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: TBA

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: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA