Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, and Zoom


2021-11-15 19:30: Deep AI Research in Health and Life Sciences (Dr. Kenji Takeda, Director of Academic Health and AI Partnerships, Microsoft Research, Cambridge)

2021-11-29 19:30: Early detection of cancer: learning from the oesophagus, or how long is a piece of string? (Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Professor of Cancer Prevention and Interim Director at the MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge)

2022-02-07 19:30: Achieving sustainable productivity in agriculture through beneficial microbial associations. (Prof. Giles E. D. Oldroyd, FRS, Crop Science Centre, University of Cambridge)

2022-02-21 19:30: A Cambridge vaccine, targeting SARS-CoV-2 variants and related Coronaviruses (Professor Jonathan Heeney, Lab of Viral Zoonotics, University of Cambridge)

2022-03-07 19:30: Gravitational waves: space-time mavericks in the cosmos. (Professor Alberto Vecchio PhD, FRAS, Professor of Astrophysics, Director of the Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, University of Birmingham)

2022-03-21 19:30: CSAR lecture: Protein self-assembly - From fundamentals to applications in materials and drug discovery (Prof. Tuomas Knowles, Physical Chemistry and Biophysics, U. of Cambridge)

2022-05-23 19:30: Projectile Fusion  A new challenge in applied computational science and engineering (Dr. Nathan Joiner, First Light Fusion, Yarnton, Oxfordshire)

2022-05-30 19:30: Harnessing cancer patients’ own immune system to control disease. (Professor Ann Ager, Professor of Cellular Immunity and Immunotherapy, Cardiff University)

2022-06-13 19:30: CSAR lecture: Are we alone? (Dr. Robin Catchpole, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge)

2022-10-17 19:30: CSAR lecture - Where do we do go next with antimicrobial resistance? (Prof. Stephen Baker, Cambridge Inst. for Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease)

2022-10-31 19:30: Dyslexia, Rhythm, Language and the Developing Brain (Prof. Usha Goswami, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge)

2022-11-14 19:30: Hydrogen-Electric Propulsion for a Clean Aviation Future (Dr. Sergey Kiselev, Zeroavia)

2022-11-28 19:30: An Overview of Rolls-Royce SMR.  ( Tom Peacock, Component Lead, Steam Generator & Heat Exchangers, Rolls-Royce SMR.)

2023-01-23 19:30: Feeding Britain: should this rich country feed itself more or rely on others’ land and labour? (Professor Timothy Lang, Centre for Food Policy, City University London)

2023-02-06 19:30: Advanced Raman Spectroscopy and Emerging Applications (Professor Pavel Matousek, Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, UK.)

2023-02-20 19:30: Are there solutions for plastic degradation in protein sequence space? (Professor Florian Hollfelder, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge)

2023-03-06 19:30: The adolescent brain (Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge)

2023-05-01 19:30: The CASSIOPeiA Solar Power Satellite: Dispatchable Green Energy from Space (Ian Cash, M.Eng, International Electric Company)

2023-05-15 19:30: Light, sight and the wonders of the eye…. with a focus on the lens (Prof. Barbara Pierscionek, Medical Technology Research Centre, Anglia Ruskin University)

2023-05-29 19:30: The Unsung Heroes of the Discovery of the Double Helix (Professor Malcolm Longair, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge)

2023-06-12 19:30: Developments in neuroscience (TBC) (Professor Jack Price, Institute for Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience. King’s College London)

2023-10-16 19:30: CSAR lecture: FlexEnable: Taking Organic Electronics from Lab to Fab (Dr. Mike Banach, FlexEnable Technology Ltd., Cambridge)

2023-10-30 19:30: Social prescribing - beyond pills (Professor Sir Sam Everington, Bromley by Bow Health Partnership, Tower Hamlets)

2023-11-13 19:30: ESA HydroGNSS Scout – A Small Satellite Mission Sensing Climate Variables using GNSS Reflectometry (Dr Martin Unwin, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd)

2023-11-27 19:30: CSAR lecture: Unlocking cellular reprogramming to reverse ageing and age-driven diseases. (Dr. Daniel Ives, Shift Bioscience)

2024-01-22 19:30: CSAR lecture: Development of a combined digital and biomarker test for Bipolar Disorder. (Professor Sabine Bahn, Cambridge Centre for Neuropsychiatric Research )

2024-02-05 19:30: CSAR lecture: A multi-cancer early detection test - TBC (Professor Mark Middleton, University of Oxford Department of Oncology; Cancer Research UK Oxford Centre)

2024-02-19 19:30: CANCELLED: CSAR lecture: Graphene, Two Dimensional Materials & Delivering the Future of Electronic Devices (Dr. Simon Thomas, Paragraf Ltd.)

2024-03-04 19:30: CSAR lecture: Picking raspberries with robots. (Professor Martin Fodstad Stølen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences/Fieldwork Robotics Ltd.)

2024-04-29 19:30: CSAR lecture: What to do about plastics? (Professor Jonathan Cullen, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

2024-05-13 19:30: CSAR lecture: Creating brain organoids to uncover what makes us human. (Dr. Madeline Lancaster, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)

2024-05-27 19:30: CSAR lecture: Physics IS Enhancing Machine Learning (Dr Alice Cicirello, Data, Vibration and Uncertainty Group, Department of Engineering)

2024-06-10 19:30: CSAR lecture: Segmenting the biological causes of hearing loss (Professor Karen P. Steel PhD, FMedSci, FRS, Wolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre, King's College London)

2024-10-21 19:30: CSAR lecture: Celebrating the contribution of viral sequencing to the COVID-19 pandemic response. (Professor Sharon Peacock, Professor of Public Health and Microbiology, University of Cambridge; Director and Chair of the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium)

2024-11-04 19:30: CSAR lecture: Next Gen asset tracking using battery-free Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence (Dr. Sabesan Sithamparanathan OBE, PervasID Ltd., St. Johns Innovation Centre, Cambridge)

2024-11-18 19:30: CSAR lecture: Is recycling just a load of rubbish? (Dr. Claire Barlow, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge)

2024-12-02 19:30: CSAR lecture: Geological disposal of our radioactive waste legacy. (Professor Neil Hyatt is Chief Scientific Adviser to Nuclear Waste Services, Aegis Professor of Deep Time at The University of Bristol)

2025-01-27 19:30: CSAR lecture: Electric Jet Engines and Cricket Ball Swing (Dr Sam Grimshaw, The Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge)

2025-02-10 19:30: CSAR lecture: Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation (Professor Sander L. van der Linden, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge)

2025-02-24 19:30: CSAR lecture: The Road to Zero Carbon Cement (Dr. Cyrille Dunant, Cambridge University Engineering Department)

2025-03-10 19:30: CSAR lecture: AI in Manufacturing (Professor Sebastian Pattinson, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge)

2025-04-28 19:30: Malaria Mosquito Genomics Across Africa (Dr Mara Lawniczak, Senior Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute)

2025-05-12 19:30: Bioelectronic Medicine (Professor George Malliaras FRS, Prince Philip Professor of Technology, Department of Engineering, Cambridge University)

2025-06-16 19:30: An Introduction to The Alan Turing Institute, the National Institute for Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence (Professor Mark Girolami, Chief Scientist, The Alan Turing Institute; RAE Research Chair in Data Centric Engineering, Cambridge University Engineering Department)

2025-10-20 19:30: Artificial Intelligence in Radiotherapy (Professor Raj Jena, Clinical Professor, Data Science & Machine Learning in Radiotherapy, University of Cambridge Department of Oncology)

2025-11-03 19:30: Revealing the artists’ secrets: combining humanities with science (Professor Erma Hermens, Hamilton Kerr Institute for Easel Painting Conservation; Fitzwilliam Museum)

2025-11-17 19:30: CSAR Lecture: Biopharmaceutical Development - The Journey from Molecule to Medicine (Professor Nicholas Darton, Associate Director of Biopharmaceutical Development at AstraZeneca, Honorary Professor of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at the University of Nottingham)

2025-12-01 19:30: From Planets to Exoplanets: the search for life, with the James Webb Telescope and others (Dr. Robin Catchpole, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge)

2026-01-26 19:30: The Hidden Universe of The Human Microbiome and Its Role In Health and Disease:  How DNA sequencing approaches can help us understand the hidden dark matter of the human microbiome (Dr. Alexandre Almeida, School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge)

2026-02-09 19:30: Illuminating the Future: The Transformative Power of Laser Materials Processing in Science, Engineering, Art and Design (Prof Bill O’Neill FREng, FInstP, FLIA, FIAPLE, Director of the Centre for Industrial Photonics, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge)

2026-02-23 19:30: CANCELLED .....CSAR lecture: Finding common ground   (Professor Ruchi Choudhary, Professor of Digital Civil Engineering, Dept. of Engineering, Cambridge University)

2026-03-09 19:30: CSAR lecture: Millimetre-wave antenna designs for future wireless communications and radar sensor applications (Dr James Henderson, Plextek Services Limited)

2026-04-27 19:30: CSAR lecture: In a post-Ozempic world, have we cured obesity? (Professor Giles S.H. Yeo, MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Cambridge)

2026-05-11 19:30: CSAR lecture: Decarbonizing road freight (TBC) (Professor David Cebon, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

2026-06-01 19:30: CSAR lecture: Climate Repair (TBC) (Prof. Shaun Fitzgerald, Centre for Climate Repair, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

2026-06-15 19:30: CSAR lecture: 46&: Development of a probiotic that supports the natural removal of forever chemicals from the body (Professor Kiran Patil, MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge)