Around the College

Upcoming lectures and seminars happening around the College.

Event listing

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Jan 18 2017 -

Let's Talk About Health: The first 1000 days. How stressful events before and shortly after birth can shape the rest of your life.

Join us to hear about how stress causes health risks to the developing baby, and our research into why these unwanted effects may occur.

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Dec 07 2016 -

Let's talk about health: Losing our minds - Can we stop our brains from ageing?

Join us to learn about recent research on the causes of cognitive ageing, its effects on people’s lives, and whether there’s anything that can be done to help people’s brains stay sharp in old age.

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Nov 28 2016 -

Inaugural Lecture: Superbugs, hosts, and habitats: bacterial survival in a challenging world

Professor Fitzgerald's inaugural lecture will include observations from his research career to date and current attempts to find new ways of controlling infectious disease.

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Nov 16 2016 -

Let's Talk About Health: Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Bench to Bedside

Join us to hear about the latest research that is leading to new understanding of the ways in which our genes interact with our environment to cause chronic diseases such as Crohn's and colitis.

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Oct 31 2016 -

Inaugural Lecture: Big Data, Big Picture, Big Challenge

Professor Sudlow's inaugural lecture will discuss the work she is currently undertaking in the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences as well as how she got to where she is today.

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Sep 26 2016 -

Inaugural Lecture: A to Z of Microcephaly: linking genome instability to innate immunity

Professor Jackson's inaugural lecture will discuss the work he is currently undertaking at the MRC Human Genetics Unit as well as how he got to where he is today.

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Sep 01 2016 -

Coming of Age: The Legacy of Dolly at 20

Spend an evening with Professor Sir Ian Wilmut and our other esteemed speakers to discover how Dolly the Sheep still inspires research today.

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Aug 25 2016 -

Dolly the sheep: major discovery or minor distraction?

Dolly the Sheep is a scientific and Scottish icon. But is her iconic status still relevant or is she just a distraction in sheep’s clothing?

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Jun 20 2016 -

Inaugural Lecture: Preventing Deaths from Self-Poisoning in Sri Lanka and the UK

Professor Eddleston's inaugural lecture will discuss the work he is undertaking in both Sri Lanka and the UK to lower deaths by poisoning.

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May 30 2016 -

Inaugural Lecture: What’s the RUSH (Research to Understand Stroke due to Haemorrhage)?

Professor Salman’s inaugural lecture will describe a doctor’s quest to better understand the causes and consequences of brain haemorrhage and design trials to improve its outcome.

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