Eve, Uncovered - Sequencing the human X-chromosome

Dr Alison Coffey, The Sanger Centre and the Human Genome Project, Hinxton Hall, Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 07 November 2005, 19:30-21:00

The eyes: gateway to the soul? - Iris Recognition Technology

Dr John Daugman OBE, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 24 October 2005, 19:30-21:00

The Larmor Lecture: Epidemiology - where are the limits?

Professor Nick E Day, Strangeways Research Laboratory.

Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, Cockcroft Building.

Monday 17 October 2005, 20:30-22:00