Citius, Altius, Fortius: simulating performance from the pool to the air

This inaugural lecture will review of Professor Hervé Morvan’s background in hydraulics, including his contribution to the 2008 Olympics with Speedo, and his work on oil flow and film modelling with Rolls-Royce, in the context of enabling future engine designs and enhancing performance.

Tags: aerospace, engineering, Gas Turbine and Transmissions Research Centre, Hervé Morvan, inaugural lecture, Institute for Aerospace Technology

Teaching an old dog new tricks: surgical veterinary education in the 21st Century

Professor Rob White, Professor of Small Animal Veterinary Surgery, gives an overview of the past, present and future teaching of surgery to the veterinary profession. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

3.30pm, Saturday 17 September.

Tags: 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, animals, inaugural lecture, Rob White, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Vet School

Digitising Darwin through genes and genomes

Professor Richard Emes, Professor of Bioinformatics, provides an insight on the past successes and challenges ahead for research in the genomic age. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

4.15pm, Saturday 17 September.

Tags: 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, animals, inaugural lecture, Richard Emes, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Vet School

Of muscles, mice and men

Professor Paul Loughna, Professor of Integrative Physiology, gives a lecture looking at skeletal muscle growth and wasting, as well as the role of adult resident stem cells in the ability of this tissue to adapt and regenerate. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

5pm, Saturday 17 September.

Tags: 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, animals, inaugural lecture, Paul Loughna, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Vet School

Anaesthesia: the elephant in the room

Professor Kate White, Professor of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, explores the role that anaesthesia plays in clinical veterinary medicine and biomedical research, and the role of the anaesthetist. Part of a series of inaugural lectures celebrating 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

5.45pm, Saturday 17 September.

Tags: 10 years of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, animals, inaugural lecture, Kate White, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Vet School

The Benefits of Fungal Sex

In this inaugural lecture, Professor Paul S Dyer, BA, MA, PhD, will speak on the topic of ‘The Benefits of Fungal Sex’. Professor Dyer is Professor of Fungal Biology, School of Life Sciences.

Tags: biology, fungus, inaugural lecture, Paul Dyer, public lecture, reproduction, School of Life Sciences

101 ways to kill a fungus

In this lecture, Simon Avery, Professor of Eukaryotic Microbiology in the School of Life Sciences, discusses ‘101 ways to kill a fungus’.

Tags: biology, Eukaryotic Microbiology, fungus, inaugural lecture, microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Simon Avery

Language learning, history and the Germans

In this inaugural lecture, Professor Nicola McLelland, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, will examine the history of teaching and learning languages in Europe since about 1500. Who decides what is ‘correct’, what is not, and how? How have people explained the rules? And how have Europeans taught and learnt their own and others’ languages?

Tags: German, inaugural lecture, language, linguistics, Nicola McLelland, public lecture, School of Cultures Languages and Area Studies

Sustaining complex city systems

In this inaugural lecture, Darren Robinson, Professor of Building and Urban Physics, Laboratory of Urban Complexity and Sustainability (LUCAS), presents ‘Sustaining complex city systems’.

Tags: Darren Robinson, engineering, inaugural lecture, Laboratory of Urban Complexity and Sustainability, LUCAS, urban physics

“Feed me!” – hidden hunger in plants and people

In this inaugural lecture, Professor Martin Broadley will describe how plant evolution, compounded by profound geographical factors (physical and cultural), causes widespread human micronutrient deficiencies across the globe.

Tags: Biosciences, inaugural lecture, Martin Broadley, plants, School of Biosciences, science