Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Connecting behavioural and neural levels of analysis

Rogier Kievit (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Monday 20 January 2020, 14:00-15:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Biosphere-atmosphere interactions in Earth System Models

Dr. Cat Scott, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Structure searching and longitudinal-transverse mode coupling in sulfur

Jack Whaley-Baldwin.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 22 January 2020, 11:30-12:30

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Some implications of self-similarity in canonical wall turbulence

Beverley McKeon, Caltech.

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 24 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Intelligence and the frontal lobes

John Duncan (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Monday 27 January 2020, 14:00-15:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Gene targeting therapies – what does the future hold for neurological disorders?

Professor Sarah Tabrizi, University College London.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 27 January 2020, 19:30-21:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Stem Cells in Silence, Action and Cancer

Hosted by: Ben Simons & Emma Rawlins

Elaine Fuchs, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor, Rockefeller University, New York, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 11:30-12:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Cell competition during development and disease

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute PhD Society (GPS)

Eduardo Moreno, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 14:30-15:30

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

The control of moist atmospheric processes on weather forecast errors

Suzanne Gray, University of Reading.

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 31 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Atmospherically significant reactions of Criegee intermediates

Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing, University of Bristol.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

How to make good scientific figures

Matthew Davis (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Monday 03 February 2020, 14:00-15:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Robustness and scaling in early development: the “distal pinning” mechanism

Hosted by: Fengzhu Xiong & Ben Simons

Naama Barkai, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 04 February 2020, 11:30-12:30

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Postdoc talks

Speaker to be confirmed.

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 07 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Present day anthropogenic climate forcings: The impact of including Earth System interactions

Dr. Fiona O'Connor, Met Office.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 February 2020, 11:00-12:00

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

How to write good papers

Michael Anderson (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Monday 10 February 2020, 14:00-15:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

A Global Learning Crisis - Using tablets to get one billion children reading

Andrew Ashe, onebillion.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 10 February 2020, 19:30-21:00

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Optical control of hydrodynamic flows in cells and embryos

Moritz Kreysing, MPI-CBG Dresden .

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 14 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Image-based quantitative morphology with geometrical models

Dr Virginie Uhlmann from EMBL-EBI in Hinxton.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 17 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Consciousness

Tristan Bekinschtein, (Dept. of Psychology, University of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Monday 17 February 2020, 14:00-15:30

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Correlations in suspensions of microswimmers

Alexander Morozov, University of Edinburgh .

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 21 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Dissecting context dependent cancer signalling processes using CRISPR-based approaches

Dr Evangelina Petsalaki from EMBL-EBI in Hinxton.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 24 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Computational Psychiatry of Autism

Rebecca Lawson (Dept of Psychology, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Monday 24 February 2020, 14:00-15:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Cancer: From science to benefit.

Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Cancer Research UK.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 24 February 2020, 19:30-21:00

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

The 3D Navier-Stokes Bermuda Triangle

John Gibbon, Imperial College .

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 28 February 2020, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

To fly or not to fly? Improving volcanic ash forecasts for aviation

Dr. Natalie Harvey, University of Reading.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 02 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Using a convergence of clinical and cognitive neuroscience methods: The case study of semantic cognition

Matthew Lambon Ralph (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Monday 02 March 2020, 14:00-15:30

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Free Surface Nanoflows

James Sprittles, University of Warwick .

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 06 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Signal Detection Theory: What it is and why you need it (Please bring a calculator)

Bob Carlyon (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Monday 09 March 2020, 14:00-15:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Let food be thy medicine.

Professor Nita Forouhi, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 09 March 2020, 19:30-21:00

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Chaos and permanence in Elasto-Inertial Turbulence

Yves Dubief, University of Vermont .

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 13 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

Seminars on Quantitative Biology @ CRUK Cambridge Institute

Title to be confirmed

Professor Valentina Boeva from Institute for Machine Learning in Zurich.

CRUK CI Lecture Theatre (Room 001).

Monday 30 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Developmental strategizing towards the treatment of kidney disease

Hosted by: John Gurdon & Fengzhu Xiong

Andrew McMahon, Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 03 April 2020, 11:30-12:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Explosive and Degassing volcanic eruptions: natural analogues with relevance for geoengineering schemes

Professor Jim Haywood, University of Exeter/Met Office.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 April 2020, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Dieselgate: The Inside Story

John German, International Council on Clean Transportation.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 04 May 2020, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Climate Repair: Refreezing the Arctic

Professor Sir David King, The Centre for Climate Repair, University of Cambridge.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 18 May 2020, 19:30-21:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Genetic conflicts shape meiosis, centromeres, and species

Hosted by: Hansong Ma & Eric Miska

Harmit Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 26 May 2020, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Sportable: the story behind the world's first smart rugby ball

Dr. Pete Husemeyer, Sportable.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 01 June 2020, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

New tools to understand and protect the biosphere

Professor Alexandre Antonelli, Director of Science, Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 15 June 2020, 19:30-21:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Mission overview and latest results

Prof. Peter Bernath - University of Waterloo.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 14 July 2020, 14:00-15:00

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

The Anne McLaren Lecture

Hosted by: Steve Jackson & Hansong Ma

Titia de Lange, Director, Anderson Center for Cancer Research, Rockefeller University, New York, USA.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 13 October 2020, 11:30-12:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association (GIPA)

Kikuë Tachibana, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria.

To be confirmed.

Tuesday 03 November 2020, 11:30-12:30

Gurdon Institute Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by: Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association (GIPA)

Fabian Theis, Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich, Germany.

To be confirmed.

Wednesday 18 November 2020, 11:30-12:30