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Sparking curiosity with the latest events and public engagement activities from Imperial College London

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Don't miss today's #FoNSMAD launch! ⬇️
All Imperial undergraduate students are invited to participate in the FoNS Make-A-Difference competition 2026!

Teams of students from all Faculties, will have the unique opportunity to showcase their creativity.

🗓️ Launch event 14.00, 12 November 🗓️

www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20148...
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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📢 Public Engagement Showcase

Three teams – Explorer, Everest, and Patagonia – rose to the challenge, each delivering an imaginative take on how to communicate the hashtag#AI4Health mission and impact.

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PhD Researchers Inspire at Public Engagement Showcase - AI for Healthcare Centres
The AI4Health Public Engagement Showcase brought together creativity, collaboration, and communication, key ingredients in bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI research and the public it serves. H...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
From rare diseases to complex treatments, discover how Professor Victoria Cornelius from @imperialsph.bsky.social is helping clinical trials work better and faster for patients.

⏰Starting at 17.30
🔗Visit our website for more info or to join us online: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19688...
October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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There's still time to register your place! ➡️ ➡️ undaunted-hq.org/programmes/t... @co2rehub.bsky.social
Demo Day - Undaunted
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May 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Starting at 13.00! 🚨

Dame Kate Bingham discusses overcoming challenges in the pandemic for the Athena Lecture 2025.

If you can't join us in person, join us online:

🔗👉https://bit.ly/AthenaLecture25
May 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Happy Birthday, Leonardo da Vinci! 🥳

His sketches helped shape our understanding of the heart. He produced some of the earliest known observations of coronary arteries, identified the heart’s four chambers, and showed that it's a muscle. ✏️❤️

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Heart muscles sketched by da Vinci play vital role in heart function | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Structures first sketched by artist Leonardo da Vinci are crucial in understanding how the heart works, according to researchers.
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April 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Positive trials = Better patient outcomes?

Join Prof Rakesh Heer from @imperialsandc.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social to discover the importance of challenging the status quo to treat #ProstateCancer.

📅 7 May, 17.30
📍Online or in-person
🔗 bit.ly/RakeshHeer25
April 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Explore the lasting impact of women’s leadership during the pandemic with Dame Kate Bingham for the Athena Lecture 2025.

📅Wednesday 7 May, 13.00
📍In person or online
🔗Register now: bit.ly/AthenaLectur...
April 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Prof James Rosindell and team aim to use a new method to reveal the impact of climate change and habitat loss on #biodiversity. 🌍🌱 #ClimateChange #Conservation

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New simulation of life on Earth reveals hidden diversity of undiscovered species | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Scientists hope a new method will pave the way to provide insights into the impact of climate change and habitat loss on biodiversity.
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April 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Join us for the Athena Lecture 2025!

Kate Bingham reflects on women’s leadership during the pandemic—overcoming challenges, leading the UK Vaccine Taskforce, and delivering the first #COVID19 vaccine.

📅 7 May, 2025
⏰ 13.00 - 14.00
📍South Kensington

www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19098...
Athena Lecture 2025: Overcoming challenges in the pandemic
Dame Kate Bingham will deliver our annual Athena Lecture.
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April 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Celebrate the world of quantum in the International Year of Quantum with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & the London Centre for Nanotechnology 🎉

📅 14 April, 16.00-20.00
📍 Main entrance, South Kensington

There'll be demos, talks & even a silent quantum disco!
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18980...
Quantum Day Celebration 2025
Join quantum researchers from across London to celebrate quantum day on Monday 14th April. Learn about the latest advances in quantum engineering, science and technology and how they are being used to...
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April 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Did you miss the @doryenbubeck.bsky.social inaugural lecture last week or just fancy re-watching?! 😀

Join Doryen in the fascinating world of proteins, the "tiny machines" that drive cellular functions, using cryo electron microscopy.

www.youtube.com/live/H14PeFt...

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March 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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🗳 Vote now in our Research Image Competition!

This year’s contest is open to all research staff – so you might see entries from your lecturers or lab mates 🥼🧪

Check out the stunning shortlisted images & pick your favourite by 2 April, 16.45 ▶️ bit.ly/4iAqjsK
March 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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It's Women at Imperial week 💙

Four women in @ImperialSci shared their journeys through science with us – from neutrinos to AI, cancer research to chemistry 🦠💻💥

No single path, no single way to be a scientist! Read their inspiring stories 🔗 bit.ly/3VexQ7w
March 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Free TONIGHT in London - a wonderful talk on cutting edge biology and how the immune system works, by @doryenbubeck.bsky.social Details here www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18680...
Big questions, tiny machines
Join us for Professor Doryen Bubeck's Imperial Inaugural online or in person.
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March 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Join Professor Doryen Bubeck tomorrow as she explores the tiny machines of life: proteins! 🧬

#ImperialInaugurals are free to attend and open to all - No need to register! 🙌

📅12 March, 17.30
📍 South Kensington or online
🔗https://bit.ly/DoryenBubeck25

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March 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Join us for Prof Doryen Bubeck's inaugural lecture, "Big Questions, Tiny Machines"

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Big questions, tiny machines
Join us for Professor Doryen Bubeck's Imperial Inaugural online or in person.
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March 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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🏙️ ♻️ Create wildflower seed bombs and play a board game to find out more about the crucial role plants have in future urban landscapes at #ImperialLates: Future Cities, featuring our very own Urban Wildlife team!

📅 11 March

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March 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Looking forward to this on Wednesday - see you there?
March 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The deadline for the Research Image Competition is on Monday! 📸 #OurImperial

It's not too late to tell us about your research through an image and a caption, and win big prizes 👉 bit.ly/3GnAjE7

Credit: Stefano Merlini / MAGPIE
February 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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If you missed it or want to see it again watch Professor Will Branford's inaugural lecture "How physics made AI possible, and how it can make it more efficient" on YouTube
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How physics made AI possible, and how it can make it more efficient
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March 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Are you registered for Imperial Lates: Future Cities yet? 🌃

Come and make your own mushroom growing starter kit with urban agriculture experts, then pop to a futuristic comedy set. Add a fully-stocked bar...that's a perfect evening!

📅 11 March, 18.00
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Imperial Lates: Future Cities
Step into tomorrow's London at an Imperial Lates event exploring the future of our urban environments.
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February 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Sir John Pendry's #metamaterials lecture is happening tonight at 17.30 at the Great Hall!

Forgot to register? You might be fortunate enough to bag a seat still 🪑 Swing by and try your luck!
February 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
At 17.30, Professor Matthew Santer will unpack how origami and tape measures influence the design of deployable space structures. 🌌🚀🧳

🔗Join us on live YouTube bit.ly/MS-Livestream

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February 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚨In one week!

Discover how metamaterials can redefine imaging, energy, and even concepts like invisibility with Sir John Pendry at Frontiers in Natural Sciences.

📅 25 February, 17.30
📍 In person or online
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/Frontiers25

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February 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM