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Lecture Reports

Below you will find reports from our lectures.  Either click the title to view the report online or download a copy by clicking on the file name next to 'Download report'. Use the search box on this page to find a particular report.

Daffodils for brain tumours, Grandifolia for Pancreatic Cancer and other useful plant alkaloids

Dr. Caggiano described the chemical weapons used by some plants to protect themselves from attack by insects, and how those chemicals can be used to find new treatments for cancers.

Sadly the video of this talk is not available.

Details
Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 10 Nov 2021
  • Dr Lorenzo Caggiano
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Bath University

Thinking Better- the Art of the Shortcut

Professor du Sautoy uncovers some of the pitfalls in our thinking processes, and offers some strategies to help us make better decisions.

Details
Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 13 Oct 2021
  • Professor Marcus du Sautoy OBE FRS
  • Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics, Oxford University

The “Nuts and Bolts” of CRISPR-Cas Technology and its Use Against Antimicrobial Resistance in the food chain

Joss outlines the complex topic of DNA manipulation using CRISPR and cas-9, and shows how it could be used to create new weaponns against bacteria.

Details
Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 8 Sep 2021
  • Joss Lazenby BSc
  • University of Reading · School of Biological Sciences

Light Years Ahead, the 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer

Robert shares his painstaking work to understand the computer's construction and capability, and shows how it saved the mission from disaster.

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Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 9 Jun 2021
  • Robert Willis, Software Engineer
  • Cisco, Harpenden
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