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Give me Inspiration! the Paradigm Shift with Dr Helen Czerski

UserDr Helen Czerski, UCL.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockWednesday 24 January 2018, 17:30-18:30

IOP East Anglia Branch Applied Physics Seminars

The Diamond Light Source

Joint IET/I Mech E/IoP Event. Registration: www.theiet.org/cambridge

UserProf. Andrew Harrison.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockThursday 25 February 2016, 18:30-20:00

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Give Me Inspiration! The Paradigm Shift with Professor Dame Carol Robinson

For information on the whole Conversation Series please see: www.chu.cam.ac.uk/conversations

UserDame Professor Carol Robinson.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 12 October 2015, 17:30-19:00

Centre for Science and Policy Distinguished Lecture Series

Joint Research Centre: Science and Policy - the view from inside the European Commission

UserDominique Ristori,Director-General of the Joint Research Centre, European Commission.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockThursday 18 October 2012, 17:30-19:00

IET Cambridge Network - Lectures

Innovation Lecture: Making Digital Copies of the 3D World

Tea is served from 6pm, all welcome (its free).

UserProf R Cipolla, CUED.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockThursday 21 October 2010, 18:30-20:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"Happy Danes!" A scientific analysis of the recent EU survey into income and contentment

UserDr Luisa Corrado (Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge ).

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 08 June 2009, 19:30-21:00

Tracing Human Ancestry, using DNA

Tracing Human Ancestry, using DNA

this lecture replaces Dr Corrado's talk, 'Happy Danes'

UserDr Peter Forster.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 08 June 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"Just one more try will do it!" The Psychology of Gambling

Rescheduled from February

UserDr Luke Clarke (Behavioural and Clinical Neurosciences Institute, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge).

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 01 June 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"Bringing new medicines to market" How the biopharmaceutical industry works

UserDr Melanie Lee DSc (Hon) FMedSci (Executive Vice President of Research and Development, UCB Belgium ).

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockTuesday 26 May 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"Life in the Colonies" Social insects and their relevance to human behavior

UserProfessor Francis Ratneiks (Professor of Apiculture, University of Sussex ).

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 11 May 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"The Venetians certainly knew about building" The extraordinary and enduring properties of Lime Mortar

UserProfessor Geoff Allen (University of Bristol).

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 27 April 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"Where is it safe to go on holiday?" Antigenic Cartography; a mathematical method for mapping the spread of viruses

UserProfessor Derek Smith (Professor of Infectious Disease Informatics Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge).

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 02 March 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"Genetics and Cancer" The BRCA2 gene (discovered by Professor Stratton and his team), and its involvement in human breast and prostate cancer

UserProfessor Michael Stratton (Deputy Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Head of the Cancer Genome Project).

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 16 February 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"We know who you are, from the way you sound" Computer voice-recognition systems and what they can do

This lecture is joint with the Cambridge Philosophical Society

UserDr Kirsty McDougall (Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 19 January 2009, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air

UserProf David J C Mackay (Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge).

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 01 December 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

“What goes round comes round” Making wind turbines from renewable materials

UserDr Jim Platts (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge).

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 17 November 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"Something’s come up": The Discovery of New Drugs, (including Cardura, Norvasc and Viagra)

UserDr Simon Campbell CBE (Former President of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Former Pfizer Senior Vice-President for Discovery).

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 03 November 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"Intelligence and the Living Cell": Adaptive behaviour and decision-making by single cells

UserProfessor Brian J Ford (President of CSAR).

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 20 October 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"I was nowhere near there at the time Guv - honest"

UserProfessor Sir Bob Hepple, Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, former Master of Clare College.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 12 May 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

www.Antibodies_Direct.com

UserDr Jonathan Milner, Abcam plc, Cambridge Science Park.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 28 April 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Not Mammoth Steaks Again?!

UserProfessor Martin Jones, Archaeological Sciences, University of Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 17 March 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Nanoelectronics and Quantum Computing

UserDr David Williams, Head of the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 03 March 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Rebuilding the Colossus of the Modern World

UserTony Sale, Hon Fellow of the British Computer Society.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 18 February 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Journey of the Future

UserDr Liz Orme, Director of Transport, Cambridge Consultants.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 04 February 2008, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Water that does not wet hands

UserDr Zbigniew ("Andy") Szydlo.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 03 December 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Lives and Letters (the Robert Hooke Portfolio)

UserProfessor Lisa Jardine CBE, Queen Mary College, University of London.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 19 November 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Ancient Vaults

UserProfessor Jacques Heymen, Former Head of Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 05 November 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The invention of the High Power Microscope

Celebrating Antony van Leeuwenhoek's 375th Birthday

UserProfessor Brian J Ford, President of the CSAR.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 22 October 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Nuclear Fusion as a Global Energy Source? Work at UKAEA Culham Laboratory and elsewhere to harness fusion energy

UserProfessor Chris Llewellyn-Smith FRS. Director, UKAEA Culham Laboratory, Abingdon, Oxford.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 11 June 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Take the Eurostar to Stratford...

UserDr Mike Glover, Director, Arup Engineering, London, project manager of the High-Speed link.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockSaturday 09 June 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

"Actually you were' and I can prove it"

UserMr Skip Palenik, President, Microtrace, Illinois, USA.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockSaturday 02 June 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

www.Antibodies_Direct.com The story of Abcam; selling antibodies on-line

UserDr Jonathan Milner. Abcam plc, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 28 May 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Mending Broken Hearts: replacing damaged cardiac muscle; the MAGIC programme

UserMr Stephen Large FRCS, Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 14 May 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

DNA Repair Mechanisms in the Central Nervous System

UserProfessor Robin Franklin. Neurosciences Laboratory (Department of Veterinary medicine) and the Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 30 April 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Eternal Triangle: Science, Propaganda and Disease Control; the facts behind the 2001 Foot and Mouth Epidemic

UserDr Mike Thrusfield, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, University of Edinburgh.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 05 March 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The Calving of Larson-B and other phenomena: Climate Change in the Antarctic

UserProfessor David Vaughan, Deputy Director, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 19 February 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Avian 'Flu - The origin of SARS and the impact of avian influenza H5N1 upon mammals and wild birds

UserDr Diana Bell, School of Biological Sciences, University of east Anglia, Norwich.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 05 February 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

A Stitch in Time: The molecular Basis of DNA repair

joint meeting with Cambridge Philosophical Society

UserProfessor Steve Jackson, Wellcome Trust, CRUK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 22 January 2007, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Children of Eve: Exon Sequencing; identifying variation in the human genome

UserDr Alison 'Pod' Coffey, Sanger Centre, Hinxton Hall, Cambridgeshire.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 20 November 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Mother Nature Knows Best: Making Heat-Stable Vaccines

UserDr Bruce Roser, Chief Scientific Officer, Cambridge Biostability, Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 06 November 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Soft Small and Interesting - Soft Matter: towards Soft Nanotechnology

UserProfessor Ullrich Steiner, Professor of Physics of Materials, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 23 October 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Colision Course - How Science is abused by the Media

UserProfessor Brian J Ford, Writer, Broadcaster and CSAR Member of Council.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 09 October 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Looking inside a star (and other stories) - Developments in Radio Astronomy made here in Cambridge

UserProfessor Richard Hills, Professor of Radio Astronomy, the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockTuesday 06 June 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

An Alternative to the Infernal Combustion engine.? - Modern Fuel Cells

UserProfessor John Kilner, Department of Materials, Imperial College, London.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 22 May 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Obesity and Modern Humans - Diet, lifestyle or simply in our genes?

UserProfessor Steve ORahilly, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 08 May 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Defence research: Changing world, changing priorities (R&D in the MoD)

UserProfessor Phil Sutton, Director-General (Research and Development), Ministry of Defence, Whitehall.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 24 April 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Antibiotics are no substitute for good hygiene - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; the importance of hospital cleanliness and practices

UserDr Norman Alan Simmons, CBE, Emeritus Consultant Microbiologist, Guys and St Thomas Hospital Trust.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 06 March 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Antibiotics, 75 years on - New antibiotics, using genes cloned from Streptomyces species

UserProfessor Sir David Hopwood, FRS, Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 20 February 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Just print me another computer, will you? - The world of plastic electronics

UserDr Henning Sirringhaus, Chief Scientist at Plastic Logic, Cambridge Science Park, Hitachi Professor of Electron Device Physics at the University of Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockTuesday 07 February 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Hush, here comes an aircraft! - The Silent Aircraft Initiative

UserProfessor Ann Dowling, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cambridge Department of Engineering.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 23 January 2006, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Receiving you, Loud and Clear - Digital radio, and its future in the UK

UserMike Ellis, BBC Research and Development.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 05 December 2005, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Faster than the speed of sound - The M52 -the worlds first supersonic aircraft

UserRod Kirkby, CSAR Member, aeronautical engineer, and aviation artist.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 21 November 2005, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Eve, Uncovered - Sequencing the human X-chromosome

UserDr Alison Coffey, The Sanger Centre and the Human Genome Project, Hinxton Hall, Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 07 November 2005, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

The eyes: gateway to the soul? - Iris Recognition Technology

UserDr John Daugman OBE, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

HouseWolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

ClockMonday 24 October 2005, 19:30-21:00

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