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Take a look at our new website http://www.cambridgecafescientifique.com or become a fan on Facebook. Please note that Café Scientifique events will now be held in Baroosh Bar (4th floor, formerly B Bar) on Market Passage. Café Scientifique is a place where anyone can come to discuss the science that is changing our lives with the people who are making the discoveries. Join us every month, when a different scientist will informally discuss their work and take questions from the floor. This event is FREE of charge and a complimentary drink will be available. Podcasts and vodcasts of our events are made in partnership with The Naked Scientists and can be found at http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/specials/cafe-scientifique/ The events are sponsored by the Medical Research Council. If you have a question about this list, please contact: Dr Dervila Glynn. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser. 0 upcoming talks and 28 talks in the archive. The peculiarities of the naked mole-rat – what can we learn from them?NOTE THAT EVENT IS ON THURSDAY Dr Ewan St John Smith, Department of Pharmacology. Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Thursday 27 February 2014, 19:30-20:30 The Saga of Alemtuzumab in the treatment of Multiple SclerosisFree entry, open to the public and complimentary drink included Professor Alastair Compston, Department of Clinical Neurosciences. Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Wednesday 15 January 2014, 19:30-20:30 Bad Moves: How decision making goes wrong and the ethics of smart drugs’Please note that this event will take place on Wednesday Professor Barbara Sahakian, Department of Psychiatry. Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Wednesday 26 June 2013, 19:30-20:30 Making a difference across the globeProfessor Shankar Balasubramanian. Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Tuesday 12 March 2013, 19:30-20:30 Breast Cancer- The Biology Behind the Silent KillerPlease note that the event is on Wednesday and not the usual Tuesday! Haley Frend, Department of Pathology. Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Wednesday 30 January 2013, 19:30-20:30 'Losing your world while falling asleep'Dr Tristan Beckinstein, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Tuesday 30 October 2012, 19:30-20:30 Cambridge Cafe Scientifique - How Intelligence HappensProfessor John Duncan, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Tuesday 08 May 2012, 19:30-20:30 What is Pain and how can we treat it?Prof. PA McNaughton ( Pharmacology, Cambridge University). Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Tuesday 27 March 2012, 19:30-20:30 What is Pain and how can we treat it?Prof. PA McNaughton ( Pharmacology, Cambridge University). Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Tuesday 27 March 2012, 19:30-20:30 Open your MindDr Hannah Critchlow, The Naked Scientists, University of Cambridge. Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Tuesday 21 February 2012, 19:30-20:30 Brain control of appetite and body weightDr Lora Heisler, Department of Pharmacology. Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Tuesday 10 January 2012, 19:30-20:30 A window on the biology of behaviour: insights from syndromes of genetic originProfessor Tony Holland, Section of Developmental Psychiatry. Baroosh Bar (4th floor bar, formerly B Bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Tuesday 22 November 2011, 19:30-20:30 'NHS rationing, NICE or nasty’ The value of statisticsDr Linda Sharples, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health. B Bar (4th floor bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Tuesday 11 October 2011, 19:30-20:30 Learning about learning - a new approach to studying Huntington's DiseaseProfessor Jenny Morton, Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Pharmacology. B Bar (4th floor bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Tuesday 14 June 2011, 19:30-20:30 Zero Degrees of EmpathyProfessor Simon Baron-Cohen, Director, Autism Research Centre. B Bar (4th floor bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Tuesday 17 May 2011, 19:30-20:30 Untangling Alzheimer's diseaseMr Graham Fraser, Department of Neurobiology, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. B Bar (4th floor bar), 6 Market Passage, Cambridge. Thursday 17 February 2011, 19:30-20:30 DNA and CancerProfessor Ron Laskey, MRC Cancer Cell Unit. Bar Area, Arts Picturehouse, St. Andrews Street, Cambridge. Tuesday 09 November 2010, 19:30-20:30 'Dementia and an ageing society'Please note a change in day and venue. Professor Carol Brayne, Department of Public Health and Primary Care. Bar Area, Arts Picturehouse, St. Andrews Street, Cambridge. Tuesday 19 October 2010, 19:30-20:30 Synthetic Biology: Making Artificial Life?Dr Gos Micklem, Department of Genetics. Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge. Wednesday 14 July 2010, 19:30-20:30 Gambling and the brainDr Luke Clark, Department of Experimental Psychology. Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge. Wednesday 16 June 2010, 19:30-20:30 Are my genes to blame when my jeans don’t fit?Dr Giles Yeo, Institute of Metabolic Science. Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge. Wednesday 19 May 2010, 19:30-20:30 Ape Research in Indonesia - Marrying Science with ConservationDr Susan Cheyne, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford. Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge. Wednesday 28 April 2010, 19:30-20:30 Jumping to Delusions - how the brain takes dangerous shortcutsProfessor Paul Fletcher, Bernard Wolfe Professor of Health Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge. Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge. Wednesday 24 March 2010, 19:30-20:30 Our Place in the CosmosDr Carolin Crawford, Institute of Astronomy. Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge. Wednesday 24 February 2010, 19:30-20:30 Pandemic! Where do new infections come from?Dr Chris Smith, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge. Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge. Wednesday 27 January 2010, 19:30-20:30 Genetic testing: Truth or Dare?Dr Caroline Wright (PHG Foundation). Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge. Wednesday 09 December 2009, 19:30-20:30 Exploiting Bacteria to Battle CancerDr Guillermo de la Cueva Méndez (Hutchison/MRC Research Centre). Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge. Wednesday 11 November 2009, 19:30-20:30 Shrinking Down Nutrition: NanofoodsDr Dora Pereira, MRC Human Nutrition Research. Larkum Studio, ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge. Wednesday 14 October 2009, 19:30-20:30 Please see above for contact details for this list. |
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