Computational Neuroscience

Evaluating dynamical systems hypotheses for pattern generation in motor cortex

Lea Duncker, Columbia.

CBL Seminar Room, Engineering Department, 4th floor Baker building.

Tuesday 07 January 2025, 15:00-16:30

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

Cambridge Natural History Society

Insect Conservation: conserving the little things that run the world

Ed Turner, Professor of Insect Ecology and Curator of Insects, Cambridge Museum of Zoology.

Weston Seminar Room (First Floor) - David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 23 January 2025, 18:45-20:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Morphogenetic control of cellular differentiation during gastrulation

Marta Shahbazi, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.

in person at Hodgkin-Huxley Seminar Room, PDN and online.

Monday 27 January 2025, 14:30-15:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Helen Margetts (University of Oxford).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 15:00-16:00

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

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Marine World

Frances Dipper.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 30 January 2025, 18:45-20:00

Zangwill Club

Episodic Cognition in Cephalopod Molluscs

The host for this talk is Nicky Clayton

Dr Christelle Alves-Jozet, University of Caen, Normandie..

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 31 January 2025, 16:30-18:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Fundamental principles during the egg-to-embryo transition

Andrea Pauli, IMP (Institute of Molecular Pathology), Vienna, Austria.

Online.

Monday 03 February 2025, 14:30-15:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Karen Douglas (University of Kent).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 05 February 2025, 15:00-16:00

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

Cambridge Natural History Society

Alice Hibbert-Ware: Nature Study and the Little Owl Food Enquiry (1936-7)

Max Long.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 06 February 2025, 18:45-20:00

Computational Neuroscience

Modelling C. elegans pharynx

Dana Sherman, Weizmann.

CBL Seminar Room, Engineering Department, 4th floor Baker building.

Friday 07 February 2025, 11:00-11:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Yamini Ravichandran-Topology changes of the regenerating Hydra define actin nematic defects as mechanical organizers of morphogenesis

Akantsha Jain; Yamini Ravichandran,University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Online.

Monday 10 February 2025, 14:30-15:30

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

Cambridge Natural History Society

Squirrels of the British Isles: Red, Grey, and Black!

Helen McRobie, Anglia Ruskin University.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 13 February 2025, 18:45-20:00

Zangwill Club

To be confirmed

The host for this talk is Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Lucia Amoruso from BCBL in San Sebastian, Spain .

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 14 February 2025, 16:30-18:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Juan Alonso-Serra; Ana Patricia Ramos.

Online.

Monday 17 February 2025, 14:30-15:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Almog Simchon (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 19 February 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Great Fen: progress on the peat

Henry Stanier, Monitoring & Research Officer at the BCN Wildlife Trust.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 20 February 2025, 18:45-20:00

Zangwill Club

Autonomy as an Engine for Wellbeing, Engagement, and Student Performance: A Gamification Approach"

The host for this talk is Nicky Clayton

Nathan J. Emery PhD FHEA, Dept of Biological & Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 21 February 2025, 16:30-18:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Paula Elomaa.

Online.

Monday 24 February 2025, 14:30-15:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

CNHS Field Studies 2024

Duncan Mackay and Jonathan Shanklin.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 27 February 2025, 18:45-20:00

Zangwill Club

Genetics of Neurodevelopmental Conditions and Traits – the Contribution of Rare and Common Variants

The host for this talk is Varun Warrier

Dr. Hilary Martin, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge. UK.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 28 February 2025, 12:00-13:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Timothy Saunders.

in person at Sainsbury Laboratory and online.

Monday 03 March 2025, 14:30-15:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Paul Lohmann (University of Cambridge).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 05 March 2025, 15:00-16:00

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

Cambridge Natural History Society

History of Forests

Charles Turner.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 06 March 2025, 18:45-20:00

Zangwill Club

Title to be confirmed

The host for this talk is Clive Wilkins

Professor Gustav Kuhn, University of Plymouth.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 07 March 2025, 16:30-18:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Fengzhu Xiong.

Online.

Monday 10 March 2025, 14:30-15:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

The Cambridgeshire Bird Club - 1925 to 2025: a century of bird watching

Bob Jarman.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 13 March 2025, 18:45-20:00

Zangwill Club

To be confirmed

The host for this talk is Mirjana Bozik

Professor Katie Slocombe, Department of Psychology, University of York, UK.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 14 March 2025, 12:00-13:30

Cambridge Natural History Society

Annual General Meeting 2025

The President and Officers.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 20 March 2025, 18:45-19:10

Cambridge Natural History Society

Natural Materials for Musical Instruments

Please note the start time, being after the AGM, is approximate.

Jim Woodhouse, CNHS President; Emeritus Professor of Structural Dynamics.

Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 20 March 2025, 19:15-20:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Leor Zmigrod (University of Cambridge).

Online.

Wednesday 30 April 2025, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Matthew Goldberg (Yale University).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 14 May 2025, 15:00-16:00

Zangwill Club

How do (and don't) we take other perspectives?

The host for this talk is Nicky Clayton

Steven Samuel, Lecturer, City St. George's, University of London. .

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 16 May 2025, 16:30-18:00

Zangwill Club

To be confirmed

The host foor this talk is Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Professor Ron Mangum, University of California Davis, USA.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 23 May 2025, 16:30-18:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Title to be confirmed

Rakoen Maertens (University of Oxford).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

Wednesday 28 May 2025, 15:00-16:00