SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Is Obesity a Choice?

Dr Giles Yeo, MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Labs, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 19 November 2019, 18:00-19:30

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

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

An evening with Lynn Rothschild

Professor Lynn Rothschild, NASA Ames Research Centre, Stanford University, Brown University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 18:00-19:30

Genetics Seminar

Minimal and Ancestral Genomes

Host: Richard Durbin

Dr. Arcady Mushegian from National Science Foundation, USA .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Nuclear topology organisation and cell cycle regulation of the first transcription in the embryo

Ferenc Mueller Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 November 2019, 13:15-13:55

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Mathematics vs Dementia

Professor Alain Goriely, Professor of Mathematical Modelling, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 26 November 2019, 18:00-19:30

Genetics Seminar

The Flux Capacitor: How mitochondria shape the evolution of complexity

Host: Richard Durbin

Professor Nick Lane, University College London .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 28 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epithelial cell plasticity during tissue morphogenesis and cancer metastasis

Kyra Campbell Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 29 November 2019, 13:15-13:55

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Coffee Stains, Cell Receptors and Time Crystals: Lessons from the Old Literature

Professor Ray Goldstein, Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 03 December 2019, 18:00-19:30

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Professor Greg Hannon, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 16:15-17:15

Darwin College Lecture Series

Human Origins

Dr Adam Rutherford, Author, Broadcaster.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Hansong Ma

Professor Daniel St Johnston, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Mysteries of Modern Physics

Professor Sean Carroll, Caltech.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

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

Genetics Seminar

The genome landscape: consequences of repetitive DNA organization and evolution in diploid and polyploid crops

Host: Anne Ferguson-Smith

Professor Pat Heslop-Harrison, Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Eric Miska

Professor Rickard Sandberg, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 06 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Aylwyn Scally

Professor Richard Durbin, Department of Genetics.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Frank Jiggins

Dr Kayla King, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Enigmatic Premodern Book

Professor Erik Kwakkel, University of British Columbia.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

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

Genetics Seminar

Bullseye! Understanding the mechanisms of petal patterning

Host: Ben Steventon

Dr Edwige Moyroud, Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU).

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Eruptions, emissions and enigmas: from fuming volcanic vents to mass extinction events

Professor Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Helene Rangone-Briatte

Dr Jean-René Huynh, Collège de France, CIRB, Paris .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 05 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Archaeological Mysteries

Dr Albert Yu-Min Lin, Explorer.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

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

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Hosts: David Summers and John Welch

Dr Trevor Lawley, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 23 April 2020, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Ben Steventon

Professor Kate Storey, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 30 April 2020, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Hosts: Helene Rangone-Briatte and David Glover

Dr Anna Castro, CRBM-CNRS, Montpellier .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 May 2020, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Hosts: Ben Steventon and Michael Imbeault

Dr Kim Judge, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 May 2020, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Richard Durbin

Professor Mark Blaxter, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 28 May 2020, 14:00-15:00