Cambridge University Biological Society

Dementia and brain ageing in populations

Professor Carol Brayne, Cambridge Institute for Public Health.

pin Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 13 March 2019, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Foetal adaptations to adversity and effects on human behaviour

Professor Jonathan Hill.

pin Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Does seeing help you to hear better?

Professor Jennifer Bizley, UCL.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, CB2 1EW.

Monday 18 February 2019, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Wellcome’s role on global health and scientific policy challenge

Ed Whiting, Director of Policy and Chief of Staff.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, CB2 1EW.

Friday 08 February 2019, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Learning and memory: a novel insight

Dr Melanie Stefan.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Epigenetic modifications

Dr Magdalena J Koziol, Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 26 November 2018, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Early maternal-fetal interactions

Dr Roser Vento-Tormo, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Cryo-EM heats up

Dr Doryen Bubeck, Imperial College, London.

Main Lecture Theatre, St John's College Divinity School.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Synthetic biology: host-construct interactions

Dr Francesca Ceroni, Imperial College, London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, CB2 1EW.

Monday 22 October 2018, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

The fight against malaria using proteasomes

Dr Paula da Fonseca, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, CB2 1EW.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Nuclear receptors and atherosclerosis

Dr Ines Pineda Torra, UCL.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, CB2 1EW.

Monday 15 October 2018, 18:15-19:15

Cambridge University Biological Society

Understanding Dementia - Master of St John's College

Professor Chris Dobson.

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John's College.

Monday 30 April 2018, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Antibodies Vs Alzheimer's

Dr Francesco Aprile.

Teaching Room 1, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Thursday 08 March 2018, 19:30-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

BioSoc AGM

N/A.

Teaching room 2, Old Divinity School, St Johns College.

Monday 05 March 2018, 18:30-19:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Structurally unravelling ATP synthase

Professor John Walker.

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Thursday 15 February 2018, 19:30-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

AI – More than just computers

Professor Lawrence Hunter.

Lightfoot Room, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Saturday 03 February 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Lessons from a plant virus

Professor George Lomonossoff.

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Thursday 01 February 2018, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

A Sleepy Start

Professor Russell Foster .

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Thursday 25 January 2018, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Herbal Science

Dr Merlin Wilcox.

Castlereagh Room, Fisher Building St John’s College.

Monday 22 January 2018, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Finding medicine where you least expect it

Professor Christina Smolke.

Boys Smith Room, Fisher Building, St John's College.

Thursday 30 November 2017, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Energy and matter at the origin of life

Professor Nick Lane.

St John's College - Main Lecture Theatre.

Monday 27 November 2017, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Hunting Monsters

Dr Darren Naish.

Fisher Buidling, St John's College.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

A map in the mind

Dr Julija Krupic.

Lightfoot Room - St John's College.

Thursday 16 November 2017, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

BioSoc Internship Event

Speaker to be confirmed.

Cripps Court, Magdalene College, 1-3 Chesterton Road.

Monday 06 November 2017, 19:30-23:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD Information Evening

Various.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 31 October 2017, 19:00-22:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Of elephants and men

Caitlin Black and Derek Murphy.

Castlereagh room - St John's College.

Monday 30 October 2017, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Science and the world

Dr Bruce Alberts.

Lecture Theatre - Department of Plant Sciences.

Friday 27 October 2017, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Stories about life

Dr Tim Weil.

Lecture Theatre - Department of Plant Sciences.

Tuesday 10 October 2017, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Enzyme Engineering

Alan Berry.

Fisher Buidling, St John's College.

Tuesday 07 March 2017, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Plant cytoskeletons

Patrick Hussey.

Fisher Buidling, St John's College.

Thursday 02 March 2017, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Cancer Research

Prof Richard Gilbertson.

Dirac Room, Fisher Buidling, St John's College.

Thursday 16 February 2017, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Science Behind Mental Health

Dr Shahid Zaman.

Fisher Buidling, St John's College.

Thursday 09 February 2017, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Ieso - digital health

Julian Coe.

Fisher Buidling, St John's College.

Thursday 02 February 2017, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Symposium: Nanomedicine

Sir Mark Welland and Ruth Cameron.

Fisher Buidling, St John's College.

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Politics and Biology

Dr Julian Huppert.

Fisher Buidling, St John's College.

Thursday 19 January 2017, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Symposium: Microbiology

Prof Kim Hardie and Dr Tom Ellis.

St John's College.

Tuesday 22 November 2016, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Viral assembly

Prof Peter Stockley.

Castlereagh Room, Fisher Buidling, St John's College.

Thursday 17 November 2016, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Beyond the autopsy: Pathology saving lives in bowel cancer

Dr Nick West.

Engineering Dept (LT3), Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1PZ.

Friday 11 November 2016, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

ATP-sensitive K channels and Neonatal Diabetes - from Molecule to New Therapy and Beyond

Prof Dame Frances Ashcroft, University of Oxford.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre on Tennis Court Road.

Friday 04 November 2016, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Symposium: Neurobiology

Prof Ole Paulsen.

St John's College.

Tuesday 01 November 2016, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Summer Internships Event

Speaker to be confirmed.

St John's College.

Friday 28 October 2016, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Impact of Infection on Human Genetic and Cultural Evolution

Prof Sir Peter Lachmann.

St John's College.

Tuesday 25 October 2016, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Sciencing the Sh*t out of Ape Conservation

Dr Peter Walsh.

Castlereagh Room, Fisher Building, St John's College.

Thursday 20 October 2016, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD event

Speaker to be confirmed.

St John's College.

Friday 14 October 2016, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Title to be confirmed

Dr Chris Lowe, University of Essex.

St John's College.

Monday 10 October 2016, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Human Curiosities of the Freak Show Era

Bob Whittaker.

Dirac Room, Fisher Building, St John's College.

Thursday 06 October 2016, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Protein Folding Homeostasis

Professor David Ron, MD, FMedSci, FRS | Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College.

Wednesday 17 February 2016, 19:30-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

TBC

Dr Ross Piper.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 02 December 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Revolutions that made the earth

Professor Tim Lenton.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 25 November 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

TBC

Dr Julian Huppert.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 18 November 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

The evolutionary struggles of giant land animals against gravity

Professor John Hutchinson.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 11 November 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Thinking without a brain: Auxin and the self-organisation of plant form

Professor Ottline Leyser, Sainsbury's Laboratory .

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 04 November 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Summer Internships Event

Speaker to be confirmed.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 28 October 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Pattern formation and positional information in development

Professor Lewis Wolpert.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 21 October 2015, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Freshers’ Squash

N/A.

The Eagle, Benet Street, CB2 3QN.

Thursday 15 October 2015, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD Event

Speaker to be confirmed.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 October 2015, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Tortoiseshell Cat in the Junk Yard

Nessa Carey.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 22 April 2015, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Title to be confirmed

NB Change of date and venue

Andrew Phillips (Microsoft Research Cambridge).

Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.

Tuesday 10 March 2015, 18:00-19:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Protein misfolding and disaggregation by chaperones

Prof. Helen Saibil FRS, Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck, University of London.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 04 March 2015, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Structure of the mitochondrial ATPase

Professor Sir John Walker, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 25 February 2015, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

DNA Sequencing and Other Applications of Engineered Protein Nanopores

NB Location and time have changed

Prof. Hagan Bayley FRS, Department of Chemistry, Oxford.

Gordon Cameron Lecture Theatre, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

Wednesday 28 January 2015, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

HPV vaccines – are they doing their job?

Prof. Margaret Stanley OBE, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 21 January 2015, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Colin Russell (Department of Veterinary Medicine).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 03 December 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD Information Event

Prof. Steve Russell (University of Cambridge), Dr. Tim Weil (University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 26 November 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Breast cancer- tackling 10 diseases

Prof. Carlos Caldas (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Tuesday 11 November 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Internship Event

Sally Todd, Careers Service and student speakers.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 05 November 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Active and Passive Immunization against Infectious Disease

Prof. Peter Lachmann (Veterinary Medicine).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 29 October 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Spark of Life: the story of ion channels

Prof. Frances Ashcroft (University of Oxford).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Monday 20 October 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Informal discussion on "Small and Large Challenges in Engineering the Biosphere"

Prof. Andrew Fire (Stanford University School of Medicine).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 15 October 2014, 19:00-20:30

Gut feeling: how bacteria influence our wellbeing

Astrobiology: the search for life on other worlds

Lewis Dartnell, University College London.

The Cambridge Union Society, 9a Bridge Street, Cambridge CB2 1UB.

Wednesday 04 June 2014, 19:20-19:50

Gut feeling: how bacteria influence our wellbeing

Why the origin of life had to be inorganic

Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow.

The Cambridge Union Society, 9a Bridge Street, Cambridge CB2 1UB.

Wednesday 04 June 2014, 18:50-19:20

Gut feeling: how bacteria influence our wellbeing

What is Life? A philosophical perspective

Samir Okasha, University of Bristol.

The Cambridge Union Society, 9a Bridge Street, Cambridge CB2 1UB.

Wednesday 04 June 2014, 18:20-18:50

Cambridge University Biological Society

G-quadruplex: the DNA quadruple helix

Professor Shankar Balasubramanian FMedSci FRS (CRUK and Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 12 March 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Energetic constraints on the evolution of life

Dr Nick Lane (Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Monday 03 March 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Sex and the Brain (in fruit flies)

Dr Gregory Jefferis (MRC LMB, University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 26 February 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Imaging biology in the cancer patient

Professor Kevin Brindle FMedSci (CRUK and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 19 February 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Biophysical insights into protein aggregation

Dr Tuomas Knowles (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 February 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Socio-ecology and Conservation of Asian Apes

Dr David Chivers (Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 05 February 2014, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Fat fish are a forest product

Dr Andrew Tanentzap (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 27 November 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Internship Information Event

[Careers Service and Former Summer Students and Interns].

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 21 November 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Are you your brain?

Professor Steven Rose (The Open University).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 20 November 2013, 19:00-20:30

ChemSoc - Cambridge Chemistry Society

Watching Single Molecules

Professor David Klenerman.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 15 November 2013, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Communicating risk and scientific uncertainty

Professor David Spiegelhalter OBE FRS (Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 13 November 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD Information Event

[Careers Service and current PhD and MPhil students].

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 06 November 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

How can mice using iPads help cure Alzheimer's disease?

Professor Tim Bussey (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 November 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Multiprotein assemblies, structural biology and drug discovery: Gaining selectivity through allostery

Professor Sir Tom Blundell FRS FMedSci (Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 30 October 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Some challenges in modelling influenza

Dr Julia Gog (CCBI and DAMTP, University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 23 October 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Teenagers: A Natural History

Dr David Bainbridge (Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 16 October 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

BioSoc Freshers' Squash

Join BioSoc - light refreshments provided.

Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 16 October 2013, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Finding Patterns in Genes and Proteins

Sarah Teichmann [MRC LMB, Cambridge].

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

A new approach to small-molecule drug development

Prof. Chris Abell [Department of Chemistry, Cambridge].

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Pharma Industry & the Opportunity for Precision Medicine

Ruth McKernan [VP & CSO of Pfizer Neusentis, MRC Councillor].

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 20 February 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Nuclear reprogramming

Sir John Gurdon, FRS [Emeritus Professor, Department of Zoology, Cambridge].

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

What's a brain for? A moving story

Dr Daniel Wolpert, FRS [CBL, Cambridge].

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 06 February 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Evolution of Biological Complexity

Raymond Goldstein [Professor of Complex Physical Systems, Cambridge].

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Thursday 31 January 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The day within: circadian clock genes, cells and circuits

Dr Michael Hastings, FRS [MRC LMB, Cambridge].

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 30 January 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Ethical issues in genomic research and practice: the Sanger Institute Deciphering Developmental Disorders project as a case study

Michael Parker [Ethox Center, Oxford] & Caroline Wright [Sanger Center, Cambridge].

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Thursday 24 January 2013, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Summer Studentships Event

Former Summer Students & Careers Advisor.

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Thursday 22 November 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The RNAi therapeutics roller coaster

Mr Dirk Haussecker (Author of the RNAi Therapeutics blog).

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Evolution of clonally transmissible cancers in dogs and Tasmanian Devils

Dr Elizabeth Murchison (Junior Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD or no PhD?

PhD Students.

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Thursday 08 November 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Using selfish genes to reduce malaria

Prof. Charles Godfray (Hope Professor, Oxford and President, British Ecological Society).

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 07 November 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Diagnostics

Prof. Chris Lowe (Director of the Institute of Biotechnology, Cambridge).

Winstanly Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Systematic dissection of the molecular and neural basis of behaviour

Dr Mario de Bono (Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Tuesday 30 October 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Leaves, Loops and Leonardo: The Generation of Biological Forms

Prof. Enrico Coen (JI Professor of Biology, East Anglia).

Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site.

Wednesday 17 October 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

A 2020 vision of Biology: the present and future of microscopy-based functional genomics

Rafael Carazo-Salas.

Plant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

Thursday 15 March 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Roles of Immunity in Influenza Virus Evolution.

John Skehel, NIMR.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Reprogramming the Genetic Code

Jason Chin.

Plant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

Thursday 08 March 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The earliest tetrapods: What were they, and what are they?

Jenny Clack.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

From Coding the Genome to Algorithms Decoding Life

Jasmin Fisher, Microsoft Research Cambridge.

Plant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

Thursday 01 March 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Abandoning a medical career for sex, conflict, and violence

Geoff Parker, Liverpool.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

New Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases

Chris Dobson.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Giving proteins addresses

Kathryn Lilley, Cambridge Systems Biology Centre.

Plant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

Thursday 16 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Rho GTPase signalling in tumour invasion

Chris Marshall, ICR.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 15 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Research Involving Animals Containing Human Material

Martin Bobrow, NHS.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Quantifying Cancer Heterogeneity

Florian Markowetz.

Plant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

Thursday 02 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Evolution of Animal Societies

Tim Clutton-Brock.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Early Days of Single Ion Channel Recording: Proof of Concept and Surprises

Nobel Laureate Erwin Neher, Germany.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 25 January 2012, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Internship Event

Sally Todd and previous interns.

Plant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

Thursday 17 November 2011, 19:00-21:00

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 University Biological Society

Cells move! But how do they do it?

Dr Rob Kay, FRS.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 09 November 2011, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Branching out!

Professor Ottoline Leyser, FRS.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 02 November 2011, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD Event

PhD students and others.

Plant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

Thursday 27 October 2011, 18:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

FILM NIGHT - Planet of the Apes (1968)

starring Charlton Heston.

Plant Sciences Lecture Theatre, Downing Site.

Thursday 20 October 2011, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Intrinsic Lability of DNA, and the continuous DNA repair triggered in this fashion

Professor Tom Lindahl, FRS.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 19 October 2011, 19:00-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

BioSoc AGM

BioSoc members.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 23 May 2011, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Postponed

Prof Sir Martin Evans.

Postponed.

Monday 16 May 2011, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Inherit the Wind - Free film screening!

BioSoc / TCSS.

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Monday 28 February 2011, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Life in the Universe: Chance or Necessity?

Dr Nick Lane.

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Monday 21 February 2011, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Icons of evolution and charges of fraud

Dr Nick Hopwood.

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Monday 07 February 2011, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Critical illness and the maladaptive forces of modern medicine

Prof Mervyn Singer.

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Monday 31 January 2011, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

How I got into the mitochondrion

Prof Sir John Walker.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 24 January 2011, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Reading the human genome: the reconstruction of the past

Prof Sydney Brenner.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 30 November 2010, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Title to be confirmed

Prof Sir Roy M Anderson.

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Trinity Street.

Monday 15 November 2010, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

What have we learned from structures of the ribosome?

Prof Venki Ramakrishnan.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 08 November 2010, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

CANCELLED

Dr Julian Hibberd.

CANCELLED.

Monday 01 November 2010, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD or no PhD?

PhD Students.

Sidgwick Hall, Newnham College.

Monday 25 October 2010, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

BioSoc Squash!

BioSoc Committee.

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Trinity Street.

Wednesday 13 October 2010, 19:30-22:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Brood Parasitism

Dr Clair Spottiswoode, Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Monday 26 April 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Sex and Molecular Evolution

Sir Brian Charlesworth.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 01 March 2010, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Building Bridges between Genes, Brains and Language

Dr Simon Fisher.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 17 February 2010, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Control of Cell Division

Sir Tim Hunt.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 15 February 2010, 20:00-21:30

ChemSoc - Cambridge Chemistry Society

Ice- not just H2O: The Chemistry of Ice Cores

Dr Eric Wolff, British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK. ewwo@bas.ac.uk.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, CB2 1EW.

Thursday 11 February 2010, 19:30-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Sperm from Stem Cells

Professor Karim Nayernia.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 08 February 2010, 18:00-19:30

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Stem Cells: Overcoming the Embryo

Please Note this lecture is not on a Monday

Professor Austin Smith, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge.

Tuesday 02 February 2010, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Stripping Down Science: The Story of the Naked Scientists

Dr Chris Smith.

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Trinity Street.

Tuesday 02 February 2010, 18:15-19:30

The Triple Helix Lecture Series

Science: Is It Really 'Ours'?

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Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 01 February 2010, 19:30-21:00

The Triple Helix Lecture Series

"GM Policy in Developing Regions: Yielding Much?"

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McCrum Lecture Theatre, Bene't Street (behind the Eagle Pub).

Thursday 28 January 2010, 19:30-21:00

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 University Biological Society

Understanding the Complexity of Eukaryotic Cells: Triumphs of Fungal Genetics

Professor Lorna Casselton.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 25 January 2010, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

HIV/AIDS: Science & Myth

Professor Robin Weiss.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 23 November 2009, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Burning Ice: Art, Science & Climate Change

Quentin Cooper.

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Trinity Street.

Tuesday 10 November 2009, 18:15-20:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD or NoT?

PhD Students, Career Service, Board of Graduate Studies....

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 26 October 2009, 18:30-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

"Global Education of Cervical Cancer"

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz (Chief Executive Officer of the MRC).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 27 May 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The plastic brain

Prof Colin Blakemore.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 21 May 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Mental programs and the frontal lobe

Prof. John Duncan (Medical Research Council - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 18 May 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Human Stem Cells: Therapeutic and Research Potential

Dr Stephen Minger (King's College London).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 11 May 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Darwinspotting in 2009: Are there any real ones out there?

Dr Peter C. Kjærgaard, Visiting Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 12 March 2009, 20:00-21:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

"Identifying lipid signals in normal and diseased cells"

Prof Michael Wakelam (Babraham Institute Director).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 11 March 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

"Plant-insect-interactions to drug development"

Prof Monique Simmonds, Kew Garden, London.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 09 March 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

How moral is bioethics?

Prof Lewis Wolpert, UCL.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 23 February 2009, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

CANCELLED !!! "Uncovering and Exploiting Chinks in Cancer's Armour" - CANCELLED !!!

Prof Alan Ashworth (Institute of Cancer Research Director – London).

CANCELLED.

Monday 16 February 2009, 00:00-00:00

Cambridge University Biological Society

Parasites, people and policy: Infectious diseases and millenium development goals.

Lord Robert May (Oxford).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 09 February 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Forensic Genetics: application to crime scene investigation and the identification of human remains.

Dr William Goodwin (University of Central Lancashire).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 02 February 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

All about stress in plants, from oxidative stress to programmed cell death.

Dr Ilse Kranner.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 26 January 2009, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

"Mysteries and Mechanisms of General Anaesthesia"

Prof. Nick Franks.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 24 November 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

"Personal genomics, expectations and democracy"

Dr Adam Hedgecoe.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 10 November 2008, 19:00-20:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

PhD or not PhD?

PhD students (Cambridge).

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 27 October 2008, 18:30-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Cancer and the cell cycle

Sir Tim Hunt.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 06 May 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Can we trust biologists?

Lord Robert Winston.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 28 April 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The human genome as an RNA machine

Prof John Mattick, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Australia.

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Friday 14 March 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Memories are made of this

Prof Steven Rose, Open University.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 13 March 2008, 18:30-20:00

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 University Biological Society

From cells to embryo: the magic of gastrulation

Professor Claudio Stern.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 25 February 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Skin, scales and fins: Genetic Analysis of the Development of Adult Integumentary Organs in the Zebrafish

Prof Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 18 February 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

(In collaboration with Trinity College Science Society) Lives in Science

Georgina Ferry, Science writer.

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Monday 28 January 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Deadly companions - how microbes have shaped our history

Professor Dorothy Crawford, University of Edinburgh.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 21 January 2008, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Converting knowledge into treatments (Sex, drugs and frustration)

Dr Peter Goodfellow, Head of Discovery, GSK.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 26 November 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

What are imprinted genes doing in the brain: sex, polygamy and mental illness

Professor Lawrence Wilkinson, University of Cardiff.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 19 November 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life

Dr Nick Lane, UCL.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 05 November 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

(In collaboration with Trinity College Science Society) Small silencing RNA - the dark matter of genetics

Professor David Baulcombe, Dept of Plant Sciences, Cambridge University.

Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.

Thursday 25 October 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

The Mystery of Intracellular Timers in Animal Development

Professor Martin Raff, Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, UCL.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 22 October 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Stem cell biology: hype and reality

Professor Austin Smith, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 19 February 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

From antibody inventions to start-up companies and blockbuster therapeutics

Sir Greg Winter, MRC-LMB.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 12 February 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Mission Possible: Defeating the silent killer

Professor Frances Balkwill, Institute of Cancer, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 29 January 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Taking the stink out of instinct

Sir Patrick Bateson, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 22 January 2007, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Protein folding, misfolding and disease

Sir Alan Fersht, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 27 November 2006, 20:00-21:30

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

Cambridge University Biological Society

Influenza virus membrane glycoproteins in virus replication and variation

Sir John Skehel, MRC-NIMR.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 13 November 2006, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Sleepfaring: A journey through the science of sleep

Professor Jim Horne, Loughborough Sleep Research Centre.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 06 November 2006, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Malaria: from science to action

Professor Nicholas White, Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Monday 23 October 2006, 20:00-21:30

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

Cambridge University Biological Society

Nobel Laureate Talk - John Walker

Professor Sir John Walker.

Department of Pharmacology.

Monday 05 June 2006, 20:00-21:30

Cambridge University Biological Society

Biological Computation: The Machinery of the Cell - Nobel Laureate Talk

Note venue is the Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Chemistry department

Professor Sir Sydney Brenner.

Department of Chemistry.

Monday 01 May 2006, 20:00-21:30