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| Speaker: | Dr Zsuzsanna Nagy | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Birmingham | |
| Date: | 22/01/2014 | |
| Time: | 20:00 | |
| Venue: | Main Theatre | |
| Description: | First described in 1905 by the German neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer this progressive and currently incurable disease affects nearly half a million people in the UK. | |
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| Speaker: | James Melvill and John Barker | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Associate Structural Engineer, Crossrail and Transportation Director, AECOM | |
| Date: | 11/12/2013 | |
| Time: | 20:00 | |
| Venue: | Main Theatre | |
| Description: | Crossrail is the largest civil engineering project currently underway in Europe The new underground station at Bond Street has presented many challenges which have resulted in some innovative solutions. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Anthony J Ryan OBE | View Flyer |
| Biography: | The University of Sheffield | |
| Date: | 19/11/2013 | |
| Time: | 19:30 | |
| Venue: | Main Theatre | |
| Description: | Project Sunshine tells the story of how scientists are working to reconnect us to the 'solar economy', harnessing the power of the sun to provide sustainable food and energy for a global population of 9 billion people: an achievement that would end our dependence on 'fossilised sunshine' in the form of coal, oil and gas and remake our connection with the soil that grows our food. It is an astonishing fact that capturing all the energy in just one hour's worth of sunlight would enable us to meet the planet's food and energy needs for an entire year. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor John A Bryant | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Exeter | |
| Date: | 09/10/2013 | |
| Time: | 20:00 | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | It is widely accepted that we need to seek renewable fuel sources, both to decrease the use of fossil fuels and to prepare for the time when oil reserves eventually run out. Environmental sources of energy - wind, water, sunshine, tides - are good for generation of electricity but combustible fuels are a different matter. We have therefore turned to a range of biological systems for the manufacture of combustible fuels, including bio-gas and bio-diesel. The talk will bring us up to date with these developments and will ask questions about the both the practicality and the ethics of some of these systems. | |
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| Speaker: | Dr Tom Breeze | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Reading | |
| Date: | 12/09/2013 | |
| Time: | 20:00 | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre | |
| Description: | Natural ecosystem services provide millions of pounds of benefits to modern agriculture yet they are increasingly degraded by agricultural practices and policies. Can restoring and enhancing these services enhance both agricultural productivity and biodiversity conservation? The talk will be highlighting aspects of the IPI crops project, the STEP project and the LIBERATION project and is aimed at a broad audience of scientists and stakeholders. | |
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| Speaker: | Dr Tim Grant |
| Biography: | Director, Centre for Forensic Linguistics, Aston University |
| Date: | 11/04/13 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Studio |
| Description: | Forensic linguistic evidence is increasingly accepted in the UK Courts and has withstood appeal against its scientific status. Case studies will show how an understanding of language use can further the delivery of justice. |
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| Speaker: | Dr Jeremy Tomlinson |
| Biography: | Consultant Endocrinologist, University of Birmingham |
| Date: | 13/03/13 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Studio |
| Description: | Faced with perhaps the largest global health challenge, how can we treat obesity and type 2 diabetes in 21st century and beyond. |
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| Speaker: | Dr Helen Webber |
| Biography: | Technical Designer, Reaction Engines Ltd. |
| Date: | 19/02/13 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Studio |
| Description: | SKYLON is an unpiloted, reusable spaceplane intended to provide inexpensive and reliable access to space. |
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| Speaker: | Professor Kevin Warwick |
| Biography: | University of Reading |
| Date: | 24/01/13 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Studio |
| Description: | Technology can be employed to create biological brains for robots, to enable human enhancement and to combat certain neural illnesses. |
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| Speaker: | Roma Agrawal |
| Biography: | Senior Structural Engineer, WSP Group |
| Date: | 12/12/12 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Main Theatre |
| Description: | The Shard comprises 26 storeys of offices, 13 of apartments, three of restaurants and a 19 storey hotel. A 65m spire, with a public viewing gallery, brings the height to 310m. The talk will concentrate on the Shard’s structural aspects: its design, construction and unusual features. |