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Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** We are at the cusp of some far-reaching technological[...]
Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** Professor Canter began his career as an architectural psychologist[...]
Venue: John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane OX3 0BP Time: Sunday 8 November (Week 5), 9:30 am – 5:30pm *********************************** The ‘Symposium in Applying Psychology & Neuroscience to Business’[...]
New emerging infections can pose huge global risks to health, with potentially devastating societal and economic impacts. In this seminar, Professor Angela McLean, Director of the Institute for Emerging Infections, will look at how new[...]
A showcase of four exciting start-ups from the Oxford Technology Portfolio, The companies presenting are: Molecular Warehouse Molecular Warehouse is developing sensors which will allow simple measurement of biological molecules. The company relies on leading[...]
Do we have the means necessary to create the perfect human? Do we have a moral responsibility to do so? Professor Julian Savulescu, Director of the Institute for Science and Ethics, will consider current and[...]
Delve into the secret lives of animals that make seashells – the molluscs and the fascinating science behind how shells are made. Author of ‘Spirals in Time’, featured on BBC Radio 4’s Book of the[...]
Much of our research focuses on understanding the behaviour of individual molecules when they become energised following absorption of light or collision with an electron, both very common processes. Advancing our knowledge of such molecular[...]
Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** Caroline’s research investigates how sensory information is processed in[...]
GOD SCIENCE AND THE UNIVERSITY: IS BELIEF IN GOD A BARRIER TO SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY? The Veritas Forum at the Sheldonian Theatre followed by a drinks reception at Blackwell Hall, Weston Library. With Professor John Lennox,[...]
7.30PM start at St. Aldates Tavern, and entry is free, although we do suggest a donation of around £3 to cover speaker expenses. Come along and say hello! All welcome. http://oxford.skepticsinthepub.org/Event.aspx/5746/Blame-The-Brain-How-Neurononsense-Joined-Psychobabble-To-Keep-Women-In-Their-Place — There is a[...]
How do vaccines stimulate the immune system, and how can we use this knowledge to develop more effective vaccines for future pandemics? Professor Adrian Hill, Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Vaccines, will discuss[...]
Wine reception, snacks, and £5 year membership to PsyNAppS available. Alternatively, pay £2 for a single event! Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Department of Experimental Psychology ******************** Dr. Anil Anthony Bharath is Reader in Image Analysis,[...]
Professor Carl Heneghan will deliver an interactive workshop, taking an evidence-based approach to answering your own clinical questions. With over 20 year’s experience in clinical epidemiology, Professor Heneghan has over 200 peer reviewed publications that[...]
Climate predictions provide key scientific input into climate policy – and will continue to do so in future years. Professor Tim Palmer, Co-Director of the Programme on Modelling and Predicting Climate, will discuss how scientific[...]
There will be a short introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As, and about an hour’s discussion among the audience. The meeting finishes at 9pm. All welcome; no need to book.
Join award winning poet and scientist Rachel McCarthy at the Museum as she takes us on a sociological journey through the Periodic Table; from its early formation to the chemistry of the present day. This[...]
Henry Moseley’s work brought X-ray physics to bear on the chemists’ periodic table. Join us at the Museum to hear Professor Russ Egdell (Chemistry) and Professor Justin Wark (Physics) reveal both the history and rich[...]
Every day millions of people struggle with psychological and emotional problems. The Stressed Sex sets out to answer a simple, but crucial, question: are rates of psychological disorder different for men and women? Join us[...]
A corporation interested in patenting ‘human pheromones’ for profit has created a long lasting myth that has roped in many scientists as well as the general public. Tristram will describe what went wrong and what[...]
Advancements in nanotechnology could fundamentally change global approaches to manufacturing, medicine, healthcare, and the environment. In this lecture Dr Eric Drexler, Senior Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin School, will look at current advances in the field[...]
Why should the general public care about science? How do you get the average person excited about science? What are the most effective approaches to involving members of our society in science? How important is[...]
We present a panel discussion on science policy, on the occasion of the publication of the book “Science Policy and Twentieh-Century Dictatorships. Spain, Italy, Argentina”. The panel will welcome speakers with expertise on history of[...]
We have all seen the news stories: ‘being tall increases your risk of cancer,’ ‘processed meat ranks alongside smoking for causing cancer’, ‘green tea may improve cancer drugs’. But what is the truth behind the[...]
Join us in a discussion with University of Chicago evolutionary biologist and author of Why Evolution is True, Jerry Coyne, about why science and religion are completely incompatible. He’ll be recommending five books that back[...]
The seminar will describe recent experiments that uncover some of the possible principles and biological mechanisms that ensure that neural structures reach their appropriate sizes and cellular compositions in the face of tremendous cell-to-cell variability[...]
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