Quantum Matter Seminar

A Square-Lattice Spin Liquid Candidate

Dr Otto Mustonen from Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Sheffield.

Mott Seminar Room (531), Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Wednesday 28 August 2019, 11:15-12:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Recent progress in the first-principles quantum Monte Carlo: New algorithms in the all-electron calculations and a workflow system for QMC optimizations

Kosuke Nakano.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 04 September 2019, 11:30-12:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Machine learning clustering technique applied to X-ray diffraction patterns to distinguish alloy substitutions

Ryo Maezono , JAIST, Ishikawa, Japan.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 11 September 2019, 11:30-12:30

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Organelle contact sites: a new layer in the organization of Eukaryotic cells

Benoit Kornmann, Associate professor – Dept. of Biochemistry, Oxford University, and C.W. Maplethorpe Tutorial Fellow in Bio-chemistry – St-Hugh’s College, Oxford University.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 12 September 2019, 10:30-11:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Towards the design of molecular materials

Dr Gerit Brandenburg, Heidelberg University and UCL.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Monday 16 September 2019, 14:15-15:15

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Innovation and the Cambridge Cluster: Past, present and future.

Professor Tim Minshall, Institutue for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 30 September 2019, 19:30-21:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series - Kendrew Lecture - How a ubiquitin-like protein brings ubiquitylation to life

Brenda Schulman, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 03 October 2019, 10:30-11:30

Cavendish HEP Seminars

Beyond the Energy Frontier: the changing eras of LHCb

Prof. Christopher Parkes (University of Manchester).

Ryle Seminar Room (Rutherford 930) .

Tuesday 08 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

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

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

Title to be confirmed

Malcolm Fairbairn (King's College, London).

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 10 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Big Data Psychometrics

Dr. David Stilwell, Cambridge University Judge Business School.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 14 October 2019, 19:30-21:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Stephan Roche, ICREA.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 17 October 2019, 14:15-15:15

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

Axion superradiance in rotating neutron stars

Jamie McDonald (TU Munich).

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 17 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Jens Bardarson, KTH Royal Technical Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 24 October 2019, 14:15-15:15

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

Title to be confirmed

Pierpaolo Mastrolia (Padova).

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 24 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

LARMOR LECTURE - Professor Serena Best - title to be confirmed

Professor Serena Best, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 October 2019, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Artificial Intelligence in Opthalmology

Dr. Pearce Keane, Moorfields Eye Hospital.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 28 October 2019, 19:30-21:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Dr Maia Vergniory, Donostia International Physics Center.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 31 October 2019, 14:15-15:15

Surfaces, Microstructure and Fracture Group

A voyage from bulk via thin film and nanoparticles to surface magnetism

Adrian Ionescu, Thin Film Magnetism Group, The Cavendish Laboratory.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 31 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

Surfaces, Microstructure and Fracture Group

Title to be confirmed

John Rodenburg, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, The University of Sheffield.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 07 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

Title to be confirmed

Stefan Gieseke (Karlsruhe).

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 07 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Maths of Whole Universes

Professor John D Barrow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 November 2019, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Next Generation of Children

Professor Lucy Raymond, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 11 November 2019, 19:30-21:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Julia Wiktor, Chalmers University of Technology.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 14 November 2019, 14:15-15:15

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

Lattice investigation of charmed and bottom hadrons

Padmanath Madanagopalan (Regensburg).

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 14 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Surfaces, Microstructure and Fracture Group

Title to be confirmed

Chris Pickard, Department of Materials Science, The University of Cambridge.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 14 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: TBC

Bernd Bukau, ZMBH Research Group Leader & DKFZ Division Head.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 10:30-11:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Curt Von Keyserlingk, University of Birmingham.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 14:15-15:15

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

Analytic two-loop multi-scale scattering amplitudes in QCD

Harald Ita (Freiburg).

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Surfaces, Microstructure and Fracture Group

Title to be confirmed

Peter Nellist, Department of Materials, The University of Oxford.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Dr Susannah Gibson - title to be confirmed

Dr Susannah Gibson, Affiliated Scholar, Department of History and Philosophy of Science .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 November 2019, 18:00-19:00

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

Per aspera ad astra: Impact of high precision standard model predictions for new physics searches

Alexander Lenz (IPPP, Durham).

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 28 November 2019, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar list

LMB Seminar Series: Host factors that shape influenza evolution.

Wendy Barclay.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Friday 06 December 2019, 00:00-00:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Jean Dalibard, Collège de France and Laboratoire Kastler Brossel.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Darwin College Lecture Series

Human Origins

Dr Adam Rutherford, Author, Broadcaster.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 17 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Dr Adolfo G. Grushin.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Darwin College Lecture Series

Mysteries of Modern Physics

Professor Sean Carroll, Caltech.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 24 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Professor Nigel Peake - title to be confirmed

Professor Nigel Peake, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 January 2020, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Pioneering genetic therapies for Huntington's disease and its relevance for neurodegeneration

Professor Sarah Tabrizi, University College London.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 27 January 2020, 19:30-21:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Decoding the Heavens: The Antikythera Mechanism

Dr Jo Marchant, Journalist, Author.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 31 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Dr. Titus Neupert, University of Zurich.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 06 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Darwin College Lecture Series

Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine

Dr James Grime, Mathematician, Lecturer.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 07 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Dr. Jan Carl Budich, TU Dresden .

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Enigma of Emotion

Dr Tiffany Watt Smith, Queen Mary, University of London.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 14 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Enigmatic Premodern Book

Dr Erik Kwakkel, University of British Columbia.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 21 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - Professor David Baulcombe FRS- title to be confirmed

A COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS RECEPTION TO FOLLOW ON AFTER THE LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FOYER TO THE LECTURE THEATRE FOR ALL ATTENDEES

Professor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 18:00-19:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Volcanic Behaviour

Dr Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 28 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Archaeological Mysteries

Dr Albert Yu-Min Lin, Explorer.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 06 March 2020, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Futures of Medicine - One Day meeting

ONE DAY MEETING FREE ENTRY NO BOOKING REQUIRED

Organisers: Professor Ashok Venkitaraman and Dr James Fraser.

Cambridge University Engineering Department LT0.

Friday 20 March 2020, 09:00-17:15

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Marco Schiro, Institut de Physique Theorique, CEA-Saclay.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 23 April 2020, 14:15-15:15