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No 6462

Wednesday 26 April 2017

Vol cxlvii No 28

pp. 471–484

Events, courses, etc.

Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc.

The University offers a large number of lectures, seminars, and other events, many of which are free of charge, to members of the University and others who are interested. Details can be found on individual Faculty, Department, and institution websites, on the What’s On website (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/whatson/), and on Talks.cam (http://www.talks.cam.ac.uk/).

Brief details of upcoming events are given below.

African Archaeology Group

The John Alexander Seminar Series 2016–17 continues with The narrative of Nomads: reconstructing the history of the Blemmyes and the Eastern Desert in Antiquity, by Dr Julien Cooper, University of Oxford, at 4.30 p.m. on 2 May 2017 in the South Lecture Room, on the Downing Site

http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/events/african-seminars

Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

11th Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture: LIGO and beyond: exploring the Universe with gravitational waves, by Professor Kip Thorne, California Institute of Technology, at 5 p.m. on 23 May 2017 in MR2 at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road

https://andrewchamblinlecture2017.eventbrite.co.uk

Humanities and Social Sciences

2017 Cambridge ESRC DTC Annual Lecture: After Brexit, UKRI if you want to: a social scientist’s field guide to the new research landscape, by Professor James Wilsdon, University of Sheffield, at 5.30 p.m. on 16 May 2017 in Room LG18, Faculty of Law

https://esrc-dtc-annual-lecture-2017.eventbrite.co.uk

Mitochondrial Biology Unit

5th Annual Sir John Walker Lecture: The mitochondrial calcium uniporter: molecular identity and physiological role, by Professor Rosario Rizzuto, University of Padova, at 4.30 p.m. on 11 May 2017 in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Laboratory of Molecular Biology

http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/event/2762/5th-annual-sir-john-walker-lecture

Molecular Biology

Max Perutz Lecture: Antisense transcription and epigenetic switching by Professor Caroline Dean, John Innes Centre, Norwich, at 11 a.m. on 27 April 2017 in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Laboratory of Molecular Biology

http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/max-perutz-lecture-given-caroline-dean/