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SUMMARY: Polish Science Café - 11th edition - Michał Włodarski\, Alessa
 ndro Malusà\, Dr Maciej Lisicki
DTSTART:20161121T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 11th edition of Polish Science Café and learn
  about the work of Polish scientists in a friendly atmosphere.\n\n\nSpeake
 rs:\n\n1. *Michał Włodarski* - ‘’Using physics to understand bacteri
 al responses to antibiotics’’\n\nMichał is a final year PhD student a
 t the Biological and Soft Systems group in Cavendish Laboratory and Selwyn
  College. In his brief talk\, he will explain gaps in our understanding of
  how antibiotics affect bacteria and how physical insights can help us und
 erstand bacterial behaviour and ultimately lead to better treatments.\n\n2
 . *Alessandro Malusà* - "Depictions of Power: A comparative investigation
  into the instrumentalisation of dress and representation in seventeenth c
 entury portraiture by the House of Savoy and the French House of Bourbon"\
 n\nAlessandro\, a dress historian\, is currently reading the MPhil in Earl
 y Modern History\, and will discuss his dissertation research on the semio
 tic use of dress and material culture as tools of communication in sevente
 enth century Western European iconography. His talk will also highlight th
 e benefits of using dress history as a means of furthering the understandi
 ng of art\, economic\, social and political histories.\n\n3. *Dr Maciej Li
 sicki* - “Row your boat in the sea of honey: a tale of bacterial hydrody
 namics and glacier flows”\n\nWhy is the motion of bacteria similar to th
 e motion of ice sheets of Antarctica? (It is!) What connects the two seemi
 ngly contrasting processes is the very viscous character of motion of the 
 fluid. Viscous effects are responsible for transport and propulsion of mic
 roorganisms\, and lead to different swimming strategies when compared to o
 ur normal swimming pool experience. They also play a key part in large-sca
 le geological flows of ice and lava. In this talk\, I will describe the pr
 operties of viscous flows responsible for this universal behaviour and exp
 lain why honey is such a good model for a vast flowing ice field.\n\nMacie
 j is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Applied Mathem
 atics and Theoretical Physics and Wolfson College\, working with Eric Laug
 a on microscale fluid dynamics.\n\n\nMC: *Cezary Łastowski*\n\n\nWine\, s
 oft drinks and canapés will be provided. After the event we'll head to th
 e college bar or one of the local pubs.\n\n\nFacebook event: "https://www.
 facebook.com/events/907661066001998/":URL
LOCATION:Trinity Hall (CB2 1TJ)\, Lecture Theatre
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