British Earthquakes – a surprisingly common occurence

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Meeting Details
Speaker: Dr Ian G Stimpson
Biography: Earth Sciences & Geography Department, Keele University
Date: 17/05/11
Time: 20:00
Venue: Studio Theatre, LichfieldGarrick
Description: THE MAY MEETING WILL BE PRECEDED AT 19:30 BY THE SOCIETY’S AGM (MEMBER’S ONLY) LECTURE STARTS AT 20:00

 

Tremors of magnitude 5 occur every 8 weeks in the UK, sometimes with fatal consequences. this talk will look at where and why they occur.

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Submarine Rescue

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Speaker: Jonty Powis
Biography: NATO Submarine Rescue System Manager, Rolls Royce
Date: 14/04/11
Time: 20:00
Venue: Studio Theatre, LichfieldGarrick
Description: The UK leads the world in the technology for the rescue of personnel from distressed submarines.
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Cataract surgery

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Speaker: Mr Paul Chell, MB, ChB, DO(rcsi), FRCOphth & Miss Monique Hope-Ross
Biography: see below
Date: 19/01/11
Time: 20:00
Venue: Studio Theatre, LichfieldGarrick
Description: Mr. Paul Chell was the immediate Past President of UKISCRS / Miss Monique Hope-Ross is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Birmingham Eye, Good Hope and Little Aston Hospitals.

 

“Cateract surgery, past present and future”

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Genetic Fingerprinting: Past, present and Future

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Speaker: Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, FRS
Biography: Department of Genetics, University of Leicester
Date: 16/11/10
Time: 19:30
Venue: Main Theatre, LichfieldGarrick
Description: THE 21st ERASMUS DARWIN MEMORIAL LECTURE

DNA fingerprinting, accidentally invented in 1984, has most notably revolutionised forensic and legal medicine. the lecture will look to the future of DNA-based identification.

 

Tickets can be purchased from the Garrick Theatre box office; students through their schools.

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