Crops for the future: How AI is helping plants fight against parasitic worms

Prof Sebastian Eves-van den Akker’s team at the Crop Science Centre, Cambridge use robots and AI to identify genes that allow for the development of naturally resilient crops.

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01 October
2026

AZ Discovery Centre at AstraZeneca visit

CPS Fellows visit the AZ Discovery Centre at AstraZeneca’s global R&D headquarters in Cambridge.

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24 September
2026

A Blooming Success

Over 250 people attended our One-Day Meeting: Regenerating the British Countryside: From Evidence to Action with 1,000 + watching online. 

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27 May
2026

The William Bate Hardy Prize 2026

The Cambridge Philosophical Society is pleased to announce the 2026 winners of its William Bate Hardy Prize.

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12 May
2026

Sedgwick Studentships at Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University and the Cambridge Philosophical Society are requesting applications for two PhD studentships.

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30 April
2026

Annual Visit: Sizewell B Power Station

This year’s annual visit (also known as the CPS Summer Visit) was to Sizewell B Power Station in Suffolk.

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26 April
2026

Former CPS President receives prestigious prize

Professor Simon Conway Morris receives 2026 Templeton Prize

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The Organization of Goal-Directed Behaviour in the Brain

Professor John Duncan FBA FRS

  • 17:30 - 18:30 A V Hill Lecture Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge Michaelmas Term A.V. Hill Lecture Booking Recommended
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What did viruses ever do for us? The evolution of “good” viruses

Professor John Carr - President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

  • 17:30 - 18:30 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge Michaelmas Term Booking Recommended
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