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| Speaker: | Dr John Cassella | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Staffordshire University | |
| Date: | Tuesday 13th October 2015 | |
| Time: | 8.00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | Chemical detection techniques have the potential to aid in the location of human remains | |
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| Speaker: | Dr David Moore & Maximilian Höerantner | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Oxford | |
| Date: | Tuesday 15th September 2015 | |
| Time: | 8.00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | Perovskite based solar materials have exhibited the fastest increase in demonstrated photovoltaic efficiency of any material. We will trace their history and look at the material science that makes them special. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Peter Lambert | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Aston University | |
| Date: | Tuesday, 9th June 2015 | |
| Time: | 8:00 pm | |
| Venue: | Main Theatre | |
| Description: | Antibiotics were among the greatest medical discoveries of the 20th century and have saved millions of lives worldwide. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria – “the superbugs” - threaten to end the antibiotic era. Why has this happened and what can be done to turn the tables on the superbugs? | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Timothy Peters | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Birmingham | |
| Date: | Thursday, 14th May 2015 | |
| Time: | 8:00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | Recent re-evaluation of the King's illness has shown the porphyria diagnosis to be unsustainable. Computer diagnostics and handwriting analysis confirmed recurrent mania followed by progressive cognitive impairment. This meeting will be preceded at 7:30 by the Society's AGM. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Hugh W Pritchard | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |
| Date: | Wednesday, 15th April 2015 | |
| Time: | 8:00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | Seed conservation in the Millenium Seed Bank at Wakehurst aims to combat potentially catastrophic threats to human wellbeing by safeguarding wild plant diversity and enabling its sustainable use through global partnership. | |
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| Speaker: | A Director of Cuadrilla | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Cuadrilla | |
| Date: | Tuesday, 17th March 2015 | |
| Time: | 8:00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre. Non-members will not be admitted to this lecture. | |
| Description: | An introduction to the benefits and risks of this controversial process – what and where shale gas is and how hydraulic fracking can access this valuable resource for the UK. | |
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| Speaker: | Dr Peter March | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Manchester | |
| Date: | Thursday, 12th February 2015 | |
| Time: | 8:00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | Bioimaging combines a wide range of techniques to allow scientists to study the processes within living cells. This exciting area of research is advancing our understanding of how the cells within the body interact. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Ian Ashcroft | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Nottingham | |
| Date: | Wednesday, 21st January 2015 | |
| Time: | 8:00 pm | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | The principles of additive manufacturing and 3D printing will be described before moving on to the potential the technology provides for radical new designs and the design tools that need to be developed to unlock this potential. | |
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| Speaker: | Carol Stitchman | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Head of Design, Network Rail Birmingham Gateway Project | |
| Date: | Wednesday, 10th December 2014 | |
| Time: | 8:00 pm | |
| Venue: | Main Theatre | |
| Description: | An architectural journey from the original 2007 planning application, including the RIBA competition entries, through the Gateway design from platform to roof level and finally to the current construction progress. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Sir Colin Blakemore | View Flyer |
| Biography: | The University of London | |
| Date: | Thursday, 20th November 2014 | |
| Time: | 7:30 pm | |
| Venue: | Main Theatre | |
| Description: | Colin Blakemore is a neuroscientist specialising in vision and the early development of the brain. A frequent and often controversial broadcaster, he has given the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures and the Reith Lectures, and has written many books on a range of scientific subjects. | |