Image:Explosion of Life: The Origins of Animals

16 May
2022

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Explosion of Life: The Origins of Animals

Dr Emily Mitchell from the Department of Zoology, along with Professor Simon Conway Morris and Dr Alex Liu, both from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge discuss their research into the Ediacaran and Cambrian periods and the techniques used to collect fossil data in the field. 

Image:Video: Dr Richard Henderson: Using electron microscopy to understand the molecules of life  - Honorary Fellows Lecture

04 April
2022

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Video: Dr Richard Henderson: Using electron microscopy to understand the molecules of life - Honorary Fellows Lecture

Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Dr Richard Henderson gives our Honorary Fellows Lecture: Using electron microscopy to understand the molecules of life. 

Image:Professor Eric Lauga: Life in moving fluids - G I TAYLOR LECTURE

23 March
2022

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Professor Eric Lauga: Life in moving fluids - G I TAYLOR LECTURE

Our last lecture during Lent term and before the new series in Michaelmas Term is our G I TAYLOR LECTURE ‘Life in moving fluids’ from Professor Eric Lauga. The lecture will be held 28 March 2022, 18:30 – 19:30 in the Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site - University of Cambridge.

Image:Tracing the origins of the coronavirus pandemic using phylogenetic network analysis

23 August
2021

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Tracing the origins of the coronavirus pandemic using phylogenetic network analysis

Dr Peter Forster, known for his work on phylogenetic network analysis discusses the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

Image:“Molecules that changed the World” App is launched

15 June
2021

“Molecules that changed the World” App is launched

"Molecules that changed the World" is a new App that has been jointly launched by Dr. Ljiljana Fruk, Society Fellow and researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge.

Image:New book connects theory with real-life applications

08 June
2021

New book connects theory with real-life applications

Bionanotechnology: Concepts and Applications is a new book from Cambridge University Press by Dr. Ljiljana Fruk, University of Cambridge and Antonina Kerbs, Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG.

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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, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Michaelmas Term Booking Recommended
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Do Children and Other Animals Think Like Scientists?

Professor Marta Halina

  • 17:30 - 18:30 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Michaelmas Term Larmor Lecture
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