Darwin College Sciences Group

You rock! Understanding words with many meanings

Lucy MacGregor - MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 13:10-14:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Condensation propensity of TDP-43 specifies the bound and regulated RNAs

Martina Hallegger - UCL and The Francis Crick Institute.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room - RNA Club.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge RNA Club

Identifying and characterising RNA viruses in publicly available high throughput sequencing data

Katy Brown - Andrew Firth lab, Dept. Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK .

Gurdon Institute Tea Room - RNA Club.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 18:00-19:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Exploring underutilised plants and fungi from Colombia to boost its bioeconomy

Dr Mauricio Diazgranados, Royal Botanic Gardens.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 22 November 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cabinet of Natural History

A magnetic world: understanding the lodestone in the early modern Iberian empires

Leonardo Carrio Cataldi (Newton International Fellow, British Academy and University College London).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 25 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Spirit of Inquiry: how the Cambridge Philosophical Society shaped modern science

Dr Susannah Gibson, Author of The Spirit of Inquiry, 18:00 - 19:00.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

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

Scott Lectures

Scott Lecture I : Exoplanets, Copernicus’ revolution on the move

All welcome

Professor Didier Queloz, Cavendish Laboratory.

Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Tuesday 26 November 2019, 16:00-17:30

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

Scott Lectures

Scott Lecture II : Exoplanets, Copernicus’ revolution on the move

All Welcome

Professor Didier Queloz, Cavendish Laboratory.

Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Wednesday 27 November 2019, 16:00-17:30

Darwin College Sciences Group

Sexual Health, Risk and Migration: Challenging exclusionary constructions of migrant men who have sex with men

Arthur Davis - Centre for Gender Studies.

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 28 November 2019, 13:10-14:00

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

Virtual reality to facilitate multi-sensory molecular simulation and design: from quantum chemistry to ligand-protein binding

Dr David Glowacki (University of Bristol).

Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College.

Thursday 28 November 2019, 18:00-19:30

Wolfson College Science Society talks

The Nutrition and Cancer Journey: from Chemical-Physical Carcinogenesis to Metabolic Carcinogenesis.

Professor Elio Riboli, MD, MPH, MSc, Imperial College, London.

Wolfson College - The Lee Hall.

Friday 29 November 2019, 18:00-19:10

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

The periodic table: foundations and elaborations

Prof Peter Atkins (Oxford).

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre.

Friday 29 November 2019, 18:00-19:30

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

One

Dr Andrew Szydlo.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre.

Friday 29 November 2019, 19:30-21:00

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

Mendeleev's Gift to Everyone (including you and me)

Sir Martyn Poliakoff (University of Nottingham).

Old Combination Room (OCR), Trinity College.

Saturday 30 November 2019, 16:30-18:00

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

(Periodic) Table Talk — the beginnings of the Periodic Table

Dr Peter Wothers (University of Cambridge).

Old Combination Room (OCR), Trinity College.

Saturday 30 November 2019, 16:30-18:00

Cabinet of Natural History

Tuning into nature in interwar Britain: the life sciences on film and radio

Max Long (Faculty of History).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 02 December 2019, 13:00-14:00

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

Darwin College Sciences Group

Investigating human blood development at the single-cell level

Anna Maria Ranzoni - Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute/Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 05 December 2019, 13:10-14:00

Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)

The theory-led hunt for extreme materials

Professor Chris Pickard (University of Cambridge).

Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College.

Thursday 05 December 2019, 18:00-19:30

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Transformation of perception: What are psychotic disorders and why are ethnic minorities at increased risk?

Dr Hannah Jongsma, UCL.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 06 December 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Air pollution and human health. Lessons learnt and challenges ahead.

Professor Frank Kelly, Department of Analytical, Environmental and Forensic Sciences, King's College London.

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

Monday 13 January 2020, 19:30-21:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Human Origins

Dr Adam Rutherford, Author, Broadcaster.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

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

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

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

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Climate change (TBC)

Dr Andre Cabrera Serrenho, Structures Research Group.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 07 February 2020, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Philosophical Society

A V HILL LECTURE - Professor Eske Willerslev - title to be confirmed

Professor Eske Willerslev, Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre, Copenhagen.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 February 2020, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

A Global Learning Crisis - Using tablets to get one billion children reading

Andrew Ashe, onebillion.

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

Monday 10 February 2020, 19:30-21:00

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

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

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Professor Rebecca Kilner - title to be confirmed

Professor Rebecca Kilner, Department of Zoology.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 24 February 2020, 18:00-19:00

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

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

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 Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Let food be thy medicine.

Professor Nita Forouhi, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge.

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

Monday 09 March 2020, 19:30-21:00

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

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Dieselgate: The Inside Story

John German, International Council on Clean Transportation.

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

Monday 04 May 2020, 19:30-21:00