Conferences
Public Lectures : Medicine
17th May 2012
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Common metabolic disease – lessons from the extreme
Stephen O’Rahilly FRS, Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge
Albert Latner Memorial Lecture in Clinical Biochemistry
Free admission, no pre-booking required
18th November 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Sir James Spence Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, RVI
The surgical specialties of the twenty-first Century
Professor Gus McGrouther, University of Manchester
Grey Turner lecture
Free admission, no pre-booking required
5th October 2011
17:30 - 18:30
David Shaw Lecture Theatre, Medical School
Professor Lorraine Tyler FBA, University of Cambridge
The resilient brain: cognition and ageing
Free admission, no pre-booking required
31st March 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Cures for cancer — mission possible in the twenty-first century?
Professor Fran Balkwill, Queen Mary, University of London
Jacobson Lecture
29th March 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Translating research into better treatments for children with cancer - a Newcastle perspective
Professor H Josef Vormoor, Sir James Spence Professor of Child Health, Newcastle University
26th March 2011
11:00 - 12:30
RB Green Lecture Theatre, Medical School
Who needs orthodontics?
Professor Bill Shaw, University of Manchester
Founders and Benefactors Lecture
8th March 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Muslim heritage and the cultural roots of science
Emeritus Professor Salim Al-Hassani, Chairman of the FSTC
1st March 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Language and music: same structures, different building blocks
Professor David Pesetsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Free admission, no pre-booking required
21st February 2011
17:30
David Shaw Lecture Theatre, Medical School
Professor Dave Perrett FBA, University of St Andrews
Looking healthy at any age: how lifestyle affects our facial appearance
British Academy lecture in association with the School of Psychology
3rd February 2011
17:30 - 18:30
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Professor David Nutt, Imperial College London
Science and politics in drug policy: past conflicts and future opportunities
Free admission, no pre-booking required