Welcome to our Science Public Lectures series!
This series of talks is open to all and free to attend. Lectures are held once a month, on the third Thursday of each month.
We welcome speakers in all areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) from across the University of Nottingham, and we hope you can join us to hear about some of the fascinating research that is being undertaken at the university.
Colleagues from across the university’s science community have been jointly hosting a series of public science lectures for over a decade.
The series is currently organised by colleagues within the Institute of Policy and Engagement and Dr. Hilary Collins (School of Pharmacy).
If you would like any more information about the series or would like to be added to the mailing list, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Upcoming events:
Please check back soon for more details on upcoming lectures!
Past lectures:
- Date
- 12/12/2024
- Description
- In this lecture, three academics from our Faculty of Science will explain how they use imaging techniques to explore a range of research questions, including how they can demonstrate the connection between our guts and our brains, help to diagnose brain tumours, and show if an anti-ageing cosmetic is actually absorbed by the skin.
- Date
- 21/11/2024
- Description
- In this lecture, Dr Steve Atkinson, Associate Professor in Molecular and Cellular Bacteriology, will explore the history and biology of the plague and discuss the work being carried out by the University of Nottingham to uncover the drivers for plague inactivity and resurgence.
- Date
- 17/10/2024
- Description
- In this lecture, Professor Steve Benford, from the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, will explore how he collaborates with artists, through his research programme Somabotics, to create robotic artworks that provoke meaning making and challenge foundational assumptions in AI.
- Date
- 19/09/2024
- Description
- In this lecture, Dr. Deshpande will explore three areas of research he has worked on over his career: telesurgery, teleoperation, and mixed reality training, bringing them together through the common theme that runs through his research, keeping the human user at the centre of the development of the technologies.
- Date
- 15/08/2024
- Description
- In this lecture, Professor Cath Rees, Professor of Microbiology within the Faculty of Science, explores a new diagnostic method that may finally help us tackle TB, a global disease that affects every country in the world and kills more than 1 million people every year.
- Date
- 20/06/2024
- Description
- In this lecture, Dr Joe Heeley, Research Fellow within the School of Chemistry, will explore how we can use AI to address the problem of developing more sustainable processes and how we can encourage chemists to make their chemistry greener!