Theory of Condensed Matter

Chiral spin model: geometry, chaos & quantum teleportation

Jiannis Pachos, Leeds University.

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 05 December 2024, 14:00-15:30

Cavendish Quantum Colloquium

Feeling the strain: quadrupoles, octupoles and beyond

Ian Fisher (Stanford).

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 05 December 2024, 15:00-16:00

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

Efficient on-shell matching

Jose Santiago (Universidad de Granada).

MR19 (Potter Room, Pavilion B), CMS.

Friday 06 December 2024, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

2024 Milstein Lecture: Centrioles in homeostasis, disease and evolution: tiny organelles, multiple and critical functions - IN PERSON ONLY

Mónica Bettencourt Dias.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) .

Monday 09 December 2024, 14:00-15:00

Cavendish Quantum Colloquium

Title to be confirmed

Martin Zwierlein (MIT).

Venue to be confirmed.

Monday 13 January 2025, 15:00-16:00

Hills Coffee Talks

Title TBC

Dr. Melis Irfan (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 21 January 2025, 11:15-12:00

Cavendish Quantum Colloquium

Title to be confirmed

Rachel Oliver (Materials).

Small Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, J.J. Thomson Avenue.

Wednesday 22 January 2025, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Cahir O'Kane

Professor Sir Mark Caulfield, Vice Principal for Health, Queen Mary University of London and Director of the NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Bits with Soul

Professor Simon Peyton Jones, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 24 January 2025, 17:30-18:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Kate Baker

Dr John Lees from EMBL – EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Ryan L Barnett (Imperial College London).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 14:00-15:30

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Sample geometry for shear testing with a UTM

Livestream using Teams. Meeting ID: 315 430 872 95. Passcode: JCk2AZ

Benjamin Revie, PCS Group, Cavendish Laboratory.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 15:00-15:30

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Study of RAM Vessel Diameter on Mixing Effectiveness and Faraday Instabilities

Gereon Leckebusch, PCS Group, Cavendish Laboratory.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 15:30-16:00

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

Cosmological tensions? A guide for high energy theorists

William Handley (Cambridge U.).

MR19 (Potter Room, Pavilion B), CMS.

Friday 31 January 2025, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Power of Music: A Journey Back to Home

Maya Youssef.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 31 January 2025, 17:30-18:30

Hills Coffee Talks

Results of beamline testing at the MROI

Dr. John Young (Cavendish Astrophysics).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 04 February 2025, 11:15-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Erik Clark

Dr Justin Crocker from EMBL Heidelberg .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 06 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Using Maths to Decode the Universe

Dr Tom Crawford, University of Oxford.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 07 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

Hills Coffee Talks

Title TBC

Sinah Legner (University of Cambridge).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 11 February 2025, 11:15-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Ben Steventon

Professor Lauren Saunders from Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 13 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Epigenetics: A Code upon a Code?

Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 14 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

Hills Coffee Talks

Title TBC

Christian Kirkham (University of Cambridge).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 18 February 2025, 11:15-12:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Frank Pollmann, TU Munich.

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 20 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Eve's Byte of the Apple

Sandi Toksvig OBE.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 21 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

Hills Coffee Talks

Title TBC

Clàudia Janó Muñoz (University of Cambridge).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 11:15-12:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Steve Simon, Oxford.

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 27 February 2025, 14:00-15:30

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Rotational orientation effects in gas-surface collisions

Helen Chadwick, Department of Chemistry, The University of Swansea.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 27 February 2025, 15:00-16:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Wayfinding through the Human Genome

Professor Keolu Fox, University of California, San Diego.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 28 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Aylwyn Scally

Professor Rebecca Sear from Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Mike C. Payne, FRS (Cambridge).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 14:00-15:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Polari - a Very Queer Code

Professor Paul Baker, University of Lancaster.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 07 March 2025, 17:30-18:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Juan Garrahan (University of Nottingham).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 14:00-15:30

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Title to be confirmed

Fulden Eratam, Diamond Light Source, Harwell.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 15:00-16:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Decoding our Humanity

Professor Shannon Vallor, University of Edinburgh.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 14 March 2025, 17:30-18:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Sarah Teichmann, FMedSci, FRS (Cambridge).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 01 May 2025, 14:00-15:30

Mordell Lectures

Title to be confirmed

Tim Austin (Warwick).

MR2, CMS.

Thursday 01 May 2025, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Nikos Nikiforakis (Cambridge).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 08 May 2025, 14:00-15:30