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Professor Marie Edmonds FRS will talk about 'A Lot of Hot Air: volcanic degassing and its impact on our environment' in her lecture on 24 November 2025, 18:00 – 19:00. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
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Professor Marie Edmonds FRS will talk about 'A Lot of Hot Air: volcanic degassing and its impact on our environment' in her lecture on 24 November 2025, 18:00 – 19:00. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Professor Marie Edmonds FRS will talk about 'A Lot of Hot Air: volcanic degassing and its impact on our environment' in her lecture on 24 November 2025, 18:00 – 19:00. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
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A big thank you to Professor Carol Brayne for giving our A.V. Hill Lecture on 'Reflections on dementia research and ageing societies' on Monday. @camneuro.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A big thank you to Professor Carol Brayne for giving our A.V. Hill Lecture on 'Reflections on dementia research and ageing societies' on Monday. @camneuro.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
Professor Keith Seffen from @eng.cam.ac.uk @corpuscambridge.bsky.social will talk about 'Putting the “S” into mechanics' in our next lecture:
10 November 2025, 18:00 – 19:00 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
BOOKING: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
10 November 2025, 18:00 – 19:00 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
BOOKING: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
October 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Professor Keith Seffen from @eng.cam.ac.uk @corpuscambridge.bsky.social will talk about 'Putting the “S” into mechanics' in our next lecture:
10 November 2025, 18:00 – 19:00 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
BOOKING: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
10 November 2025, 18:00 – 19:00 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
BOOKING: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
We look forward to welcoming Professor Carol Brayne CBE on Monday for her lecture: Reflections on dementia research and ageing societies. @camneuro.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
Monday 27 October 2025, 18:00 – 19:00
BOOKING: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Monday 27 October 2025, 18:00 – 19:00
BOOKING: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We look forward to welcoming Professor Carol Brayne CBE on Monday for her lecture: Reflections on dementia research and ageing societies. @camneuro.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
Monday 27 October 2025, 18:00 – 19:00
BOOKING: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Monday 27 October 2025, 18:00 – 19:00
BOOKING: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
The Kelvin Club is hosting an afternoon in memory of Oliver Heaviside on Tuesday, 28th October in Peterhouse Theatre from 3pm. @peterhousecam.bsky.social
See image for details.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The Kelvin Club is hosting an afternoon in memory of Oliver Heaviside on Tuesday, 28th October in Peterhouse Theatre from 3pm. @peterhousecam.bsky.social
See image for details.
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Now on YouTube, watch Professor David Tong's Larmor Lecture on ''Our Chiral Universe". @trincollcam.bsky.social @cambridgemaths.bsky.social
YouTube: youtu.be/h3LNu64b39A
YouTube: youtu.be/h3LNu64b39A
October 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Now on YouTube, watch Professor David Tong's Larmor Lecture on ''Our Chiral Universe". @trincollcam.bsky.social @cambridgemaths.bsky.social
YouTube: youtu.be/h3LNu64b39A
YouTube: youtu.be/h3LNu64b39A
Professor Carol Brayne CBE, will talk about 'Reflections on dementia research and ageing societies'. @camneuro.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
27 October 2025, 18:00 – 19:00, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge .
Booking: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
27 October 2025, 18:00 – 19:00, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge .
Booking: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
October 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Professor Carol Brayne CBE, will talk about 'Reflections on dementia research and ageing societies'. @camneuro.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
27 October 2025, 18:00 – 19:00, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge .
Booking: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
27 October 2025, 18:00 – 19:00, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge .
Booking: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
A big 'Thank you' to Professor David Tong for his insighful lecture on the ''Our Chiral Universe". @cambridgemaths.bsky.social
@trincollcam.bsky.social
And to the audience who attended and asked some wonderful questions to David, as well as filling all 440 seats to capacity.
@trincollcam.bsky.social
And to the audience who attended and asked some wonderful questions to David, as well as filling all 440 seats to capacity.
October 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A big 'Thank you' to Professor David Tong for his insighful lecture on the ''Our Chiral Universe". @cambridgemaths.bsky.social
@trincollcam.bsky.social
And to the audience who attended and asked some wonderful questions to David, as well as filling all 440 seats to capacity.
@trincollcam.bsky.social
And to the audience who attended and asked some wonderful questions to David, as well as filling all 440 seats to capacity.
Professor David Tong from @trincollcam.bsky.social @cambridgemaths.bsky.social will give our first lecture on 'Our Chiral Universe'.
Larmor Lecture - 13 October, 18:00–19:00
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
Booking: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Larmor Lecture - 13 October, 18:00–19:00
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
Booking: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
October 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Professor David Tong from @trincollcam.bsky.social @cambridgemaths.bsky.social will give our first lecture on 'Our Chiral Universe'.
Larmor Lecture - 13 October, 18:00–19:00
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
Booking: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Larmor Lecture - 13 October, 18:00–19:00
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
Booking: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
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A proud moment🎉 Cavendish alumnus Prof John Clarke awarded the #NobelPrize2025, with Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis. They opened the door to quantum technologies based on superconducting qubits, putting quantum phenomena to work in real devices. buff.ly/lnm99ls
October 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A proud moment🎉 Cavendish alumnus Prof John Clarke awarded the #NobelPrize2025, with Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis. They opened the door to quantum technologies based on superconducting qubits, putting quantum phenomena to work in real devices. buff.ly/lnm99ls
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Congratulations to alumnus Prof John Clarke, who has been jointly awarded The Nobel Prize in #Physics – making this Cambridge's 126th Nobel win 🏆 👏
Read about his work and his long connection with Cambridge:
bit.ly/42PUIh1
#Science @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
Read about his work and his long connection with Cambridge:
bit.ly/42PUIh1
#Science @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
Cambridge alumnus awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
University of Cambridge alumnus Professor John Clarke has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis,
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October 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Congratulations to alumnus Prof John Clarke, who has been jointly awarded The Nobel Prize in #Physics – making this Cambridge's 126th Nobel win 🏆 👏
Read about his work and his long connection with Cambridge:
bit.ly/42PUIh1
#Science @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
Read about his work and his long connection with Cambridge:
bit.ly/42PUIh1
#Science @cambridgephysics.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall.
Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...
Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...
Jane Goodall - Finding our way to a better future
YouTube video by Cambridge University
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October 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall.
Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...
Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...
Our Travel Grants are now open for application.
Deadline for applications is 01 Nov 2025
Deadline for references is 08 Nov 2025
For more information and to apply:
www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/funding/trav...
Deadline for applications is 01 Nov 2025
Deadline for references is 08 Nov 2025
For more information and to apply:
www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/funding/trav...
October 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Our Travel Grants are now open for application.
Deadline for applications is 01 Nov 2025
Deadline for references is 08 Nov 2025
For more information and to apply:
www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/funding/trav...
Deadline for applications is 01 Nov 2025
Deadline for references is 08 Nov 2025
For more information and to apply:
www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/funding/trav...
Tickets are now available for The PdOC Research Showcase 2025 on 10th November 2025 at West Hub, Cambridge. @westcamhub @CamPostdocs
Book tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thewe...
Sponsored by the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Book tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thewe...
Sponsored by the Cambridge Philosophical Society
October 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Tickets are now available for The PdOC Research Showcase 2025 on 10th November 2025 at West Hub, Cambridge. @westcamhub @CamPostdocs
Book tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thewe...
Sponsored by the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Book tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thewe...
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2025 Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "Gravitational Waves, Black Holes and Experimental Tests of Gravitational Theory", by Professor Thibault Damour at 5 pm GMT on Monday 10 Nov at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.
Book Now: tinyurl.com/chamblinlect...
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2025 Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture - registration
Speaker: Thibault Damour, IHES
Title: "Gravitational Waves, Black Holes and Experimental Tests of Gravitational Theory"
Event Timing: November 10th, 2025, 5pm UK time
Event Address: Centre for Mathema...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
2025 Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "Gravitational Waves, Black Holes and Experimental Tests of Gravitational Theory", by Professor Thibault Damour at 5 pm GMT on Monday 10 Nov at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.
Book Now: tinyurl.com/chamblinlect...
Book Now: tinyurl.com/chamblinlect...
The Kelvin Club is hosting an afternoon in memory of Oliver Heaviside on Tuesday, 28th October in Peterhouse Theatre from 3pm. @peterhousecam.bsky.social
See image for details.
See image for details.
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Kelvin Club is hosting an afternoon in memory of Oliver Heaviside on Tuesday, 28th October in Peterhouse Theatre from 3pm. @peterhousecam.bsky.social
See image for details.
See image for details.
The next Research Café: Science Communication will take place on 30th September 2025 @ 11:30am-2:30pm at @West Hub, Cambridge.
We have limited places, sign up here!
For details and to sign-up:
www.tickettailor.com/events/thewe...
We have limited places, sign up here!
For details and to sign-up:
www.tickettailor.com/events/thewe...
September 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The next Research Café: Science Communication will take place on 30th September 2025 @ 11:30am-2:30pm at @West Hub, Cambridge.
We have limited places, sign up here!
For details and to sign-up:
www.tickettailor.com/events/thewe...
We have limited places, sign up here!
For details and to sign-up:
www.tickettailor.com/events/thewe...
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Don’t miss Hiroaki Suga’s #LMBSeminar on Monday 29th September at 11AM.
Hiroaki, from the University of Tokyo, will discuss ‘De novo discovery of macrocyclic peptides and pseudo-natural products for therapeutic innovation’
Click here for more info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Hiroaki, from the University of Tokyo, will discuss ‘De novo discovery of macrocyclic peptides and pseudo-natural products for therapeutic innovation’
Click here for more info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
September 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Don’t miss Hiroaki Suga’s #LMBSeminar on Monday 29th September at 11AM.
Hiroaki, from the University of Tokyo, will discuss ‘De novo discovery of macrocyclic peptides and pseudo-natural products for therapeutic innovation’
Click here for more info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Hiroaki, from the University of Tokyo, will discuss ‘De novo discovery of macrocyclic peptides and pseudo-natural products for therapeutic innovation’
Click here for more info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
The PdOC Research Showcase 2025 will take place on 10th November 2025 at West Hub, Cambridge.
For details and to submit an abstract:
www.pdoc.cam.ac.uk/events/resea...
Sponsored by the Cambridge Philosophical Society
For details and to submit an abstract:
www.pdoc.cam.ac.uk/events/resea...
Sponsored by the Cambridge Philosophical Society
September 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The PdOC Research Showcase 2025 will take place on 10th November 2025 at West Hub, Cambridge.
For details and to submit an abstract:
www.pdoc.cam.ac.uk/events/resea...
Sponsored by the Cambridge Philosophical Society
For details and to submit an abstract:
www.pdoc.cam.ac.uk/events/resea...
Sponsored by the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Professor David Tong from @cambridgemaths.bsky.social will give our first lecture in October on 'Our Chiral Universe'.
Larmor Lecture
13 October 2025, 18:00–19:00
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
For details and booking:
www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Larmor Lecture
13 October 2025, 18:00–19:00
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
For details and booking:
www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
September 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Professor David Tong from @cambridgemaths.bsky.social will give our first lecture in October on 'Our Chiral Universe'.
Larmor Lecture
13 October 2025, 18:00–19:00
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
For details and booking:
www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Larmor Lecture
13 October 2025, 18:00–19:00
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
For details and booking:
www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
The Final Frontier: Black Holes in the Infant Universe
9 September - Ray Dolby Center in West Cambridge.
Join Lord Rees, Prof. Natarajan, Prof. Sijacki and Prof. Maiolino for this exciting public talk.
Details: sites.google.com/cam.ac.uk/mb...
@cambridgeastro.bsky.social
9 September - Ray Dolby Center in West Cambridge.
Join Lord Rees, Prof. Natarajan, Prof. Sijacki and Prof. Maiolino for this exciting public talk.
Details: sites.google.com/cam.ac.uk/mb...
@cambridgeastro.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The Final Frontier: Black Holes in the Infant Universe
9 September - Ray Dolby Center in West Cambridge.
Join Lord Rees, Prof. Natarajan, Prof. Sijacki and Prof. Maiolino for this exciting public talk.
Details: sites.google.com/cam.ac.uk/mb...
@cambridgeastro.bsky.social
9 September - Ray Dolby Center in West Cambridge.
Join Lord Rees, Prof. Natarajan, Prof. Sijacki and Prof. Maiolino for this exciting public talk.
Details: sites.google.com/cam.ac.uk/mb...
@cambridgeastro.bsky.social
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Another chapter of my PhD at @unswbees.bsky.social is out!! 🎉 #OpenAccess with
@nathwilliamb.bsky.social & Russell Bonduriansky in Biological Reviews @camphilsoc.bsky.social
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@nathwilliamb.bsky.social & Russell Bonduriansky in Biological Reviews @camphilsoc.bsky.social
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review
Theory predicts that facultatively asexual animals, which can leverage the advantages of both sexual and asexual reproduction, should outcompete obligately sexual and obligately asexual animals. Yet,....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Another chapter of my PhD at @unswbees.bsky.social is out!! 🎉 #OpenAccess with
@nathwilliamb.bsky.social & Russell Bonduriansky in Biological Reviews @camphilsoc.bsky.social
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@nathwilliamb.bsky.social & Russell Bonduriansky in Biological Reviews @camphilsoc.bsky.social
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Recent (belated) paper on dam impacts in Biological Reviews! @camphilsoc.bsky.social
🐟🦐 Interested in how migratory fishes and decapod respond to fragmentation, dam removal, and fish pass installation?
✅Out on open access: doi.org/10.1111/brv....
🖋️With Billy Lam, David Dudgeon, Jia Huan Liew
🐟🦐 Interested in how migratory fishes and decapod respond to fragmentation, dam removal, and fish pass installation?
✅Out on open access: doi.org/10.1111/brv....
🖋️With Billy Lam, David Dudgeon, Jia Huan Liew
Global consequences of dam‐induced river fragmentation on diadromous migrants: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
The global proliferation of dams has altered flow and sediment regimes in rivers, presenting a major threat to freshwater biodiversity. Diadromous species, such as fishes, decapod crustaceans and gas...
doi.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Recent (belated) paper on dam impacts in Biological Reviews! @camphilsoc.bsky.social
🐟🦐 Interested in how migratory fishes and decapod respond to fragmentation, dam removal, and fish pass installation?
✅Out on open access: doi.org/10.1111/brv....
🖋️With Billy Lam, David Dudgeon, Jia Huan Liew
🐟🦐 Interested in how migratory fishes and decapod respond to fragmentation, dam removal, and fish pass installation?
✅Out on open access: doi.org/10.1111/brv....
🖋️With Billy Lam, David Dudgeon, Jia Huan Liew
Registration is open for The 8th Biennial Cambridge Neuroscience Symposium, Interventions & Recovery in Cambridge, 10th - 11th September 2025. @camneuro.bsky.social
For further details and registration, visit: neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/camneuro-eve...
Sponsored by Cambridge Philosophical Society
For further details and registration, visit: neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/camneuro-eve...
Sponsored by Cambridge Philosophical Society
August 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Registration is open for The 8th Biennial Cambridge Neuroscience Symposium, Interventions & Recovery in Cambridge, 10th - 11th September 2025. @camneuro.bsky.social
For further details and registration, visit: neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/camneuro-eve...
Sponsored by Cambridge Philosophical Society
For further details and registration, visit: neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/camneuro-eve...
Sponsored by Cambridge Philosophical Society
Call for abstracts - West Hub Research Café
The next Research Café on Science Communication will take place on 30 September 2025 (11:30 AM – 2:30 PM) at the West Hub, Cambridge.
You are invited submit your abstract by 29.08.2025 here: www.westcambridgehub.uk/research-cafe
The next Research Café on Science Communication will take place on 30 September 2025 (11:30 AM – 2:30 PM) at the West Hub, Cambridge.
You are invited submit your abstract by 29.08.2025 here: www.westcambridgehub.uk/research-cafe
August 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Call for abstracts - West Hub Research Café
The next Research Café on Science Communication will take place on 30 September 2025 (11:30 AM – 2:30 PM) at the West Hub, Cambridge.
You are invited submit your abstract by 29.08.2025 here: www.westcambridgehub.uk/research-cafe
The next Research Café on Science Communication will take place on 30 September 2025 (11:30 AM – 2:30 PM) at the West Hub, Cambridge.
You are invited submit your abstract by 29.08.2025 here: www.westcambridgehub.uk/research-cafe