Insight Science Talks (Online)
These events are aimed at Year 12 students, but are open to anyone who is interested in science. This year’s programme of talks is as follows:
- Monday 2 December 2024 — Computational Mechanics: The World of Simulations
- Wednesday 11 December 2024 — Designing for Green Energy
- Monday 6 January 2025 — How the Body is Mapped onto the Brain
- Wednesday 8 January 2025 — Exploring the impact of Biological Research on combatting disease
- Thursday 9 January 2025 — The Chemistry Behind Beating the Superbugs
- Wednesday 15 January 2025 — Sustainable Living: The consequences of everyday decision making
- Monday 20 January 2025 — Learning the Lessons from Covid 19 to Prepare for Future Pandemics
- Tuesday 21 January 2025 — Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
- Wednesday 22 January 2025 — Structure Based Drug discovery in Biomedicine
- Thursday 23 January 2025 — Robots Dreaming: Understanding the current and potential use of robots
- Monday 27 January: The Importance of Maths Within Engineering
- Tuesday 28 January: Neuroscience and the Anatomy of the Brain
- Wednesday 29 January: Seeing Molecules Through the Eyes of an Organic Chemist
- Thursday 30 January: How does Diet Impact on Health and Illness?
- Thursday 6 February: Complicated Chemists — The Dark History of Chemical Inventions
- Monday 10 February: The Chemistry of Art
- Wednesday 12 February: Drug Discovery — from Benchtop to patient
- Thursday 13 February: The Importance of Hydrogen to the Present and Future
- Tuesday 25 February: Careers in Animal Biology
- Thursday 27 February: Understanding the Role of Materials in Engineering
- Monday 3 March: How the Structure of Proteins Influence their Functions — with a brief introduction to molecular modelling
- Tuesday 22 April: How to Effectively Read Scientific Papers
- Wednesday 23 April: Fracturing Sea Ice, Climate Change and Solid Mechanics
- Tuesday 29 April: Microbes and Me — The Gut Microbiome in Human Health
- Monday 19 May: Microcosmos — The Microbiology of Climate Change
All talks will take place online from 4:00-5:00pm. There is no limit to the number of talks that students can attend. The sessions also will be recorded and uploaded at a later date.
For more information and to attend any of these talks, please visit the Balliol College website.
