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\n \n \n \nThe Lorna Casselton Memorial Lecture 2022 will be given by Professor George Church (Harvard University), co-initiator of the Human Genome Project, online by Zoom. Admission is free, but booking is required via the website.
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\n \n\n \n\n Thursday, 12 May 2022, 5.30pm to 6.30pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nSpeaker: Lara Lalemi (University of Bristol). Free hybrid event organised by Worcester College. Lara is completing a doctorate in Chemistry - specialising in Aerosol Science. At Bristol, she delivers an undergraduate optional unit 'Big Ideas' focused on inclusivity in science. Lara also pioneered the 'Decolonising the Science Curriculum Working Group' alongside 14 colleagues and students across UK universities.
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\n \n\n \n\n Monday, 28 February 2022, 12pm to 6pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nAt Keble College\u2019s HB Allen Centre on Banbury Road. Oxford University Development (OUD) is holding a one-day exhibition of entries to its masterplan design competition for the proposed Innovation District near Begbroke and Yarnton. Staff and students are warmly invited to come along to this showcase of some of the best competition entries, talk to the project team and contribute to the emerging vision for the Innovation District.
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\n \n\n \n\n Tuesday, 08 March 2022, 1pm to 6.30pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nJoin the Mathematics and Statistics departments who, in collaboration with the MPLS ED&I team, are hosting an afternoon of in-person events at the Mathematical Institute, open to all staff and students across MPLS. Between the events there is time to grab some refreshments and network, with drinks and networking after the panel discussion until 18:30.
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\n \n\n \n\n Tuesday, 08 March 2022, 12.30pm to 1.30pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nFeaturing Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof. Nazira Karodia MBE (Edinburgh Napier University), Associate Deputy Executive Dean (Education) Prof. Jacquie Robson (University of Durham), and Principal Investigator Prof. Susan Perkin (University of Oxford), this panel event is a chance to find out more about the career pathways of leading RSC Women in Chemistry and how they continue to #BreakTheBias.
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\n \n\n \n\n Thursday, 24 February 2022, 11am to 12pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nThis webinar looks at how universities and business can collaborate to help to create a sense of place in support of regional development programmes such as the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. The Arc is home to globally renowned universities, sitting at the heart of a business, science and technology ecosystem. Looking at innovation, research, skills, and inward investment, how can universities and business work together to contribute to a sense of place, and ensure greater prosperity for their regions? Online event organised by the Arc Universities Group.
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\n \n\n \n\n Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 6.30pm to 8pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nFiguring out what shapes proteins fold into is known as the \u201cprotein folding problem\u201d, and has stood as a grand challenge in biology for the past 50 years. In a major scientific advance, the latest version of AI system AlphaFold has been recognised as a solution to this grand challenge. Dr. John Jumper, the research lead of the AlphaFold team, will explain how this incredible achievement came to be and discuss its future prospects. In-person event at the Mathematical Institute, organised by Oxford University Scientific Society.
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\n \n\n \n\n Tuesday, 01 March 2022, 5.30pm to 7pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nDr Pippa Wells, Deputy Director for Research and Computing at CERN, will delve into her specialist field, particle physics, and talk about some of the ways it has affected our daily lives. In-person lecture at the Flora Anderson Hall, Somerville College. Registration required; please also take a lateral flow test beforehand and attend only if it is negative.
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\n \n\n \n\n Tuesday, 01 February 2022, 6.15pm to 7.30pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nOn Christmas Day 2021, following the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson quoted from Psalm 19, \u201cThe heavens proclaim the glory of God.\u201d But in what sense, if any, can this claim be made today? Do the heavens point to their Creator, or to nothing but an immense and ultimately meaningless void? What are the prospects of the religious and scientific impulses of humanity being in conflict or constructive engagement in the 21st century? Explore these and other big questions. A presentation by Bishop Marcelo S\u00e1nchez Sorondo, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, in dialogue with Alister McGrath, Andreas Idreos Chair of Science and Religion, University of Oxford. Introduced by Professor Ian Shipsey, Head of Physics, with a message of welcome from Maria Beer, Oxford DPhil Student.
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\n \n\n \n\n Friday, 25 February 2022, 5pm to 6pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nWith astrophysicist Dr Mario Livio (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Albert Einstein and Fred Hoyle are amongst the greatest physicists in history and some of the mistakes that these towering figures made led to major scientific advances. Dr Mario Livio will analyse these errors and the psychology which made such \"brilliant blunders\" part of these celebrated scientists' genius and part of the scientific process whereby science thrives on error and advances when erroneous ideas are disproven. St Cross College HAPP online event.
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\n \n\n \n\n Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 10am to 5pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nRecent advances in AI, machine learning and robotics means that machines of all varieties are embedded in our everyday lives. An increasing number of interactions in our work, social and family lives are now collaborations with machines. This conference will showcase the results of ground-breaking research and innovation carried out at the University of Oxford in this field. It will present the most recent results from the Human-Machine Collaboration Programme, supported by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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\n \n\n \n\n Thursday, 06 August 2020, 6am to 9am\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nPart of the AIBotics 2020 webinar series. The University of Oxford is the host of this first webinar on \u2018Human-Machine Collaboration\u2019, in partnership with the Asia Pacific Assistive Robotics Association.
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\n \n\n \n\n Wednesday, 01 December 2021, 11.30am to 1pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nWith Professor Michael Seery, Professor of Chemistry Education and Staff Tutor at the School of Life Health and Chemical Sciences at the Open University. Session covers conducting educational research, supervising undergrad educational research projects, a framework to help you take the plunge, examples and illustrations to practise on. In person event, Phase 2 Seminar room, Biochemistry Department.
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\n \n\n \n\n Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 2pm to 3pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nWalk into any racially mixed secondary school and you will see young people clustered in their own groups according to race. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum guides us through how racial identity develops. In-person event at the Rothermere American Institute.
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\n \n\n \n\n Monday, 22 November 2021 to Friday, 26 November 2021\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nA series of 10 one-hour online lunchtime and early evening sessions across the week, introducing the breadth and different flavours of current or recent space research happening across the University of Oxford. Hosted by Prof Neil Bowles (Professor of Planetary Science & Space @ Oxford Chair) and Dr Simon Jackman (Senior Innovation Fellow, MPLS Division).
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\n \n\n \n\n Wednesday, 03 November 2021, 6pm to 7pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nPortrait artist Fran Monks introduces us to her compelling photo portraits of COVID vaccine trial volunteers, taken over Zoom during lockdown. Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Chief Investigator for the clinical trials of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, shares his perspective on the extraordinary scientific story. Free, online.
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\n \n\n \n\n Thursday, 28 October 2021, 12.45pm to 1.15pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nA livestreamed talk with Ros Rickaby, Chair of Geology in Oxford\u2019s Department of Earth Sciences. Many of our leading researchers have noted that alongside the need for much faster emissions reductions, we need to start pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere. That greenhouse gas removal is essential to achieve net zero carbon emissions, stabilise the climate, and perhaps even to help us orient towards future green jobs and industries. But first, it's important to understand the natural cycle of carbon - how it flows across the globe - how nature already recycles carbon atoms. And then, what that might teach us about how humans could intervene to actually remove carbon from the atmosphere.
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\n \n\n \n\n Tuesday, 09 November 2021, 1pm to 2pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nWoodruff Scientific work in the field of Simulations, Custom Magnets, and Pulsed Power For Fusion Energy. Students are invited to attend to find out about opportunities in Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n\n Thursday, 21 October 2021 to Friday, 22 October 2021\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nA free, online symposium exploring the vital role played by botanic gardens from around the world. Welcoming renowned speakers to this international arena, the talks provide a unique opportunity for the public to see behind the scenes of plant science, presented by the people who are working to secure a greener future.
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\n \n\n \n\n Thursday, 16 September 2021, 7pm to 8pm\n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \nJoin Professor Stephen Harris, Druce Curator (Herbaria) and Curator of Roots to Seeds at the Bodleian Library, and Dr Chris Thorogood, Deputy Director and Head of Science, Oxford Botanic Garden & Harcourt Arboretum, as they discuss the past, present and future of botanical research and teaching. Discover how the herbarium of Bobart the Elder, John Sibthorp's 'Flora Graeca' expedition and the Amazonian waterlily have contributed to four centuries of Oxford botany and current research.
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