Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Talks:
Monday 25 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Advances in Vaccines and Antibodies for Blood-Stage Malaria
Date: 25 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Simon Draper (Department of Biochemistry)
Venue: Biology South Parks Road, South Parks Road OX1 3RB
Venue Details: (former Plants Sciences Building) - Large Lecture Theatre. Building has receptionists
Organiser:
Andrea Kastner (Department of Biology)
Host:
Prof Sunetra Gupta (Department of Biology)
A two-table theorem for a disordered version of the Chinese restaurant process (CRP).
Date: 25 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Cécile Mailler (University of Bath)
Venue: 24-29 St Giles', 24-29 St Giles' OX1 3LB
Venue Details: Department of Statistics, Small Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
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Weldon Memorial Prize Lecture: Endless forms most beautiful: geometry, physics, and biology
Date: 25 November 2024, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Professor L. Mahadevan (Harvard University)
Venue: Biology South Parks Road, South Parks Road OX1 3RB
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
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Tuesday 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Thesis and report writing (in-person)
Date: 26 November 2024, 9:30 - 13:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
Organiser:
James Cunning (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Title TBC
Date: 26 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Christoph Schran (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Hume-Rothery Building, Parks Road OX1 3PH
Venue Details: Hume-Rothery Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH
Organiser:
Joseph Prentice (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
From suspensions to soils: an electrokinetic perspective
Date: 26 November 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Claire Chassagne (Delft)
Venue: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road OX1 3QZ
Venue Details: PTCL Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Susan Perkin (Oxford),
Dirk Aarts (Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 27 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Responsible Research and Innovation
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 27 November 2024, 9:30 - 16:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
s:
Josimar Mendes (University of Oxford),
Sarah Callaghan (Research Practice Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser:
Alison Trinder (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Truth Be Told: How To Interpret Past Mathematicians
Date: 27 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
s:
A. C. Paseau (University of Oxford),
Fabian Pregel (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L5
Organisers:
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Hosts:
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Thursday 28 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Putting stories to work
Date: 28 November 2024, 10:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
Venue Details: ONLINE
Organiser:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
OCIAM Speaker - Prof Anđela Šarić
Date: 28 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Anđela Šarić (IST Austria)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Room 3
Organiser:
Alain Goriely (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Deep learning architectures for science and engineering
Date: 28 November 2024, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
J Nathan Kutz (University of Washington)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Room 1
Organiser:
Luci Bywater (Department of Materials, Advanced Nanoscale Engineering Group)
Host:
Professor Harish Bhaskaran (Department of Materials and Advanced Nanoscale Engineering Group)
Friday 29 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Algebraic approaches in the study of chemical reaction networks
Date: 29 November 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Murad Banaji (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L5
Organiser:
Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Radek Erban (University of Oxford)
The Shuram anomaly: What caused the largest ever carbon isotope anomaly and what can it tell us?
Date: 29 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Graham Shields (UCL)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms
Organisers:
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Hosts:
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Unveiling Permeability Pathways in Ultramafic Rock: Potential for Natural Hydrogen Generation and CO₂ Mineralisation
Date: 29 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Arnaud Lager (Decahydron)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms
Organisers:
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Monday 2 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Title TBC
Date: 2 December 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Monday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Raphaël Forien (INRAE, Avignon)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers:
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Tuesday 3 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Conception X Cohort 8 Discovery Session – University of Oxford
Date: 3 December 2024, 12:30 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Conception X (Conception X)
Venue: Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road OX2 6PA
Organiser:
MPLS Enterprise
Host:
Sally Charles (University of Oxford)
Advances in Thermoplastic Elastomers: Bringing Self-Networking Polymers into the 21st Century
Date: 3 December 2024, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
Venue: Hume-Rothery Building, Parks Road OX1 3PH
Venue Details: Hume-Rothery Lecture Theatre (adjacent to the reception foyer)
Organiser:
Lorraine Laird (Department of Materials)
Host:
Professor Hazel Assender (University of Oxford)
Wednesday 4 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Leading Collaboration - bringing people together to achieve the extraordinary (in-person)
Date: 4 December 2024, 10:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Kate Tapper (Your Research Matters)
Venue: Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road OX2 6PA
Venue Details: Garden Room
Organiser:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
GROW: Meet the Science Founders with Wilbe (online)
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 4 December 2024, 12:30 - 14:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
s:
Devika Thapar (Wilbe),
Anna Vildaus (Wilbe),
Ali Farzanehfar (Wilbe)
Venue Details: ONLINE
Organiser:
Louisa Trevail (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Enterprise
Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Interviewing for podcasts (online)
Date: 5 December 2024, 9:30 - 12:30 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)
Venue Details: online
Organiser:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Chaotic flows in polymer solutions: what’s new?
Date: 5 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof. Rich Kerswell (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Room 3
Organiser:
Alain Goriely (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 6 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Spatial mechano-transcriptomics of mouse embryogenesis
Date: 6 December 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L5
Organiser:
Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host:
Prof Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)
X-ray computed tomography: A modern Aladdin’s lamp to discover orogenic gold deposits
Date: 6 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr Muhammad Sayab (The Geological Survey of Finland GTK)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms
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