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NEW Departmental Visits

Easter Term 2013

A series of visits to places of interest within the University of Cambridge will be held each term and will be open to all Fellows of the Society.

The next Departmental visit will be to the UNIVERSITY BOTANICAL GARDENS and will be hosted by Dr Tim Upson. The visit will take place on a date to be confirmed at the end of May 2013. Further details to follow.

Summer Visit

The 2013 Summer Visit will be to the ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY at HYDE HALL, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX. The visit will take place on a date to be confirmed in July 2013. Further details to follow.

Henslow Fellowships

A programme of research fellowships has been initiated for promising young research workers to carry out independent research for periods of up to three years. The fellowships are named Henslow Fellowships in honour of John Stevens Henslow (1796 - 1861) Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge and co-founder of the Cambridge Philosophical Society in 1819 (read more....)

Venue and NEW START TIME for Easter and Michaelmas Term 2013 Lectures

Lectures will be held in the Bristol Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatre, (entrance next to the Scott Polar Research Building on Lensfield Road), Department of Chemistry, Cambridge at the slightly later time of 6.00pm

Grant applications

1 May 2013 - deadline for receipt of Travel Grant applications

30 September 2013 - deadline for receipt of Research Studentship applications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Events

Easter Term Lectures

Wednesday 24 April
The Inaugural Henslow Fellows Lectures: Dr Ulrike Bauer, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge will give the first of two half-hour lectures entitled "Turning the tables in plant-animal interactions: the tricks and traps of insect eating plants" and Dr Jimena Berni, Department of Zoology will give the second half-hour lecture entitled "Moving without a brain: how do fruit fly larvae explore?" in the Easter Term 2013 at 6.00pm in the Bristol Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatre.

Entry is Free and open to all who are interested

 

Forthcoming Michaelmas Term Lectures

Monday 14 October
Larmor Lecture - Professor Mike Payne, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, will deliver a lecture entitled "Physics, chemistry, materials science and biology from the Schrodinger equation" at 6:00pm in the Bristol Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatre.

Entry is Free and open to all who are interested

 

Monday 28 October
Professor Bill McGrew, Department of Biological Anthroplogy, University of Cambridge, will deliver a lecture (title to follow) at 6.00pm in the Bristol Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatre.

Entry is Free and open to all who are interested

 

Monday 11 November
Mr Janathan Shanklin, British Antartic Survey, Cambridge, will deliver a lecture (title to follow) at 6:00pm in the Bristol Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatre.

Entry is Free and open to all who are interested

 

Wednesday 13 November

HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - Professor Roger Tsien, of the University of California, San Diego, will deliver a lecture (title to follow) at 6.00pm in the Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site.

Entry is Free and open to all who are interested

 

Monday 25 November
Professor Shankar Balasubramanian FRS, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, will deliver a lecture entitled "How to decode human genomes on a population scale: The story of Solexa/Illumina Sequencing" at 6:00pm in the Bristol Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatre.

Entry is Free and open to all who are interested