Larmor Society


2016-02-17 18:00: The physics of swimming microorganisms (Dr Ottavio Croze, University of Cambridge)

2016-10-15 18:00: Interested in Postgraduate study? (Various graduates)

2016-10-19 18:00: Mass extinctions and other evolutionary myths (Professor Simon Conway-Morris, Department of Earth Sciences)

2016-10-26 18:00: HPV: the reason why sex was a carcinogen. (Professor Margaret Stanley, Professor of Epithelial Biology, Department of Pathology)

2016-11-03 18:00: Arms Races in Nature: Cuckoos vs. Hosts (Dr Claire Spottiswoode, Department of Zoology)

2016-11-09 18:00: Extending the Range of the Glassy State: novel properties and applications exploiting non-crystallinity (Professor Lindsay Greer, Head of Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy)

2016-11-23 18:00: Quantum Effects in Biological Systems: using physics to solve biology and biology to solve physics. (Dr Alex Chin, Winton Advanced Research Fellow in the Physics of Sustainability)

2017-01-25 18:00: The Evolution of the Early Solar System: What Magnetism Can Tell Us (Dr James Bryson, Department of Earth Sciences)

2017-02-01 18:00: Superconductors and Cryogenics for Energy Applications (Professor Bartek A. Glowacki, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy)

2017-02-15 18:00: Biomedical Physics: A Close-Up of Cancer (Dr Sarah Bohndiek, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory)

2017-10-11 18:00: Mechanics meets the brain: forcing neurons on the right path (Dr Kristian Franze (Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience))

2017-10-18 18:00: Insect conservation: conserving the little things that run the world (Dr Edgar Turner (Department of Zoology))

2017-10-25 18:00: Jungles, genomes and butterflies: exploring the evolution, behaviour, ecology and wing patterns of tropical butterflies (Professor Chris Jiggins (Department of Zoology))

2017-11-08 18:00: High throughput DNA sequencing to study the genetic architecture of rare developmental disorders (Dr Hilary Martin (Sanger Institute))

2017-11-15 18:00: Gravitational waves: a new window on the universe (Dr Christopher Moore (Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics))

2017-11-22 18:00: The mechanical origin of Maxwell's equations (Professor Malcolm Longair (Department of Physics, University of Cambridge))

2018-01-24 18:00: Quantum mechanical modelling (Prof Mike Payne ( Department of Physics))