Tag: University of Southampton

  • The Origin of Species in 45 minutes

    The Origin of Species in 45 minutes

    The March talk will be given by Dr Neil Gostling from the University of Southampton. Neil will be talking about what Darwin did and didn’t say in that most famous published work on evolution by natural selection.

  • Einstein’s Secret Universe

    Einstein’s Secret Universe

    The November talk will be given by Dr. Ian Jones of the Gravity Group at the University of Southampton. Dr Jones will be talking about recent groundbreaking discoveries in the field of black holes and astrophysics. On February 11th 2016, something truly remarkable was announced to the world – the detection of gravitational waves from…

  • 100,000 Genomes Project

    The February talk will be given by Dr Catherine Mercer (Consultant Clinical Geneticist, University Hospital Southampton) and Dr Frank Ratcliff (Wessex Academic Health Science Network) who will be talking about their work on the 100,000 Genomes Project. The 100,000 Genomes Project will sequence 100,000 genomes from around 70,000 people. Participants are NHS patients with a…

  • Join researchers from the University of Southampton to see your invisible Web Reflection with the Web Mirror.

    Join researchers from the University of Southampton to see your invisible Web Reflection with the Web Mirror.

    Our October speaker is organising some events relating to his research, part of the Meaningful Consent in the Digital Economy project whose goals are to understand, re-imagine and re-engineer personal data, privacy and consent. Curious about what your web browsing says about you? Or which companies are tracking you as you browse the web? Join us…

  • Personal Data, Reflections and Control

    Personal Data, Reflections and Control

    The October talk will be given by Richard Gomer of the Agents, Interaction and Complexity Reasearch Group at Southampton University. Richard will be talking about his work examining issues of consent and citizen empowerment with relation to digital technologies.

  • Future Debates: Genome Data Privacy

    Future Debates: Genome Data Privacy

    a Question Time style debate with a panel of experts including medical professionals, scientists and philosophers on the topic of “Is my Genome Result Just for Me?”

  • A Wail in the Ocean

    The May talk will be given by Professor Paul White, director of the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) at the University of Southampton who holds a chair in Statistical Signal Processing. Paul will be talking about his research into sound and cetaceans. Sound plays a vital role in the life of whales and…

  • Did the earth move for you? The rise and fall of our continents

    The April talk will be given by Finn Illsley-Kemp who will be talking about his research into seismology. Plate tectonics is the fundamental theory behind the evolution of our planet. It can explain the highest mountains and the deepest oceans. Despite this it is a relatively new scientific idea and there remain many unanswered questions. Seismologists…

  • Harnessing Genetic Technologies to Improve Community Healthcare Outcomes

    The March talk will be given by Dr Emma Baple, Honorary Associate Professor of Medical Genetics at the University of Southampton, Consultant in Clinical Genetics at University Hospital Southampton and Clinical Lead for Rare Disease Validation and Feedback at Genomics England.

  • Biofuels: Fuelling the future or big fraud?

    The July talk will be given by Prof. David Read of the University of Southampton who will be talking about the viability of biofuels. This talk will explore the viability of biofuels as a sustainable solution to the “energy crisis”. The focus will be on the chemistry behind the fuels as well as the social,…