Category: Events
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July meeting – A double bill!
We are very lucky to have two speakers for the July meeting! There is a medical theme with both speakers coming to us from Liverpool where they work as consultants in the NHS.
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Why our food is making us fat
We are, on average, 3st heavier than we were in the 60s. And not because we’re eating more or exercising less – we just unwittingly became sugar addicts An article in the Guardian which is closely related to an earlier talk by Prof Rod Bilton and Dr Larry Booth, of the School of Biomolecular Sciences,…
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Bio-Safety in Resource Poor Countries
As part of the Tetricus Seminar series, Dr Nigel Silman of the HPA Microbiology Services will be talking about “Bio-Safety in Resource Poor Countries”. As usual, a light lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Fiona Larkin directly if you would like to go. The venue is as usual: the DSTL Conservation Centre.
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The UK alcohol scene and issues of liver transplantation; facts and figures
Following on from Prof. Roger Williams talk for the May Café Scientifique meeting, we are very please to have an edited version of his presentation online. This contains many of the facts and figures used to support his arguments and is most informative.
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Being There – Immersive Entertainment!
Please note change of date: this talk will now be held a week earlier on 29th May! Dr Nick Lodge is a former head of R&D for the UK’s commercial TV sector, has a PhD in digital HDTV, an MBA in the exploitation of technology and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering &…
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The UK alcohol scene and issues of liver transplantation
Professor Roger Williams, CBE, is Director of the Institute of Hepatology & Foundation for Liver Research. People who drink their youth away as teenagers are coming to clinics like mine by the time they are in their late twenties and early thirties. I am seeing young people suffering from jaundice and hepatitis from alcohol abuse.…
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Giant Silk Moths
Professor Philip Howse has published several books and numerous research articles on insect behaviour and ecology. He has developed novel environmentally-friendly methods of control of insect pests. After a career spent mainly at the University of Southampton during which he travelled widely setting up projects for the control of tropical insect pests, he has now…
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Cultural & psychological determinants of work-related illness & disability
Prof Coggon was awarded a personal chair in Occupational and Environmental Medicine in 1997. In 2005 he joined the newly formed MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre. David Coggon’s main research interest is the epidemiology of occupational and environmental causes of disease. In particular, he has published widely on the relation of musculoskeletal disorders to physical activities…
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Breathing – The Secret Weapon in Sporting Performance
Dr Mitch Lomax is Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Physiology and BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise scientist at the University of Portsmouth, Department of Sport & Exercise Science Dr Lomax will be explaining how Breathing may be considered as ‘the Secret Weapon in Sporting Performance’. She will cover the role of how the breathing…
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Armour
Professor Bryn James (DSTL) will be talking about what does armour need to do and what are the special material properties required. The venue is the DSTL Conservation Centre and a light lunch will be provided. If you would like to attend, please contact the organisers by email or by phone (01980 556514) by close…