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CSTS Lecture Reminder 2025 January

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Dear Visitor, Happy New Year !

The January Lecture:-

Ediacaran Biota and the Charnia Fossil

Speaker :
Dr Alex Liu, Associate Professor,
Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University

Date : 7:30 pm - Wednesday, 8th January
Location : Royal Agricultural University - Sir Emrys Jones Lecture Theatre
& CSTS Zoom Channel ID 912 0723 6181

Resolving the Ediacaran enigma: Unravelling the fossil record of early animal evolution
Animals (the biological group of organisms containing everything from sponges, jellyfish and snails to worms, insects and ourselves) are one of the major Kingdoms of life on Earth, but they only evolved around 600 million years ago.
This talk will introduce fossils of the enigmatic ‘Ediacaran biota’, which preserve our oldest records of early animal life, and will explain what we currently know about how and when animals diversified to ultimately dominate the planet.

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Next Visit:-

Countryside Regeneration Trust (CRT), Bere Marsh Farm, Dorset

CRT promotes nature friendly farming to help reverse the biodiversity decline and combat climate change.
We will have talks by in-house experts on regenerative...

Date : Wednesday, 26 Mar
Location : Bere Marsh Farm, Dorset
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The talk will be presented live in person in the Emrys Jones Lecture Theatre, RAU (our usual venue), and also streamed live on Zoom.

The Zoom Link:-

https://zoom.us/j/91207236181?pwd=d2h6MFJhN1NoTEFaRm9saVBxbHR3Zz09

Meeting ID: 912 0723 6181 Passcode: cester

Latest Reports

I am especially pleased to report that I have caught up with the backlog of videos awaiting processing, they are now all available on the website:

Fossil X-rays:
https://www.cirenscience.org.uk/resources/lecture-reports/digital-fossils-using-x-rays-to-uncover-secrets-of-the-past

Small Modular Reactors:
https://www.cirenscience.org.uk/resources/lecture-reports/introduction-to-the-rolls-royce-small-modular-reactor

Epigenetics:
https://www.cirenscience.org.uk/resources/lecture-reports/epigenetics-dna-is-not-your-destiny

The EarthCARE Mission:
https://www.cirenscience.org.uk/resources/lecture-reports/the-earthcare-mission

Wishing you an excellent year in 2025 - have a great year!
Richard

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