Software is an essential component of modern research, and in many cases we need to develop our own software for a specific task. Software engineering is more than just “programming”, but includes elements of planning, communication, collaboration and verification. These “Research Software Engineering” seminars address these issues in a friendly, informal atmosphere.
The intended audience includes research students and staff, especially with an interest in writing software, but all are welcome to attend.
Please find slides and videos from previous talks here
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These talks are kindly supported by the Institute of Computing for Climate Science (ICCS – https://iccs.cam.ac.uk/) and the Cambridge Open Zettascale Lab (COZL – https://www.zettascale.hpc.cam.ac.uk/).
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π€ MosΓ¨ Giordano - Principal RSE, UCL ARC
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Thursday 12 March 2026, 13:00-14:00
π Room C, West Hub
π€ Oliver Elbert - Computational Scientist, NOAA GFDL
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Thursday 05 March 2026, 13:00-14:00
π Room C, West Hub
π€ Joe Wallwork and Jack Atkinson, RSEs - ICCS, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 26 February 2026, 13:00-14:00
π Room C, West Hub
π€ Sarah Johnston - Durham University
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Thursday 12 February 2026, 13:00-14:00
π Room C, West Hub
π€ Thomas Daggitt - British Antarctic Survey
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Thursday 05 February 2026, 13:00-14:00
π Room C, West Hub
π€ Eli Chadwick, Senior Research Software Engineer - eScience Lab, University of Manchester
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Thursday 29 January 2026, 13:00-14:00
π Room C, West Hub
π€ Mozhgan Kabiri chimeh - NVIDIA Developer Relations Manager (UK&I)
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Thursday 04 December 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Room D, West Hub
π€ Claudette Lopez - British Antarctic Survey
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Thursday 27 November 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Room E, West Hub
π€ Matt Graham - ARC, UCL
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Thursday 20 November 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Room A, West Hub
π€ Astrid Scott-Bennett - RCS, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 13 November 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Room C, West Hub
π€ Oscar Seip - SSI and University of Manchester
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Thursday 06 November 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Room C, West Hub
π€ Karl Harrison - Dawn/RCS, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 30 October 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Room D, West Hub
π€ Gurjeet Jagwani - IoA, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 23 October 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Room E, West Hub
π€ Samantha Finnigan - Senior RSE, Durham University Advanced Research Computing
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Thursday 16 October 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Room C, West Hub
π€ David Stansby - Engineering, University College London
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Thursday 09 October 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Room E, West Hub
π€ Miles Cranmer - DAMTP, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 05 June 2025, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, and on Zoom
π€ Liam Pattinson and Peter Hill, University of York Plasma
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Thursday 22 May 2025, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, and on Zoom
π€ Peichao Qin - Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
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Thursday 15 May 2025, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, and on Zoom
π€ Sarah Jaffa - RSE, University of Manchester
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Thursday 13 March 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge
π€ Jennifer Cobbe - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 06 March 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge
π€ Boris Bolliet - Cavendish Laboratory & Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 27 February 2025, 13:00-14:00
π West 2, West Hub
π€ Iva Kavcic - UK Met Office
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Thursday 13 February 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge
π€ Peter Schmidt - Code for Thought
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Thursday 06 February 2025, 13:00-14:00
π West 2, West Hub
π€ Anshul Tambay - University of Washington and Elizabeth Phillips - Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
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Thursday 30 January 2025, 13:00-14:00
π Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge
π€ Pjotr van der Jagt and Steven Oud - The Sainsbury Laboratory and Dept. of Genetics
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Thursday 05 December 2024, 13:00-14:00
π Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge
π€ Joe Wallwork - ICCS & RCS, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 28 November 2024, 13:00-14:00
π Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge
π€ Juan Pablo Flores - GitHub Education
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Thursday 21 November 2024, 13:00-14:00
π Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge
π€ Jonathan Blaney - Cambridge Digital Humanities
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Thursday 07 November 2024, 13:00-14:00
π Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge
π€ Anita Faul
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Thursday 31 October 2024, 13:00-14:00
π Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge
π€ Simon Clifford - RCS, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 24 October 2024, 13:00-14:00
π Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge
π€ Yo Yehudi - Open Life Sciences
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Thursday 17 October 2024, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, East 1
π€ Chris Wood - EPCC
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Thursday 10 October 2024, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, East 1
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π€ David Keyes, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Friday 27 September 2024, 14:00-15:00
π Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows, CB3 0EZ
π€ Hiroe Yamazaki - Imperial College London
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Thursday 13 June 2024, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, South Room
π€ Tobias Weinzierl - University of Durham
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Thursday 30 May 2024, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, South Room
π€ Leila Muresan - PDN, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 23 May 2024, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, West 1
π€ Sarah Glauert & Peter Kirsch - British Antarctic Survey
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Thursday 16 May 2024, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, South Room
π€ Thomas Zwagerman, BAS, Charlie Gao, Hibiki AI, Jack Atkinson, ICCS/University of Cambridge
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Thursday 09 May 2024, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, South Room
π€ David John Gagne - Head of Machine Integration and Learning for Earth Systems, NCAR
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Friday 03 May 2024, 11:00-12:00
π MR5 DAMTP and online
π€ Fergus Baker - University of Bristol
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Thursday 02 May 2024, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, South Room
π€ Zeynep Aki - RSE, University of Durham
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Thursday 25 April 2024, 13:00-14:00
π West 2, West Hub
π€ Louise Brown - University of Nottingham
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Thursday 29 February 2024, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Paul Sharp - STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
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Thursday 22 February 2024, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Anna-Maria Sichani - Digital Humanities Research Hub, University of London
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Thursday 15 February 2024, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Ben Orchard - ICCS, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 08 February 2024, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Mark Turner - Head of RSE, Newcastle University
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Thursday 01 February 2024, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Jasmin JahiΔ - Computer Lab, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 25 January 2024, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Tom Meltzer - ICCS University of Cambridge
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Thursday 18 January 2024, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Mike Whitall - UK Meteorological Office
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Thursday 23 November 2023, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Mary Chester-Kadwell
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Thursday 16 November 2023, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Niels Drost - Netherlands eScience Centre and NL-RSE
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Thursday 09 November 2023, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Heather Turner - Warwick University and R
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Thursday 02 November 2023, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Simon Clifford - RSE, University of Cambridge
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Thursday 26 October 2023, 13:00-14:00
π West 1, West Hub
π€ Daniel NΓΌst, ifgi, TU Dresden
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Thursday 19 October 2023, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Valentin Churavy - julialab, MIT
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Thursday 12 October 2023, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Thomas Guillet, Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter
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Thursday 05 October 2023, 13:00-14:00
π West 1, West Hub
π€ Laurence Kedward, RSE, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol
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Thursday 15 June 2023, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, South Room
π€ Tuomas Koskela - RSE, University College London
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Thursday 08 June 2023, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, West 1
π€ Paul Richmond, Institute of Computing for Climate Science
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Thursday 01 June 2023, 13:00-14:00
π Virtual Only
π€ Dominic Orchard - ICCS, Universities of Cambridge and Kent
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Thursday 25 May 2023, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, East 2
π€ Liam Pattinson, RSE, York Plasma Institute
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Thursday 18 May 2023, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, West 1
π€ Matthew Scroggs, UCL
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Thursday 17 November 2022, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, South Room
π€ Igor Baratta
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Thursday 10 November 2022, 13:00-14:00
π West Hub, South Room
π€ Thomas Gruber
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Thursday 03 November 2022, 13:00-14:00
π Webinar (via Zoom online)
π€ Kiril Dichev (University of Cambridge)
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Thursday 27 October 2022, 13:00-14:00
π Webinar (via Zoom online)
π€ (University of Cambridge)
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Thursday 20 October 2022, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
π€ Christopher Edsall (University of Cambridge)
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Thursday 13 October 2022, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, and on Zoom
π€ Athena Elafrou, UIS
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Thursday 11 November 2021, 13:00-14:00
π Virtual Meeting; Zoom link in description
π€ Sam Lewin (DAMTP, University of Cambridge)
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Thursday 28 October 2021, 13:00-14:00
π Virtual Meeting; MS Teams link in description
π€ Sam Lewin ( Research Software Engineering, University of Cambridge)
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Thursday 21 October 2021, 13:00-14:00
π Maxwell Centre, possibly. Else on Zoom. Link will be provided.
π€ Filippo Spiga, NVIDIA
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Thursday 14 October 2021, 13:00-14:00
π Virtual Meeting; Zoom link in description
π€ Grenville Lister, NCAS
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Wednesday 23 June 2021, 13:00-14:00
π Virtual Meeting; Zoom link will be available on the day.
π€ Robert Clucas (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 09 June 2021, 13:00-14:00
π Virtual Meeting; meet.google.com/edp-ekea-vcr
π€ Dr Nandan Gokhale (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 26 May 2021, 13:00-14:00
π Virtual Meeting; Zoom link will be available on the day.
π€ Dr Tom Deakin (University of Bristol)
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Wednesday 19 May 2021, 13:00-14:00
π Virtual Meeting; Zoom link will be available on the day.
π€ Stephen Longshaw, STFC
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Wednesday 12 May 2021, 13:00-14:00
π Virtual Meeting; Zoom link will be available on the day.
π€ Chris Richardson (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 05 May 2021, 13:00-14:00
π Virtual Meeting; Zoom link will be available on the day.
π€ Dr Philip Blakely (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 28 April 2021, 13:00-14:00
π Virtual Meeting; Zoom link in description
π€ Lauren Cadwallader (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 11 March 2020, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Philip Blakely (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 26 February 2020, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Chris Richardson (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 22 January 2020, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Dr Eleftherios Avramidis, UIS, University of Cambridge
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Wednesday 27 November 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Matthew Danish (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 20 November 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Andrew Lee, CRUK
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Wednesday 13 November 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Luke Abraham (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 30 October 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Patrick Farrell, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
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Tuesday 29 October 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Arjen Tamerus, UIS, University of Cambridge
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Wednesday 16 October 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Dr Piero Coronica, UIS, University of Cambridge
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Wednesday 09 October 2019, 13:00-14:00
π Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Chris Cantwell, Imperial College London
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Wednesday 29 May 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Anita Faul, LSC, University of Cambridge
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Wednesday 22 May 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Kacper Kornet, DAMTP
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Wednesday 06 March 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Sam Lewin, Research Software Engineering, University of Cambridge
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Wednesday 20 February 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Research Software Engineering, University of Cambridge
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Wednesday 13 February 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Chris Richardson (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 06 February 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Jeffrey Salmond and Chris Richardson
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Wednesday 23 January 2019, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Leila Muresan (University of Cambridge)
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Tuesday 27 November 2018, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Jeffrey Salmond (University of Cambridge)
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Tuesday 20 November 2018, 13:00-14:00
π Rutherford seminar room B, Rutherford Building, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Stephen Eglen (University of Cambridge)
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Tuesday 13 November 2018, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Mark Williamson ( Department of Chemistry)
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Tuesday 06 November 2018, 13:00-14:00
π Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
π€ Matt Archer, UIS
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Tuesday 16 October 2018, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Chris Richardson (University of Cambridge)
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Tuesday 09 October 2018, 13:00-14:00
π JJ Thomson Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory
π€ Filippo Spiga
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Wednesday 20 June 2018, 13:00-14:00
π Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room
π€ Philip Blakely (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 13 June 2018, 13:00-14:00
π Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room
π€ Roman Klapauch (UCL)
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Wednesday 06 June 2018, 13:00-14:00
π Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
π€ Philip Blakely (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 28 February 2018, 13:00-14:00
π Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room
π€ Philip Blakely (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 14 February 2018, 13:00-14:00
π Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room
π€ Chris Richardson (University of Cambridge)
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Wednesday 07 February 2018, 13:00-14:00
π Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room
π€ Chris Richardson (BPI)
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Wednesday 24 January 2018, 13:00-14:00
π Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room
π€ David Rees-Jones
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Wednesday 29 November 2017, 12:00-13:00
π Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room
π€ Mark Williamson, Department of Chemistry
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Wednesday 15 November 2017, 12:00-13:00
π Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room
π€ Chris Richardson, BP Institute
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Tuesday 17 October 2017, 13:00-14:00
π Maxwell Centre, Rayleigh Seminar Room
Please see above for contact details for this list.