Gut feeling: how bacteria influence our wellbeing


2008-05-23 13:30: The Personal Genome: Hopes, Facts, and Fears (Various Speakers; see website.)

2009-05-08 13:00: The Mortal Immortal: Scientific and Social Aspects of Ageing (Various; see website for more information)

2010-03-19 14:00: Who Owns Science: Promises and Pitfalls of the Public-Private Partnerships (John Sulston, Tim Hubbard, David Searls, Stuart Parkinson, Gabor Lamm)

2011-05-06 14:00: Biodiversity and endangered species: Rethinking the balance of nature (Mike Rands (Chair), Caroline Fraser, Mark Blaxter (pictured) and Ben Collen)

2012-05-10 18:15: Free evening event: The Science of Sporting Success (Paul Flicek (chair), European Bioinformatics Institute; Alun Williams, Director of the MMU Cheshire Sports Genomics Laboratory, Manchester Metropolitan University; Robert Gray, Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham; David Fletcher, Director of the Spo)

2013-05-15 18:15: From Habit to Addiction: A Slippery Slope? (Scott Vrecko - King's College London, Karen Ersche - University of Cambridge, Gunter Schumann - King's College London, and John Marioni - EMBL-EBI)

2014-06-04 18:20: What is Life? A philosophical perspective (Samir Okasha, University of Bristol)

2014-06-04 18:50: Why the origin of life had to be inorganic (Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow)

2014-06-04 19:20: Astrobiology: the search for life on other worlds (Lewis Dartnell, University College London)

2015-06-03 18:20: The threat of pandemics (Derek Smith)

2015-06-03 18:50: Better the bug you know? – Basic bioscience underpinning infection control (Speaker to be confirmed)

2015-06-03 19:20: The 2014 Ebola outbreak and the risk of future pandemics (Kristian Andersen)