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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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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor M. Kevin Brown
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Robert Mokaya (University of Nottingham)
Porous carbons as sustainable energy materials
This event is open to academic staff, final year undergraduate project students, MSc students, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. The talk, titled...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Anna Köhler
Title and Abstract --- TBC For details regarding the speaker and their research please see their website.
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International Symposium: Ceramic Materials and Carbon-Neutral Energy Research Including Hydrogen.
International Symposium: Ceramic Materials and Carbon-Neutral Energy Research Including Hydrogen. Speakers: Mihails Kusnezoff (Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic...
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Women in Science at St Andrews: panel discussion on progress and future directions
Panel discussion with four Principal's office members to celebrate, inspire and promote Women in Science
Five years ago, University Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE, said: "In St Andrews, as in other UK higher education...
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Dr Andrew Macaskill (UCL): Internal state-dependent control of feeding behaviour via the hippocampus
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Internal state dependent control of feeding behaviour via hippocampal ghrelin signalling. Hunger is an internal state that not only invigorates feeding, but...
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Dr Juliane Kaminski (Portsmouth): 'Through a dog's eyes...'
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
In recent decades, dogs have become one of the most popular animal species in comparative psychology. One reason for this is the unique evolutionary history of...
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Lights and Lazers: Equate and Opening up Photonics
A speaker and networking event on biophotonics.
This event is open to all women & non-binary students in STEM subjects at Scottish Universities and Colleges. Equate is delighted to be partnering with...
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The social origins of language and thought: Professor Robert Seyfarth (U Penn)
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Professor Robert Seyfarth (University of Pennsylvania) will give a talk in the Psychology Old Library on: 'The social origins of language and...
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Professor Robert Seyfarth (University of Pennsylvania): 'The Social Origins of Language and Thought'
Preceded by a PhD talk from Gal Badihi (St Andrews): 'The Influence of Social Dynamics on The Gestural Communication of East African Chimpanzees'
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar. At 12:30 pm, Gal Badihi will deliver her presentation on her PhD research titled "The Influence of Social...
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Language is iconic to the core: Dr Markus Perlman (Birmingham)
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Dr Markus Perlman (University of Birmingham) will give a talk in the Psychology Old Library on 'Language is iconic to the core'. The event will be...
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Dr Marcus Perlman (Birmingham): 'Language is Iconic to the Core'
Preceded by a PhD talk from Alexandra Safryghin (St Andrews): 'Commonalities and group differences in the communicative efficiency of chimpanzee gesturing'
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar. At 12:30 pm, Alexandra Safryghin will deliver her presentation on her PhD research titled "Commonalities...
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Special Seminar: Dr Alex Ganin (University of Glasgow)
Application of metallic 2D chalcogenides in energy conversion and storage applications
Application of metallic 2D chalcogenides in energy conversion and storage applications Abstract: What if we could catalyse game-changing advances in renewable...
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Charles-St Andrews: Academic synergy (hybrid event)
Charles-St Andrews strategic partnership
This hybrid event can be accessed online, and is part of a "University of St Andrews day" at Charles University. It is intended for University...
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Explorathon 2023 presents Bright Club
The thinking person's comedy night
A brand new thinking person's comedy night, where Dr Bobbie May becomes a stand-up comedian. Topics of every flavour are set to stimulate our funny bones...
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Katerina Mentzou (Dundee): Engaging with Parliament: how academics can communicate their research
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Katerina Mentzou (University of Dundee) will give a talk in the Psychology Old Library on "Engaging with Parliament: how academics can communicate their...
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Green and sustainable chemistry bootcamp with John Warner
Cefic, the European Chemistry Industry Council, and the University of St Andrews will collaborate to organise another edition of the 'Green and...
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Neural mechanisms of episodic memory formation: Implications for Neurotech
Prof Simon Hanslmayr (University of Glasgow)
Weekly Friday Seminar hosted by the School of Psychology and Neuroscience. Professor Simon Hanslmayr (University of Glasgow) will be hosted by Prof James Ainge...
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Special lecture to mark the opening of the Colin Vincent Centre for Battery Technology
Professor Sir Peter Bruce (University of Oxford)
Please note the change of venue for this event to Lecture Theatre 3 in The Gateway. To mark the opening of the Colin Vincent Centre for Battery Technology,...
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Jamais vu: Ig Nobel Prize-Winning Research into the Curiously Common Opposite of Deja vu
Talk by Akira O'Connor
Akira O'Connor, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience, will give a talk on his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research on jamais vu....
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Yi Jin
Metal Fluoride Complexes Reveal Changes of Dynamic and Modified Oncogene Proteins
Abstract: GTP hydrolysis is central to biology, being involved in regulating a wide range of cellular processes. In recent years, there has been more success in...
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Professor Ben de Bivort (Harvard): 'The neurobiology of zombie flies'
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Our first Friday Seminar of the semester will be by Professor Ben de Bivort (Harvard) on 'The neurobiology of zombie flies: mechanisms of parasite...
