Thursday 4 February 2021 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:30 - The Psychology of Cognitive Illusions -- or why the mind is tricked
  Professor Nicky Clayton (University of Cambridge), Professor Clive Wilkins (University of Cambridge)

Thursday 11 February 2021 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 19:00 - Can Financial Engineering Help Cure Cancer, Rare Diseases, and Other Afflictions? by Prof Andrew Lo, MIT
  Professor Andrew Lo (MIT Sloan School of Management)

Tuesday 16 February 2021 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:30 - 'We have no time for science as usual' by Prof Alán Aspuru-Guzik, University of Toronto
  Prof Alán Aspuru-Guzik (University of Toronto)

Monday 22 February 2021 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:30 - Why should you be an academic entrepreneur? -- delivered by Oxford Alumni David Lunn, Entrepreneur-in-residence at Entrepreneur First
  David Lunn (Entrepreneur First)

Thursday 25 February 2021 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:30 - Life after Gravity: Isaac Newton's London Career
  Dr Patricia Fara (University of Cambridge )

Thursday 11 March 2021 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:30 - Neuroimmunometabolism - by Dr Ana Domingos, University of Oxford
  Professor Ana Domingos (University of Oxford, DPAG)

Thursday 29 April 2021 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:30 - Interview with Professor Richard Barker, OBE
  Prof Richard Barker (University of Oxford, Collaboration for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation)

Thursday 6 May 2021 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:30 - Quantum Computational Supremacy: what it means and doesn’t mean --- By Prof Scott Aaronson, UT Austin
  Prof Scott Aaronson (University of Texas at Austin)

Monday 10 May 2021 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:30 - How culture transformed the human brain --- Dr. John Parrington, University of Oxford
  Associate Professor John Parrington (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)

Monday 24 May 2021 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:15 - Interview with Dr Irina Higgins, DeepMind
  Dr Irina Higgins (DeepMind)

Thursday 27 May 2021 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:00 - Legal implications for emerging tech, facial recognition technology and AI -- by Herbert Swaniker, Clifford Chance
  Mr Herbert Swaniker (Clifford Chance)

Thursday 3 June 2021 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:30 - The Psychology of Cognitive Illusions or why the mind is tricked --- by Professor Nicky Clayton and Prof Clive Wilkins
  Professor Nicky Clayton (University of Cambridge), Professor Clive Wilkins (University of Cambridge)

Thursday 10 June 2021 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:30 - The coming of age of de novo protein design --- By Prof David Baker
  Prof David Baker (University of Washington)

Thursday 17 June 2021 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:30 - The Composition of Asteroid Bennu and Predictions for the Returned Sample -- by Dr Vicky Hamilton, NASA
  Dr Vicky Hamilton (NASA)

Friday 14 October 2022 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - The Mathematics that can stop an AI apocalypse
  Professor Nira Chamberlain (Loughborough University)

Wednesday 19 October 2022 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - Robots with sense of Touch – Towards Embodied Intelligence
  TBA

Thursday 27 October 2022 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - Building Molecular Wires from the Colours of Life
  TBA

Thursday 3 November 2022 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 17:30 - Hyperglycemia Induces Trained Immunity in Macrophages and Their Precursors and Promotes Atherosclerosis
  Professor Robin Choudhury (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 30 November 2022 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 16:00 - Understanding Excitons in Heterogeneous Metal-Halide Semiconductors with First Principles Computational Modelling
  TBA

Thursday 19 January 2023 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:30 - The Remarkable Science of Nanopores: from Gene Sequencing to Organ Repair
  Professor Hagan Bayley (University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 February 2023 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:30 - Title TBC
  Prof. Tony Kouzarides (The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge)

Thursday 9 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:30 - Highs and lows of editing Nature 1995-2018: theme and variations
  Sir Philip Campbell

Thursday 16 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:30 - Science, uncertainty and the joy of being wrong
  Professor Ottoline Leyser ( University of Cambridge)

Thursday 23 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

• 16:00 - Understanding Excitons in Heterogeneous Metal-Halide Semiconductors with First Principles Computational Modeling
  Associate Prof Marina Filip (University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 March 2023 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 17:30 - Title TBC
  Professor Martin Castell (University of Oxford)