Talks and Events List


All talks are in the Ramsay Lecture Theatre at 5.45 pm unless otherwise advertsed. They are preceded by tea and doughnuts at 5.30 pm in the Nyholm Room, and are followed by cheese and wine.

Spring Term 2007

Tue 9th Jan Dr. Hasok Chang (UCL) When Water Does Not Boil at the Boiling Point
Tue 16th Jan Dr. Philip Ball Paracelsus the Alchemist
Fri 19th Jan CPS Pub Crawl Drinks on the Dark Side
Mon 22nd Jan CPS Sports Social Bowling
Tue 23rd Jan* Phil Willis MP Does Science Influence Government Policy?
Tue 6th Feb Dr. Andrew Wadge (FSA) Safer Food
Tue 20th Feb Dr. Caroline Cordery (Unilever) Sound Science Delivers Profit to Shareholders
Tue 27th Feb Dr. John Benstead (UCL) From Prehistoric Times to the Present Day
Tue 6th Mar Mark Peplow (RSC) Science and the Media: How it Works
Thu 8th Mar CPS Careers Day
Alumni Careers
Tue 13th Mar Prof. Chris McGuigan (RSC/Cardiff) Sneaking Phosphates Into Cells
Tue 20th Mar Dr. Mike Porter (UCL) Presidential Lecture

*This talk will start at 5:00 pm and will be held in the Nyholm Room.

A pdf copy of the spring talk list is also available here.

Autumn Term 2006

Tue 3rd Oct† Dr. Andrea Sella Odeurs et Lumières 2006 Pictures and Videos
Fri 6th Oct† CPS Pub Crawl Pictures
Tue 17th Oct Dr. Mark Green (KCL) Nanoparticles for Biological Labelling
Wed 24th Oct Nick Ross (Broadcaster) Mad Scientists (That Means You!)
Tue 31st Oct Prof. Peter Barham (Bristol) The Science of Taste and Flavour
Tue 7th Nov Dr. Tony Hooper (Rothamsted Research) Sex, Flies and Videotape
Fri 17th Nov Prof. Paul McMillan Diamonds and the Deep Earth (Lab Dinner Lecture)
Tue 21st Nov Dr. Charles Sell (Quest International) Chemistry and Perfume
Tue 28th Nov Dr. John Emsley The Elements of Murder
Tue 12th Dec Christmas Quiz and Party Quiz Results

† The lecture on the 3rd of October will be held in the Chemistry Auditorium, whereas the pub crawl will presumably take place in a series of pubs.

In addition there will also be a series of career evenings. These will be advertised in the future.

A pdf copy of the talk list is also available here.