Folding a Protein: Nature’s Origami

Prof Sheena Radford.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 14 March 2024, 18:00-19:30

How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures

Prof Robin Dunbar.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 04 March 2024, 18:00-19:30

Cell fate transitions and the secret life of histones

Dr Maria Christophorou.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 26 February 2024, 18:00-19:30

Antibodies and their peptide mimics as pharmaceutical drugs

Sir Gregory Winter.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 19 February 2024, 18:00-19:30

What’s in a Face? How Facial Expressions Influence Decision-Making

Dr Danielle Shore .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 12 February 2024, 18:00-19:30

Structural Biology, Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery: Learning from Targeting Cancer to Combat Mycobacterial Infections

Professor Sir Tom Blundell.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 05 February 2024, 18:00-19:30

[CANCELLED] Birds of a Feather: the Deep History of Dinosaur Skin

Prof Paul Barrett.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 29 January 2024, 18:00-19:30

Of Odour Plumes and Synchrotrons: Structure and Function of Neural Circuits

Andreas Schaefer.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 22 January 2024, 18:00-19:30

When the Quantum World Breaks Through and Resistance Becomes Quantized

Sir Michael Pepper FREng FRS - Emeritus Professor of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 27 November 2023, 18:00-19:30

Unlocking safe reprogamming with deep learning

Dr Brendan Swain.

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

Tuesday 21 November 2023, 17:30-18:30

Short Cuts

Prof Ian Fleming.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 20 November 2023, 18:00-19:30

The Large Hadron Collider, a marvel of technology

Dr Lyn Evans CBE, CERN.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 13 November 2023, 18:00-19:30

Motor Augmentation: The Brain's Journey Beyond Biological Boundaries

Dr Tamar Makin.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 06 November 2023, 18:00-19:30

Autophagy, a guardian against neurodegeneration

Prof David Rubinsztein.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 23 October 2023, 18:00-19:30

Understanding cellular oxygen sensing mechanisms: adventures of a physician in discovery science.

Sir Peter Ratcliffe.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 16 October 2023, 18:00-19:30

How Best to Explore Chemical Space for Bioactive Molecular Discovery

Prof Adam Nelson.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 09 October 2023, 18:00-19:30

An Old Story: What happens to tissues when we age

Prof. Melinda Duer.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 13 March 2023, 18:00-19:30

Going small to tackle big challenges – using microalgae to develop sustainable solutions

Prof. Alison Smith.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 27 February 2023, 18:00-19:30

Chemical Biology in Antibiotic and Anticancer Drug Discovery

Thomas Lanyon-Hogg.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 20 February 2023, 18:00-19:30

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs and the Reign of the Mammals

Prof. Steve Brusatte.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 13 February 2023, 18:00-19:30

From cells to continents: Understanding how bacteria evolve and transmit

Dr. Josephine Bryant.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 06 February 2023, 18:00-19:30

Space: The Final Front-queer

Dr. Alfredo Carpineti.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 30 January 2023, 18:00-19:30

Sustainable seafood for human health

Dr David Willer.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 21 November 2022, 18:00-19:30

Nanoscale Engineering of Plasmonic Materials for Biosensing and Bioimaging

Prof Fang Xie.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 14 November 2022, 18:00-19:30

Bioelectronic tools to study the gut-brain axis

Prof Roisin Owens.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 07 November 2022, 18:00-19:30

Reimagining Museum Collecting & Collections in Natural History: A Decolonial Perspective

Ms Miranda Lowe.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 31 October 2022, 18:00-19:30

Controlling the cell cycle: A new model

Sir Paul Nurse.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 24 October 2022, 18:00-19:30

Why We Aren't Just Great Apes

Prof Robin Dunbar.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 17 October 2022, 18:00-19:30

Climate Change and Planet Earth: A View from the Poles

Prof Michael Meredith.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 10 October 2022, 18:00-19:30

Controlling Drug Transport With Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology

Professor Ijeoma F. Uchegbu | UCL School of Pharmacy.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 15 March 2022, 18:00-19:30

Atmosphere-ocean interactions: Global-scale impacts on tropospheric chemistry

Professor Lucy Carpenter.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 08 March 2022, 18:00-19:30

Photosynthesis on an electrode

Dr Jenny Zhang .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 01 March 2022, 18:00-19:30

Lessons for Tuberculosis Pathogenesis and Treatment from the Zebrafish

Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan | FRS FMedSci .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 15 February 2022, 18:00-19:30

Protein Nutrition, Healthy Ageing and Climate Change: How Do We Combine The Three?

Dr. Oliver Witard | University College London.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 08 February 2022, 18:00-19:30

Structural Bio in the 21st Century

Sir Prof. Richard Henderson FRS | 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 01 February 2022, 18:00-19:30

Birdwatching through Geological Time: A Paleontological Perspective on Avian Evolution

Dr Daniel Field.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 30 November 2021, 18:00-19:30

Energy and Matter at the Origin of Life

Professor Nick Lane.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 23 November 2021, 18:00-19:30

To COVID-19 Detection: How physics can be used to create novel tests for viruses

Professor Ulrich Keyser .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 16 November 2021, 18:00-19:30

Hunting for dark matter at the Large Hadron Collider

Dr Sarah Williams .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 09 November 2021, 18:00-19:30

Could we treat mental health disorders by disrupting maladaptive memories?

Dr Amy Milton.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 02 November 2021, 18:00-19:30

Who Cares about the History of Science?

Professor Hasok Chang.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 26 October 2021, 18:00-19:30

The Physics of Can and Can't

Professor Chiara Marletto.

https://forms.gle/2qkANTNhuZvReZ6AA.

Thursday 21 October 2021, 18:00-19:30

The Amazing World of RNA

Professor Eric Miska.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 19 October 2021, 18:00-19:30

The Exoplanet Revolution

Professor Didier Queloz | 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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

Tuesday 12 October 2021, 18:00-19:30

Mass spectrometry: From ribosomes to receptors

Professor Dame Carol Robinson DBE FRS FMedSci.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 16 March 2021, 18:00-19:30

The art of conversation

Professor Antje S. Meyer.

Google Meets.

Friday 12 March 2021, 18:00-19:30

Cancer evolution, immune evasion and metastasis

Professor Charles Swanton FRCP FMedSci FAACR FRS.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 09 March 2021, 18:00-19:30

Challenges in the development of therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Professor Dame Kay Davies.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 02 March 2021, 18:00-19:30

Observing the light of the distant Universe

Professor Licia Verde.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 23 February 2021, 18:00-19:30

Technologies for scalably modeling and simulating whole cells

Professor Jonathan Karr.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 16 February 2021, 18:00-19:30

PechaKucha - SciSoc Edition!

Speaker to be confirmed.

Google Meets.

Saturday 13 February 2021, 19:00-22:00

Advances in Breast Cancer: From Molecular Science to Patients in the Clinic

Prof Anees Chagpar, Prof Carlos Caldas.

Google Meets.

Saturday 06 February 2021, 16:00-17:30

Ripples from the dark side of the universe

Professor Sir James Hough OBE FRS FRSE FInstP (Hon), University of Glasgow.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 26 January 2021, 18:00-19:30

Tips and Tricks for Inventing the Future

Last talk of term

Mr David A. Homfray CEng CPhys FInstP FRAS FBIS, Former Head of Engineering Realisation Group at the UK Atomic Energy Authority/Culham Centre for Fusion Energy .

Google Meets.

Tuesday 01 December 2020, 18:00-19:30

Misinformation in the Digital Age: A Panel

Please note this panel is on a Monday.

Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, Dr Jon Roozenbeek, Professor Sander van der Linden.

Google Meets.

Monday 30 November 2020, 19:30-21:00

Can genomics improve health in Africa? Experience from sickle cell disease in Tanzania

Professor Julie Makani Associate Professor, Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 24 November 2020, 18:00-19:30

On the interactions between our industrial system and the natural system

Professor Steve Evans, Director of Research, Centre for Industrial Sustainability, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 17 November 2020, 18:00-19:30

Human Cell Atlas: Mapping the human body one cell at a time

Dr Sarah Teichmann FRS FMedSci, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 10 November 2020, 18:00-19:30

DNA: Inspiring building blocks that made me a learner in perpetuity

Dr Serena Nik-Zainal, MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 03 November 2020, 18:00-19:30

New Materials for a New Age

Note that this talk is on a Wednesday

Professor Nicola Spaldin FRS, Chair, Materials Theory, ETH Zurich.

Google Meets.

Wednesday 28 October 2020, 18:00-19:30

Combustion Transition: tackling climate change at its source

In collaboration with CUSPE and CUSISS

Mr Simon Spooner, ATKINS Infrastructure. Principal Scientist, UK Water Management. Technical Director, China Infrastructure. Honorary Professor, Nottingham University UK and Ningbo, China..

Google Meets.

Tuesday 27 October 2020, 18:00-19:30

Why is sleep good for you?

Professor William Wisden FMedSci, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 20 October 2020, 18:00-19:30

Ice cores and interglacials

Professor Eric Wolff FRS, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 13 October 2020, 18:00-19:30

Coding and Decoding of Calcium Signals in Plants

Professor Sheng Luan, UC Berkeley .

Google Meets.

Tuesday 29 September 2020, 18:00-20:00

Tools for Analyzing and Repairing Biological Systems

Professor Ed Boyden, MIT.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 04 August 2020, 15:00-17:00

Studies in Natural Product Synthesis

Professor Phil Baran, Scripps Research.

Google Meets.

Tuesday 26 May 2020, 15:00-16:30

COVID-19: the cause, the disease and the response

Canceled

Professor Geoffrey L Smith FRS. Head, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 18:00-19:30

Electroreception: A “Sixth Sense”

Professor Clare Baker, Professor of Comparative Developmental Neurobiology, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 10 March 2020, 18:00-19:30

Natural Justice: Soil Science and Criminal Investigations

Professor Lorna Dawson, CBE, BSC, PhD, FRSE, FRSA, F.I.Soil.Sci., ChSci Head of Forensic Soil Science, The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. AB15 8QH, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; http://www.hutton.ac.uk/.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 03 March 2020, 18:00-19:30

Like the Back of Your Hand

Professor Dame Sue Black: President of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 25 February 2020, 18:00-19:30

What Fuels Cancer Killers!

Professor David Finlay: Associate Professor in Immunometabolism, at Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute in Trinity College Dublin.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 18 February 2020, 18:00-19:30

Natural Language Processing for Health

Dr Nigel Collier: Lecturer in Computational Linguistics, EPSRC Experienced Research Fellow, Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute, Co-Director of the Language Technology Lab.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 11 February 2020, 18:00-19:30

Physics Meets Biology: How Cells Control Their shape and Why It Matters

Professor Ewa Paluch: Professor of Anatomy, Chair of Anatomy at the University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 04 February 2020, 18:00-19:30

Regulating Innovation: Policy-Making in Reproductive Technologies

Mr Peter Thompson: Chief Executive, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 18:00-19:30

Coffee Stains, Cell Receptors and Time Crystals: Lessons from the Old Literature

Professor Ray Goldstein, Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 03 December 2019, 18:00-19:30

Mathematics vs Dementia

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

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 26 November 2019, 18:00-19:30

An evening with Lynn Rothschild

Professor Lynn Rothschild, NASA Ames Research Centre, Stanford University, Brown University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 18:00-19:30

Is Obesity a Choice?

Dr Giles Yeo, MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Labs, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 19 November 2019, 18:00-19:30

Communicating Risk and Uncertainty

Professor Sir David Spieghalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 12 November 2019, 18:00-19:30

Stem Cell Ageing: Reversing the Ravages of Time

Professor Robin Franklin, Professor of Stem Cell Medicine, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 05 November 2019, 18:00-19:30

Neurophysics and Neuroengineering of space, time and imagination

Professor Mayank R. Mehta, Departments of: Physics & Astronomy; Neurology; Neurobiology Brain Research Institute, ULCA. W.M. Keck Centre for Neurophysics, UCLA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Friday 01 November 2019, 18:00-19:30

10 Years of HPV Vaccines - The Global Experience

Professor Dame Margaret Stanley, Emeritus Professor of Epithelial Biology, Deparment of Pathology, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 29 October 2019, 18:00-19:30

Dressed to Kill: What do Infectious Disease Agents Have in their Wardrobes?

Professor Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 15 October 2019, 18:00-19:30

How To - An Evening with Randall Monroe

Randall Munroe.

Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Tuesday 08 October 2019, 19:00-20:00

Statistical Physics and The Arrow of Life

Professor Mike Cates.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 12 March 2019, 18:00-20:00

How We Make a Billion Antibodies: Genetics and Epigenetics

Dr Anne Corcoran.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 05 March 2019, 18:00-20:00

Mitochondria Tansfer: a 25 Year Project

Professor Alison Murdoch.

The Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Friday 01 March 2019, 18:00-20:00

To What Extent is the Human Species Slowing Down?

Professor Danny Dorling.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 26 February 2019, 18:00-20:00

Are we on the Road to Collapse?

Dr Luke Kemp.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 19 February 2019, 18:00-20:00

Language and Artificial Intelligence

Professor Ann Copestake.

The Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Tuesday 12 February 2019, 18:00-20:00

Nuclear fusion technology

Colin Walters.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 05 February 2019, 18:00-20:00

Gravitational Wave Astrophysics: the Shape of Things to Come

Professor Sheila Rowan.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 29 January 2019, 18:00-20:00

Understanding cellular heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer

Axel Behrens.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 27 November 2018, 18:00-20:00

Academic Internships event!

Speaker to be confirmed.

The Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Saturday 24 November 2018, 13:00-19:30

Non coding RNA and normal botany

David Baulcombe.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 20 November 2018, 18:00-20:00

Particle Physics & CERN

Professor Daniela Bortoletto.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 06 November 2018, 18:00-20:00

Rejuvenation biotechnology: why age may soon cease to mean aging

Aubrey de Grey.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Saturday 03 November 2018, 18:00-20:00

Influenza pandemics: past and future

Wendy Barclay.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 30 October 2018, 18:00-20:00

Drug discovery with machine learning: Towards a new way of thinking about molecules

Alpha Lee.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 16 October 2018, 18:00-20:00

CRISPR based gene drive approaches for population control of malaria mosquitoes

Andrea Crisanti.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 09 October 2018, 18:00-20:00

Microsoft: Quantum Computing

Anita Ramanan, Microsoft.

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Thursday 15 March 2018, 18:30-20:00

Improving on Nature: Biotechnology and the Ethics of Animal Enhancement

Dr Sarah Chan, Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh.

Palmerston Room, Fisher Building, St John's College.

Tuesday 13 March 2018, 20:00-21:00

The Beginning of Our Universe and what we don't know about Physics

Professor João Magueijo, Imperical College London.

Wolfson LT, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 08 March 2018, 20:00-21:00

Human Brain Development Modelled in a Dish

Dr Madeline Lancaster, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

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

Tuesday 27 February 2018, 20:00-21:00

Synthesising Molecular Function: Shape Matters

Professor Jonathan Clayden, University of Bristol.

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

Tuesday 20 February 2018, 20:00-21:00

Paracelsus' Chickens - Strange Tales from the History of Chemistry

Dr Peter Wothers, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

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

Tuesday 13 February 2018, 20:00-21:00

The Particulars of Particulates: Granular Research on Dunes and Avalanches

Dr Nathalia Vriend, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.

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

Tuesday 06 February 2018, 20:00-21:00

Light, Sleep & Circadian Rhythms-Biology to Therapeutics

Professor Russell Foster, Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford.

Wolfson LT, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 01 February 2018, 20:00-21:00

It's Not All About The Science

Dr Anna Barnes, Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London.

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

Tuesday 23 January 2018, 20:00-21:00

Open Data and the Future of Science

Professor Dame Sally Davies.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 28 November 2017, 20:00-21:00

Providing Science Advice to the Government

Sir Mark Walport.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 20:00-21:00

Living in the Cold

Professor Llyod Peck.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 14 November 2017, 20:00-21:00

The Exponents of Change: From Artificial Intellegence to Web Science

Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 07 November 2017, 20:00-21:00

Pedagogical and Real Science - the Physics Case

Professor Malcolm Longair.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 31 October 2017, 20:00-21:00

Bugs, Bites and Parasites

Professor Janet Hemingway.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 24 October 2017, 20:00-21:00

Perovskite Solar Cells - New Opportunities and Challenges

Dr Olga Malinkiewicz.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 17 October 2017, 20:00-21:00

The Origin of the Laws of Nature

Professor Peter Atkins.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 10 October 2017, 20:00-21:00

Can Future Energy Needs be met Sustainably?

Professor Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 14 March 2017, 20:00-21:30

The path to delivering nuclear fusion power

Dr Fulvio Militello.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 28 February 2017, 20:00-21:30

Towards earlier diagnosis for cancer of the oesophagus

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 21 February 2017, 20:00-21:30

Why scientists should also be revolutionaries

Professor David Nutt.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 07 February 2017, 20:00-21:30

The Science of Climate Change

Professor Joanna Haigh.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 20:00-21:30

The health gap: the challenge of an unequal world

Professor Sir Michael Marmot.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 17 January 2017, 20:00-21:30

SCISOC TALK - Our cosmic origins: everything from nothing

Professor Carlos Frenk, Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 29 November 2016, 20:00-21:30

SCISOC TALK - 103 years of Crystallography: what has it taught us and where will lead us?

Professor Elspeth Garman, Professor of Molecular Biophysics at Oxford University.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 22 November 2016, 20:00-21:30

SCISOC TALK - Engineering challenges in creating underground space

Professor Lord Robert Mair, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 17 November 2016, 20:00-21:30

SCISOC TALK - Opossums, Catastrophes, and Homeostasis

Professor Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 08 November 2016, 20:00-21:30

SCISOC TALK: ATP-sensitive potassium channels and neonatal diabetes – from molecule to new therapy and beyond.

Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft, Professor of Physiology at Oxford University.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 04 November 2016, 20:00-21:30

SCISOC TALK - Black holes and revelations

Dr Christopher Berry, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Co-author of recent gravitational waves paper.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 01 November 2016, 20:00-21:30

SCISOC TALK - The Black dog: why don't we care?

Professor Vikram Patel, Professor of International Mental Health at the LSHTM.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 25 October 2016, 20:00-21:30

SCISOC TALK - The Roadmap to Applications of Graphene, Layered Materials and Hybrid systems

Professor Andrea Ferrari, Head of the Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy group.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 18 October 2016, 20:00-21:30

When Antarctica was green: fossil plants reveal Antarctica's climate history

Prof. Jane Francis, Director of the British Antarctic Survey.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 11 October 2016, 20:00-21:30

SciSoc Talk: Dr Philipp Holliger

Dr Philipp Holliger.

LT1, Department of Engineering.

Tuesday 01 March 2016, 20:00-21:30

SciSoc Talk: Professor Steve Jones - "Nature, Nurture, or Nietzsche, what genetics can (and cannot) tell us about oursleves"

Professor Steve Jones.

LT1, Department of Engineering.

Tuesday 23 February 2016, 20:00-21:30

Genetic Instability and Cancer Suppression

Professor Ashok Venkitaraman.

LT1, Department of Engineering.

Tuesday 16 February 2016, 20:00-21:30

Scisoc Talk: Sir David Spiegelhalter

David Spiegelhalter (Statistical Laboratory).

LT1, Department of Engineering.

Tuesday 02 February 2016, 20:00-21:30

SciSoc Talk: Dame Julia Slingo

Dame Julia Slingo.

LT1, Department of Engineering.

Tuesday 26 January 2016, 20:00-21:30

SciSoc Talk: Dame Athene Donald - "Physics of the Everyday"

Professor Dame Athene Donald ( Director, Physics of Medicine, Cavendish Laboratory).

LT1, Department of Engineering.

Tuesday 19 January 2016, 20:00-21:30

More is different: Many-body physics with ultracold atoms.

Dr Ulrich Schneider.

LT1, Department of Engineering.

Tuesday 24 November 2015, 20:00-21:00

Scisoc talk: Dr David Bainbridge - 'Curvology: the origins and power of female body shape"

Dr David Bainbridge.

The Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre (LG19), Faculty of Law.

Tuesday 17 November 2015, 19:00-20:30

Scisoc talk: Dr Ewan Birney - 'Big Data for Basic Research'

Dr Ewan Birney.

The Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre (LG19), Faculty of Law.

Monday 09 November 2015, 19:00-20:30

Scisoc talk: Dr Hugh Lewis - 'Space Debris, the UN and the IADC'

Dr Hugh Lewis.

The Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre (LG19), Faculty of Law.

Tuesday 03 November 2015, 19:00-20:30

Scisoc talk: Dr Hugh Lewis - 'Space Debris, the UN and the IADC'

Dr Hugh Lewis.

The Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre (LG19), Faculty of Law.

Tuesday 03 November 2015, 19:00-20:30

Scisoc talk: Dr Hugh Lewis - 'Space Debris, the UN and the IADC'

Dr Hugh Lewis.

The Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre (LG19), Faculty of Law.

Tuesday 03 November 2015, 19:00-20:30

GMOs: beginnings, advancements, new opportunities and public perceptions.

Professor Sir David Baulcombe and Professor Jerzy Paszkowski.

Sainsbury Laboratory Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 29 October 2015, 18:30-00:00

SciSoc Talk: Professor Jeremy Baumberg: Where is my nanobot?

Professor Jeremy Baumberg (NanoPhotonics Centre, University of Cambridge).

The Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre (LG19), Faculty of Law.

Tuesday 27 October 2015, 19:00-20:30

Dressed to kill: what do infectious disease agents have in their wardrobes?

Professor Sunetra Gupta, University of Oxford.

The Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre (LG19), Faculty of Law.

Tuesday 20 October 2015, 19:00-20:15

Prostacyclin and nitric oxide in vascular biology

Sir Salvador Moncada.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 10 March 2015, 20:00-21:15

Grand challenges facing scientists and Nature

Dr Philip Campbell.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 03 March 2015, 20:00-21:15

Defects in materials and how to describe them

Sir John Ball, University of Oxford.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 24 February 2015, 20:00-21:15

Towards the Evolutionary Genesis Engine

Prof Lee Cronin.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 17 February 2015, 20:00-21:15

Computation, Technology and the New Era of STEM

Conrad Wolfram.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 10 February 2015, 20:00-21:15

The antibody revolution

Sir Greg Winter.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 03 February 2015, 20:00-21:15

Protein folding, misfolding, disease and cancer

Sir Alan Fersht.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 27 January 2015, 20:00-21:15

UK Government Policy on Science and Technology Post-2015

Andrew Miller.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 22 January 2015, 20:00-21:15

Copper with Light – the Prospects for Photonic-Enabled-Electronics

Prof Ian White, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 20 January 2015, 20:00-21:15

Stem Cells

Prof Austin Smith, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 02 December 2014, 20:00-21:15

Reducing Genetic Abnormalities in Embryos

Lord Robert Winston.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 25 November 2014, 20:00-21:15

Working for a Healthier Tomorrow

Dame Carol Black, University of Cambridge.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 20:00-21:15

The Scientific Challenges for Fusion Power

Prof Steve Cowley, Imperial College London.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 10 November 2014, 19:00-20:15

Generating the Fuel of Life

Sir John Walker, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 04 November 2014, 20:00-21:15

Building Brains

Prof Steve Furber, University of Manchester.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 21 October 2014, 20:00-21:15

The Science of Invisibility

Sir John Pendry, Imperial College London.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 16 October 2014, 20:00-21:15

How to Win a Nobel Prize: The Secret of Cell Division

Sir Tim Hunt, Cancer Research UK.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 14 October 2014, 20:00-21:15

Captured Thoughts: The Collaborations of an Artist and a Scientist

Prof Nicky Clayton & Clive Wilkins, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 14 March 2014, 20:00-21:15

Quantum Games with Spins Alight

Dr Mete Atatüre, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 11 March 2014, 20:00-21:15

Stability and Complexity in Financial Ecosystems

Lord Robert May, University of Oxford.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 04 March 2014, 20:00-21:15

Development and Repair of Neurons

Prof Roger Keynes, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience.

Seminar Room, Institute of Criminology.

Tuesday 04 March 2014, 13:15-14:00

Neurons Feel the Force

Dr Kristian Franze, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 25 February 2014, 20:00-21:15

The sweet smell of E. coli division

Dr David Summers, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 18 February 2014, 20:00-21:15

Protecting the planet for our children and other species

Peter Davidson.

Plant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

Monday 10 February 2014, 20:00-21:15

Why did it take medicine 3,000 years to become effective?

Dr Allan Chapman, University of Oxford.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 04 February 2014, 20:00-21:15

Grasses bite back! The role of silicon-based defences in the interactions between plants and herbivores

Prof Sue Hartley, University of York.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 28 January 2014, 20:00-21:15

Exploring the History of Mars by Robot: Curiosity's Adventures in Gale Crater

Prof Sanjeev Gupta, Imperial College London.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 21 January 2014, 20:00-21:15

Synthetic Biology: New Technologies and Sustainable Solutions

Dr Jim Haseloff, Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 14 January 2014, 20:00-21:15

Subglacial Lake Ellsworth

Prof Martin Siegert, University of Edinburgh.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 03 December 2013, 20:00-21:15

Healing the body with new materials

Prof Molly Stevens, Imperial College London.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 26 November 2013, 20:00-21:15

Life and the Earth: Interlocking Histories

Prof Aubrey Manning, University of Edinburgh.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 19 November 2013, 20:00-21:15

The Headache of Hypoxia

Prof Hugh Montgomery, University College London.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 12 November 2013, 20:00-21:15

Why is Chemistry Difficult?

Dr Jonathan Goodman, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 06 November 2013, 20:00-21:15

Are Normal People Sane?

Sir Robin Murray, King's College London.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 29 October 2013, 20:00-21:15

Super-resolution Microscopy

Dr Eric Rees, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 22 October 2013, 20:00-21:15

From Mars to the Multiverse

Lord Martin Rees, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 15 October 2013, 20:00-21:15

Energy and Life

Prof Sir John Ernest Walker.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 20:00-21:15

"Curing Incurable Cancer"

James Watson.

Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 20:00-21:15

How curiosity turned into Science?

Dr Philip Ball.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 20:00-21:15

What’s special about the human brain

Prof. Colin Blakemore.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 05 March 2013, 20:00-21:15

POSTPONED: Energy and Life

Prof. Sir John Ernest Walker, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit & Nobel Prize Laureate.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 20:00-21:15

Ornamentation, Attraction and Sexual Behaviour

Dr Gayle Brewer.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 19 February 2013, 20:00-21:15

The Unexpected Side of Entropy

Prof. Daan Frenkel.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 12 February 2013, 20:00-21:15

Our shared destinies within the planet’s boundaries

Prof. Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Advisor.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 05 February 2013, 20:00-21:15

Incomprehensible Comprehensibility of the Universe

Prof. Rev. Michal Heller, Templeton Prize Laureate.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 29 January 2013, 20:00-21:15

Time to grow up?

Prof. David Nutt.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 27 November 2012, 20:00-21:15

Plastic Electronics

Prof. Sir Richard Friend.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 20:00-21:15

Does Time Exist?

Dr Julian Barbour.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 13 November 2012, 20:00-21:15

Controlling Cell Division

Sir Richard 'Tim' Hunt.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 30 October 2012, 20:00-21:15

The Science of Art

Dr Spike Bucklow.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 20:00-21:15

Molecules of Murder

Dr John Emsley.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 16 October 2012, 20:00-21:15

Can Nurture Influence Nature?

Prof. Sir David Baulcombe.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 09 October 2012, 20:00-21:15

"Science, Computation and the Future"

Stephen Wolfram.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 14 June 2012, 20:00-21:15

Humour in Science

Dr Len Fisher.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 01 May 2012, 20:00-21:15

"Stem Cell Bioprocessing: The Role of Chemical Engineering"

Prof Matalaris, Imperial College London.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Monday 12 March 2012, 20:00-21:15

" Towards a Science of Cultural Evolution"

Alex Mesoudi.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 06 March 2012, 20:00-21:15

"The natural and enhanced mathematical brain"

Dr Roi Cohen Kadoch.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 28 February 2012, 19:00-20:15

“Modelling aspects of tumour growth and progression”

Prof Philip Maini.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 21 February 2012, 20:00-21:15

“Astrophysicist - Speaker of the Parliament”

Prof Ene Ergma.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 14 February 2012, 20:00-21:15

“Fingerprints of the Early Universe”

Hiranya Peiris.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 07 February 2012, 20:00-21:15

"Biologically-Inspired Massively-Parallel Computing"

Prof Steve Furber.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 31 January 2012, 20:00-21:15

"Proton Therapy: Particle physics fights cancer"

Prof Roger Barlow.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 24 January 2012, 20:00-21:15

Everything from nothing: how our universe was made

Prof Carlos Frenk.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 29 November 2011, 20:00-21:15

The Large Hadron Collider: answering Gauguin's questions about the Universe

Prof John Ellis.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 22 November 2011, 20:00-21:15

The limits of science

Prof Peter Atkins.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 15 November 2011, 20:00-21:15

Multiple Sclerosis Genetics - light at the end of the tunnel

Prof Stephen Sawcer.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 08 November 2011, 20:00-21:15

Defeating Ageing with Regenerative Medicine

Professor Aubrey de Grey.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 01 November 2011, 20:00-21:15

The commercialization of university research

Prof William Graham Richards.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 18 October 2011, 20:00-21:15

Darkness visible: the search for the missing mass of the universe

Prof Subir Sarkar.

The Plant Sciences Lecture Theatre at the Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 11 October 2011, 20:00-21:15

'Infection and autoimmunity: there may be some advantages to co-habitation'

Prof Anne Cooke.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 10 May 2011, 20:00-21:15

From Einstein to the Large Hadron Collider

Prof Jeff Forshaw.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 03 May 2011, 20:00-21:15

'Sophisticated Small Satellites from Surrey'

Dr Stuart Eves.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 15 March 2011, 20:00-21:15

[CANCELLED] From Genomes to Health

Sir Mark Walport.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 08 March 2011, 20:00-21:15

The Coalition’s Vision for Science and Technology

David Willetts, MP.

Babbage Lecture Theater - New Museums Site.

Thursday 03 March 2011, 18:30-19:30

Is it possible to break the World Land speed record again?

Andrew Green.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 01 March 2011, 20:00-21:15

Magnetricity and Magnetic Monopoles

Prof Steven Bramwell.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 22 February 2011, 20:00-21:15

When ideas have sex: the collective brain

Dr Matt Ridley.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 15 February 2011, 20:00-21:15

Twistors and Quantum Non-Locality

Sir Roger Penrose.

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

Tuesday 08 February 2011, 20:00-21:15

Paul Dirac and the Religion of Mathematical Beauty

Graham Farmelo.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 01 February 2011, 20:00-21:15

"The End of the Line": How Overfishing Is Changing the World And What We Eat

Charles Clover.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 25 January 2011, 20:00-21:15

Devilish decline: infectious cancer and the Tasmanian devil

Dr Elizabeth Murchison.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 30 November 2010, 20:00-21:15

Volcanic eruptions: causes and consequences

Prof David Pyle.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 23 November 2010, 20:00-21:15

Snake and Lobster - A Feast for MICCAI

Prof Guang-Zhong Yang.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 16 November 2010, 20:00-21:15

Verification of Quantum Mechanics

Dr Elham Kashefi.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Wednesday 10 November 2010, 20:00-21:15

Neonatal diabetes: From Gene to Therapy

Prof Fran Ashcroft.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Friday 22 October 2010, 20:00-21:15

And now for something completely different – when engineers did maths and mathematicians talked to God

Dr Piers Bursill-Hall.

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

Tuesday 12 October 2010, 20:00-21:15

Len Fisher - Equations for Everyday Life

Len Fisher.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 04 May 2010, 20:00-21:15

Synchrotron light: from Einstein's theories into a brilliant future

Prof Gerhard Materlik.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 27 April 2010, 20:00-21:15

Sir David Baulcombe - Of Maize and Men

Sir David Baulcombe.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 09 March 2010, 20:00-21:00

The Oil And Gas Industry: The Next 30 Years

Mr Henry Edmundson - Schlumberger.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 02 March 2010, 20:00-21:00

Prof Andrew Lever - Getting Intimate With HIV

Prof Andrew Lever.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 23 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

Prof Kevin Warwick - Cyborg Experiments

Prof Kevin Warick, Professor for Cybernetics at the University of Reading.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 16 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

The Logic of Foraging

Followed by a wine reception

Dr. Daniel Lunn.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 09 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

Prof Nicola Clayton - Do Animals Make Shopping Lists?

Professor Nicola Clayton ( Department of Experimental Psychology).

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

Tuesday 02 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

Lord Robert Winston (Free Entry)

Lord Robert Winston.

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

Tuesday 26 January 2010, 20:00-21:00

Prof. David Colquhoun - Science in an Age of Endarkenment

Prof David Colquhoun.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 01 December 2009, 20:00-21:00

Prof. Anthony Hollander - Claudia's Tracha and other Stem Cell Stories

Prof. Anthony Hollander.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 24 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

Prof. Rupert Sheldrake - Morphic Resonance, Collective Momory, and the Habits of Nature

Prof. Rupert Sheldrake.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 17 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

The Science of Spinning Things

Dr. Hugh Hunt.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 10 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

Prof. John Beddington - Title TBC

Prof. John Beddington.

Union Society Building, 9a Bridge Street.

Tuesday 03 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

Sir David King - 21st Century Challanges

Sir David King - Former chief scientific advisor to the UK government.

Union Society Building, 9a Bridge Street.

Friday 30 October 2009, 20:00-21:00

Marcus du Sautoy - Finding Moonshine

Free Event - The Freshers' Squash

Marcus du Sautoy - Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science.

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

Tuesday 20 October 2009, 20:00-21:00

Filling Tomorrow's Pipeline - A discussion with Dr Martin Mackay, President of Pfizer Global Research and Development

Dr Martin Mackay, President of Pfizer Global Research & Development.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Friday 08 May 2009, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc Annual Founders' Dinner with Simon Baron-Cohen

Tickets on sale now: visit http://groupspaces.com/SciSoc/e/11972?s=e223a8bf

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Monday 27 April 2009, 18:00-22:00

Fighting Blindness in the Developing World

Brendan Moriarty MD.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 10 March 2009, 20:00-21:00

When The Golden Chain Breaks: Sleep Dysfunction in Neurogenerative Disorder

Dr Jenny Morton.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 03 March 2009, 20:00-21:00

Shedding Light on Dark Matter

Professor Gerard Gilmore, Institute of Astronomy.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 24 February 2009, 20:00-21:00

Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial

Simon Singh.

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

Tuesday 10 February 2009, 20:00-21:00

Evolution From Malaria to Manuscripts

Professor Chris Howe, Department of Biochemistry.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 03 February 2009, 20:00-21:00

Unpredictability and Chance in Scientific Progress

Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 27 January 2009, 20:00-21:00

Cognitive Enhancement: Hope or Dope?

FREE ADMITTANCE

Panel Debate - see abstract.

McCrum Lecture Theatre, Benet Street (behind The Eagle pub, www.scisoc.com for directions).

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

Biophysical Studies of the Nervous System

Professor Meyer Jackson, University of Wisconsin.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 02 December 2008, 20:00-21:00

Extreme Natural Hazards

Herbert Huppert FRS, Professor of Theoretical Geophysics and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, University of Cambridge.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 25 November 2008, 20:00-21:00

Was there Anything Before the Big Bang? Possibly!

FREE ADMITTANCE

Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS.

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

Tuesday 18 November 2008, 20:00-21:00

Intimate Relations: Human Evolution and Climatic Change

Please note the change in venue and date! The talk is on Monday!

Robert Foley, Professor of Human Evolution, Leverhulme Centre, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 10 November 2008, 20:00-21:00

Computing for the Future of the Planet

Prof Andy Hopper CBE FRS, Head of the Cambridge Computer Laboratory.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 04 November 2008, 20:00-21:00

Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air

Prof David MacKay, Department of Physics.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 21 October 2008, 20:00-21:00

Gods, Devils and Alcohol - Their Influence in Chemical Nomenclature

FREE ENTRY

Dr Peter Wothers, Department of Chemistry.

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

Thursday 16 October 2008, 20:00-21:00

Microbial Bioenergy Production

Note unusual day: Thursday, not Tuesday

Professor Alison Smith (Department of Plant Sciences).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre (Tennis Court Road - see http://tinyurl.com/rxaj7 ).

Thursday 08 May 2008, 20:00-21:00

Has the Leopard Changed Its Spots? Is a New Biology Emerging?

Prof Brian Goodwin, Schumacher College.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre (Tennis Court Road - see http://tinyurl.com/rxaj7 ).

Tuesday 29 April 2008, 20:00-21:00

Life and the Earth: interlocking histories

Aubrey Manning.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 06 March 2008, 20:00-21:00

Living with tsunamis: Sumatra and the Mediterranean

James Jackson.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 26 February 2008, 20:00-21:00

Whose risk? Whose choice? Whose health?

Lord Krebbs.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 19 February 2008, 20:00-21:00

Bell’s Theorem, Clifford’s Algebra, and Einstein’s Reality

Joy Christian.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 12 February 2008, 20:00-21:00

The Science of Chocolate

Stephen Beckett.

The Cambridge Union (9a Bridge Street - see http://tinyurl.com/3c7hf8).

Tuesday 05 February 2008, 19:00-21:00

The necessity of consciousness: why human zombies would be an evolutionary dead end

Nicholas Humphrey, London School of Economics.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 22 January 2008, 20:00-21:00

Computers and Illusion - from photography to computer vision

Prof Andrew Blake, Microsoft Coorporation.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 27 November 2007, 20:00-21:00

Imaging Methods in Tumour Therapy

Kevin Brindle.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 20 November 2007, 20:00-21:00

What Banged at the Big Bang

Neil Turok.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 30 October 2007, 20:00-21:00

The History of the Universe in 60 minutes

Dr Simon Singh.

Britsol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 16 October 2007, 20:00-21:00

Book Launch of 'Cool it' - bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg's latest release

Prof Bjorn Lomborg.

The Cambridge Union.

Wednesday 03 October 2007, 19:00-20:00

10 Years of Biotech Crops: Global Economic and Environmental Impacts

Dr. Graham Brookes.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 17 May 2007, 20:00-21:00

Quasars and Radio Galaxies - the most powerful sources of radio waves in the universe

Dr Julia Riley.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 08 May 2007, 20:00-21:00

GM Crops - There are a lot of them About!

Prof. Nigel Halford.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 01 May 2007, 20:00-21:00

C++0x as a New Language

Prof Bjarne Stroustrup.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 23 April 2007, 18:30-19:30

Comic Relief Charity Concert

Songs for Cynical Scientists (and Non-Scientists!)

Prof Ron Laskey and Friends (MRC Cambridge).

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 16 March 2007, 17:30-18:30

SciEnts Cocktail Party

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New Hall Bar, Huntingdon Road.

Sunday 11 March 2007, 20:00-23:30

Scisoc 2007 Annual General Meeting

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Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 06 March 2007, 20:00-21:00

What do genes mean?

Dr Eric Werner, Oxford University and Cellnomica Inc..

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 27 February 2007, 20:00-21:00

Drug discovery: how Academia can Contribute

Sir Tom Blundell, Department of Biochemistry.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 20 February 2007, 20:00-21:00

Religious and Scientific Belief

Prof Lewis Wolpert, Department of Anatomy, UCL.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 13 February 2007, 20:00-21:00

Arrested and developing embryos as a source for stem cells

Prof Miodrag Stojkovic.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 01 February 2007, 20:00-21:00

Privacy and Identity - System Engineering and the Database State

Prof Ross Anderson, Computer Laboratory.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 30 January 2007, 20:00-21:00

Science and Ethics of Stem Cells

Prof Anne McLaren, Department of Zoology.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 23 January 2007, 20:00-21:00

Can Science be Communicated through the Media?

Dr Raj Persaud.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 23 November 2006, 20:00-21:00

Careers in Science

Dr Anne Forde, University Careers Service.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 15 November 2006, 20:00-21:00

The Exploitation of Micro- and Nanotechnologies

Dr David Tolfree, MANCEF.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 07 November 2006, 20:00-21:00

Cracking the Cipher Challenge

Dr Simon Singh.

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

Tuesday 31 October 2006, 20:00-21:00

Evolution of the Middle Ear

Dr Matthew Mason, Department of Physiology.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 24 October 2006, 20:00-21:00

Modelling Life - How Quantum Mechanics can Help us Understand Biology

Prof Mike Payne, Department of Physics.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 17 October 2006, 20:00-21:00