Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture: CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing: Biology, Technology and Ethics

Hosted by: Eric Miska & Steve Jackson

Jennifer Doudna, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 06 March 2018, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Dicing with Fate; the statistical physics of cell biology

Joint meeting with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Professor Benjamin D Simons, Herchel Smith Professor of Physics.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 12 October 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Incest and Folk-Dancing: Two things to avoid.

Professor Steve Jones, FRS.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 16 November 2011, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Larmor Lecture

This lecture is held jointly with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Professor John Papaloizou, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 10 October 2011, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

SOAP FILMS AND THE ATTRACTIONS OF CLASSICAL PHYSICS

Professor Simon J Schaffer, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 14 March 2011, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

UNDERSTANDING AND CURING CANCER: LESSONS FROM EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Professor Gerard Evan FRS, Department of Biochemistry.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 28 February 2011, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

FRAGMENTS AND DROPLETS

Professor Chris Abell, Department of Chemistry.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 14 February 2011, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Magellan looks at Venus

Prof Dan McKenzie, University of Cambridge.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 27 January 2011, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

ONE DAY MEETING - MAKING LIGHT WORK

NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE

Speakers: Professor Jim Barber (Imperial), Professor John Gray, Professor Neil Greenham, Professor Gehan Amaratunga, Professor Chris Howe, Dr Adrian Fisher, Dr Richard Douthwaite (York). Organisers: Professor Alison Smith and Professor Archie Howie.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 07 December 2010, 09:00-17:30

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Hunting for Meteorites in Antarctica and Australia

Dr Gretchen Benedix.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 25 November 2010, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

FROM VAN DER WAALS TO MODELLING PROTEIN CHRYSTALLISATION

Professor Daan Frenkel FRS, Department of Chemistry.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 22 November 2010, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

THE ANTIBODY REVOLUTION; FROM SCIENCE AND INVENTIONS TO COMPANIES AND MEDICINES

Sir Gregory Winter FRS, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 08 November 2010, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

TENSEGRITY: THE ART AND MATHEMATICS OF PRE-STRESSED STRUCTURES

Dr Simon Guest, Department of Engineering.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 25 October 2010, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

What should we do about the diabetes epidemic? Insights from epidemiology

Dr R Simmons, Department of Public Health.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 08 March 2010, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The consequences of Chernobyl, from human health to genetic mechanisms

Professor Sir Dillwyn Williams, Strangeways Laboratory.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 22 February 2010, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Dynamics of Avalanches

Dr Jim McElwaine, DAMTP.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 08 February 2010, 17:30-18:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Prof Nicola Clayton - Do Animals Make Shopping Lists?

Professor Nicola Clayton ( Department of Experimental Psychology).

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 02 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Lord Robert Winston (Free Entry)

Lord Robert Winston.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 26 January 2010, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Stirring Tails of Evolution

Professor Ray Goldstein, DAMTP.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 25 January 2010, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Tracing human ancestry using DNA

Dr Peter Forster, Director of Research, Institute of Forensic Genetics, University of Münster, Germany.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 23 November 2009, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Hearing loss and hearing aids

Professor Brian C J Moore, FMedSci FRS, Professor of Auditory Perception.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 09 November 2009, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Measure of the Universe: a crisis for cosmology

Professor G Efstathiou FRS, Kavli Institute for Cosmology.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 26 October 2009, 17:30-18:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Marcus du Sautoy - Finding Moonshine

Free Event - The Freshers' Squash

Marcus du Sautoy - Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 20 October 2009, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

LARMOR LECTURE - The internet and new forms of mathematical collaboration

Professor W T Gowers FRS, DPMMS.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 12 October 2009, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Voyage to the Beagle Letters, Henslow, Darwin and the Philosophical Society

Darwin 2009 Lecture

Professor John Parker, Director Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 09 July 2009, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Machines that see

Professor Andrew Blake FRS FREng, Microsoft Research.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 09 March 2009, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

The Next 20 Years in Astronomy

Free to all

Professor Sir Martin Rees, The Astronomer Royal.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 25 February 2009, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The biomechanics of Spiderman: how insects walk on the ceiling

Dr Walter Federle, Department of Zoology.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 23 February 2009, 17:30-18:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial

Simon Singh.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 10 February 2009, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Planar cell polarity: a large or small part of animal development?

Dr Peter A Lawrence FRS, Department of Zoology and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 09 February 2009, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I Taylor Lecture - How metals can fall apart: Vision, observation and G I Taylor

Professor L M Brown FRS, Department of Physics.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 26 January 2009, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge University Physics Society

Particles and the Universe

Prof. Peter Kalmus, Queen Mary University of London.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 26 November 2008, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

All cells are born equal, but some are more equal than others

Dr Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK, The Gurdon Institute.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 24 November 2008, 17:30-18:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Was there Anything Before the Big Bang? Possibly!

FREE ADMITTANCE

Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 18 November 2008, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Lost in translation: challenges in applying society's risks to individuals

Professor David Spiegelhalter OBE FRS, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 10 November 2008, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Writing the future: opportunities and challenges in inkjet printing

Professor Ian Hutchings FREng, Institute for Manufacturing.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 27 October 2008, 17:30-18:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Gods, Devils and Alcohol - Their Influence in Chemical Nomenclature

FREE ENTRY

Dr Peter Wothers, Department of Chemistry.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 16 October 2008, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge Philosophical Society

LARMOR LECTURE Seeing Nano: optics on the smallest scales

Professor Jeremy J Baumberg, NanoPhotonics Centre, Department of Physics.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 13 October 2008, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Larmor Lecture: "Seeing Nano: optics on the smallest scale"

This lecture is jointly with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Professor Jeremy J Baumberg (NanoPhotonics Centre Department of Physics. University of Cambridge).

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 13 October 2008, 17:30-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

The early human occupation of Europe and Britain

Prof Jim Rose, Royal Holloway.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 11 March 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

RNA: the fourth dimension in evolution or how nurture could influence nature?

NOTE: NEW VENUE AND NEW START TIME

Professor David Baulcombe FRS, Professor of Botany, Department of Plant Sciences.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 10 March 2008, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Unpredictability and chance in science and technology

NOTE: NEW VENUE AND NEW START TIME

Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas FRS, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 25 February 2008, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Sundials and the calendar

NOTE: NEW VENUE AND NEW START TIME

Dr Frank King, Computer Laboratory.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 11 February 2008, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I Taylor Lecture - When is a structure a musical instrument? Percussion instruments and other musical oddities

NOTE: NEW VENUE AND NEW START TIME

Professor Jim Woodhouse, Department of Engineering.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 28 January 2008, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Hands-free writing

NOTE: New start time and New venue

Professor David J C MacKay, Department of Physics.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 26 November 2007, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Imaging biology in the cancer patient - new ways to guide treatment. (Towards the Star Trek Tri-corder)

NOTE: New start time and New venue

Professor Kevin Brindle, Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Research UK.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 12 November 2007, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Ancient Woodlands

NOTE: New start time and New venue

Professor Oliver Rackham OBE FBA.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 29 October 2007, 17:30-18:30

CPS Listing

Dark Ages to Dark Endings: The Life Cycles of Galaxies

NOTE: New start time and new venue

Professor Robert Kennicutt, Department of Astronomy.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 15 October 2007, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

LARMOR LECTURE, Dark Ages to Dark Endings: The Life Cycles of Galaxies

NOTE: New start time and New venue

Professor Robert Kennicutt, Department of Astronomy.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 15 October 2007, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Francis Crick's place in history

Dr Matt Ridley.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 20 November 2006, 20:00-21:30

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Cracking the Cipher Challenge

Dr Simon Singh.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 31 October 2006, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Why intelligent design is for stupid people

Professor Steve Jones, Department of Genetics, UCL.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 09 October 2006, 20:00-21:30