Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

An Evening with Michael Foale

Michael Foale.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 November 2016, 18:30-21:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Campath-1H: how a famous antibody found its disease

Professor Alastair Compston, Professor Emeritus of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 22 February 2016, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Fracking - shale gas extraction and protecting buildings from tunnelling subsidence

Professor Lord Mair CBE FREng FRS, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering, Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Engineering.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 08 February 2016, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Epigenetic inheritance and parent-of-origin effects

Professor Anne Ferguson Smith, Department of Genetics.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 23 November 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - Molecules against cancer or for long-term memory storage

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

Professor Roger Y Tsien ForMemRS, Department of Pharmacology, Chemistry & Biochemistry and HHMI, University of California, San Diego.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 11 November 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The human brain - a lesson in green technology

Professor Simon Laughlin FRS, Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Zoology.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 November 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

On the origin of animals, and the invention of the modern biosphere

Professor Nick Butterfield, Department of Earth Sciences.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 26 October 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

LARMOR LECTURE - The statistical physics of stem cell biology: Dicing with fate

Professor Benjamin D Simons, Herchel Smith Professor of Physics, Department of Physics.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 12 October 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Between rock and a hard place: soil, the ambiguous material

Professor Malcolm Bolton FREng, Department of Engineering.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 March 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

A V HILL LECTURE - Science and the quiet art revisited

Professor Sir David Weatherall FRS, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 23 February 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Lighting the Future: Next generation LED lighting to save energy and improve our health

Professor Sir Colin Humphreys CBE FREng FRS, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 February 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Understanding the physics of molecular motors

Professor Eugene Terentjev, Department of Physics.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 26 January 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Biomimetics: from nature to applications - ONE DAY MEETING

Organiser: Dr Silvia Vignolini.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 09 January 2015, 09:00-17:05

Cambridge Philosophical Society

MEMS Biosensors and their potential for improving healthcare

Dr Andrew Flewitt, Department of Engineering.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 24 November 2014, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

HONORARY FELLOWS PRIZE LECTURE - Could computers understand their own programs?

Professor Sir Tony Hoare FRS FREng.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The changing genome: signatures of mutagenesis in human cells

Dr Serena Nik-Zainal, Wellcome Trust Sangar Institute.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 November 2014, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Perception and belief in psychosis

Professor Paul Fletcher, Department of Psychiatry.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 October 2014, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

LARMOR LECTURE - The Computational Universe

Professor Leslie Valiant FRS, T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Harvard USA.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 13 October 2014, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Henslow Fellow Lectures - Use of random matrices

The second of two half-hour lectures by the Society's Henslow Fellows

Dr Stephanie Jacquot, formerly of the Statistical Laboratory, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 14 May 2014, 18:30-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Henslow Fellows Lectures - Resolving the early record of animal evolution: Insights from the enigmatic Ediacaran Biota

The first of two half-hour lectures by the Society's Henslow Fellows

Dr Alexander Liu, Department of Earth Sciences.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 14 May 2014, 18:00-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Perception and belief in psychosis

Speaker to be confirmed.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 08 April 2014, 18:00-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Electric and Hybrid Powered Aircraft – making energy go further

Dr Paul Robertson, Department of Engineering.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 March 2014, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Hop, skip and jump - muscles are not just for running

A V HILL LECTURE

Professor Michael Ferenczi, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 24 February 2014, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The dinosaur Iguanodon (1809-2013) - palaeobiology in action

Dr David B Norman, Reader in Palaeobiology & Curator of the Sedgwick Museum, Department of Earth Sciences.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 February 2014, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Fluid mechanical processes during geological sequestration of carbon dioxide

G I TAYLOR LECTURE

Professor John Lister, DAMTP.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 January 2014, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Decoding human genomes on a population scale: solexa/illumina sequencing

Note new start time of 6.00pm

Professor Shankar Balasubramanian FRS FMedSchi, Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 November 2013, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The cultured chimpanzee: nonsense or breakthrough?

Note new start time of 6.00pm

Professor William McGrew, Division of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology .

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 November 2013, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Antarctica, Ozone and Change: some links between environmental concerns

Note new start time of 6.00pm

Mr Jonathan Shanklin, British Antarctic Survey .

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 October 2013, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Physics, Chemistry,Materials Science and Biology from the Schrodinger Equation

LARMOR LECTURE - note new start time of 6.00pm

Professor Mike Payne FRS, Head of Theory of Condensed Matter Group, Department of Physics.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 October 2013, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Inaugural Henslow Fellows Lectures - Moving without a brain: how do fruit fly larvae explore?

The second of two half-hour lectures by the Society's Henslow Fellows

Dr Jimena Berni, Department of Zoology.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 18:30-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Inaugural Henslow Fellow Lectures - Turning the tables in plant-animal interactions: the tricks and traps of insect-eating pitcher plants

The first of two half-hour lectures by the Society's Henslow Fellows

Dr Ulrike Bauer, Department of Plant Sciences.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 18:00-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Low Carbon Road Freight Transport

Professor David Cebon, Department of Engineering.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 March 2013, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

A V HILL LECTURE - Vaccines: from science to policy

Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 February 2013, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Under the volcano: geological fieldwork in East Greenland

Dr Marian Holness, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 February 2013, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Making Nanoscience and Nanotechnology useful

Professor Sir Mark Welland FRS FREng, Professor of Nanoscience Technology, Nanoscience Centre.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 January 2013, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Sustainable Materials: with both eyes open

Dr Julian Allwood, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 19 November 2012, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Seeing in three dimensions: philosophical issues and empirical findings

Professor Brian Rogers, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 05 November 2012, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

How Plants Grow: Chemical and Physical Interactions Create Developmental Patterns

Professor Elliot Meyerowitz ForMemRS, Inaugural Director The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 22 October 2012, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

LARMOR LECTURE - The Antikythera Mechanism and the Mechanical Universe

Professor Mike Edmunds, Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics, University of Cardiff.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 08 October 2012, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

"When Antarctica was green: Fossil plants reveal Antarctica's climate history"

LECTURE TO COMMEMORATE THE SCIENTIFIC WORK OF SCOTT'S POLAR EXPEDITION OF 1912

Professor Jane Francis, Professor of Palaeoclimatology, of the University of Leeds.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 28 March 2012, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Nine evolutionary myths: The closing of the Darwinian mind?

Professor Simon Conway-Morris FRS, Department of Earth Sciences.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 12 March 2012, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Quantum chemical games of life

Professor Ali Alavi, Department of Chemistry.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 February 2012, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Gilding the lily: understanding angiosperm diversity through petal evolution and development

Dr Beverley Glover, Department of Plant Sciences.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 13 February 2012, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Bulk High Temperature Superconductors for High Field Engineering Applications

G I TAYLOR LECTURE

Professor David Cardwell, Professor of Superconducting Engineering, Department of Engineering.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 30 January 2012, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Metallic Glasses: record-breaking properties for alloys from parvenus in the world of glasses

Professor A Lindsay Greer, Head of Department, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 21 November 2011, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Before the Silk Road - Food Globalisation in Prehistory

Professor Martin Jones, Department of Archaeology.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 07 November 2011, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Lapis lazuli and the Virgin's Robe

Dr Spike Bucklow, Hamilton Kerr Institute.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 24 October 2011, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The diversity of extrasolar planetary systems: Clues to planet formation and migration

LARMOR LECTURE

LARMOR LECTURE - Professor John Papaloizou, DAMTP.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 October 2011, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - THE FLUID DYNAMICS OF GREEN BUILDINGS

Co-hosted with the Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics. A complimentary drinks reception will follow on after the lecture for all attendees.

Professor Paul Linden FRS, G I Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics, Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 31 January 2011, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Title to be confirmed

Professor Simon Schaffer, Department of History of Philosophy and Science.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Sunday 14 March 2010, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Title to be confirmed

Professor Chris Abell, Department of Chemisty.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Sunday 14 February 2010, 17:30-18:30

Society of Chemical Industry

THE BIGGER BANG SHOW IN CAMBRIDGE

Free entry Suitable for families, but be warned - there will be flashes and loud bangs. No tickets, so please come early to get a good seat. Please contact us if you are bringing a large party (>10).

With Dr Hal Sosabowski & Sideshow Dave Campbell (University of Brighton).

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 05 November 2009, 19:00-20:00