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| December 2009 |
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57th Hatfield Memorial Lecture
'The Material Requirements for the Origin of Life'
Delivered by Professor Anthony J Ryan OBE, FRSC, FIMMM,
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Science, the University of Sheffield
| Tuesday 1st December | 6.45pm, the Octagon Centre. | Entrance is free but by ticket only from R.Goodall@sheffield.ac.uk
| The 7th Roberts Lecture
Tropical Bugs and Infectious Diseases
By Professor Janet Hemingway, Director, The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | Thursday 3rd December | 6pm, Firth Hall, Firth Court, Western Bank | Entry is free of charge, but registration is required.
More details and registration form on website. | Cafe Scientifique
Dr Tony Payton
Genetic research has aimed to identify the genetic variation responsible for high cognitive functioning and successful cognitive ageing. This talk will discuss the progress that’s been made in the field and the benefits and pitfalls of discovering genes that regulate intelligence. | Monday 7th December | 7pm, Showroom cafe bar
Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX | See www.sciencecafesheffield.org for more information. | Public lecture - open to all.
Vaccines - What's all the fuss about?
An entertaining talk by Professor Adam Finn from the University of Bristol. All welcome. Followed by festive drinks reception. | Friday 18th December | Doors open 5.30pm.
Talk 6pm - 7.30pm
| Entry is free but by ticket only. Please email christmaslecture@sheffield.ac.uk for a ticket or see poster for further details. |
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| February 2010 |
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Cafe Scientifique
Dr Mark Sergeant, Nottingham Trent University
The biological basis of homosexuality.
To what extent do molecular genetics, neuroanatomy and endocrinology influence a person's sexuality? This talk will review research findings on this area, and discuss the ethical implications of such findings.
| Monday 1st February | 7pm, Showroom cafe bar
Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX | See www.sciencecafesheffield.org for more information. | | | | | |
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| March 2010 |
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The David Allen-Booth Memorial Lecture
'Shapes and Patterns: Crystals, leaves, leopards and zebras'.
Professor Gillian Gehring, Department of Physics and Astronomy. | Pennine Lecture Theatre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, S1 1WB | Friday 12th March, 7pm. | Part of National Science and Engineering Week. Entry is free but by ticket only. See www.scienceweeksy.org.uk for more information. | Arts-Science Encounters
'Sing to me, Muse': where does inspiration come from?
Where do new ideas for research or other activities come from?
| Showroom Cinema
| Monday 15th March, 7-9 pm | The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. See websitefor more details and to register. | Arts-Science Encounters
'She's lost control': science on the stage. Rita Marcalo explores the conceptual and physical interfaces between dance, epilepsy and neurological research.
| Tuesday, 16th March, 5.30-7pm | Sheffield University Drama Studio | The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. See website for more details and to book. | Engineering, Medicine and
Science Research Day
A day to facilitate new interdisciplinary research between colleagues. | Firth Hall, Firth Court | Tuesday 23rd March, 9.30am-4pm | Please find further information and details on how to register website
| Knowledge Transfer Account Open Day
An open day to inform academic and industrial partners of our plans for the Knowledge transfer account and build further collaborative partnerships. | The Ridge, Ranmoor Village, University of Sheffield, S10 3AQ | Friday 26th March, 9.30am-4.30pm | Please find further information and details on how to register www.shef.ac.uk/ris/kta/events | Cardiovascular Science Seminar
'Regulation of cell fate by a stress-activated MAP kinase scaffold protein' by Dr Alan Whitmarsh, University of Manchester. | Lecture Theatre 3, Medical School, F-Floor. | Monday 29th March, 12pm | Jointly hosted by the Department of Cardiovascular Science and the Sheffield Regional Group of British Society for Immunology.
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| April 2010 |
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Arts Science Encounters
Dancing to Darwin: The Comedy of Change
| Tuesday 13th April, 5.30pm - 7pm | Douglas Knoop Centre of the Humanities Research Institute, 34 Gell Street.
| The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. See website for more details and to register. | Arts-Science encounters
The Science and Poetry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
| Tuesday 27th April, 5.30pm - 7pm | Douglas Knoop Centre of the Humanities Research Institute, 34 Gell Street. | The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. See website for more details and to register. |
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| May 2010 |
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Arts-Science Encounters
The Psychology of Music
| Douglas Knoop Centre of the Humanities Research Institute, 34 Gell Street.
| Tuesday 4th May, 5.30pm - 7pm | The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. See website for more details and to register. | Cafe Scientifique
Stonehenge: new discoveries. With Professor Mike Parker Pearson from the University's department of Archaeology. | 7pm, Showroom cafe bar
Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX | Monday 10th May, 7pm | See www.sciencecafesheffield.org for more information. | Arts-Science Encounters
Fish and Line: on Kandinsky, aquatic life, and new senses of the human
| Douglas Knoop Centre of the Humanities Research Institute, 34 Gell Street.
| Tuesday 11th May 5.30pm - 7pm | The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. See website for more details and to register. | CPD programme for Postdocs in the Faculty of Science
“How to be an Effective Researcher” | Meeting Room 2 in the Bioincubator | Thursday 13th May and Friday 14th May
9.15- 5.00pm
| The programme is aimed at early career research staff/Postdoc within the first 3–15 months of a research contract with project management responsibility.
For more details and to book a place please contact Dr Sandrine Soubes s.soubes@sheffield.ac.uk
| Arts-Science Encounters
The Science and Arts of Memory
| Douglas Knoop Centre of the Humanities Research Institute, 34 Gell Street or Jessop West Exhibition Space.
| Tuesday 18th May 5.30pm - 7.00pm
| The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. See website for more details and to register. | Arts-Science Encounters
Science and Madness: From Tacit Knowledge to the Uncanny
| Douglas Knoop Centre of the Humanities Research Institute, 34 Gell Street.
| Tuesday 25th May, 5.30pm - 7pm. | The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. See website for more details and to register. |
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| June 2010 |
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Arts-Science Encounters
‘Every tool shapes your mind’ : the implications of technology | Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences. | 1st June, 5.30pm -7.00pm. | The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. See website for more details and to register. | Arts-Science Encounters
What Makes for a Better Society?
| Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences OR HRI institute (tbc). | 15th June, 5.30pm -7.00pm. | The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. See website for more details and to register. | Arts-Science Encounters
Marcus du Sautoy: The Art of Mathematics
| St Georges Church | 21st June, 5.30-7.00pm. | The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. See website for more details and to register. | | | | | |
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