Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

PhD and post-doc speed talks

Various.

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building.

Wednesday 29 November 2023, 16:30-17:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Deep learning, Monte Carlo and Quantum Mechanics

Alex Matthews, DeepMind.

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 30 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Power to the protein: analyse, signal and protect with bacterial superglues

Professor Mark Howarth, University of Cambridge.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/95625236862?pwd=NGttT1d6ay9SWFRqUHMvRWNPdDhyZz09.

Monday 04 December 2023, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

An ancient ecospecies of Helicobacter pylori found in Indigenous populations and animal adapted lineages

Host - Zach Baker

Professor Daniel Falush from Shanghai Institute of Immunity and Infection, Chinese Academy of Sciences .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Wednesday 06 December 2023, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Maria Grazia Spillantini.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92958233734?pwd=eDI1dkNlTFNQc2lxUVV4S2JHRlFmZz09.

Monday 11 December 2023, 11:00-12:00

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

The dynamic Universe of preferred axion models

Andrew Cheek.

MR19 (Potter Room, Pavilion B), CMS.

Friday 15 December 2023, 16:00-17:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Prisca Liberali.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97161414783?pwd=UEhEZUdDSVVLbDU0Q2lPdFhPQ3M2UT09.

Monday 15 January 2024, 11:00-12:00

Cavendish Quantum Colloquium

TBA

Prof Ian Walmsley FRS, Imperial College London.

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

Wednesday 17 January 2024, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Joseph Barker (Leeds).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 18 January 2024, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Revolution in History

Professor Sir Simon Schama, Columbia University.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 19 January 2024, 17:30-18:30

Genetics Seminar

Beyond chromatin: Histones as developmental regulators in Drosophila

Host - Felipe Karam Teixeira

Professor Amanda Amodeo from Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Tuesday 23 January 2024, 14:00-15:00

Quantum Matter Seminar

To be announced

Dr. Clifford Hicks, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham.

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

Wednesday 24 January 2024, 11:15-12:30

Genetics Seminar

The Mechanics of Cancer Cell Division

Host - Ben Steventon

Dr Helen Matthews from School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 25 January 2024, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

John Chalker (Oxford).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 25 January 2024, 14:00-15:00

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Title to be confirmed

Vatsu Gandhi, Cambridge University Engineering Department.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 25 January 2024, 15:00-16:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Genetic Revolutions

Professor Matthew Cobb, University of Manchester.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 26 January 2024, 17:30-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Ben Lehner.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96896374524?pwd=VFJYbkZmRlZQREJ6a1QwelRSdEZwdz09.

Monday 29 January 2024, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - title to be confirmed

Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org

Professor Herbert Huppert, Professor of Theoretical Geophysics, Faculty of Mathematics .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars

Farming of Bones: Ethics in Bioarcheology - conversations with indigenous communities and other stakeholders with respect to Holocene Era human remains in Trinidad and Tobago

Chike Pilgrim, Archeology.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 30 January 2024, 13:10-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Epigenetic Inheritance

Host - Ritwick Sawarkar

Dr Nicola Iovino from Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg.

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 01 February 2024, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Laura Classen, MPI Stuttgart.

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 01 February 2024, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Political Philosophy and Revolution

Professor Lea Ypi, London School of Economics.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 02 February 2024, 17:30-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Matthieu Piel.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96572384351?pwd=MkJzbE1qM2dGd0ZSTi9hTmV0elZ5dz09 .

Monday 05 February 2024, 11:00-12:00

Cavendish HEP Seminars

Overview and Status of the 2x2 NDLAr Demonstrator: A Pixel-Based LArTPC Prototype for the DUNE Near Detector

Karolina Wresilo (University of Cambridge).

Ryle Seminar Room.

Tuesday 06 February 2024, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Steve Russell

Dr Maria Abad from Altos Labs, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 08 February 2024, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Revolution in Thought

Dr Iain McGilchrist.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 09 February 2024, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Title to be confirmed

Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org

Dr Shaun Fitzgerald REEng OBE, Director of Research, Centre for Climate Repair, Department of Engineering.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars

‘Blowing in the Wind?’: Corporate Environmental Liability for Atmospheric Damage in Chile

Brigitte Leal, Law.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 13 February 2024, 13:10-14:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Jacqueline Bloch (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 15 February 2024, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Cahir O'Kane

Professor Marc Freeman from The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, USA.

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 15 February 2024, 15:00-16:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Exoplanet Revolution

Professor Didier Queloz, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 16 February 2024, 17:30-18:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Quantum solvation enabled by highly accurate machine learning

Dominik Marx (Ruhr-Universität Bochum).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 22 February 2024, 14:00-15:00

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Shock and Impact Deformation: A Geological Perspective

Auriol Rae, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 22 February 2024, 15:00-16:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Art and Revolution

Professor Frances Spalding.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 23 February 2024, 17:30-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Hiroaki Suga.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98905554684?pwd=WkhWU2xVcXZ5c01paUJQVElzZVpDUT09.

Monday 26 February 2024, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Title to be confirmed

Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org

Professor Roberto Maiolino, Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmology and Professor of Experimental Astrophysics.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

Cavendish HEP Seminars

Proton cross-section measurement in ProtoDUNE-SP

Jingyuan Shi - University of Cambridge.

Ryle Seminar Room.

Tuesday 27 February 2024, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Building patterning-dependent chromatin states during development.

Host - Erik Clark

Professor Shelby Blythe from Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, USA .

Zoom meeting.

Thursday 29 February 2024, 15:00-16:00

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

The challenge of developing materials for fusion

Jim Pickles, Tokamak Energy, Oxford.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 29 February 2024, 15:00-16:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Revolutions of Life

Professor Nick Lane, University College London.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 01 March 2024, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars

Diagnosis and Divination in Ancient Greece and China (TBC)

Arthur Harris, History and Philosophy of Science.

Richard King room, Darwin College.

Tuesday 05 March 2024, 18:30-19:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - title to be confirmed

Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org

Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe FRS, Distinguished Scholar, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Target Discovery Institute, University of Oxford.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 06 March 2024, 18:00-19:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Charlotte Houldcroft

Professor Martin Sikora from Section for Geogenetics, University of Copenhagen .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 07 March 2024, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Cultural Revolution

Ms Tania Branigan.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 08 March 2024, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

THE FUTURES OF MEDICINE One Day Meeting

Check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org

Organisers: Professor Ashok Venkitarama, Dr James Fraser and Dr Nick Pugh.

Cambridge University Engineering Department. Constance Tipper Lecture Theatre.

Friday 22 March 2024, 09:00-17:15

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Jenny Hinshaw.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98964505344?pwd=T3VtMDE2aUpXTGRLNCtwU3RnNEdHdz09.

Monday 25 March 2024, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Crick Lecture 2024: TBC

Silvia Arber.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97648518778?pwd=TXNvMUg5UW1XRU5abHFHYUlYeUllUT09.

Monday 15 April 2024, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host - Frank Jiggins

Dr Mara Lawnikzak from Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 25 April 2024, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host – Richard Durbin

Professor Ben Lehner from Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture theatre tbc and Zoom.

Thursday 02 May 2024, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar: Title TBC

Andrea Musacchio.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96608781341?pwd=MG5QMXVmOStXcFVtalBqUlBYc0tEdz09.

Monday 23 September 2024, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Kendrew Lecture 2024: TBC

Liqun Luo.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91756905972?pwd=RlI2cU0wdmkrblZ0VkpLWmtiRThUdz09.

Monday 04 November 2024, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Perutz Lecture 2024: TBC

Adrian Krainer.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom, link: https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94564781032?pwd=aG5WWkQvajdzSVRURFpGNUU3UWM4Zz09.

Monday 11 November 2024, 11:00-12:00