Natural Sciences Research Showcase 2024 September 2024, Sir Alexander Fleming Building G34 Lecture Theatre

Join a full day of presentations and stimulating discussions with the academics and prize-winning PhD students in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and find out about our innovative work. Everybody is welcome! Please register as soon as possible (deadline: 24th September, 5pm).

Natural Sciences Showcase

10:00 – 18:00, SAFB G16 LT

Welcome coffee from 9.30 in the concourse level 1

  • Departmental talks sessions: 10:00 -16:10 in SAFB G16 LT (coffee breaks in the concourse level 1)
  • PhD students poster competition: 12:30-13:40 in SAFB 120-122 (lunch will be provided) – 51³Ô¹ÏÍø staff and students will be able to vote for their favourite poster before the event – view the posters and submit your !
  • Panel session – Vaccine development and deployment: 16:10 – 17:10 in SAFB 120-122
  • Awards from 17:15 with canapés & drinks reception in the concourse level 1

Don’t miss this great opportunity to engage with our academics and postgraduate students. Please see the full programme below:

Programme

(Coffee and tea will be available from 9:30 in the concourse level 1)

10:00-10:05 Welcome by the Dean Professor Richard Craster

10:05-10:35 Centre for Environmental Policy Showcase

  • 10:05 – 10:20 (Chair in Environmental Sustainability) – Title of talk: The feel-good factor: exploring the links between biodiversity and human well-being
  • 10:20 – 10:35 Henry Grub (PhD student) – Title of talk: A comparison of approaches to badger vaccination against bovine tuberculosis

10:35-11:20 Department of Mathematics Showcase

  • 10:35 – 10:50 (Lecturer in Biomathematics) – Title of talk: Algebraic Topology and Algebraic Geometry for Data Science
  • 10:50 – 11:05 Paula Cordero Encinar (PhD student) – Title of talk: Where Should I Put My Sensor to Solve My Problem? An AI and Math Perspective
  • 11:05 – 11:20  Ilteber Ozdemir (PhD student) – Title of talk: Unveiling Complex Dynamics and Pattern Formation of Biofilaments

Coffee break (11:20-11:30)

11:30-12:30 Department of Life Sciences Showcase

  • 11:30 -11:45 (Senior Lecturer) – Title of talk: B cell mechanics in immunity
  • 11:45 – 12:00 Ariane Dellavalle (PhD student) – Title of talk: Shifting baselines, bird diversity, and pest control services in West Africa 
  • 12:00 – 12:15 Jonny Bradshaw (PhD student) – Title of talk: Identifying a novel poly-N-acetyl-glucosamine phenotype on a priority bacterial pathogen
  • 12:15 – 12:30 Catherine Parry (PhD student) – Title of talk: Shedding light on pollination

12:30-13:40 Lunch & Poster session

13:40-14:40 Department of Chemistry Showcase

  • 13:40 – 13:55 (Senior Lecturer) – Title of talk: Chemical precision tools for the sweet side of biology
  • 13:55 – 14:10 Annabel Basford (PhD student) – Title of talk: Streamlining the automated discovery of porous materials
  • 14:10 – 14:25 Thomas Webb (PhD student) – Title of talk: The design of metallocenes as dopants for organic conductive materials
  • 14:25 – 14:40 Natalia Swiatek (PhD student) – Title of talk: Towards the Development of a Novel Small Molecule for the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer

Coffee break (14:40-14:50)

14:50- 15:50 Department of Physics Showcase

  • 14:50 – 15:05 (Professor of Experimental Particle Physics) – Title of talk: The LhARA initiative; how physics can guide biology and ultimately deliver better cancer care
  • 15:05 – 15:20 Adam Taylor (PhD student) – Title of talk: Taming errors in near-term quantum computers
  • 15:20 – 15:35 Elisa Jacquet (PhD student) –  Title of talk: Searching for neutrinoless double beta decay in a dark matter experiment
  • 15:35 – 15:50 Josie McGarrigle (PhD student) – Title of talk: Developing new modalities of particle beam therapy

15:50 -15:55 Closing remarks by the Dean Professor Richard Craster

Coffee break (15:55-16:10)

16:10 – 17:10 Vaccine development and deployment

Panel discussion

Chair: (Professor of Structural Matrix Biology, Department of Life Sciences)

  • Panel members:   
    • (Senior lecturer, Department of Chemistry)
    • (Professor in Health Economics and Policy,  Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation – Business School)
    • (Lecturer in Epidemiology of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases,  School of Public Health – Faculty of Medicine)
    • (Research Associate, Department of infectious Disease – Faculty of Medicine)

17:15 – 18:00 – Canapes reception and Prizes

  • Awards will be given at 17:30

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