Clocking on: The timing of your life!
Dr. Sarah Forbes-Robertson (Swansea University)
January 2011
Poisons from the sea – or when to avoid the fish course!
Jim Ballantine (Swansea University)
February 2011
Brain death and organ transplantation
Prof. Steve Edwards (Swansea University)
March 2011
Beer and Health; 7000 Years of History
Prof. David Williams (Cardiff University)
April 2011
Algae: Scum of the Earth
Dr. Adam Powell (Swansea University)
May 2011
Particle Physics and a bit of String Theory
Carlos Nunez (Swansea University)
September 2011
Using stem cells to make food: Understanding 'In Vitro Meat'
Dr Neil Stephens (Cardiff University)
October 2011
Life, death and the carotenoids
Prof. George Truscott (Keele University)
November 2011
The science of sleep and dreaming
Prof. Mark Blagrove (Swansea University)
January 2012
Exobiology: Is anyone out there?
Prof. Mike Edmunds (Cardiff University) organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry
February 2012
Molecular Gastronomy: the science of taste and flavour
Prof. Peter Barham, Bristol University
March 2012
The Fermi Paradox
Prof. David Skibinski, Swansea University
April 2012
Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant
Derek Sheehan (EDF)
May 2012
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN
Prof Lyn Evans (CERN)
September 2012
See here for a video of this lecture.
Adventures with oxygen; a "radical" perspective
Prof Damian Bailey (University of Glamorgan)
October 2012
The Chemistry of Light
Dr Peter Douglas (Swansea University)
November 2012
Things that go bump in the night; Approaches for getting to grip on enigmatic animals
Prof Rory Wilson (Swansea University)
January 2013
The last man standing: How to take years off your life
Dr Kelly Mackintosh (Swansea University)
February 2013
Ig Nobel Prizes
Marc Abrahams (Master of Ceremonies of the Ig Nobel Prizes, and editor of The Annals of Improbable Research)
See here for a video of this lecture.
March 2013
Taking your breath away: Lung disease and the development of an artificial lung
Dr Melitta McNarry (Swansea University)
April 2013
Restoration Ecology or Applied Ecology in the Real World
Dr Geoff Proffitt (Swansea University)
May 2013
Collective Behaviour in Humans and Other Animals
Dr Andrew King (Swansea University)
September 2013
Nanotechnology: are we there yet?
Dr Richard Cobley (Swansea University)
October 2013
The Severn Barrage: Europe's Largest Proposed Marine Renewable Energy Project
Prof Roger Falconer (Cardiff University)
November 2013
Ash Ice Mud: tephras and rapid climate change
Prof Siwan Davies (Swansea University)
January 2014
"We are Scientists" - Or Are We? Science and International Law
Dr Richard Caddell (Swansea University)
February 2014
High-tech in Greenland: glimpse the future of the Greenland ice sheet
Prof Tavi Murray (Swansea University)
March 2014
Tuberculosis epidemiology
Dr Angharad Davies (Swansea University)
April 2014
Education and the Brain - what can neuroscience tell us about how and why we learnt?
Dr Phil Newton (Swansea University)
May 2014
How to get the best out of your image: Feature extraction and image processing
Dr Elaine Crooks (Swansea University)
September 2014
Fungi: notes from a forgotten kingdom
Dr Dan Eastwood (Swansea University)
October 2014
Antimatter - Science and Applications
Prof Mike Charlton (Swansea University)
December 2014
Science Cafe does FameLab!
Swansea heat of FameLab - the UK's biggest search for the new voices of Science and Engineering
January 2015
Nutrition and the aging brain
Prof David Benton (Swansea University)
February 2015
The Fukushima Nuclear disaster - 4 years on
Brian Jones
March 2015
Finding the floodgates - Assessing the risk posed by a new climate to an old industry
Chris O'Brien (Tata Steel UK)
April 2015
Free as a bird? A life ruled by fickle airscapes
Dr Emily Shepard (Swansea University)
May 2015
The Power of Light
Prof Alan Shore (Bangor University)
September 2015
Some Unsung Heroes and Heroines of Science (in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry)
Prof Charles Stirling (Sheffield University)
September 2015
A scenic tour around the circle
Dr Jeffrey Giansiracusa (Swansea University)
October 2015
The Theory of Everything
Prof Timothy Hollowood (Swansea University)
November 2015
Science Cafe does FameLab
(in association with Swansea University Public Engagement Forum)
January 2016
Robotics in the Future of our Society
A British Science Association Future Debates Event
co-sponsored by The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
February 2016
Brain doping? Relieving stress through neurostimulation
Dr Fred Boy (Swansea University)
March 2016
The Science of Dr Who
Dr Edward Gomez (Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network)
April 2016
Cooperation, Altruism, Game Theory and Evolution
Prof Alexander Bird (University of Bristol)
May 2016
Advances in Cancer Research
Dr Lee Campbell (Cancer Research Wales)
September 2016
How quantum physcs democratized music: a meditation on physics and technology
Prof Sir Michael Berry (University of Bristol)
October 2016
Long-term ecology of the Galápagos Islands: giant tortoises, pirates, fossil pollen and conservation
Dr Cindy Froyd (Swansea University)
November 2016
Science Cafe does FameLab
(in association with Swansea University Public Engagement Forum)
January 2017
Assessing the stability of one of Antartica's largest ice shelves
Prof Adrian Luckman (Swansea University)
February 2017
Best of both worlds: sex, parasites and genetic diversity
Prof Sofia Consuegra (Swansea University)
March 2017
Alternative facts, fake news and the role of science
Panel Discussion: Kevin Williams, Ed Pope, Mary Gagen and Chris Allton
April 2017
Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring: Can we make red blood cells work for us?
Prof Ken Meissner (Swansea University)
May 2017
The Face of Swansea
Dr Alex Jones (Swansea University)
September 2017
Bowel Cancer in Wales - Challenges and Opportunities
Dr Lee Campbell (Cancer Research Wales)
October 2017
Maggots: A New Hope...
Dr Yamni Nigam (Swansea University)
November 2017
CERN’s proton smasher, the Large Hadron Collider
Prof Lyn Evans (Project Leader, Large Hadron Collider, during its construction and commissioning)
December 2017
FameLab - Swansea Heats
(in association with Swansea University Public Engagement Forum)
Wednesday 24th January 2018
FameLab - Wales Finale
(in association with Swansea University Public Engagement Forum)
Wednesday 28th February 2018
Death from the Stars
Dr Sarah Roberts, Swansea University
Wednesday 28th March 2018
Coming of Age of Science in Wales: Swansea 1848
Prof John Tucker (Swansea University)
Wednesday 25th April 2018
Carbon Dioxide as a Fuel of the Future
Dr Jennifer Rudd (Swansea University)
Wednesday 30th May 2018
Organ on a Chip
Dr Sofia Texeira (Swansea University)
Wednesday 27th June 2018
