Cambridge Natural History Society

Studying Speciation in the Small Ermine Moths (Yponomeuta)

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Nathan Clark.

via zoom .

Thursday 14 November 2024, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

London EvoDevo meeting

Speaker to be confirmed.

Queen Mary University of London (Math Building Lecture Theatre).

Friday 08 November 2024, 13:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Plant Collecting in Kyrgyzstan

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Kathryn Bray, Senior Horticulturist, CU Botanic Garden.

Seminar Room, James Dyson Building, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1PZ.

Thursday 07 November 2024, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

A beep in the dark: 120 years of midwife toads in Great Britain

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Steve Allain, the Pop Punk Herpetologist, ARU .

Seminar Room, James Dyson Building, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1PZ.

Thursday 31 October 2024, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Global Warming in the Arctic

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Colin and Christine Lang.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 24 October 2024, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Finding W H Hudson — the writer who came to Britain to save birds

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Conor Jameson, writer and naturalist.

Seminar Room, James Dyson Building, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1PZ.

Thursday 17 October 2024, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Overlooked wildlife, or, Why are there so many species?

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Brian Eversham, Chief Executive of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 10 October 2024, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Wicken Fen: 125 Years of Conservation

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Ajay Tegala.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 09 May 2024, 19:15-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual General Meeting 2024

The President and Officers.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 09 May 2024, 18:45-19:10

Cambridge Natural History Society

NatHistFest: 105th Conversazione - Day 2

Free Exhibition on the Wonders of the Natural World

Free Public Exhibition.

Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Saturday 20 April 2024, 10:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

NatHistFest: 105th Conversazione - Day 1

Free Exhibition on the Wonders of the Natural World

Free Public Exhibition.

Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 19 April 2024, 13:00-18:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Moth Trapping in Cambridge

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Duncan Mackay.

via zoom .

Thursday 21 March 2024, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

What and Where I Record

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Jonathan Shanklin.

via zoom .

Thursday 14 March 2024, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Phenology in the Botanic Garden

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Rosemary Fricker.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 07 March 2024, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Otters – in Cambridgeshire

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Peter Pilbeam.

Meeting Room (Second Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 29 February 2024, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Indonesia, Alfred Wallace and Krakatoa

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Olwen Williams.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 22 February 2024, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Habitat associations of British butterflies and their foodplants: implications for conservation

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Esme Ashe-Jepson.

via zoom .

Thursday 15 February 2024, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Pollinator Conservation – and your Lawn

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Morgan Morrison, Researcher, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 08 February 2024, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

CNHS Seasonal Social

Ticketed Event

Annual Social Gathering.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 07 December 2023, 18:30-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Biodiversity and Geology in Peru

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Morag Hunter.

via zoom .

Thursday 30 November 2023, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Health of the Cam

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Stephen Tomkins.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 23 November 2023, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Fieldwork: A Dendrochronologist's perspective of Science, Life and Adventure

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Paul Krusic.

via zoom .

Thursday 16 November 2023, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

A Biodiverse City

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Guy Belcher, Biodiversity Officer Cambridge City Council.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 09 November 2023, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Climate Crisis and Atolls in the South Pacific

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Liam Saddington.

via zoom .

Thursday 02 November 2023, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Trees on Farms: investigating the conservation benefits of agroforestry

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Will Simonson, Organic Research Centre.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 26 October 2023, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

People Power for Nature

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Pete Exley, RSPB.

via zoom .

Thursday 19 October 2023, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Swallowtails - keeping them safe at home and abroad

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Mark Collins, Swallowtail & Birdwing Butterfly Trusts.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 12 October 2023, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Genomic analyses of the evolution and loss of distyly in Linum reveal convergent evolution at the molecular level

Prof. Tanja Slotte (Stockholm University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Reconstructing brain evolution, one cell at the time

Dr Maria A Tosches (Columbia University).

Online.

Wednesday 07 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Laying (turbanate) eyes on morphological novelties

Dr Isabel Almudi (University of Barcelona).

Online.

Wednesday 31 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

A flexible evolutionary toolkit for neural development

Dr Angelika Stollewerk (Queen Mary, University of London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 17 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Heterochrony and developmental system drift as the forces shaping spiralian development

Dr Chema Martin-Duran (Queen Mary, University of London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 10 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolutionary origin of neuronal signalling machinery and animal cell differentiation

Dr Pawel Burkhardt (Sars Centre, University of Bergen).

Online.

Wednesday 26 April 2023, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

NatHistFest: 104th Conversazione

Free Exhibition on the Wonders of the Natural World

Free Public Exhibition.

Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Saturday 15 April 2023, 10:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual General Meeting

The President and Officers.

Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 14 April 2023, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

NatHistFest: 104th Conversazione

Free Exhibition on the Wonders of the Natural World

Free Public Exhibition.

Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 14 April 2023, 13:00-18:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Cool as a caterpillar

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Esme Ashe-Jepson.

via zoom .

Thursday 30 March 2023, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Lost Chalk Streams of Newmarket and Cambridge

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Kevin Hand, CNHS Vice-President.

via zoom .

Thursday 23 March 2023, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Climate Stories from Yew Trees

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Tatiana Bebchuk.

via zoom .

Thursday 16 March 2023, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Churches, Churchyards and Cemeteries

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Jonathan Shanklin, Vice-County Recorder for Cambridgeshire..

via zoom .

Thursday 09 March 2023, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

To regenerate or not to regenerate? Recovering shape and function in damaged jellyfish

Dr Chiara Sinigaglia (Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 March 2023, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Moths

NOTE: Room changed, from King's to Geography

Matthew Gandy, Professor of Geography.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 02 March 2023, 18:45-20:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The developmental origin of colour patterns in birds

Dr Marie Manceau (College De France).

Online.

Wednesday 01 March 2023, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Reconstructing Past Abrupt Climate Change in Patagonia

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Joshua Pike.

via zoom .

Thursday 16 February 2023, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The origins of land plant complexity: interpreting development in the Devonian

Dr Sandy Hetherington (University of Edinburgh).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 15 February 2023, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

In Search of Wild Tulips

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Brett Wilson, Department of Plant Sciences.

via zoom .

Thursday 09 February 2023, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

500 Years of Exhibiting Biodiversity: from cabinets of curiosity to interpreting today´s extinction crisis

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Mike Maunder, Director of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.

Via Zoom, and in-person: Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 02 February 2023, 18:45-20:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Unravelling 3-dimensional growth in plants

Dr Laura Moody (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 01 February 2023, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

CNHS Seasonal Social

Social Gathering 🍾.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 08 December 2022, 18:30-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Insects in Flight

John Brackenbury.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 01 December 2022, 18:45-20:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

From rocks to RNA: Reconstructiong pathways in animal ontogeny and evolution

Prof Andreas Wanninger (University of Vienna).

Online.

Wednesday 30 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Launch of the 3rd online Nat Hist Fest

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Speaker to be confirmed.

via zoom .

Thursday 24 November 2022, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Origin and early evolution of vertebrates

hybrid

Professor Philip Donoghue (University of Bristol).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 23 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Operation Turtle Dove

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Bethany Kiamil, RSPB Conservation Officer.

via zoom .

Thursday 17 November 2022, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of regular patterning in plants and animals

hybrid

Renske Vroomans (Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Nature of Cambridge

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Contributing Authors.

via zoom .

Thursday 10 November 2022, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The dynamics of hybridization following recent secondary contact

hybrid

Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Mosquitoes in the Cambridgeshire Fens: past, present and future

Mark Welch, Natural History Museum.

Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 03 November 2022, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Natural History from Above

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Harriet Allen, President CNHS.

via zoom .

Thursday 27 October 2022, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Genotype-phenotype maps: which way to slice the pie?

Prof Mihaela Pavlicev (University of Vienna).

Online.

Wednesday 26 October 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

22 years of Demonstration and Research for Nature-friendly Farming

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Georgie Bray, RSPB.

via zoom .

Thursday 20 October 2022, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Archives of Cambridge Natural History Society

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Monica Frisch, CNHS Archivist.

via zoom .

Thursday 13 October 2022, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How to reduce body size: dimorphic development of the bone-eating Osedax (Annelida)

Katrine Worsaae (University of Copenhagen).

Online.

Wednesday 12 October 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

What midges can tell us about past environments

Admission Free

Stefan Engels, Birkbeck, University of London.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site (NOT Dept Geography).

Thursday 06 October 2022, 18:45-20:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and Development of the vertebrate nervous system: from lampreys to humans

On Zoom only, ask organisers for link

Dr Dorit Hockman.

Zoom.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

One-size-fits-all? Evo-Devo of petal patterning in Hibiscus flowers

Hybrid, ask organisers for link

Dr Edwige Moyroud.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 18 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

On chemical and synaptic brains and the evolution of nervous systems

Hybrid, ask organisers for link

Prof Gaspar Jékely.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Studying stem cells and differentiation in regenerating animals using single cell transcriptomics

Hybrid, ask organisers for link

Dr Jordi Solana.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Development and Evolution of the skeleton in echinoderms

Hybrid, ask organisers for link

Prof Paola Oliveri.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 April 2022, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Truffles in a warming world

Part of the Cambridge Festival - free admission

Ulf Büntgen, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge..

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 31 March 2022, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Fenland Flora

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Owen Mountford, Fenland Flora project.

via zoom .

Thursday 24 March 2022, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

How many butterflies are there in the Western Palaearctic?

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Martin Davies.

via zoom .

Thursday 17 March 2022, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Measuring and Monitoring Surface Melting on an Antarctic Ice Shelf

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Rebecca Dell, Scott Polar Institute.

via zoom .

Thursday 10 March 2022, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Lower Wood

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Duncan Mackay.

via zoom .

Thursday 03 March 2022, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Peatbogs

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Brian Eversham, Chief Executive, Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants.

via zoom .

Thursday 24 February 2022, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Using Sound to Study the Behaviour of Wild Wolves, Coyotes and Jackals

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Arik Kershenbaum.

via zoom .

Thursday 17 February 2022, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Fenland Flora

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Owen Mountford, Fenland Flora project.

via zoom .

Friday 11 February 2022, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Photographing the Wonders of the Insect World

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Ann Miles.

via zoom .

Thursday 10 February 2022, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Bird Room at the Museum of Zoology

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Daniel Field.

via zoom .

Thursday 03 February 2022, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge Natural History Society

** Audience Choice **

The choice will be made by participants' vote at the start of the meeting.

Jonathan Shanklin.

via zoom .

Thursday 27 January 2022, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Convention on Biodiversity and conservation in the Caribbean

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Ellie Devenish-Nelson and Howard Nelson.

via zoom .

Thursday 02 December 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge Natural History Society

The launch of the online NatHistFest

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CNHS Members.

via zoom .

Thursday 25 November 2021, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

A Trillion Trees - A trillion reasons to thrive!

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April Bagwill.

via zoom .

Thursday 18 November 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge Natural History Society

Chemical warfare (and co-operation) in the garden

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Gwenda Kyd, Author.

via zoom .

Thursday 11 November 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge Natural History Society

Biodiversity of the Hobson's Brook corridor

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Dr Steve Boreham.

via zoom .

Thursday 04 November 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge Natural History Society

Restoring habitat for the Iberian lynx

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Dr Harriet Allen, CNHS President.

via zoom .

Thursday 21 October 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge Natural History Society

Trees for Streets

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Simeon Linstead, Project Director for Trees for Streets.

via zoom .

Thursday 14 October 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge Natural History Society

The future of nature conservation and the Wildlife Trusts’ 30:30:30 vision

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Brian Eversham, Chief Executive of The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants.

via zoom .

Thursday 07 October 2021, 19:30-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

TO BE ADJOURNED - AGM

AGM WILL BE ADJOURNED

AGM.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 30 April 2020, 18:45-19:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The role of FoxN3 in the development of the chondrocranium and associated head muscles in the African Clawed-frog, Xenopus laevis

Lennart Olsson, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 April 2020, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

CANCELLED - NatHistFest: 101st Conversazione

CANCELLED

Free Public Exhibition.

Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Saturday 04 April 2020, 10:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

CANCELLED - NatHistFest: 101st Conversazione

CANCELLED

Free Public Exhibition.

Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 03 April 2020, 13:00-18:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

CANCELLED - A trillion trees – A trillion reasons to thrive!

CANCELLED

Stuart Dainton, Head of Trillion Trees WWF-UK.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 26 March 2020, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

CANCELLED - Seasearch

CANCELLED

Paul Mylrea, Director of Communications for Cambridge University.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 19 March 2020, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Natura Urbana (film and discussion)

Part of the Cambridge Science Festival - free admission

Matthew Gandy, Professor of Cultural and Historical Geography.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

The wonderful world of rocks, minerals and fossils

Mal Faloon.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 05 March 2020, 18:45-20:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The genetic basis for leaf development and diversity: from understanding to reconstructing [CANCELLED]

Miltos Tsiantis, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Alternative plastics, grass and worms

Sophia Upton.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Three mammals: otters, bats and hedgehogs

Peter Pilbeam, Jo Chesham and Carole Baber.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Lines in nature and the landscape

Martin Davies.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Harrold-Odell Country Park

Richard Dowsett.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 06 February 2020, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Kingfishers Bridge Nature Reserve

James Moss (the Reserve Manager) and Stephen Tomkins.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 18:45-20:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Decoding evolution and development: from gene-regulatory structure to function

Justin Crocker, EMBL.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Floreana: Rebirth of an island in the Galapagos

Mark Collins, past chair of the Galapagos Conservation Trust.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Chalk streams of Cambridgeshire

Ruth Hawksley, Water for Wildlife Officer at the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

CNHS Seasonal Social

Tickets £10 to be purchased in advance.

Members' Event.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 05 December 2019, 19:00-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

Dr Anna Schönauer, Oxford Brookes University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 December 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Members' enthusiasms

Rod Mulvey - John O’Boyle - Ben Greig.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 28 November 2019, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

The short Arctic summer

Robert Burton.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 18:45-20:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

Dr Marketa Kaucka Petersen, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

NO TALK

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(no venue).

Thursday 14 November 2019, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

An astronomer in Antarctica

Jonathan Shanklin.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 07 November 2019, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Tasty Crafty Aliens - Making the best of a bad situation...

Abigail Stancliffe-Vaughan.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 31 October 2019, 18:45-20:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How to build an animal: combining cell cleavage and cell fate to understand annelid development

Dr Mette Handberg-Thorsager, Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Last Dog? Wolves in the Highlands of Ethiopia and elsewhere

Part of the Festival of Ideas - free admission

Kevin Hand.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 24 October 2019, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Changes: the Bird Life of Cambridgeshire - for better or for worse?

Part of the Festival of Ideas - free admission

Bob Jarman.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 17 October 2019, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

(Re-)discovering Moths

Annette Shelford.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 10 October 2019, 18:45-20:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Adaptation for life on land – remodelling the pharynx in development and evolution

Professor Anthony Graham, King's College London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Cambridge's Natural History - what do we know after three years of NatHistCam?

Mark Hill.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 03 October 2019, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

CNHS bat & moth trapping night

Book by emailing president@cnhs.org.uk with your name and phone number, in case we need to cancel because of bad weather.

Duncan Mackay.

Meet at north end of Riverside 'Millennium' foot/cycle bridge..

Saturday 28 September 2019, 19:00-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Extreme morphogenetic canalization of ascidian embryonic development

Dr Patrick Lemaire, Montpellier Cell Biology Research Center.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

From development to deep time: the macroevolutionary consequences of phenotypic integration in living and extinct tetrapods

Prof Anjali Goswami, Natural History Museum, London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

Prof Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, University of Oxford.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

NatHistFest: 100th Conversazione

Cambridge’s oldest celebration of citizen science

Free Public Exhibition.

Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Saturday 13 April 2019, 10:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual General Meeting

The President and Officers.

Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 12 April 2019, 18:00-18:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

NatHistFest: 100th Conversazione

Cambridge’s oldest celebration of citizen science

Free Public Exhibition.

Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 12 April 2019, 13:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Segmentation dynamics and diversity in an arthropod cell-based field

Professor Hiroki Oda, JT Biohistory Research Hall, Osaka, Japan.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 10 April 2019, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Crystallography and strain mapping: some new theory for Geometric Phase Analysis (GPA)

Prof. Martin Hytch, CEMES-CNRS.

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Monday 08 April 2019, 10:00-11:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Tree rings at the interface of archaeology, biology, climatology and ecology

Ulf Büntgen, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 04 April 2019, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Exploring the Natural World: an Orchestral Concert

Tickets £10 (children free) from tickets@cnhs.org.uk or on door

Cambridge Concert Orchestra.

Wesley Methodist Church, Christs Pieces.

Saturday 30 March 2019, 19:30-21:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Farming of the future: Alternative options for agriculture & conservation

Part of Cambridge Science Festival - free admission

Abigail Burns.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 21 March 2019, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Creating a wildlife tour with the Arctic Sami

Part of Cambridge Science Festival - free admission

Kevin Hand.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Parasitic plants

Helen Moore.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 07 March 2019, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The origin and diversification of birds: Big questions, and developmental directions

Dr Daniel Field, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Dynamical models and morphogenetic fields in evolution and development

Dr Yogi Jaeger, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Hyde Park: a history through trees

Greg Packman, Arboricultural Officer at the Royal Parks.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Neuronal correlates of behavioral plasticity in social insect brains - approaching the next level of detail

Dr Thomas S. Muenz, University of Würzburg.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Cheetah conservation in Namibia

Chris Heron.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 14 February 2019, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developmental origins of heart size and shape differences in Astyanax mexicanus populations

Jocelyn Tang, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Venom

Leah Fitzpatrick, Imperial College London/Natural History Museum.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 07 February 2019, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and regulation of developmental plasticity: body size and pigmentation in Drosophila

Dr Elvira Lafuente, University of Helsinki.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Looking with different eyes: exploring visual systems diversity with the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis

Dr Patricia Ramos, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

FairWild: collecting and trading wild-collected products sustainably

CNHS talk & social - tickets £10

Anastasiya Timoshyna/TRAFFIC International.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 06 December 2018, 18:45-21:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Communication between chromosomes: the evolution and function of long noncoding RNAs in the Hox complex

Dr Matthew Ronshaugen, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Discovering lichens

Mark Powell.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Wildlife photography

Joshua Harris, CU Nature Society.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Regulation of Cell-Type Specific Regulatory Programs in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis

Dr Heather Marlow, Institut Pasteur, Paris.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Getting to know British reptiles

Terry Moore.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 08 November 2018, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Mouse Hox gene enhancers analysed in cell culture; and some proposals on the significance of Hox gene collinearity

Dr Stephen Gaunt, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Foula: Edge of the World

Part of the Festival of Ideas - free admission

Sam Buckton.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 25 October 2018, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Left-right asymmetry determination in amphioxus

Dr Guang Li, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The riparian meadows of Cambridge

Part of the Festival of Ideas - free admission

Chris Preston.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

A trip to the Galapagos islands

Paul Hoxey.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 11 October 2018, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Old specimens, new tricks? The Cambridge University Herbarium: what a million dead plants can tell us about the world today

Opening Autumn Lecture

Lauren Gardiner.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 04 October 2018, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Deep homology of insect and vertebrate midbrain-cerebellum circuitry

Dr Frank Hirth, King's College London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 03 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Determinants of embryo polarity in the evolution of flies

Professor Urs Schmidt-Ott, University of Chicago.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Monday 17 September 2018, 14:00-15:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Life in the dark: can deep sea fishes see colours?

Zuzana Musilova (Charles University, Prague).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Gene re-usages constrained the evolvability of the animal body plan?

Naoki Irie (University of Tokyo).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Mechanics and Evolution of Cell Sheet Folding – Embryonic Inversion in the micro-alga Volvox

Stephanie Höhn (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Dorsal closure in dipterans: epithelial rupture, contraction and seaming in embryos of the scuttle fly Megaselia abdita

Juan Fraire-Zamora (Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

NatHistFest: the 99th Conversazione and exhibition on the wonders of the natural world.

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Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Saturday 07 April 2018, 10:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

NatHistFest: the 99th Conversazione and exhibition on the wonders of the natural world.

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Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 06 April 2018, 13:00-18:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Land of Eagles - Albania: from closed nation to wildlife paradise - where next?

Preceded by the AGM, 18:00 to 18:30.

Kevin Hand.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 22 March 2018, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Breckland, birds and conservation

Robert Hawkes.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 15 March 2018, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The importance of seed testing

Pam Butler.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 08 March 2018, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Using single-cell technologies and planarians to study stem cells, their differentiation and their evolution

Jordi Solana (Oxford Brookes University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

“This object has been temporarily removed”

Leah Fitzpatrick.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 22 February 2018, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Modularity, criticality and evolvability of a developmental GRN

Berta Verd (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Smuts, bunts and ergots

Sandra Chapman.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 15 February 2018, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Exhibiting Ice Age Cambridge

Douglas Palmer.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 08 February 2018, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Amphibian Evolution through Deep Time: Fossils, Genes and Regeneration

Nadia Fröbisch (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The role of choanocytes in the sponge stem cell system and their suggested homology with choanoflagellates

Shunsuke Sogabe (University of St Andrews).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 31 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Neuropeptidergic signalling in the anterior nervous system of Platynereis larvae and evolution of neurosecretory brain centers

Gaspar Jekely (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 24 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Multi-level characterisation of cell types in Platynereis

Hernando Martinez Vergara (European Molecular Biology Laboratory).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 17 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Romanian meadows, their problems and conservation

This will be followed by drinks and refreshments until 9.30pm – further details will be sent by email but there will be a charge and booking will be required.

Louise Bacon.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 07 December 2017, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Probing human brain evolution in a dish

Madeline Lancaster (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Amphibian conservation and midwife toads in Cambridge

Steven Allain.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

MicroCT from zoology to pathology

Brian Metscher (University of Vienna).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Molecular mechanisms of biomineralisation in sponges and molluscs and their relevance to the Cambrian explosion

Daniel Jackson (University of Göttingen).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Origins of Mediterranean flora

Harriet Allen.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 16 November 2017, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital

Robert Day.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 09 November 2017, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Taxon-restricted genes at the origin of morphological novelty and ecological opportunity in water-striders

Emilia Santos (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Plants and their uses (medicinal & otherwise)

Gwenda Kyd.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 02 November 2017, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Lost forests of Huntingdonshire

Jason Peters.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 19 October 2017, 18:45-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Britain's Hidden Marine Life

Dr. Frances Dipper.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 12 October 2017, 18:45-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Seeing with Sunscreens: How mantis shrimp build and utilize nature’s most elaborate ultraviolet receptor array

Michael Bok (University of Bristol).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of limb and fin regeneration

Associate Professor Igor Schneider (Federal University of Pará).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 July 2017, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Targeted optimization of functional materials utilizing 3D structure analysis.

Arved Reising, University of Marburg.

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Thursday 20 July 2017, 11:30-12:30

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Topological defects in mesoscopic and complex crystals

Jian-Min Zuo, University of Illinois.

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Friday 07 July 2017, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual Conversazione: Cambridge’s oldest celebration of citizen science!

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Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Saturday 17 June 2017, 10:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual Conversazione: Cambridge’s oldest celebration of citizen science!

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Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 16 June 2017, 13:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Time and space in insect segmentation

Erik Clark (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evo-devo of vertebrate cartilage and oropharyngeal skeleton

Dr David Jandzik (University of Colorado Boulder).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 31 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolving a big brain: developmental evolution of the vertebrate cerebellum

Dr Thomas Butts (University of Liverpool).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 03 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Structure determination by electron crystallography: a powerful complement to conventional methods for structure elucidation

Tom Willhammar, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE−106 91, Sweden.

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Monday 24 April 2017, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Travels of a botanist in search of mosses: Unst to Albania, then Cambridge

Mark Hill.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 06 April 2017, 18:30-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Evolution of Arthropods: From Limb Transformation in Crustaceans to Color Variation in Butterflies

Nipam Patel (University of California, Berkeley).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 06 April 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Adventures in the Arctic

Duncan Mackay.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 23 March 2017, 18:30-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Shared developmental rules predict patterns of size evolution in vertebrate segmented structures

Kathryn Kavanagh (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

First Footsteps: the Colonisation of Land

Ken McNamara.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 16 March 2017, 18:30-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Amphioxus provides unexpected insight into evolutionary processes

Ildiko Somorjai (University of St Andrews).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 15 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Protecting trees in South Cambridgeshire

Ian Lorman.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 09 March 2017, 18:30-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Regulatory evolution and the diversification of pigmentation patterns in Drosophila

Nicolas Gompel (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Chalk, clunch and life on the edge

Chris Donnelly and Reg Nicholls.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 02 March 2017, 18:30-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolutionary and embryonic origins of the gnathostome axial skeleton

Kate Criswell (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The cacti of Peru

Paul Hoxey.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 16 February 2017, 18:30-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

A review of 2016: wildlife and more - a personal perspective

Brian Eversham.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 09 February 2017, 18:30-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Lizards, skulls and reptile communities

Johannes Müller (Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin Natural History Museum).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 09 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How the breakdown of Meckel’s cartilage offers clues to mammalian evolution

Neal Anthwal (King's College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The environmental impacts of oil palm: good crop/bad crop?

Ed Turner.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 02 February 2017, 18:30-20:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Discovery and design of catalysts for sustainable technologies

Javier Perez-Ramirez, Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Thursday 02 February 2017, 12:00-13:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

New Detectors for measuring probability current flow of an atomic-scale electron beam

David A. Muller, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, U.S.A..

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Friday 27 January 2017, 15:00-16:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Gene regulatory complexity in chordate neural patterning

Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 25 January 2017, 13:00-14:00

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Where have all the speckles gone? Incoherence and decoherence in fluctuation electron microscopy

Mike Treacy, Department of Physics, Arizona State University.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 19 January 2017, 16:00-17:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

New Experimental Techniques for Exploring Crystallization Pathways and Structural Properties of Solids

Kenneth D.M. Harris, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University.

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Monday 12 December 2016, 10:00-11:00

Cambridge Advanced Imaging Seminars

Approaches to imaging fast biological events

Drs Michael Shaw & Vikas Trivedi.

CRUK Cambridge Institute lecture theatre, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE.

Monday 05 December 2016, 16:00-17:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

The Rise of Low Voltage Electron Microscopy for Quantum Materials Research

David C. Bell, Harvard University .

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Monday 28 November 2016, 10:00-11:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Trees, hedges and woodland management

Simon Damant, Forester at the National Trust Wimpole Hall estate.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 24 November 2016, 18:30-20:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Multimetallic Functional Nanomaterials: From Reconfigurable Plasmonics to Catalysts

Emilie Ringe, Rice University, Houston, USA..

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Thursday 24 November 2016, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

A bird's-eye view of the natural world: monitoring forests from aircraft

David Coomes, reader in Forest Ecology and Conservation.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 17 November 2016, 18:30-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Expression of segment polarity genes in brachiopods supports a non-segmental ancestral role of engrailed for bilaterians

Bruno Vellutini (Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Surveying marine biodiversity in the Staffa archipelago

Nick Owens.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 10 November 2016, 18:30-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

NatHistCam

Mark Hill.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 03 November 2016, 18:30-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evo-devo in cartilaginous fishes - teeth, scales and the cartilaginous skeleton of the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula

Mélanie Debiais-Thibaud (University of Montpellier).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 02 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 – Evolution of digit number through modification of embryonic Sonic hedgehog signalling

Megan Davey (University of Edinburgh).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Cambridge University Botanic Garden: past, present and future

Beverley Glover, Director of the Botanic Garden.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 20 October 2016, 18:30-20:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Once you get a taste for it...

Leah Fitzpatrick.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 13 October 2016, 18:30-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of embryonic form: a genetic and cellular analysis of arthropod development

Matt Benton (University of Cologne).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 12 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Slugs and snails

Brian Eversham, Chief Executive of the local Wildlife Trust.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 06 October 2016, 18:30-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Maternal effects in Speckled Wood butterflies: an eco-evo-devo approach

Casper Breuker (Oxford-Brookes University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Computational Imaging in Atomic Force Microscopy

Thomas Arildsen, Department of Electronic Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University, Denmark.

Goldsmiths 2, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Wednesday 21 September 2016, 11:00-12:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Optimizing spatial resolution and minimizing beam damage in TEM and EELS

Ray F. Egerton, Physics Department, University of Alberta, Canada.

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Monday 15 August 2016, 11:30-12:30

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Analyzing Orientation Relationships with MTEX

Ralf Hielscher, Department of Mathematics, TU Chemnitz.

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Wednesday 03 August 2016, 11:00-12:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Measurement of local magnetic properties of devices with transmission electron microscopy

Xiaoxiao Fu, CEMES-CNRS, Toulouse, France.

LT Goldsmith 1 Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Wednesday 22 June 2016, 14:00-15:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Bond-Orientational Order in Metallic and Colloidal Glasses Measured by Limited-Volume Electron and X-ray Diffraction

Amelia Liu, Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.

LT Goldsmith 1 Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Thursday 16 June 2016, 14:00-15:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Recent applications of sub 20meV monochromated STEM-EELS: from phonons to core losses in real and momentum space

Quentin Ramasse, The EPSRC National Facility for Aberration Corrected STEM (SuperSTEM), United Kingdom.

LT Goldsmith 1 Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 14 June 2016, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual Conversazione: Cambridge’s oldest celebration of citizen science!

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Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Saturday 11 June 2016, 10:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual Conversazione: Cambridge's oldest celebration of citizen science!

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Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 10 June 2016, 13:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Flies, bees, aphids and frogs: what can this menagerie tell us about the evolution of developmental processes?

Elizabeth Duncan (University of Leeds).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 June 2016, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Progress and future prospects of resolving the animal tree of life in the era of genomics

Gonzalo Giribet (Harvard).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 18 May 2016, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Pushing the limits of analytical electron microscopy with data science

Francisco de la Pena, Electron Microscopy Group, University of Cambridge.

LT Goldsmith 1 Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 17 May 2016, 11:00-12:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

From Atoms to Planets: Understanding Planetary Magnetic Records Using Nanoscale Microscopy

Joshua F. Einsle, Dept. of Earth Sciences and Dept. of Materials Science & Metallurgy, Univeristy of Cambridge.

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Friday 13 May 2016, 11:00-12:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of the Animal Face: from Principles to Mechanisms

Arkhat Abzhanov (Imperial College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 May 2016, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Atomic-resolution studies of materials by aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy

Ondrej L. Krivanek, Nion Co. & Dept. of Physics, Arizona State University.

Goldsmiths 1, Lecture room, Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Monday 02 May 2016, 11:00-12:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Isolated branches in the phylogeny of Platyhelminthes

Christopher Laumer (EMBL-EBI and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Change in the bryophyte flora of Cambridgeshire over 65 years of intensive recording

Please note earlier time, 6.30 for 7pm

Mark Hill.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 21 April 2016, 19:00-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TCF/Lef regulates the Gsx ParaHox gene in central nervous development in chordates.

Myles Garstang, University of St Andrews.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Pearl mussels: ecology, threats and prospects

Mike Norbury.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 14 April 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Evolution and extinction in Western Australian trilobites

Ken McNamara.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 07 April 2016, 19:30-21:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Nanoscale chemical imaging by soft X-ray spectro-microscopy and spectro-ptychography

Prof. Adam Hitchcock, Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research & Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology McMaster University, Canada.

LT Goldsmith 1 Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Friday 01 April 2016, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge Advanced Imaging Seminars

Super-resolution microscopy in thick specimen

Biochemistry Lecture theatre !

George Sirinakis & Edward Allgeyer (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute ).

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 18 March 2016, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Cambridgeshire butterflies

Louise Bacon.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 17 March 2016, 19:30-21:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

In-situ TEM sample-management solutions Workshop (by DENSsolutions and LOT Quantum Design)

To register follow link from http://www-hrem.msm.cam.ac.uk/

DENSsolutions and LOT Quantum Design.

LT Goldsmith 1 Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 15 March 2016, 09:30-15:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Camouflage in Aegean lizards

Kate Marshall.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 10 March 2016, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Evolution of Developmental Regulation in Spiders and Flies: Diversification of Body Plans and Body Parts

Alistair McGregor (Oxford Brookes University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 March 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Learn to use a microscope

Booking essential and there will be a small charge. See website for details.

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Department of Zoology, Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Thursday 03 March 2016, 18:30-20:30

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Quantitative Characterisation of Catalyst Nanoparticles using STEM

Kate MacArthur, Ernst Ruska Centre, Forschungszentrum Juelich.

LT Goldsmith 1 Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Thursday 25 February 2016, 14:00-15:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of animal body axes: insights from the oral-aboral axis of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

Chiara Sinigaglia.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 24 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Advanced Imaging Seminars

Live cell biochemistry by light

Location alternates between CRUK CI and Sanger LT Biochemistry

Alessandro Esposito (Hutchison/Medical Research Council Research Centre).

CRUK Cambridge Institute Lecture Theatre.

Friday 19 February 2016, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Birdsong - what's all the noise about?

Tony Fulford, Ely Wildspace, and Dept. of Zoology.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 18 February 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Managing Cherry Hinton Brook: balancing wildlife, recreation and public access

Sue Wells and Monica Frisch.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 11 February 2016, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Ants: ecology, behaviour and importance

Brian Eversham, Chief Executive of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 04 February 2016, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Comparative Analyses of Neuromesodermal Progenitor Dynamics in vivo

Ben Steventon (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 03 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Three phases of Wnt signaling define three phases of axis development in the hemichordate S. kowalevskii

Jens Fritzenwanker (Stanford University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 January 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Advanced Imaging Seminars

Light Sheet Microscopy at the Cambridge Advanced Imaging Centre

Location alternates between CRUK CI and Sanger LT Biochemistry

Kevin O’Holleran & Ruth Sims (CAIC, University of Cambridge).

CRUK Cambridge Institute Lecture Theatre.

Friday 22 January 2016, 15:00-16:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Exploring the world with high angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction (HR-EBSD)

Ben Britton,Department of Materials, Imperial College London.

LT Goldsmith 1 Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Monday 18 January 2016, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

A Natural History of Cambridge

Mark Hill.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 03 December 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Advanced Imaging Seminars

Imaging with Entangled photons

Location alternates between CRUK CI and Sanger LT Biochemistry

John White (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison).

CRUK Cambridge Institute Lecture Theatre.

Saturday 21 November 2015, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The pleasures of fungal forays

Bill Amos.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 19 November 2015, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Endodermal contribution to orofacial structures in non-teleost fishes: How ancient is the pre-oral gut?

Martin Minařík (Charles University, Prague).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 18 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Agricultural trials and wildlife

Bob Jarman.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 12 November 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Wandlebury: People, Nature and Heritage

Robin Pellew.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 05 November 2015, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of eye development in Astyanax blind cavefish

Hélène Hinaux .

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 28 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Non-Native Species: The good, the bad and the ugly

Helen Roy.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 22 October 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Title to be confirmed

Jonathan Shanklin.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 15 October 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The history and management of Hayley Wood

Richard Dowsett.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 08 October 2015, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The molecular basis of developmental buffering: a key to understanding the interface between environment and evolution?

Dr Atsuko Sato (Ochanomizu University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 August 2015, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Plasticity and Evolution of Body Size and Shape

Christen Mirth (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 May 2015, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Gill arch serial homology and the origin of jawed vertebrates

Andrew Gillis (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Exploring the genetic toolkit for pattern formation and diversification in butterfly wings

Arnaud Martin (UC Berkley).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Monday 27 April 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Presidential Address on “Garden ecology”, and AGM

Please note earlier start: 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm

Mark Hill.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 16 April 2015, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

44 million of our birds are missing

Niki Williamson.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 09 April 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The flora & lizards of the Canary Islands

Peter Payne.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 19 March 2015, 19:30-21:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

An integrated structural biology approach to flower development

Francois Parcy, Grenoble.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 March 2015, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Regulatory Programme and Evolution Underlying the Development of Echinoderm Skelton

Paola Oliveri.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 18 March 2015, 11:00-12:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Raising the shield: How cell migration changes got the turtle its shell (NOTE UNUSUAL TIME)

Scott Gilbert.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 March 2015, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Scrub clearance and chalk grassland restoration

Peter Grubb.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 05 March 2015, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The curious incident of the seal in the pond

Jukka Jernvall (University of Helsinki).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 March 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

African natural products

Chiyedza Heri.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 19 February 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Communities, conservation, and climate change in the Pacific Islands

Pepe Clark.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 12 February 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Putting the flowers of Fenland on the map

Owen Mountford.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 05 February 2015, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Fishing for the genetic basis of skeletal evolution and disease

Vahan Indjeian (MRC Clinical Sciences Centre - Imperial College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 February 2015, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The earliest deuterostomes, or something else entirely?

Simon Conway Morris (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 28 January 2015, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The development and evolution of vertebrate oxygen-sensing cells

Dorit Hockman (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 January 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Hunting for dinner in the ice age

Simon Parfitt.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 04 December 2014, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Bdelloid rotifers: unveiling the mystery of an evolutionary scandal

Chiara Boschetti (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 November 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

In search of the snow leopard in Ladakh, in winter

Christine Newell.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 20 November 2014, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How does an alga become a parasite?

Ellen Nisbet (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Trapping Mink for Water Vole recovery in the upper Cam catchment

Vince Lea.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 13 November 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Tatous and Taiwan Devils: making sense of scaly mammals in the seventeenth century

Natalie Lawrence.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 06 November 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Fungal Foray

Admission free for CNHS members & Friends of CUBG. Garden entrance fee for others.

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Brookside Gate entrance.

Saturday 25 October 2014, 13:30-16:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Cambridgeshire orchards and their wildlife

Val Perrin.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 23 October 2014, 19:00-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Morphogenesis and Molecular Regulation of Colour Patterning in Natural Populations

Marie Manceau (Collège de France).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 October 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The challenges of monitoring and evaluating a wetland restoration project in the UK

Francine Hughes.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 16 October 2014, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Wimpole Estate and its wildlife

Simon Damant.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 09 October 2014, 19:00-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Deep Time and Modern Brains

Please contact the organiser, Liria Masuda-Nakagawa (lm546) if you would like to meet Professor Strausfeld after the seminar.

Professor Nicholas Strausfeld (University of Arizona).

Part II room, Department of Genetics. Please use the entrance by the Part II room and tea room underneath the external fire escape. Main entrance is not connected to Part II room due to refurbishment..

Friday 12 September 2014, 12:00-13:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Development of an advanced scanning transmission electron microscope for material science research

The Sir Martin Wood Prize Lecture sponsored by Oxford Instruments

Dr Naoya Shibata, Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokio.

LT Goldsmith 1 Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Friday 27 June 2014, 11:00-12:00

The Fitzwilliam Museum

Making sense of the Whipple Museum’s Muggletonian astronomical prints

Dr Joshua Nall, Assistant Curator, Whipple Museum of the History of Science.

Fitzwilliam Museum, Education Seminar Room (35).

Wednesday 18 June 2014, 13:15-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Amphioxus: A laboratory surrogate of the ancestral chordate giving insights into vertebrate head origins

Elia Benito Gutierrez (EMBL).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 June 2014, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Epigenetic conservation of vertebrate gene regulatory elements

This talk is kindly sponsored by eLife Sciences

Hannah Long (University of Oxford).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 May 2014, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developmental Constraints? Why blind cavefish still have eye at embryonic stage

Yoshiyuki Yamamoto (University College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 May 2014, 13:00-14:00

Art Cell Gallery Exhibtions

Clare Park: 'Gathering Light', at ArtCell, 09 May - 31st July 2013

The exhibition is free and open to the public

Clare Park .

ArtCell Gallery @ Cancer Research UK.

Friday 09 May 2014, 17:00-20:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Using barcoding to understand British Collembola (Springtails)

Peter Shaw (University of Roehampton).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 May 2014, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Model species Daphnia: A Genome for the Environment

John Colbourne (School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 April 2014, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of morphological patterns and sexual behaviors in Drosophila

Benjamin Prud’homme (Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille-Luminy).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 23 April 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Presidential Address and AGM

Please note earlier than usual start time.

Jonathan Shanklin, President, Cambridge Natural History Society.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 10 April 2014, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The age of the collector: the founding and development of the Woodwardian and Sedgwick Museums

Ken McNamara, Director of the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge University.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 03 April 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Insect biodiversity in Cambridge – rare species in our urban meadows

Alex Dittrich, Dept. of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 20 March 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Great Fen – out of the past and into the future

Alan Bowley, Natural England Senior Reserves Manager.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 13 March 2014, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Floral quartets link flower development and evolution

Günter Theißen (Friedrich Schiller University of Jena).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 12 March 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Visit to the University Herbarium, Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Booking in advance essential.

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

Thursday 06 March 2014, 19:00-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of branching patterns in plants

Jill Harrison (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 March 2014, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Integration in Morphological Structures: how it affects evolution and how it evolves

Chris Klingenberg (University of Manchester).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Wild flowers and some wildlife of western Cyprus

Monica Frisch & Charles Turner.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 20 February 2014, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Making similar embryos with divergent genomes

Patrick Lemaire (The tunicate group, CRBM, Montpellier, and INRIA Virtual Plants, Montpellier).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 19 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

Friends of the Sedgwick Museum

“Impact of Climate Change on Ocean Chemistry”

18:15 for 19:00 start

Joanna Kerr and India Weidle.

Harker 1 Dept. Earth Sciences.

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

Cambridge Natural History Society

A brief history of fungi on plants

Ali Ashby, Cambridge University Dept. of Plant Sciences.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 13 February 2014, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Five weeks that changed the world: Darwin and the Galapagos

John Parker, ex-Director, Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 06 February 2014, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Cracking the code of crocodile skin

Michel C. Milinkovitch (University of Geneva).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 January 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

A View from Nine Wells

Steve Boreham, Cambridge University Dept. of Geography.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 23 January 2014, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The endocrine organs of Drosophila as new model to study extreme evolutionary divergence and epithelial to mesenchymal transitions during development

James Castelli-Gair Hombría (Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Seville).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 December 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Native oysters: conserving a commercially fished species

Cass Bromley.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 05 December 2013, 19:30-21:00

Imaging and Mathematics

IMAGiNG and MATHEMATiCS workshops

Light Microscopy in Cambridge is now on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/491162727587920/

Hendrik Dirks (DAMTP Cambridge/University of Münster), Kirsty Wan (DAMTP, Cambridge), Joan Lasenby (Engineering Department, Cambridge), Patrice Mascalchi (CRUK CI, Cambridge), Siru Virtanen (CRUK CI, Cambridge), Isabel Peset Martin (CRUK CI, Cambridge).

CRUK CI, lecture theatre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE.

Tuesday 03 December 2013, 14:00-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

RNA regulation during development and evolution

Claudio Alonso (University of Sussex).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Eyespots and scents on butterfly wings

Paul Brakefield, Director of Cambridge University Museum of Zoology.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 21 November 2013, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Mechanism of phototaxis in Platynereis larvae and the origin of visual eyes

Gáspár Jékely (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Chalk streams and their management

Ruth Hawksley, Water for Wildlife Officer for the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 14 November 2013, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Deciphering the onychophoran ‘segmentation gene cascade’: inferences about the evolution of segmentation

Ralf Janssen (Uppsala University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 13 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Pollution and wildlife – practical problems for nature conservation in England

Alastair Burn, Principal Specialist in environmental impacts for Natural England.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 07 November 2013, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developmental Modularity, and Evolvability of the Head Skeleton

Charles Kimmel (University of Oregon).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 October 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The House Sparrow survey of Cambridge

Bob Jarman.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 24 October 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Hardwick Wood, past and present

Vince Lea, voluntary warden for Hardwick Wood.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 17 October 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Saving Asia's vultures

Kevin Hand, wildlife tour leader for ACE Cultural Tours.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 10 October 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Overlooked wildlife

Brian Eversham, Chief Executive of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 03 October 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Advanced Imaging Seminars

Molecular imaging of tumor progression at the tumor/stromal boundary

Please let me know if you like to meet Patricia before or after the seminar.

Patricia Keely, Associate Professor and Co-PI LOCI, Madison-Wisconsin.

CRUK Cambridge Institute Lecture Theatre.

Monday 02 September 2013, 12:00-13:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Probing the molecular and cellular basis of developmental morphogenesis

Tassos Pavlopoulos, Max Planck Institute at Dresden.

Part II Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 27 June 2013, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual Conversazione

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Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site.

Saturday 15 June 2013, 10:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual Conversazione

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Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site.

Friday 14 June 2013, 13:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Environmental effects on developmental progression and growth in Drosophila

Christen Mirth, Gulbenkian Institute, Portugal.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 June 2013, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Development and evolution of vertebrate electroreceptors

Melinda Modrell, University of Cambridge, UK.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Amphioxus: an unusual model gives insight into chordate development and regeneration

Ildiko Somorjai, University of St Andrews, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Adaptive evolution of voltage-gated sodium channels: stories from electric fish, scorpions and mice

Harold Zakon, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

A shag in Madingley and a porpoise at Earith: the 'Fauna Cantabrigiensis' of the Rev Leonard Jenyns (1800-1893)

Note: This talk will be held in room LAB107 in the Lord Ashcroft Building, Anglia Ruskin University.

Tim Sparks.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 107), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 04 April 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Visit to the University Herbarium

Note: CNHS members only, as numbers are restricted.

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

Thursday 21 March 2013, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Cambridge’s newest local nature reserve

Guy Belcher.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Nature's glass: half-full or half-empty?

Andrew Balmford.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 07 March 2013, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The developmental, genetic, and adaptive bases of morphological evolution: the case of water-walking insects

Abderrahman Khila, Lyon, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 March 2013, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developmental plasticity and life history evolution in amphibians

Ivan Gomez-Mestre, Seville, Spain.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum as a model to study the ancestral mechanisms of bilaterian metazoan development

Note unusual day and time

Hiroki Oda, Osaka, Japan.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 February 2013, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Cambridgeshire's herpetofauna and its conservation

Paul Furnborough.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 21 February 2013, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of gastrulation in flies

Steffen Lemke, Heidelberg, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Travels with research: baboons to earthquakes

Hilary Conlan.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 14 February 2013, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Diseases of ash and other trees round the world

Note: This talk will be held in room MEL001 in the Mellish Clark Building, Anglia Ruskin University.

Oliver Rackham.

Mellish Clark Building (MEL 001), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 07 February 2013, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Hydra, a model for deciphering the principles of stem cells and regeneration

Brigitte Galliot, Geneva, Switzerland.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Imaging Seminars

Multiparametric MRI of the vasculature: applications to therapy monitoring of gliomas

Chantal Remy, Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences, France.

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 16:30-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Integrative evolutionary biology: a need for interdisciplinary studies of development, ecology and population genetics

Ralf J. Sommer, Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of body axes in Eumetazoa: what can we learn from Cnidaria?

Grigory Genikhovich, University of Vienna, Austria.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 December 2012, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of dorsoventral patterning in insects

Siegfried Roth, University of Cologne, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The National Ecosystem Assessment and its follow-on phase

Lucy Simpson.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 22 November 2012, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developing innovation from regeneration: how the pufferfish got its beak

Gareth Fraser, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Giving wildlife an edge on the Middle Level waterways

Cliff Carson, Environment Officer, Middle Level Commissioners.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 15 November 2012, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Control of segmentation clock period and segment number in the zebrafish

Christian Schroeter, University of Cambridge, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Dung pats, flies and farmers

Olwen Williams.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 08 November 2012, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Shedding light on lunar rhythms

Kristin Tessmar-Raible, Max F. Perutz Laborarories/ University of Vienna, Austria.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Exotic mammals in the Antarctic region

Bob Headland.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 25 October 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

What is a fungal foray?

Note this is on FRIDAY 19th October (not Thursday as usual).

Hélène Davies.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Friday 19 October 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Using maps and GPS

Jean Sinclair.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 11 October 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Conserving the small things that run the world

Ed Turner.

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 04 October 2012, 19:30-21:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

3D EDS Microanalysis by FIB-SEM: limitations, potential and perspectives

Pierre Burdet, Interdisciplinary Centre for Electron Microscopy (CIME), Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Monday 25 June 2012, 15:00-16:00

Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

Roman Arbury and Sylvia Plath

Sarah-Jane Harknett.

Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology.

Tuesday 19 June 2012, 17:00-18:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual Conversazione

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Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site.

Saturday 16 June 2012, 10:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual Conversazione

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Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site.

Friday 15 June 2012, 13:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

From apical organs to the bilaterian forebrain: Duplication and divergence of neural circuits in central nervous system evolution

note unusual location

Detlev Arendt, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany..

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

The Roman and Anglo-Saxon Foundations of Girton Revealed

Imogen Gunn.

Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology.

Thursday 07 June 2012, 17:00-18:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Developmental and Evolutionary Dynamics of the Gap Gene System

note unusual location

Johannes Jaeger, CRG Barcelona.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

Sutton Hoo: A Personal Perspective

Peter Rooley.

Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 17:00-18:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution, function and control of diverse products from microRNA loci

note unusual location

Matthew Ronshaugen, University of Manchester, UK.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Fitting pieces and further puzzles - What 'nobody' can tell about the evolution of arthropod neurogenesis

Georg Brenneis, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 23 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of the molecular basis of thermotolerance, focussing on the embryos of an invasive marine invertebrate

note unusual time

Seb Shimeld, University of Oxford, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 May 2012, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Presidential Address, and Annual General Meeting

Note earlier time.

Inigo Everson.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 19 April 2012, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

East Anglian orchard biodiversity

Paul Read.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 12 April 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Evening visit to the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Note earlier time. Admission by ticket only (see details of event).

Ken McNamara.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.

Thursday 22 March 2012, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Myxomycetes: A life of slime

John Holden.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 15 March 2012, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The house mouse as a model system for evolutionary research

Diethardt Tautz, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Understanding landscapes: the challenge of East Anglia

Peter Friend.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 08 March 2012, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Genome evolution as seen from each of its genes: what "phylomes" can tell us about newly-sequenced species

Toni Gabaldon, CRG, Barcelona.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Morphological and molecular evolution of the arthropod nervous system: new insights from studies on the waterflea Daphnia magna

Angelika Stollewerk, Queen Mary, University of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

A living cemetery: the flora & fauna of Mill Road Cemetery

Keri Russell and Simon Ward.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 23 February 2012, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

What's in a Wing? Transcriptome analysis of bat limb development

Mandy Mason, NIMR, London, UK and University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Imaging Seminars

Developing imaging approaches for novel cancer therapies

Eric Aboagye, Imperial College, London.

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Friday 17 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Come and get me! How plants attract their pollinators.

Clive Nuttman.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 16 February 2012, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Keeping the skies alive with Swifts

Dick Newell.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 09 February 2012, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Drosophila segmentation paradigm: A product of molecular co-option and the blind clock breaker?

Andrew Peel, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Crete.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

50 years of conservation

Vince Lea, Louise Bacon, and Merlin Fox.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 02 February 2012, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The gap junction protein Innexin7 is required for cellularization of the Tribolium blastoderm

Maurijn van der Zee, University of Leiden.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Measuring phonon behaviour with electron diffraction

Dr Alex Eggeman, Dept of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.

Austin Lecture Theatre [Austin Building], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 06 December 2011, 15:00-16:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Origin of developmental plasticity in basal chordates

Stefano Tiozzo, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Bespoke microlenses for high-efficiency light-gathering applications

Dr Vlad Stolojan, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey.

Austin Lecture Theatre [Austin Building], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 29 November 2011, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Mammals and milk

Hayley Frend, Department of Pathology.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 24 November 2011, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Axial homologies re-examined: a common ground plan at the base of Eumetazoa

Heather Marlow, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 23 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

A botanist on Mull

Lynne Farrell, Botanical Recorder for Mid-Ebudes.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 17 November 2011, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and development of morphology among populations and between species of Drosophila

Alistair McGregor, Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Intermetallic Compounds – Materials for a Knowledge-Based Development in Heterogeneous Catalysis

M. Armbrüster, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Str. 40, 01187 Dresden, Germany.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Friday 11 November 2011, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The star-crossed stone

Ken McNamara, Sedgwick Museum.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 10 November 2011, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Setting up embryonic polarity in the hydrozoan Clytia hemisphaerica

Evelyn Houliston, Developmental Biology Unit, CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Villefranche-sur-mer, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

When nano meets bio: Interdisciplinary applications of electron microscopy

Professor Martin Saunders, Deputy Director Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis The University of Western Australia.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 08 November 2011, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Mapping the land use of Britain: 80 years of innovation

Ruth Swetnam, Department of Zoology.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 03 November 2011, 19:30-21:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Patterning of the anterior non-segmented part of the insect head

Gregor Bucher, Georg August University Göttingen, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 02 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Oviparous chondrichthyans as emerging models of vertebrate development

(note unusual location)

Andrew Gillis, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 October 2011, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Cacti in Chile and in cultivation

Clarke Brunt, British Cactus & Succulent Society.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 20 October 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Managing the River Cam: balancing the needs of river users and the environment

Philippa Noon, Cam Conservancy.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 13 October 2011, 19:30-21:00

Leica Scientific Forum

Single Molecule Biology: One, two, three and four

Followed by a drinks reception in the Todd Hamied Room

Prof. Dr. Teakjip Ha, Professor of Physics, Head of Single Molecule Nanometry Group, University of Illinois.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, CB2 1EW.

Monday 10 October 2011, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Portholme Meadow, Brampton: history and natural history intertwined

Pat Doody, ecologist.

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAB 005), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 06 October 2011, 19:30-21:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Nanoparticle Shape: Effects and Modeling

Emilie Ringe, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Wednesday 14 September 2011, 15:00-16:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Imaging molecules and atoms in motions and reactions by HR-(S)TEM

Dr Masanori Koshino, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba, Japan.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Wednesday 13 July 2011, 15:00-16:00

Leica Scientific Forum

Examples, Molecules, and Methods for Super-Resolution Imaging in Cells with Single Molecules

Professor W. E. Moerner, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 29 June 2011, 17:00-18:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

STEM Cathodoluminescence of Individual GaN/AlN Quantum Disks within a single Nanowire

Luiz Fernando Zagonel, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Friday 24 June 2011, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual Conversazione

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Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site.

Saturday 18 June 2011, 10:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual Conversazione

..

Conservation Science Lab, 1st Floor, Zoology Department, New Museums Site.

Friday 17 June 2011, 13:00-18:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Imaging Seminars

Genes into Geometry: Imaging for mouse phenotyping

Mark Henkelman, Department of Medical Biophysics and Medical Imaging, University of Toronto.

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 21 April 2011, 13:00-14:00

Art Cell Gallery Exhibtions

'April is the Cruellest Month...'

Cinnamon Heathcote-Drury, Stefanie Reichelt, Jim Haseloff, Fernan Federici and Andrea Baczynski.

ArtCell Gallery @ Caner Research UK.

Saturday 09 April 2011, 12:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Weather, climate and ozone; an Antarctic perspective

Jonathan Shanklin.

Mellish Clark Building, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 07 April 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Stromatolites

Ken McNamara.

Mellish Clark Building, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 24 March 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Exploration and exploitation of the Arctic: hunters and trappers, whalers and sealers

Bob Headland.

Mellish Clark Building, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 17 March 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

CPERC, who we are, what we do and why it's important for local biodiversity

John Cornell.

Mellish Clark Building, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 10 March 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Studying the behaviour of Alpine Ibex

Catharina Karlsson.

Mellish Clark Building, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 03 March 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Madagascan vegetation: an introduction to its richness

Peter Grubb.

Mellish Clark Building, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 17 February 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Hayley Wood story up to date

Oliver Rackham.

Mellish Clark Building, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 10 February 2011, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Lake Victoria, the people and their fisheries

Inigo Everson.

Mellish Clark Building, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Thursday 03 February 2011, 19:30-21:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Cryomicroscopy of calicivirus entry

Dr David Bhella, MRC Virology Unit, Glasgow.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 19 January 2011, 16:30-17:30

Fitzwilliam Museum

Work in Progress: Nick Turvey

Nick Turvey.

The Fitzwilliam Museum.

Saturday 10 July 2010, 13:15-13:45

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Agnes Martin

Michael Harrison, Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ.

Thursday 24 June 2010, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Constantin Brancusi

Sebastiano Barassi, Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ.

Thursday 17 June 2010, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

William Congdon

Sebastiano Barassi, Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ.

Saturday 05 June 2010, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Agnes Martin

Michael Harrison, Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ.

Thursday 03 June 2010, 13:10-13:40

Rausing Lecture

From scientific instruments to musical instruments: the tuning fork, metronome and siren

Fifteenth Annual Hans Rausing Lecture

Myles W. Jackson (Polytechnic Institute of New York University and the Gallatin School of NYU).

McCrum Lecture Theatre, Bene't Street.

Thursday 27 May 2010, 16:30-18:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Elisabeth Vellacott

Sebastiano Barassi, Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ.

Thursday 27 May 2010, 13:10-13:40

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Imaging Seminars

Prostate cancer imaging: from cell to man

John Kurhanewicz, Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Urology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco.

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 26 May 2010, 11:30-12:15

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Imaging Seminars

Molecular and functional imaging of cancer

Zaver Bhujwalla, Professor of Radiology and Oncology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 26 May 2010, 10:45-11:30

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Imaging Seminars

Magnetic resonance microscopy

G. Allan Johnson, Charles E. Putman Professor of Radiology, Physics & Biomedical Engineering, Duke University.

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 26 May 2010, 10:00-10:45

Fitzwilliam Museum

Objects of History: with Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum

Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum.

The Fitzwilliam Museum.

Wednesday 19 May 2010, 18:00-20:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Henry Moore

Sebastiano Barassi, Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ.

Thursday 13 May 2010, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Meet the Curator

Elizabeth Fisher, Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ.

Thursday 29 April 2010, 13:10-13:40

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The odontode explosion: the origin of tooth-like structures in vertebrates

Gareth Fraser, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 28 April 2010, 13:00-14:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Barbara Hepworth

Sebastiano Barassi, Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ.

Thursday 22 April 2010, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

The Digital Image in Printmaking

Paul Coldwell.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ.

Thursday 15 April 2010, 13:10-13:40

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Imaging Seminars

Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging studies of dissolution phenomena in pharmaceutical delivery devices

Mick Mantle, Assistant Director of Research, Magnetic Resonance Research Centre, University of Cambridge and Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology.

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Friday 09 April 2010, 13:00-14:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Italo Valenti

Sebastiano Barassi, Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ.

Thursday 08 April 2010, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Tim Head: Raw Material

Elizabeth Fisher, Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ.

Thursday 25 March 2010, 13:10-13:40

Whipple Museum of the History of Science

When is a structure a musical instrument? Adventures in tuned percussion

Jim Woodhouse (Department of Engineering).

Whipple Museum, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Wednesday 17 March 2010, 18:00-19:30

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Winifred Nicholson

Sebastiano Barassi, curator Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 11 March 2010, 13:10-13:40

Whipple Museum of the History of Science

O the noise, noise, Noise, NOISE!

Christopher Hicks (CEDAR Audio Ltd).

Whipple Museum, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Wednesday 10 March 2010, 18:00-19:30

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Modern Times 4

Lutz Becker - Kettle's Yard Curatorial Fellow.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 04 March 2010, 13:10-13:40

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Gene cluster genesis, diversification and decay in animal evolution.

Sebastian Shimeld, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford..

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 03 March 2010, 13:00-14:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Alfred Wallis

Sebastiano Barassi, curator Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 25 February 2010, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Modern Times 3

Michael Harrison, Director Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 18 February 2010, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Ben Nicholson's prints and textiles

Sebastiano Barassi, curator Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 11 February 2010, 13:10-13:40

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Choanoflagellates: Sister Group to Metazoa

Barry SC Leadbeater, University of Birmingham.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 10 February 2010, 13:00-14:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Modern Times 2

Lutz Becker - Kettle's Yard Curatorial Fellow.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 04 February 2010, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska's Drawings

Sebastiano Barassi, curator Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 28 January 2010, 13:10-13:40

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of determinism: an evolutionary history of mechanisms underlying insect wing patterning

Robert Ray, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 January 2010, 13:00-14:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Modern Times 1

Michael Harrison, Director Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 21 January 2010, 13:10-13:40

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Homeobox genes, genome organization and animal evolution

David Ferrier, The Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St Andrews.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 December 2009, 13:00-14:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri

Lizzie Fisher, exhibitions curator Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 03 December 2009, 13:10-13:40

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Limbs gone batty: A second wave of Sonic Hedgehog expression during the development of the bat limb

Dorit Hockman, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 02 December 2009, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

The Nature of the Structural Phase Transition in SrFe2As2 Determined by Measurement of the Local Order Parameter using Transmission Electron Microscopy

Dr James Loudon, Dept of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 01 December 2009, 15:00-16:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Roger Hilton exhibition tour

Michael Harrison, Director Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 26 November 2009, 13:10-13:40

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Fingers, fins and faces: the role of fossils in documenting the assembly of modern bodyplans

Matt Friedman, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 25 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Induced stress due to focused ion beam milling and minimum feature sizes

Dr Richard Langford, Dept of Physics, University of Cambridge.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 24 November 2009, 15:00-16:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Constantin Brancusi

Sebastiano Barassi, curator Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 19 November 2009, 13:10-13:40

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Designer Zeolites

Mike Treacy, Leverhulme Visiting Professor, Dept of Materials, Oxford and Dept of Physics, Arizona State University, USA.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 17 November 2009, 15:00-16:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

William Congdon

Sebastiano Barassi, curator Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 12 November 2009, 13:10-13:40

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Systematics, homology and speciation in time and space.

Julie Hawkins, University of Reading.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Electron Tomography for novel nanostructures

Dr Juan-Carlos Hernandez, Dept of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 10 November 2009, 15:00-16:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Performance, self and memory in relation to Helena Almeida’s work

Elena Cologni, artist.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 05 November 2009, 13:10-13:40

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

FIB/SEM 3D applications: a progress report

Dr Martin Ritter, Dept of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 03 November 2009, 15:00-16:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Naum Gabo

Sebastiano Barassi, curator Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 29 October 2009, 13:10-13:40

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Future electron imaging detectors for radiation sensitive samples

Dr Greg McMullan,MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 27 October 2009, 15:00-16:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Helena Almeida: Writing the Body

(a Festival of Ideas event)

Dr Alyce Mahon, author and art historian.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 22 October 2009, 13:10-13:40

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How the fly got its sexy legs: the origin and evolution of Drosophila sex combs

Artyom Kopp, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California-Davis, USA.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Precession Electron Diffraction in the Transmission Electron Microscope

Dr Alex Eggeman, Dept of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Seminar Room [4th floor], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 20 October 2009, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Advanced Imaging Seminars

Cryo Electron Microscopy: From Molecules to Systems

Professor Wolfgang Baumeister, MPI of Biochemistry, Head of Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Martinsried/Germany.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 15 October 2009, 17:00-18:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Introduction to Kettle's Yard

Michael Harrison, Director Kettle's Yard.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 15 October 2009, 13:10-13:40

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and development of the deuterostome pharynx: insight from sharks and hemichordate worms

Andrew Gillis, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Determining the optical properties of atmospheric carbon species using low-loss EELS

Room changed

Dr Duncan Alexander, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

Pfizer Seminar Room [4th floor], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Tuesday 13 October 2009, 15:00-16:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Helena Almeida and recent Portuguese photography

Paulo Catrica, photographer.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 08 October 2009, 13:10-13:40

Electron Microscopy Group Seminars

Radiation damage in metals and polymers

R.F. Egerton University of Alberta and National Institute for Nanotechnology Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

T001 [Tower Seminar Room], Materials Science and Metallurgy, Department of.

Wednesday 16 September 2009, 15:00-16:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Sebastiano Barassi, Curator.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 09 July 2009, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Exhibition Tour

Elizabeth Fisher, Curator of Exhibitions.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 02 July 2009, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

David Jones

Sebastiano Barassi, Curator.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 25 June 2009, 13:10-13:40

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Alfred Wallis

Sebastiano Barassi, Curator.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 11 June 2009, 13:10-13:40

Scientific Images Discussion Group

'Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy' (1804)

Melanie Keene.

Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Thursday 11 June 2009, 10:30-12:30

Scientific Images Discussion Group

Is art historical methodology useful for HPS and how could it be applied?

Mirjam Brusius.

Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Thursday 11 June 2009, 10:30-12:30

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Winifred Nicholson

Sebastiano Barassi, Curator.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 28 May 2009, 13:10-13:40

Scientific Images Discussion Group

A (visual) tour of the wisdom of the human eye with Robert Boyle

Alexander Wragge-Morley.

Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Thursday 28 May 2009, 01:00-03:00

Scientific Images Discussion Group

Visualizing nature: Marianne North's botanical portraits at Kew

Katie Zimmerman.

Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Thursday 28 May 2009, 01:00-03:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Exhibition Tour

Elizabeth Fisher, Curator of Exhibitions.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 21 May 2009, 13:10-13:40

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Imaging Seminars

The state of PET for experimental medicine in oncology - current challenges

Professor Pat Price, Ralston Paterson Professor of Radiation Oncology, Christie Hospital, University of Manchester.

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Friday 15 May 2009, 13:00-14:00

Scientific Images Discussion Group

Picturing points: geometric imagination in the first English translations of Euclid's Elements

Michael Barany.

Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Thursday 14 May 2009, 01:00-03:00

Scientific Images Discussion Group

Doughnut holes and paper cut-outs: image, visualization and manipulation in low dimensional topology

Speaker to be confirmed.

Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Thursday 14 May 2009, 01:00-03:00

Scientific Images Discussion Group

Doughnut holes and paper cut-outs: image, visualization and manipulation in low dimensional topology

Gerardo Con Diaz.

Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Thursday 14 May 2009, 01:00-03:00

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Lectures in Cancer Biology and Medicine

Assessing responses to cancer therapy using molecular imaging magnetic resonance methods

Kevin Brindle and John Griffiths, CRUK Cambridge Research Institute.

CRI Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 07 May 2009, 09:30-10:30

Scientific Images Discussion Group

The historiography of the scientific image

Chitra Ramalingam.

Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Thursday 30 April 2009, 01:00-03:00

Scientific Images Discussion Group

Images of blood transfusion in wartime London

Nick Whitfield.

Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Thursday 30 April 2009, 01:00-03:00

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

Christopher Wood

Sebastiano Barassi.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 23 April 2009, 13:10-13:40

Life Science Interface Seminars

Imaging the signals and events that shape embryonic development

sponsored by the Leica Scientific Forum

Scott Fraser, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena/USA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 20 April 2009, 17:00-18:15

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

David Ward

Michael Harrison.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 26 March 2009, 13:10-13:40

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Imaging Seminars

Development of copper markers for PET imaging of tumour hypoxia

Martin Christlieb, Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford.

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Friday 20 March 2009, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

What is Consciousness For?

Professor Chris Frith, University College London.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

In Vivo Real Time Control and Imaging of Brain Circuits

Professor Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University, USA.

William Harvey.

Thursday 19 March 2009, 16:45-17:30

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Identifying the Network of Selectively Vulnerable Neurons Associated With Symptom Onset in Alzheimer¹s Disease.

Dr. Peter Nestor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 16:00-16:30

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Gambling and the Brain

Dr Luke Clark, Department of Experimental Psychology..

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 15:30-16:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Glutamate, Spikes, and White Matter Disease

Dr. Ragnhildur Káradóttir, Department of Veterinary Medicine..

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 15:00-15:30

Kettle's Yard Lunchtime Talks

ReCollection: Kettle's Yard Oral History Project

Sarah Campbell and Robert Wilkinson.

Kettle's Yard.

Thursday 19 March 2009, 13:10-13:40

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Soft Matters – Neuromechanics in Development and Disorders

Dr. Jochen Guck, Department of Physics.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 12:30-13:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

What Can Worm Brains Tell Us About Big Brains?

Dr. William Schafer, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 12:00-12:30

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Visceral Neurons in Drosophila: What the Fly's Rear End Can Tell Us About the Brain

Dr. Irene Miguel-Aliaga, Department of Zoology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital.

Thursday 19 March 2009, 11:30-12:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Processing and Storage Within Neurons

Professor Jeff Magee, Howard Hughs Medical Institute, Janelia Farm, USA.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 10:05-10:50