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ICFUST 2024
The 2nd International Congress on Far-UVC Science and Technology (ICFUST) will bring together researchers, innovators and policymakers from around the world to...
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Public Lecture: Far-Ultraviolet lighting to prevent the airborne spread of disease
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For over a hundred years, the germicidal properties of UV light and its role in suppressing transmission of airborne diseases have been known, but because of...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Matthew J Fuchter
Maximising dissymmetry and handling directionality in chiral materials
We have an ongoing interest in the development of conjugated chiral organic molecules which can emit and detect circularly-polarized (CP) light within thin film...
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Everything is political, decolonisation is an ongoing process
Leena Nammari
It is the colonisers themselves and their people that need re-educating and have to start rethinking their own prejudices and assumed knowledge. The indigenous...
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Transition and the Historiographical Vagaries of Silent American Cinema
Film Studies Speaker Series: Prof Charlie Keil
When first introduced as a concept specific to early cinema in an essay for Cinema Journal in 1991, the notion of "transition" came firmly attached...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Alessia Portiere (ELDICO Scientific AG)
Electron Diffraction -- an innovative and advantageous tool for structure determination of nanocrystalline materials
Abstract: MicroED (microcrystal electron diffraction) is emerging as a powerful technique for the structural elucidation of challenging compounds as it bypasses...
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Yiddish cinema: the drama of troubled communication
A conversation with Jonah Corne and Monika Vrečar
The turbulent Yiddish world of the first half of the twentieth century produced great works not only of literature, theatre and music, but also of cinema. In...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Xenia Beyrich-Graf
Innovation drives Transformation: The Role of R&D in BASF's Sustainability Transformation
Around 111,500 employees contribute to the BASF Group's success worldwide. Our business is divided into the Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions,...
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Global South Connections -- co-ordinated by IBANS
Come along to meet people and share your experiences of moving to St Andrews
The Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences is pleased to host a catered lunch for all staff and postgraduate students from or based in the Global South....
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Global South Connections -- co-ordinated by IBANS
Come along to meet people and share your experiences of moving to St Andrews
The Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences is pleased to host a catered lunch for all staff and postgraduate students from or based in the Global South....
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Mike Watkinson
Targeted small molecule fluorescent probes for the detection of mobile zinc
Zinc mis-regulation is associated with a wide range of disease states and there is an ongoing need to study the behaviour of 'mobile' or...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Josh Makepeace (University of Birmingham)
Chemical and Electrochemical Energy Storage Facilitated by Lithium Imide
This event is open to final year undergraduate project students, PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and academic staff. Effective energy storage is one of...
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Sands 24: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Anna Hints' atmospheric, almost mystical, feature-length documentary debut invites us to become part of a supportive, witty, sweaty female collective who...
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CHANGED DATE: Dr Yvonne Skipper (Glasgow): Interventions to help young people spot misinformation
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Dr Yvonne Skipper (Glasgow): "But wait that's not real. Co-creating interventions to help young people spot online misinformation", hosted by...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Roly Armstrong
Twists and Turns in Stereoselective Amide Synthesis
Fuelled by an increasing requirement within the pharmaceutical industry for 3D building blocks, there is significant demand for new synthetic methods targeting...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Jonathan R Nitschke
Molecules in Metal Boxes
Simple organic subcomponents can come together around metal-ion templates to produce intricate hollow capsules, which can bind guest molecules selectively. This...
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Dr Alejandro Sanchez Amaro (Stirling): "On how captive socio-ecology influences chimpanzees"
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
On how captive socio-ecology influences captive chimpanzees' competitiveness and other curiosities Over the last decades, captive researchers have...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Evgeny Pidko
Death and Life of Homogeneous Carbonyl Reduction Catalysts: Navigating the Maze of Deactivation Chemistry for Sustained Performance
Catalytic reduction of carbonyl moieties in ketones and esters is fundamental to the production of high-value fine chemicals. Although traditional precious...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Stellios Arseniyadis
Title and Abstract TBC
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Larissa von Krbek
Stimuli responsiveness in molecules, cages, and dynamic libraries
Photoswitchable molecules can reversibly interconvert between two different isomers. With new applications for photoswitches constantly emerging, the necessity...
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School of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium: Professor Daniella Goldfarb
Presentation by Professor Daniella Goldfarb of the Weizmann institute of Science, hosted by Janet Lovett.
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Dr Raghavendra Selvan (Copenhagen): "Representation Learning for Multi-Modal Machine Learning"
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Abstract: Recent class of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms driving artificial intelligence (AI) are primarily based on deep learning. These classes of methods...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Alison Hill
Unique data sets for robust and authentic online open book assessments
Online assessments where there is a clear 'correct' answer are susceptible to students working together, sharing (or even selling) answers. The...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Robert Weatherup (University of Oxford)
Revealing Reactions at Electrochemical and Catalytic Interfaces with Operando X-ray Spectroscopy
The performance of materials for energy storage and conversion depends critically on reactions taking place at the interfaces between these materials and their...
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Duties of care: health, disability, and access in the screen industries
Film Studies Speaker Series: Dr Leshu Torchin
This presentation maps out a research project in the making that investigates disability inclusion schemes within the UK screen industries, and specifically the...
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School of Psychology and Neuroscience -- Friday Seminar
On Friday 22nd, at 12noon we'll have Shiwen Li (Oxford) present on "The sensory, perceptual, and behavioural trajectories of iridescence --...
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School of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium: Professor Alexander Tartakovskii
Presentation by Professor Alexander Tartakovskii of the University of Sheffield, hosted by Hamid Ohadi.
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Shiwen Li (Oxford): The sensory, perceptual, and behavioural trajectories of iridescence
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Shiwen Li (Oxford): "The sensory, perceptual, and behavioural trajectories of iridescence -- what humans and bumblebees have taught us", hosted...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Kirsten Zeitler
Photoredox Catalytic Strategies for the Activation of Strong Bonds
Over the past decade, photocatalysis has become a powerful synthetic tool, offering novel reaction pathways that were previously inaccessible by other methods....
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Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts film screening and panel -- Candlemas 2024, week 9
Film screening of Carl Theodor Dryer's 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' and panel discussion (ITIA)
The Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts (ITIA) extends a warm invitation to a special screening of Carl Theodor Dryer's 'The Passion...
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School of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium: Professor Alexander Lvovsky
Presentation by Professor Alexander Lvovsky of the University of Oxford on 'Optics and neural networks: a natural symbiosis'. Hosted by Ifor...
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Dr Edwin van Leeuwen (Utrecht): Social learning and cumulative culture in chimpanzees
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Dr Edwin van Leeuwen (Utrecht): "Social learning and cumulative culture in chimpanzees", hosted by Prof Andy Whiten.
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Abbie McLaughlin
Title and Abstract --- TBC For details regarding the speaker and their research please see their website.
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Abbie McLaughlin (University of Aberdeen)
Investigation of Ionic Conductivity and Exotic Electronic Properties in Transition Metal Oxides
Solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and proton ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) offer a viable option to produce clean energy from sustainable resources, with low emission...
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Prof Manuel Spitschan (MPI): What does the eye tell the clock?
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Prof Manuel Spitschan (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen): "What does the eye tell the clock? Mechanisms underlying the impact of...
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Open Night at the University Observatory
Astronomy, telescopes, and art -- visit the University Observatory for the annual Open Night.
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School of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium: Dr Sara Shinton
Presentation by Dr Sara Shinton of the University of Edinburgh, hosted by Janet Lovett and Vivienne Wild.
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Prof Alistair Lawrence (SRUC): The science, relevance, and challenge of positive animal welfare
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Prof Alistair Lawrence, (Scotland's Rural College), will present on "The science, relevance, and challenge of positive animal welfare", hosted...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Anna Slater (University of Liverpool)
Developing tools for supramolecular materials discovery
Molecular materials and supramolecular systems have great potential in multiple applications, but their synthesis and scale-up is still challenging. When...
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'The Drum': film screening plus panel discussion
On 5 March, Dundee Contemporary Arts will be screening the 1938 film 'The Drum' from a rare vintage 16mm print, as part of the events programme for...
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Energy Cafe: Imagery and community agency in energy futures
Hosted by Gair Dunlop. Whether it's enormous offshore wind developments or the slow drawdown of nuclear facilities, community agency in relation to...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Daniel T. Gryko
1,4-Dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole and Dipyrrolonaphthyridinedione -- Novel Building Blocks for Optoelectronics
Recently we have discovered and optimized the first practical synthesis of non-fused pyrrole[3,2-b]pyrroles via domino reaction of aldehydes, primary amines,...
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School of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium: Dr Anna McLeod
Presentation by Dr Anna McLeod of the Durham University on 'The interdependence between stellar feedback and environment'. Hosted by Claudia...
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School of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium: Professor Themistoklis Prodromakis
Presented by Professor Themistoklis Prodromakis of the University of Edinburgh, hosted by Peter Wahl.
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Smog (1962): the critical geographies of Italian migration
Film Studies Speaker Series: Dr Shelleen Greene
In 1962, Smog, an Italian-American co-production directed by Franco Rossi, debuted at the Venice Film Festival. The film was the opening screening of the 23rd...
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School of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium: Professor Adam Amara
Presented by Professor Adam Amara of the University of Surrey and hosted by Vivienne Wild and Rita Tojeiro.
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Hands off: LGBTQ+ Cultural Heritage and Ethical Stewardship -- Day Two
Who should be responsible for safeguarding queer and trans collections for posterity, and how should this be done? 'Hands off' is a two-day...
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Hands off: LGBTQ+ Cultural Heritage and Ethical Stewardship -- Day One
Ajamu X and Matthew Arthur Williams in conversation
Who should be responsible for safeguarding queer and trans collections for posterity, and how should this be done? 'Hands off' is a two-day...
