Computer
systems have progressed spectacularly over the last 60 years but there are
physical limitsto how much further this progress can take us. Professor Furber
will discuss these limits and describe current research that may deliver
insights into how brains work and how these insights may enable us to
build better computers in the future.
Thursday, 4th February 2010, 7.00pm
Building Brains
Professor Steve Furber, ICL Professor of Computer Engineering
University of Manchester
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 7.00pm
Science, Liberality and Good Taste -
The Manchester Botanic Garden
Dr Ann Brooks
In June 1831, The
Manchester Botanic Garden was opened for the scientific study of botany and
horticulture and the recreation of its members.
What has happened to this garden, a garden that few remember today?
MANDEC, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester
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Monday, 15th February 2010, 7.00pm
PERCIVAL LECTURE : Cell Division and the Quest for Novel Anti-Cancer Drugs
Professor Stephen Taylor, Researcher of the Year, 2009
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester
One of the most widely used anti-cancer drugs is Taxol, a compound originally identified from the bark of the Pacific Yew Tree. In addition to its therapeutic properties, Taxol has helped us understand some of the basic molecular mechanisms which underlie cell division. This talk will explain how Taxol kills human tumour cells and how this information is being used to create the next generation of anti-cancer drugs.
Whitworth Hall, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester
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THE JOULE LECTURE
Wednesday, 24h February 2010, 7.00pm
Bullets, Particles, Photons and Politics
Professor Ian Munro
Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Manchester
A History of the X-ray work of Daresbury
Laboratories .
Prof Ian
Munro led the work of the Synchroton facilities at Daresbury for several
decades. Ian will highlight significant discoveries and findings that have
occurred as a consequence of the investigations by Daresbury based and visiting
researchers.
MANDEC, Higher Cambridge Street Manchester
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