14 April 2025
Why do my joints hurt and will anything help them?
By Philip Conaghan
NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre,
University of Leeds
Presentation to follow
10 March 2025
Quantum Computation
By Jiannis Pachos
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Leeds University
10 February 2025
Different Ways of Seeing Light
By Almut Beige
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Leeds University
9 December 2024
Cosmic Dust: what is it; where does it come from; an what impacts does it have on our atmosphere?
By John Plane
School of Chemistry,
Leeds University
11 November 2024
Failing to forget: how sleep problems disrupt your mental health
By Scott Cairney
Department of Psychology,
University of York
14 October 2024
Vision as an Active Process: the Role of Object-based Attention
By Marc de Kamps
School of Computing,
University of Leeds
9 September 2024
Supporting the education sector to reduce its climate impact and become more resilient
By Amanda Maycock
Institute for Climate and Almospheric Science,
University of Leeds
8 July 2024
Antimicrobial resistance:
new kid on the block or an underestimated old foe?
By Arya Gupta
Biomedical Sciences
Leeds Beckett University
10 June 2024
Balancing People’s data confidentiality with research utility
By Paul Norman
School of Geography,
University of Leeds
20 May 2024
How cute cats and Stranger Things may bring down civilisation
– a quantum mechanical saga
By Oscar Cespedes
School of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Leeds
15 April 2024
Moments in time: Applying novel exercise and dietary approaches to decelerate cardiovascular ageing
By Yasina Somani
Faculty of Biological Sciences,
University of Leeds
11 March 2024
Can natural flood management deliver what it promises?
By Megan Klaar
Associate Professor, School of Geography,
University of Leeds
12 February 2024
Dr Alexa: detecting disease from your voice
By Mary Paterson
Final year PhD student, Centre for Doctoral Training for
AI for Medical Diagnosis and Care, University of Leeds
11th December 2023
A tour of our Solar System:
creating the conditions for life
By Katharine Johnston
Research Fellow,
University of Leeds
Details (poster)
13 November 2023
The Computer Will See You Now:
Would You Trust an AI Doctor?
Image: Freepik.com
By Siân Carey
Final year PHD student at the Centre for Doctoral Training,
AI for Medical Diagnosis and Care,
University of Leeds
Details (poster)
Presentation (pdf file)
9 October 2023
Use of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) in Comparing the Environmental Impacts of Commuting
By Yue Huang
Associate Professor at the Institute for Transport Studies
University of Leeds
Presentation (pdf file)
17 July 2023
Medicine from Poisons:
Antibiotics from Snake and Scorpion Venoms
By Keith Miller
Senior Lecturer in Medical Microbiology
Sheffield Hallam University
12th June 2023
The Rise and Fall of the Giant Planet (occurence rate)
ByHeather Jackson
Astrophysics PhD student,
University of Leeds
Presentation (pdf file)
Video of session
15th May 2023
How can Rerofit help with the Current Energy Crisis
and in reaching Net Zero?
By David Glew
Director of Leeds Sustaimability Institute (LSI)
and Head of Energy Efficiency and POlicy,
Leeds Beckett UNiversity
Presentation
Video of session
13 March 2023
Research in the NHS, why do we do it?
Would you do it?
By Amy Rebane
Patient and Public INvolement/Engagement/Participation Manager
for the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre
and Julie Corrigan
Cardiac Physiologist and Manager at Leeds General Infiirmary
Presentation (pdf file)
13 February 2023
Recycling the Sun
Credit: EA/Hubble & NASA, T.Uera H.Kim
By Marie Van de Sande
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow in Astochhemistry
University of Leeds
Presentation (pdf file)
9 January 2023
Predicting the Weather and Climate of Africa:
a Global Challenge
By Doug Parker
Professor of Meteorology,
UK National Centre for Atmospheric Science,
University of Leeds
Presentation (pdf file)
12 December 2022
Single Cell Surgery
By Paolo Actis
Associate Professor of Bionanotechnology,
School of Electronic and Electric Engineering,
University of Leeds
Presentation (pdf file)
14 November 2022
Designing a world without motorists?
By Greg Marsden
Professor of Transport Governance,
Institute for Transport Studies
University of Leeds
Presentation (pdf file)
10 October 2022
Tetrahetz waves:
the key to alien worlds, black holes, and our own climate concerns
By Alexander Valavanis
Associate Professor, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Leeds
11 September 2022
Is Air Pollution a Problem Worth Fixing?
By Alastair Lewis,
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry,
University of York
Presentation: please note that because of copyright issues we cannot have a link to the presentation but if you would like to receive a copy please contact us.
11 July 2022
The Maths of Shape: Making Homer Simpson Dance
By Kevin Houston
Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics,
University of Leeds
13 June 2022
Fitness for the Ark: are zoo bred amphibians ready to be wild?
By Luiza F. Passos
Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation,
Liverpool John Moores University
9 May 2022
Recreating a Micro-woman on a Chip
By Virginia Pensabene
Associate Professor of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering,
University of Leeds
11 April 2022
Space Weather
By Jonathan Mound
Associate Professor in Geophysics,
University of Leeds
Presentation (pdf file)
14 March 2022
Medical Capsule Robots: a Fantastic Voyage
By Pietro Valdastri
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
and School of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Leeds
14 February 2022
Computational Imaging & Simulation Technologies in Biomedicine
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By Nishant Ravikumar
School of Computing,
University of Leeds
Details (poster)
Video of Session
10 January 2022
Blue Carbon – the role of UK salt marshes in climate change mitigation
By Scott Xavi Gudrich
School of Oceanic Sciences, Bangor University
Founder and Director of the Plover Rovers
Details (poster)
Video of Session
13 December 2021
How to build a habitable world
Credit: M.Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
By Catherine Walsh
University Acadmic Fellow and UKRI Future Leader Fellow,
University of Leeds
8 November 2021
Are we sleepwalking into the world’s next pandemic of bacterial antibiotic resistance?
By Colin Garner
Chief Executive & Founder,
Antibiotic Research UK
11 October 2021
Visiting the Universe from your own back garden
By Stephen Strickland
Secretary, Leeds Astronomical Society
13 September 2021
Patient Safety in digital healthcare:
Ensuring the intangible
By Ciarán McInerney
Research Fellow in Digital Health and Patient Safety
University of Leeds
Ciaran’s Presentation (pdf file)
5 July 2021
The Big Bang Experiment
– Pushing the Boundaries of Knowledge at the Large Hadron Collider
By Antonella De Santo
University of Sussex
15 June 2021
Towards a Smog Free City
By Gary Fuller
Imperial College, London
Details (poster)
Gary’s Presentation (pdf file)
Video of session
24 May 2021
Electric Vehicles
– the silver bullet to decarbonise transport?
By Christian Calvillo Munoz
University of Strathclyde
Details (poster)
Christian’s Presentation (pdf file)
Video of session
26 April 2021
A Walk on the Wild Side
– examining the impact of urbanisation on city biodiversity
and ecological service production
By Jonathan Sadler
University of Birmingham
Details (poster)
Jon’s Presentation (pdf file)
Video of session
29 March 2021
Energy storage: future propects
By Rick Jefferys
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Details (poster)
Rick’s Presentation (pdf file)
22 February 2021
Will red wine and chocolate really keep you healthy?
The science behind the search for anti-ageing machines
By Lizzy Ostler
Head of Chemistry, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences,
University of Brighton
25 January 2021
The Promise of Gravity Waves
By Sue Bowler
Editor, Astronomy & Geophysics for the Royal Astronomical Society;
Visiting Fellow, Schools of Earth and Environment and Physics and Astronomy
University of Leeds
23 November 2020
(Mis)assessing the climate impacts of airport expansion:
The case of Leeds Bradford Airport
By Jeffim Vogel
Sustainable Research Institute
University of Leeds
Slides (pdf)
Recording of Meeting: https://youtu.be/HxeLG4l7MRo
9th March 2020
Casual Inference & the science of cause and effect
By Kellyn Arnold
PhD student in statistical epidemiology
University of Leeds
10th February 2020
Inherited Blindness: a cure in sight?
By Colin Johnson
Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics
University of Leeds
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11th December 2017
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