Talking Science lecture series at Daresbury Laboratory

Admission to these events is by ticket only. Tickets are free but reservations must be made in advance from four weeks before the date of each lecture, by completing the online booking form (link opens in a new window), or if you have problems by phone on 01925 603040. The system is time bound for bookings, it is easier to use the online booking form (link opens in a new window).

STFC hopes to support the delivery of therse lectures with a webcast, further details will be made available on each event page close to the lecture date.

Public lectures 2011 to 2012

Talking Science series 2011-12
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• Astrobiology - the hunt for alien life
  Dr Lewis Dartnell (24th February 2012)
  This lecture is now fully booked!
  
  
• Carry on accelerating, 50 years of Daresbury laboratory
  Dr Neil Marks (30th March 2012)
  
  
• Super intense lasers - the bright approach for our future
  Ceri Brenner (27th April 2012)
  
  
• Mysterious Cases of Misbehaving Molecules
  Professor Chick Wilson (25th May 2012)
  
  
• EMMA at Daresbury: An accelerator to solve the problems of the 21st century
  Dr Peter Wilson (29th June 2012)
  

Schools Lectures

• Astrobiology - the hunt for alien life
  Dr Lewis Dartnell (24th February 2012)
  
  
• You want me to shove this circuit where?
  Tony Palmer (29th June 2012)
  

Previous lectures

• Understanding stem cells: Benefits for all?
  Prof Melanie Welham (25th November 2011)
  
  
• Rutherford’s Legacy
  Dr Glenn Patrick (28 October 2011)
  
  
• Who cares about glaciers anyway?  Impacts of climate change on cold region environments.
  Dr Zoe Robinson (30th September 2011)
  
  
• Who do we think we are?
  Dr Pamela Styles (24 June 2011)
  
  
• Polar Climate Change: Is it happening? Does it matter? And are we to blame?
  Dr John King (27 May 2011)
  
  
• Art and Astronomy
  Barry J Kellett (29 April 2011)
  
  
• The Materials Requirements for the Origin of Life
  Professor Tony Ryan (25 March 2011)
  
  
• Synthetic Biology, Hope and Hype
  Professor Dek Woolfson (25 February 2011)