Large Lecture Theater, Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Site


2012-10-17 19:00: Leaves, Loops and Leonardo: The Generation of Biological Forms (Prof. Enrico Coen (JI Professor of Biology, East Anglia))

2012-10-30 19:00: Systematic dissection of the molecular and neural basis of behaviour (Dr Mario de Bono (Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge))

2012-11-07 19:00: Using selfish genes to reduce malaria (Prof. Charles Godfray            (Hope Professor, Oxford and President, British Ecological Society))

2012-11-08 19:00: PhD or no PhD? (PhD Students)

2012-11-14 19:00: Evolution of clonally transmissible cancers in dogs and Tasmanian Devils (Dr Elizabeth Murchison (Junior Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge))

2012-11-21 19:00: The RNAi therapeutics roller coaster (Mr Dirk Haussecker (Author of the RNAi Therapeutics blog))

2012-11-22 19:00: Summer Studentships Event (Former Summer Students & Careers Advisor)

2013-01-24 19:00: Ethical issues in genomic research and practice: the Sanger Institute Deciphering Developmental Disorders project as a case study (Michael Parker [Ethox Center, Oxford] & Caroline Wright [Sanger Center, Cambridge])

2013-01-30 19:00: The day within: circadian clock genes, cells and circuits (Dr Michael Hastings, FRS  [MRC LMB, Cambridge])

2013-01-31 19:00: Evolution of Biological Complexity (Raymond Goldstein [Professor of Complex Physical Systems, Cambridge])

2013-02-06 19:00: What's a brain for? A moving story (Dr Daniel Wolpert, FRS [CBL, Cambridge])

2013-02-13 19:00: Nuclear reprogramming (Sir John Gurdon, FRS [Emeritus Professor, Department of Zoology, Cambridge])

2013-02-20 19:00: The Pharma Industry & the Opportunity for Precision Medicine (Ruth McKernan [VP & CSO of Pfizer Neusentis, MRC Councillor])

2013-03-13 19:00: A new approach to small-molecule drug development (Prof. Chris Abell [Department of Chemistry, Cambridge])

2013-03-14 19:00: Finding Patterns in Genes and Proteins (Sarah Teichmann [MRC LMB, Cambridge])

2015-09-22 14:00: A legal perspective on open data: balancing risks and opportunities in open projects (Andrew Rens, Duke Law School)

2015-10-30 12:30: Growing Wearable Technology: Fashion and Synthetic Biology (Victoria Geaney, Royal College of Art)