Science Public Lectures

Open to all and free to attend - lectures once a month (usually third Thursday of each month)

6-7pm Lecture Theatre B1 (Physics Building)

The Schools of Biosciences, Physics and Astronomy, Pharmacy and Chemistry have been jointly hosting a series of public science lectures with the Institue for Policy and Engagement, following on from the successful lectures organised for the International Year of Astronomy (2009), Int. Year of Chemistry (2011), and the series organised by the East Midlands British Science Association.

Due to covid19, the lectures will be held virtually for the forseeable future using Microsoft teams.

If you would like any more information about the series or would like to be added to the mailing list please contact

Mailing list: Charlotte Lee (Institute of Policy Engagement: charlotte.lee@nottingham.ac.uk

Content organiser: Hilary Collins (School of Pharmacy) hilary.collins@nottingham.ac.uk

Upcoming talks

DATE SPEAKER TITLE

Past Events 2019/20

Aug 20 Professor Seamus Garvey Why (and how) the UK should be powered primarily by offshore wind by 2030 July 20 Dr Andrew Green Using breast cancer tissue in research June 20 Professor Andrei Khlobystov Chemistry in the World's Tiniest Test Tube May 20 Dr Caitlin Rutland Mending a Broken Heart Feb 20 Dr Mary K Phillips-Jones Humankind versus microbes:who is winning the war of antimicrobial resistance? Jan 16 Dr Meghan Gray Tens of thousands of galaxies at a glance Dec 12 Prof Gerardo Adesso Quantum resources and where to find them Nov 21 Prof Liz Sockett Predatory bacteria:natural killers of problematic pathogens Oct 17th David Wikinson To c or not to c - physics in science fiction writing



Past Events 2018/19

Sept 19th Mitchell Masterson Keeping your body clock ticking Aug 15th Hannah Bolland The role of tumour hypoxia in cancer progression and treatment resistance July 18th Thomas Stanton The unnatural natural: plastic alternatives and the problems they pose June 20th Prof David Walker & Pro David Needham The appliance of science:using reverse engineering to improve the treatment of childhood brain cancers.PowerPoint presentation May 16th Dr Julian Onions The far side of the moon:is it just aliens? Apr 25th Prof Stephen Harding National DNA Day:Nottingham's Discovery of Hyrdrogen Bonds in DNA and Re-evaluation of the 1948 Creeth two-chain model for its structure Mar 21st Dr Markus Bauer How Expectations About the World Structure our Perception Feb 21st Dr Ana Valdes The role of the Gut Microbiome in nutrition and health Jan 17th Dr Matt Brookes Quantum Sensing the Brain: Introducting a New Generation of Brain Scanning Technology Dec 6th Derek Woodroffe S Brief Introduction to Tesla Coils - With Demonstrations Nov 15th Dr Anastasios Avgoustidis Understanding the Origins of the Universe Oct 18th Dr Jessica Wardlaw Slavery from space:Searching satellite images to end modern slavery



Past Events 2017/2018

Sept 20th Sr Simon Ferneyhough Remembering What and Where:Changes in Visual Memory across the Lifespan Aug 16th Prof Nate Szewczyk Using Worms to Study muscle adaptation in spaceflight July 19th Dr Alvaro Garcia Smart and Multifunctional Roads June 21st Dr David Quain Cuckoo Collaborative, a different sort of MSc project! Mar 15th Prof Gisli Jenkins Can Breathing Scar Your Lungs? Feb 15th Dr Louise Lansbury Influenza:a century of challenges from an ever-evolving enemy Feb 1st Prof A Padilla 1+2+3+4+5+..=1/12 and other mathematical orders Jan 18th Dr Richard Campion Physics and scuba diving Dec 7th Dr Craig Sturrock 3D X-ray vision Nov 16th Dr Hannah O'Regan Who's eating who?Hominins and carnivores in human evolution. Oct 19th Dr Markus Eichhorn Lasers in the Jungle Sept 21st Dr Angus Davison Body asymmetry:How I made a 'shellebrity' snail. Aug 17th Dr Jing Yang 3D bioprinting:a new tool for making replacement tissues and in vitro models. July 20th Dr Ruman Rahman Darwin's Oncology Legacy June 15th Dr Rebecca Dewey I can see what you hear May 18th Professor Frazer Pearce Adventures in the Goldilocks Zone: the search for other earths Apr 20th Professor Philip Moriarty When the Uncertainty Principle goes up to 11 Mar 16th Dr Mandy Roshier

Dr Steve North Bits and Bytes: when horses meet computers Feb 16th Julian Onions Things that go bang in the night (sky) Jan 19th Claire Sycamore Thinking outside the (pill) box): alternative drug delivery strategies

Past Events 2016

Dec 8th Prof. Stewart Martin Breast cancer: a researcher's perspective Nov 17th Prof. Peter Mitchell Being Sherlock Holmes: Reading minds from clues in Behaviour Oct 20th Prof. Omar Almaini Surveying the Distant Universe Sep 15th Sarah Pierce Open Air Laboratories: Collecting Data on Our Doorstep Aug 18th Tim Colman Mineral Exploration – Looking for a Very Small Needle in a Very Big Haystack Jul 21st Dr Jennifer Martin

School of Medicine MindTech: Harnessing Technology for Better Mental Health Jun 16th Dr. Helvi Witek

Research Fellow

School of Mathematical Sciences Gravitational Waves II: The Universe's Symphony May 19th Dr. Thomas Sotiriou

Associate Professor & Reader

School of Mathematical Sciences and School of Physics & Astronomy Gravitational Waves I: From Newton's law to black holes and space-time ripples Apr 21st Dr. Imogen Richens

Ask for Evidence Ambassador

Sense About Science Why everyone should Ask for Evidence Mar 17th Dr David Lathbury

Astute Chemical Development Consultancy The past and future role of organic synthesis in drug discovery Feb 18th Dr Andy Bennett

FRAME Laboratory Beyond Animal Use in Human Biomedical Research Jan 21st Simon Haydn The story (and technology) behind Bloodhound SSC

Past Events 2015

DATE SPEAKER TITLE Jan 15th Prof Penny Gowland

Physics & Astronomy

UoN From Star Trek to Medical Imaging- the Physics of MRI Feb 19th Dr. Wang QI

Architecture and Built Environment

UoN Feathers - A Dinosaur vision for Wollaton Mar 19th Florence Annan

PhD student

Clostridia Research Group, Life Sciences

UoN How to make Jet Fuel (and other useful things) from Greenhouse Gases Apr 16th Dr Bettina Wolf

Associate Professor Biosciences

UoN Chocolate - The Taste Sensation May 21st Prof. Roger Bowley

Emeritus Professor of Physics

UoN George Green’s contribution to MRI: How a Nottingham Miller contributed to a Nobel Prize Invention Jun 18th Dr. Clare Burrage

Particle Theory Group

UoN The Dark Side of the Universe Jul 16th Heidi Richardson, Nicola Edwards and Georgina Roberts

Nature England Protecting our Marine Environment Aug 20th Dr Erik Murchie

Associate Professor and Lecturer in Crop Science

UoN Photosynthesis: the Engine of Food Production Sep 17th James Nightingale

PhD student

UoN Viewing the Universe in Light of Gravitational Lensing Oct 15th Dr Lisa Yon

Lecturer in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

UoN Elephant Welfare and Behaviour Nov 19th Prof Richard Leach

Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering

UoN Metrology for additive manufacturing: the key to tight tolerances Dec 17th Dr David Feary

School of Life Sciences

UoN From Algae to Coral to Algae to Wherever Now!

Past Events 2014

DATE SPEAKER TITLE Jan 16th Sophie Morris

PhD Student From the cock-eyed squid to the dark side of the Universe: Asymmetry in Nature. Feb 20th Prof. Gill Stephens

Professor of Bioprocess Engineering From chewing gum to chemicals… Mar 20th Dr Tony Padilla

School of Physics & Astronomy, UoN Black Holes & Extra Dimensions Apr 24th Prof. Ivan Powis

Professor of Chemical Physics The Beauty of Symmetry: A disagreement between Art and Science? May 15th Dr. Andrew Rollinson

Research Fellow, Engineering Small-scale Biomass Gasification - Power from Woodchips Jun 19th Dr Ho-Kei Chan

ERC Research Fellow

Computational Nanoscience Oranges and Fullerenes, Packed like Sardines Jul 17th Jenny Lord

Eminate The Future of Food Aug 21st Dr Tahir Ahmed A Yardstick for our Solar System Sep 18th Dr Richard Hill

Senior Research Fellow

Physics & Astronomy

UoN Levitation Oct 16th Prof. Philip Moriarty

Physics & Astronomy

UoN Can we do 3D Printing with Atoms? Nov 20th Julian Onions

PhD student

Physics & Astronomy

UoN Making a Universe from Scratch Dec 18th Dr. Emily Lawson

Research Fellow

Geography

UoN Managing Urban Flood Risk the blue-green approach

Past Events 2013

DATE SPEAKER TITLE January 17th Dr. Sean Carroll The Particle at the End of the Universe: The Hunt for the Higgs and the Discovery of a New World Feb 21th Dr. Philip Oldfield Rethinking the Tall Building: The Importance of Climate, Culture, Context March 21st Dr. Susannah Lydon A Prehistory of the World in Ten Fossils April 18th Prof Ian Connerton Bacteriophage Control of Bacterial Pathogens: My Enemy's Enemy is my Friend? May 16th Dr. Steve Dunham How do Viruses Cause Disease? Lessons from our Feathered Friends and Other Animals June 20th Caterina Lani The Cosmic Web and its Inhabitants July 18th Prof. Jerry Roberts Global Food Security-Is there a role for GM crops? Aug 15th Dominic Jones AWE “Radiochemistry: Real Life CSI - the importance of understanding nuclear isotopes when advising UK emergency response organisations” Sept 19th Dr. Richard Alexander Exoplanets: Hunting for Other Worlds ( Presentation Slides) Oct 17th David Wilkinson IoP Regional Officer Less Lethal Weapons Nov 21st Dr Mike Fay University of Nottingham Nanotechnology Centre Nanotechnology - Hype, Fear and Reality Dec 19th Dr Ian Fisk University of Nottingham Food Scientist The Flavour of Food

Past Events 2012

DATE SPEAKER TITLE Jan 12th Dr. Daniele Fantin The Space Shuttle Story Feb 23rd Dr. Mike Clifford How to Get Down from a Yak March 15th Dr. David Cook A perfect pint: How to construct the flavour of beer..... April 19th Prof Sir Peter Mansfield Snap Shot MRI - The Early Years May 17th Dr. Helen West Dung Beetles and Their Battle Against Drugs June 21st Dr. Will Carroll Allergy July 19th Prof Clive Roberts Seeing the Nanoworld: New Solutions for Healthcare Aug 16th Dr. Trevor Drage Energy in a Carbon Constrained World Sep 20th Dr. Rob Stockman Nature's Chemical Warfare Agents: From Poison Arrows to magic Bullets Oct 18th Professor Alan R. Palmer The Bionic Ear and Brain Nov 15th Dr. Barry Lomax Where have all the flowers come from? Dec 13th Prof. Mike Merrifield A seasonal canter through some scientific questions related to Christmas.

Past Events 2011

Jan 27th Brady Haran Internet Stars: The Secret Life of Sixty Symbols Feb 24th Prof. Philip Moriarty Rolling molecules, switching atoms, and touching electrons. March 24th Dr. Hanni Lux Substructure and Streams in the Milky Way: Unravelling Galaxy Formation April 28th Markus Hammonds Supernovae and Stellar Fireworks May 19th Dr. David Walker The Nottingham Cave Survey June 16th Prof. Roger Bowley, Prof. Philip Moriarty, Dr. Meghan Gray, Dr. Frazer Pearce, Dr. Anne Green, Dr. Paul Saffin Open Question Panel July 21st Prof. Peter Beton Graphene - conducting sheets with the thickness of a single carbon atom Aug 25th Ian Kimpton Symmetry in Nature Sep 22nd James Clewett Granular Dynamics Oct 20th Dr. Keith Smith How to destroy the Earth Nov 24th Prof. Alfonso Aragon-Salamanca Galaxy Formation and Transformation Dec 8th Dr. Chris Lintott News from the Cosmos: 2011's astronomical headlines

Past Events 2010