Cavendish Quantum Colloquium

Title to be confirmed

Martin Zwierlein (MIT).

Venue to be confirmed.

Monday 13 January 2025, 15:00-16:00

Hills Coffee Talks

Title TBC

Dr. Melis Irfan (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 21 January 2025, 11:15-12:00

Cavendish Quantum Colloquium

Title to be confirmed

Rachel Oliver (Materials).

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

Wednesday 22 January 2025, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Transforming Precision Healthcare

Host - Cahir O'Kane

Professor Sir Mark Caulfield, Vice Principal for Health, Queen Mary University of London and Director of the NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre.

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

The second law of thermodynamics and its mesoscopic interpretation

Professor Mike Cates (DAMTP).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Bits with Soul

Professor Simon Peyton Jones, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 24 January 2025, 17:30-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - The immune system of bacteria - IN PERSON ONLY

Rotem Sorek, Weizmann Institute of Science.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) .

Monday 27 January 2025, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Is the bacterial accessory genome adaptive?

Host - Kate Baker

Dr John Lees from EMBL – EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Ryan L Barnett (Imperial College London).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 14:00-15:30

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

Cosmological tensions? A guide for high energy theorists

William Handley (Cambridge U.).

MR19 (Potter Room, Pavilion B), CMS.

Friday 31 January 2025, 16:00-17:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Power of Music: A Journey Back to Home

Maya Youssef.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 31 January 2025, 17:30-18:30

Financial History Seminar

A new history of the interwar Bank of England

Dr Robert Yee (University of Oxford).

John Bradfield Room, Darwin College and Zoom.

Monday 03 February 2025, 17:00-18:30

Hills Coffee Talks

Results of beamline testing at the MROI

Dr. John Young (Cavendish Astrophysics).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 04 February 2025, 11:15-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Drosophila in context: evolution, toxins, and behaviour

Host - Erik Clark

Dr Justin Crocker from EMBL Heidelberg .

Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

Thursday 06 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Study of RAM Vessel Diameter on Mixing Effectiveness and Faraday Instabilities

Gereon Leckebusch, PCS Group, Cavendish Laboratory.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 06 February 2025, 15:00-15:30

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Sample geometry for shear testing with a UTM

Livestream using Teams. Meeting ID: 315 430 872 95. Passcode: JCk2AZ

Benjamin Revie, PCS Group, Cavendish Laboratory.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 06 February 2025, 15:30-16:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Using Maths to Decode the Universe

Dr Tom Crawford, University of Oxford.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 07 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Maria Grazia Spillantini, University of Cambridge, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98728840077?pwd=Z0MZ2xWLsyUC6fI31cIklaUbSYALwy.1.

Monday 10 February 2025, 11:00-12:00

Hills Coffee Talks

Title TBC

Sinah Legner (University of Cambridge).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 11 February 2025, 11:15-12:00

Genetics Seminar

Embryo-scale reverse genetics at single cell resolution reveals lineage-specific modules underlying cranial development

Host - Ben Steventon

Professor Lauren Saunders from Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University .

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 13 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Izabella Lovas, ETH Zurich.

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 13 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Epigenetics: A Code upon a Code?

Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, University of Cambridge.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 14 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

Financial History Seminar

The Federal Reserve's 'rate war' and its aftermath: the political consequences of financial instability, 1966-72.

Dr Arthur Rothier-Bautzer (Centre for Financial History and GlobalCapital).

John Bradfield Room, Darwin College and Zoom.

Monday 17 February 2025, 17:00-18:30

Hills Coffee Talks

Accounting for Noise and Singularities in Bayesian Calibration Methods for Global 21-cm Cosmology Experiments

Christian Kirkham (University of Cambridge).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 18 February 2025, 11:15-12:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Eve's Byte of the Apple

Sandi Toksvig OBE.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 21 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

Hills Coffee Talks

Title TBC

Clàudia Janó Muñoz (University of Cambridge).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 11:15-12:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Steve Simon, Oxford.

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 27 February 2025, 14:00-15:30

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Rotational orientation effects in gas-surface collisions

Helen Chadwick, Department of Chemistry, The University of Swansea.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 27 February 2025, 15:00-16:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Wayfinding through the Human Genome

Dr Keolu Fox, University of California, San Diego.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 28 February 2025, 17:30-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Ian Gilmore, National Physical Laboratory.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92454273602?pwd=kKpRjV53ALrNtk3FXYDG1jqaNTjGa4.1.

Monday 03 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Financial History Seminar

What does it mean to Democratize Finance?

Dr Leah Rose Downey (University of Cambridge).

John Bradfield Room, Darwin College and Zoom.

Monday 03 March 2025, 17:00-18:30

Genetics Seminar

21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the academic community: how science is manipulated to promote political ideology

Host - Aylwyn Scally

Professor Rebecca Sear from Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University.

Part II room, Department of Genetics and Zoom.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Mike C. Payne, FRS (Cambridge).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 14:00-15:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Polari - a Very Queer Code

Professor Paul Baker, University of Lancaster.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 07 March 2025, 17:30-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Simonetta Gribaldo, Intstitut Pasteur.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93131890304?pwd=5wJQaRCpTeWdDhK0bgmfZrXu2qFmLY.1.

Monday 10 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Juan Garrahan (University of Nottingham).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 14:00-15:30

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Title to be confirmed

Fulden Eratam, Diamond Light Source, Harwell.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 15:00-16:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Decoding our Humanity

Professor Shannon Vallor, University of Edinburgh.

Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue.

Friday 14 March 2025, 17:30-18:30

Financial History Seminar

Money: a Treasury-centric view

Mario Pisani (HM Treasury and King's College, London).

John Bradfield Room, Darwin College and Zoom.

Monday 17 March 2025, 17:00-18:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - The DNA Quadruplex Helix

Shankar Balasubramaniam, 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/93702571246?pwd=I6zsi0w8N5XcKg2gu0bac58rcyTfba.1.

Wednesday 19 March 2025, 10:00-11:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Max Perutz Lecture 2025: Title TBC

Reinhard Lührmann, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91444589642?pwd=jnwAAhDSdpwbVU89ouG9RenIhuXRDL.1.

Monday 24 March 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Rod MacKinnon - Rockefeller University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92311841585?pwd=auhAdp8eTD8Ca0xGZpaNlZrChEcHAr.1.

Monday 07 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Jue Chen - Rockefeller University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93491001276?pwd=2utwaSIeA0haHVdOuRkZlBlQq6wzLb.1.

Monday 07 April 2025, 15:00-16:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

César Milstein Lecture 2025: Title TBC

David Pellman - Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, Harvard University.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97042445746?pwd=rjwSiStXxjdk1Q2tPOdRnqr8aM3qwn.1.

Thursday 24 April 2025, 10:00-11:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

John Kendrew Lecture 2025: Title TBC

Elena Conti - Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92203736389?pwd=68nPyr7JP1gZrsR4lgJKm1ad4idxyx.1.

Monday 28 April 2025, 11:00-12:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Sarah Teichmann, FMedSci, FRS (Cambridge).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 01 May 2025, 14:00-15:30

Mordell Lectures

Title to be confirmed

Tim Austin (Warwick).

MR2, CMS.

Thursday 01 May 2025, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Nikos Nikiforakis (Cambridge).

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 08 May 2025, 14:00-15:30

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

James Turner, The Francis Crick Institute.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94132066038?pwd=OF2EjwrvRQxl0XgpGK0N5L4bDNaayi.1.

Monday 19 May 2025, 11:00-12:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Mikael Rechtsman, Penn State.

TCM Seminar Room.

Thursday 26 June 2025, 14:00-15:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Andy Fire - Stanford University School of Medicine.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93594800418?pwd=cAhtrP8MGG3FclWimSbLLwl9XhIHNX.1.

Monday 30 June 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Marileen Dogterom - TU Delft, Delft University of Technology.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/95584842300?pwd=V2DAKEE0bQXA4bbbSUryiRPELlhmzP.1.

Monday 07 July 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Christian Haass - Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96372751903?pwd=C2hRQ8UF0B03vDp6IHGfWuTlsqzrTi.1.

Monday 14 July 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Elizabeth Villa, University of California, San Diego.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98880219442?pwd=2LiGulNdYohUjaMnbiN88kLpt3r8M9.1.

Monday 08 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

Francis Crick Lecture 2025: Title TBC

Aviv Regev - Broad Institute MIT and Head of Genentech R&ED.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97187916144?pwd=lyPZ8ArbWHGtSPaNeM8T8Oqg157RF1.1.

Thursday 18 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Nenad Ban - ETH Zurich.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97937314535?pwd=SciQzQiuFkLGF3ERwcMiLLTEbryUxV.1.

Monday 22 September 2025, 11:00-12:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

LMB Seminar - Title TBC

Hiroaki Suga - The University of Tokyo.

In person in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre (CB2 0QH) and via Zoom link https://mrc-lmb-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96488916942?pwd=BpCGRwD8hD8ec89yfaJ0yKPmV3o6lv.1.

Monday 29 September 2025, 11:00-12:00