Join a full day of presentations and stimulating discussions with the academics and prize-winning PhD students in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and find out about our innovative work. Everybody is welcome! Please register as soon as possible (deadline: 24^th September, 5pm).

Natural Sciences Showcase

10:00 – 18:00, SAFB G16 LT

Welcome coffee from 9.30 in the concourse level 1

• Departmental talks sessions: 10:00 -16:10 in SAFB G16 LT (coffee breaks in the concourse level 1)
• PhD students poster competition: 12:30-13:40 in SAFB 120-122 (lunch will be provided) – Imperial staff and students will be able to VOTE for their favourite poster before the event – watch this space!
• Panel session – Vaccine research and its Impact: 16:10 – 17:10 in SAFB 120-122
• Awards from 17:15 with canapés & drinks reception in the concourse level 1

Don’t miss this great opportunity to engage with our academics and postgraduate students. Please see the full programme below:

Programme

(Coffee and tea will be available from 9:30 in the concourse level 1)

10:00-10:05 Welcome by the Dean Professor Richard Craster

10:05-10:35 Centre for Environmental Policy Showcase

• 10:05 – 10:20 Professor Robert Fish (Chair in Environmental Sustainability) – Title of talk: The feel-good factor: exploring the links between biodiversity and human well-being
• 10:20 – 10:35 Henry Grub (PhD student) – Title of talk: A comparison of approaches to badger vaccination against bovine tuberculosis

10:35-11:20 Department of Mathematics Showcase

• 10:35 – 10:50 Dr Anthea Monod (Lecturer in Biomathematics) – Title of talk: Algebraic Geometry Learns Machines and Machines Learn Algebraic Geometry
• 10:50 – 11:05 Paula Cordero Encinar (PhD student) – Title of talk: Where Should I Put My Sensor to Solve My Problem? An AI and Math Perspective
• 11:05 – 11:20  Ilteber Ozdemir (PhD student) – Title of talk: Unveiling Complex Dynamics and Pattern Formation of Biofilaments

Coffee break (11:20-11:30)

11:30-12:30 Department of Life Sciences Showcase

• 11:30 -11:45 Dr Katelyn Spillane (Senior Lecturer) – Title of talk: B cell mechanics in immunity
• 11:45 – 12:00 Ariane Dellavalle (PhD student) – Title of talk: Shifting baselines, bird diversity, and pest control services in West Africa 
• 12:00 – 12:15 Jonny Bradshaw (PhD student) – Title of talk: Identifying a novel poly-N-acetyl-glucosamine phenotype on a priority bacterial pathogen
• 12:15 – 12:30 Catherine Parry (PhD student) – Title of talk: Shedding light on pollination

12:30-13:40 Lunch & Poster session

13:40-14:40 Department of Chemistry Showcase

• 13:40 – 13:55 Dr Benjamin Schumann (Senior Lecturer) – Title of talk: Chemical precision tools for the sweet side of biology
• 13:55 – 14:10 Annabel Basford (PhD student) – Title of talk: Streamlining the automated discovery of porous materials
• 14:10 – 14:25 Thomas Webb (PhD student) – Title of talk: The design of metallocenes as dopants for organic conductive materials
• 14:25 – 14:40 Natalia Swiatek (PhD student) – Title of talk: Developing Novel Small Molecules to Overcome Resistance in Advanced Prostate Cancer

Coffee break (14:40-14:50)

14:50- 15:50 Department of Physics Showcase

• 14:50 – 15:05 Professor Kenneth Long (Professor of Experimental Particle Physics) – Title of talk: The LhARA initiative; how physics can guide biology and ultimately deliver better cancer care
• 15:05 – 15:20 Adam Taylor (PhD student) – Title of talk: Taming errors in near-term quantum computers
• 15:20 – 15:35 Elisa Jacquet (PhD student) –  Title of talk: Searching for neutrinoless double beta decay in a dark matter experiment
• 15:35 – 15:50 Josie McGarrigle (PhD student) – Title of talk: to be confirmed 

15:50 -15:55 Closing remarks by the Dean Professor Richard Craster

Coffee break (15:55-16:10)

16:10 – 17:10 Vaccine research and its Impact

Panel discussion

Chair: Professor Erhard Hohenester (Professor of Structural Matrix Biology, Department of Life Sciences)

• Panel members:   
  • Dr Nazila Kamaly (Senior lecturer, Department of Chemistry)
  • Professor Mariagrazia Pizza (Chair in Microbiology, Department of Life Sciences)
  • Professor Marisa Miraldo (Professor in Health Economics and Policy,  Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation – Business School)
  • Dr Katy Gaythorpe (Lecturer in Epidemiology of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases,  School of Public Health – Faculty of Medicine)

17:15 – 18:00 – Canapes reception and Prizes

• Awards will be given at 17:30