RISE OF THE SUPERBUGS – the end of antibiotics?

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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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KING GEORGE III AND THE PORPHYRIA MYTH: Use of Computer Diagnostics in Historical Figures

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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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SEEDS AS NATURAL CAPITAL

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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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SHALE GAS EXPLORATION

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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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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION – seeing inside the living cell

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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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3-D PRINTING: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL

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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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DESIGNING NEW STREET STATION

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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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The 25th Erasmus Darwin Memorial Lecture THE EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN BRAIN: A TALE OF TWO DARWINS

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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.

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“INSIDE” WATER

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Speaker: Dr Patricia Hunt View Flyer
Biography: Imperial College, London
Date: Wednesday, 15th October 2014
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Studio Theatre
Description: We have been studying liquid water for hundreds of years, and now that we can delve into the molecular level structure of atoms and electrons we can explain many of its unusual properties. However, some of the old mysteries persist and exciting new questions arise.

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The Presidential Lecture – RARE EARTH MAGNETS, HYDROGEN & SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES

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Speaker: Professor Rex Harris FREng., FIMMM, FInstP View Flyer
Biography: University of Birmingham
Date: Thursday, 18th September 2014
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Studio Theatre
Description: Rare earth magnets are essential in machines such as zero-carbon energy generators and ultra-efficient electric motors in vehicles. Hydrogen is a vital processing agent in their production and recycling and is thus an essential partner in the drive to a low to zero carbon society. Hydrogen is also a means of off-peak energy storage.

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