BATTLEFIELDS: THE STORY OF POLIO BY DR GARETH WILLIAMS
Date: 10th February
Start time: 18:30
End time: 19:30
Where: Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Bristol, BS3 2AJ
Author: Western branch, Society of Biology
A lecture by Dr Gareth Williams on the history of the polio virus.
Polio, as Gareth Williams suggests, was one of the diseases that defined the 20th century. It is a disease that also defines the history of medicine. Millions of lives have been tragically lost since poliomyelitis was first identified in 1847, yet we are now at a point where polio has almost been completely eradictaed. It has been a fasicnating story and you are invited to join the Western branch of the Socity of Biology at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol to learn more from expert, Dr Gareth Williams.
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The event is open to all and free for members of the Society of Biology. There will be a small charge of £3.00 for non-members, which can be paid online. Please book your place via the link at the top of the page and contact David Urry (020 7685 2576) if you have any difficulty making your booking.
Please contact western@societyofbiology.org if you have any questions about the event itself.
The link to above is:
https://societyofbiology.org/events/event_battlefieldsthestoryofpoliobydrgarethwilliams
and if any questions please ask David Urey on davidurry@societyofbiology.org or call (020 7685 2576).
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The 11th Annual International Rural Development Seminar
WEDNESDAY 11th February 2015 - Boutflour Hall, Royal Agricultural University
Including talks on:
"Current research on the potential of bioactive legumes for animal nutrition and sustainability",
"Legumes.... Difficult for farmers to resist?",
"UK pulse crop utilisation and international markets",
"Genetic approaches to improved seed quality traits in UK pulse crops",
"N2-fixation by legumes and its transfer to cereals" and
"Using plant plasticity to study nodulation in legumes",
and featuring a Legume-based cooking demonstration!
Admission is free. For more information, or to self register, go to www.eventbrite.co.uk & search for "legumes" or click here
LOCATION:Stroud Road\, GL7 6JS Cirencester\, Gloucestershire GEO:51.71142860;-1.99677610 X-LOCATION-DISPLAYNAME:Royal Agricultural University - Boutflour Hall X-ACCESS:1 X-HITS:44 X-COLOR:d0c043 X-SHOW-END-TIME:0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150711 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150712 UID:851CACCE-9157-435A-B448-CC1815EFAD2F SUMMARY:Open Day at Harwell CREATED:20180721T172342Z DTSTAMP:20180721T172342Z URL:https://www.cirenscience.org.uk/events/external/open-day-at-harwell DESCRIPTION:The following announcement has come from Harwell. CSTS is not organising a visit to this, but members may wish to make their own arrangements to attend.\NGood Afternoon,\NWe are pleased and excited to announce that we will be holding a Public Open Day at Harwell on Saturday 11 July. All of our facilities at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory will be open, as well as our partners the Diamond Light Source and the Research Complex at Harwell.\NThere are more details on our website – www.opendaysatharwell.org – about all of the different things you can see and do when you’re on campus. The day will open at 9:30 and last entry will be at 16:30 (closing at 17:30). You will be free to arrive throughout the day and to plan your own visit, deciding which of our facilities you would like to visit, which talks you would like to attend, and which activities you would like to take part in.\NThere will be plenty to see – including some of the most powerful lasers in the world, live links to CERN and our underground laboratory at Boulby and our newly installed thermal vacuum chamber, which is the largest in the UK, giving you the chance to learn how we use this equipment to test the satellites and spacecraft that are currently allowing us to explore our solar system and the Universe beyond. You’ll be able to visit Diamond Light Source, as well as some of the UK’s most powerful supercomputers and our state-of-the-art engineering workshops. You will also be able to meet researchers from around the UK, including the UK Space Agency, at our science fair. There’ll be plenty for our younger visitors as well, whether it’s comet making, measuring the strength of biscuits or popping balloons with lasers.\NIn order to help us plan the event properly, we are asking people to let us know they’re planning to attend - you can register for places via the website, or directly on our registration page: https://eventbrite.co.uk/event/16585985128/.\NIf you have any questions at all, please do let us know.\NWe look forward to welcoming you to campus in July!\NBest wishes,\NThe Public Engagement Team at RAL X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The following announcement has come from Harwell. CSTS is not organising a visit to this, but members may wish to make their own arrangements to attend.
Good Afternoon,
We are pleased and excited to announce that we will be holding a Public Open Day at Harwell on Saturday 11 July. All of our facilities at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory will be open, as well as our partners the Diamond Light Source and the Research Complex at Harwell.
There are more details on our website – www.opendaysatharwell.org – about all of the different things you can see and do when you’re on campus. The day will open at 9:30 and last entry will be at 16:30 (closing at 17:30). You will be free to arrive throughout the day and to plan your own visit, deciding which of our facilities you would like to visit, which talks you would like to attend, and which activities you would like to take part in.
There will be plenty to see – including some of the most powerful lasers in the world, live links to CERN and our underground laboratory at Boulby and our newly installed thermal vacuum chamber, which is the largest in the UK, giving you the chance to learn how we use this equipment to test the satellites and spacecraft that are currently allowing us to explore our solar system and the Universe beyond. You’ll be able to visit Diamond Light Source, as well as some of the UK’s most powerful supercomputers and our state-of-the-art engineering workshops. You will also be able to meet researchers from around the UK, including the UK Space Agency, at our science fair. There’ll be plenty for our younger visitors as well, whether it’s comet making, measuring the strength of biscuits or popping balloons with lasers.
In order to help us plan the event properly, we are asking people to let us know they’re planning to attend - you can register for places via the website, or directly on our registration page: https://eventbrite.co.uk/event/16585985128/.
If you have any questions at all, please do let us know.
We look forward to welcoming you to campus in July!
Best wishes,
The Public Engagement Team at RAL
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Thursday 19th November, 7-9pm, All Saint's Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Briston BS8 3ED
I am delighted to be able to invite you and your members to our annual Bledisloe lecture which this year is being given by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG, Founder and Chairman of BRAC and winner of the 2015 World Food Prize. The title of Sir Fazle’s lecture will be ‘Empowering the Poor in the Fight against Hunger’.
The lecture will be given on Friday the 11th of December and the details of the time and arrangements are in the attached invitation. I hope you are able to join us – please let me know if you need any further details.
Kind regards
Chris
Professor C J Gaskell CBE
Vice Chancellor
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23rd June to 3rd July
This year, the Oxfordshire Science Festival kickstarts a new format!
Thanks to the support of Science Oxford, we’re hoping to build a major science festival in Oxfordshire over the coming years.
Meet scientists with lively hands-on activities, thought-provoking talks and debates, and inspiring events showcasing science through the arts.
There is something for everyone, so don’t wait to explore our programme!
Check our full programme online at www.OxSciFest.org where you can browse through each of the events, or download our full brochure.
See something interesting? Follow the 'Book Now' button on our website or go tohttp://oxscifest.eventbrite.co.uk
Be sure to enter 'Earlybird10' to get 10% off till 31 May.
Organised by the RAU
Join us at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, as we mark 180 years since the foundation of the Royal Agricultural College, the very first agricultural college in the English speaking world.
We are holding a series of events throughout the year - including lectures, debates, and open days - so do follow us to make sure you stay up to date on our events and celebrations.
Speakers: Professor Mark Horton, RAU Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Enterprise, with historian William Dalrymple.
More information and tickets available here.
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Andrew Blackhall, CEO Water Research Centre
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