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SUMMARY:Understanding our local geology
DESCRIPTION:Professor Stuart Burley\, of the Warwickshire Geology Conservation Group is a vastly experienced geologist. He holds an Honorary Chair at Keele University and a practising researcher across the world. He is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Petroleum Geology and of Petroleum Geoscience. He will focus this talk on our local rocks\, perhaps including the fascinating quarry at Guys Cliff\, and the approaches to Warwick Castle.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/tbc/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T210000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T152524Z
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SUMMARY:Oral Biology
DESCRIPTION:Practising dentist Hanni Mostafa will be discussing the science behind oral biology and its links to whole body health. Much in the news in recent years\, this topic will likely get all our audience self consciously thinking what they should be doing about it!
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/oral-biology/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260518T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260518T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T085848Z
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SUMMARY:Could fish slime lead to faster\, more efficient vehicles?
DESCRIPTION:Dr Paul Griffiths\, Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics\, Aston University
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/could-fish-slime-lead-to-faster-more-efficient-vehicles/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260420T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260420T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20260221T112759Z
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SUMMARY:Listening to the experiences of women and birthing people to improve maternal health outcomes
DESCRIPTION:Dr Amy Delicate\, Qualitative Research Fellow in the College of Medicine and Health at the University of Birmingham \n\n\n\nWhen we think about healthcare research\, we often think about numbers — statistics that tell us whether a medication works or how often a condition occurs. While these figures are important\, they don’t always tell the full story of people’s real experiences. \n\n\n\nIn the UK\, some women and their babies — including Black and Brown women\, disabled women\, and those facing social disadvantage — experience significantly poorer outcomes during pregnancy\, birth\, and after having a baby. Statistics can show what those outcomes are\, such as higher rates of injury or illness. But numbers alone can’t explain why these differences exist when everyone is using the same NHS maternity services. \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Amy will explore how listening to the voices\, stories\, and lived experiences of women and birthing people can help us understand the barriers some groups face when accessing maternity care. She will share examples from her research to show the power of qualitative (experience‑based) methods in improving maternal healthcare and ensuring better outcomes for mothers and their babies.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/listening-to-the-experiences-of-women-and-birthing-people-to-improve-maternal-health-outcomes/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260316T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260316T210000
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CREATED:20260221T113021Z
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SUMMARY:The Organisational Charlatan: Confidence Without Competence
DESCRIPTION:Our March talk will be given by Dr Marie Dunnion\, of the University of Birmingham School of Psychology. \n\n\n\nMost of us have met someone at work who talks a great game – confident\, polished\, convincing – yet somehow the results never match the performance. Marie’s forthcoming book\, The Organisational Charlatan\, calls this False Performance: creating the impression of competence without the substance behind it. In workplaces that reward image over evidence\, this can quietly spread – draining productivity\, increasing errors\, and leaving capable colleagues to pick up the slack. \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Marie will introduce emerging research on False Performance\, including early insights from developing the False Performance Questionnaire (FPQ). We’ll look at how some people can seem highly competent even when the underlying skill isn’t there\, why certain workplace cultures make that easier\, and what it costs the rest of the team. She will also invite the audience to bring their own examples and questions\, so we can unpack why these “organisational charlatans” rise\, why they’re hard to spot\, and what individuals and organisations can do to reduce the impact.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/the-organisational-charlatan-confidence-without-competence/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260119T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260119T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20250709T205922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260117T190111Z
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SUMMARY:Nuclear magnetic resonance\, and what it can tells us about stretchy skin and resilient fungi
DESCRIPTION:Dr Wing Ying Chow\, assistant Professor in the department of Physics at the University of Warwick \n\n\n\nYing will discuss Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)\, and why people travel from all across the UK to do NMR at Warwick\, the extracellular matrix (ECM) and what can we learn from doing NMR on the ECM. \n\n\n\nThe talk will mention a mixture of different things\, ranging from a heavy mouse\, black bone disease\, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome\, to black mould!
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/nmr-in-diagnostics/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251117T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20250415T193025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T194134Z
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SUMMARY:The development of the Jaguar E-Type
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/the-development-of-the-jaguar-e-type/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20250317T230552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T205805Z
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SUMMARY:A Warwickshire Eclipse
DESCRIPTION:October’s talk will be presented by Mike Frost who is\, amongst other things\, a member of The Royal Astronomical Society. \n\n\n\nOn February 18th 1737 there was an eclipse of the Sun visible from Warwickshire. It was one of an extraordinary series of British eclipses which occurred in the eighteenth century\, and inspired a generation of astronomers and cartographers to produce ever-more elaborate charts and maps of the eclipse tracks. \n\n\n\nHenry Beighton\, surveyor\, engineer\, draftsman and mathematician\, drew one such chart to illustrate the 1737 eclipse. Mike found this chart in the papers of Roger Newdigate\, a young aristocrat who lived in Arbury Hall\, Nuneaton. \n\n\n\nMike will use the story of these two fascinating historical figures\, and the map that connects them\, to trace the flowering of mathematical talent in the wake of Newton\, Halley and others. In the case of Beighton and Newdigate\, these talents played a direct part in bringing the industrial revolution to Warwickshire.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/a-warwickshire-eclipse/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250915T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250915T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20250729T202523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T155114Z
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SUMMARY:No meeting
DESCRIPTION:There will be no meeting in September
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/no-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250721T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250721T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20250310T210054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T205340Z
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SUMMARY:Invasive insect species in Antarctica
DESCRIPTION:Octavia Brayley\, School of Biosciences\, University of Birmingham \n\n\n\nImagine a tiny insect tough enough to make a home in Antarctica – one of the coldest\, driest\, and most extreme places on Earth. Eretmoptera murphyi\, a flightless midge accidentally introduced by scientists in the 1960s from sub-Antarctic South Georgia during a moss transplant experiment\, has now spread across parts of Signy Island (maritime Antarctic). Its soil-dwelling larvae feed on dead plant matter and are thriving to the extent that in some places\, they outweigh all the native soil animals combined. But it isn’t just surviving – it’s transforming the soil\, with a big jump in nitrogen\, which could shake up native ecosystems and make it easier for other invaders to follow. \n\n\n\nBut that’s not all. Octavia’s research shows that these midge-altered soils also release more greenhouse gases – especially as temperatures rise. This may be down to changes in the soil microbes\, which the midges might be helping along – either by introducing new ones in or by creating the perfect conditions for native ones to thrive. So\, this tiny alien insect could now be quietly accelerating climate change and impacting the ecosystems in one of the most fragile environments on the planet.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/invasive-insect-species-in-antarctica/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250616T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250616T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20250310T205314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T230020Z
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SUMMARY:Gut invaders: Battling the microbiome
DESCRIPTION:Meera Unnikrishnan\, University of Warwick
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/gut-invaders-battling-the-microbiome/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250519T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250519T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20250222T111927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T214415Z
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SUMMARY:Observing Galaxies that should not exist - Images from the James Webb Space Telescope
DESCRIPTION:Dhara Patel\, National Space Centre \n\n\n\nUsing the largest telescope launched into space\, we’ve been surprised at the number of large and mature galaxies observed in the early Universe. The infrared capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope have allowed astronomers to peer back to a time shortly after the Big Bang\, and current models of galaxy formation don’t explain how these ‘islands of stars’ formed so quickly – leaving the scientific community perplexed. This talk will explore the discoveries made by JWST and discuss some alternative ideas that could help explain the presence of galaxies that should not exist!
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/observing-galaxies-that-should-not-exist-images-from-the-james-webb-space-telescope/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250414T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250414T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20250407T212136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T193312Z
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SUMMARY:Madagascar - the eighth continent
DESCRIPTION:Madagascar appears on the map as an island close to the coast of Africa. However\, its Flora and Fauna are unique\, and very different from mainland Africa. John Holroyde will explore how this diversity arose and the pressures which are impacting on this unique ecosystem.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/madagascar-the-eighth-continent/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250318T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250318T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20250222T112133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T230007Z
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SUMMARY:Science on the pre Victorian Railway
DESCRIPTION:Jan Gillett\, former Café Sci organiser \n\n\n\nIn 1825 a famous primitive steam locomotive drew a train of passengers and goods on the Stockton and Darlington railway: just about\, for it had many shortcomings. Within ten years multiple improvements on many lines led to the format of steam locomotives that would endure for a hundred years. \n\n\n\nThis development story has been largely dismissed as trial and error metal bashing. Recent research has however demonstrated that a good deal of systematic\, scientific processes were applied\, and the bicentenary is an opportunity to make it more widely known. \n\n\n\nMany of the lessons they learned back then are relevant to the modern railway and we can use them to understand why there have been so many expensive problems in recent decades. \n\n\n\nThere are an amazing number of preserved artefacts and replicas from this time\, and many opportunities in the bicentennial year to appreciate them. Jan will explain where things are happening and when; drawing on his experience growing up near the Stockton and Darlington railway\, and with distant relatives who were instrumental in its development. \n\n\n\nPlease note that this event will be on Tuesday rather than the usual Monday\, due to Monday 17th being St Patrick’s day.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/science-on-the-railways-in-the-1830s/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250217T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250217T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20240820T180947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T180948Z
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SUMMARY:Fruit flies’ assistance in understanding Alzheimer’s Disease
DESCRIPTION:Emeritus Prof Kevin Moffat\, School of Life Sciences\, University of Warwick
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/fruit-flies-assistance-in-understanding-alzheimers-disease/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250120T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250120T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20240820T180221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T193151Z
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SUMMARY:Artificial intelligence for pre-screening of insomnia
DESCRIPTION:Prof Maia Angelova\, Aston Digital Futures Institute (ADFI)\, Aston University. \n\n\n\nInsomnia is increasingly recognised as presenting a significant public health problem and has been associated with increased risk for a diverse range of health-related problems and reduced quality of life. While this condition affects more than one third of the adults in Western countries\, it is underdiagnosed as individuals are unaware that their sleep is unhealthy. This justifies a pre-screening system for stratifying the risk of insomnia\, however such a system does not exist yet. \n\n\n\nWearable devices provide non-invasive means for continuous monitoring of patients\, which produce vast amounts of complex data\, well suited for artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and patient-centred care. Physical activity data have been used as complimentary means to improve accuracy of insomnia assessment and have shown potential for screening insomnia in the home environment. \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Maia will consider the potential of AI to classify acute and chronic insomnia from healthy sleep through the use of wearable data.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/artificial-intelligence-for-pre-screening-of-insomnia/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241118T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241118T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20240610T181326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241111T190907Z
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SUMMARY:The miracle of our limbs –  a practical session exploring the anatomy of the upper and lower limb
DESCRIPTION:Dr Cornelia Juengst\, University of Warwick \n\n\n\nHow many bones are in one hand? What is the carpal tunnel? Where exactly is the meniscus? What is arthritis? How can blood flow upwards from the foot back to the heart?   \n\n\n\nOur limbs are a wonder of engineering that we daily take for granted. Come and explore the mechanical and physiological processes in the arm and leg\, the hand and the foot\, presented by a GP\, medical educator and former anatomy tutor at Warwick Medical School.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/science-in-the-gp-surgery-2/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241021T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241021T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20240820T180502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T180533Z
UID:1530-1729539000-1729544400@www.leamingtoncafesci.org
SUMMARY:Investing in nature. Is it the key to addressing the challenges we face?
DESCRIPTION:Ian Jelley\,Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/investing-in-nature-is-it-the-key-to-addressing-the-challenges-we-face/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240916T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240916T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20240820T182830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240902T201453Z
UID:1534-1726515000-1726520400@www.leamingtoncafesci.org
SUMMARY:Nothing to fear but fear itself - a study of anxiety and fear
DESCRIPTION:Dr Dawn Collins\, Warwick Medical School\, University of Warwick \n\n\n\nIn the ICD11\, Anxiety- and fear-related disorders contain a range of generalised (generalised anxiety disorder\, social anxiety disorder) and specific conditions (specific phobias) all characterised by significant and debilitating symptom presentation in response to a real\, or perceived\, threat. In many sufferers of these disorders there is often no direct exposure to the trigger\, or threat from the trigger\, prior to onset of the disorder\, distinguishing them from stress-related disorders (such as post-traumatic stress (PTSD) and grief disorder)\, which all have identifiable triggers; so how do these conditions develop? The amygdala is a key region of the brain associated with the perception and response to conditioned fear behaviours\, so what plastic changes occur within this area that might account for our response to triggers? The amygdala also plays a role in determining the saliency of experiences\, so is this the point at which our normal or abnormal experiences become fearful? We’ll discuss and investigate whether fear is the result of our innate (inherited?) survival mechanisms\, experience\, or whether fear can be a learned behaviour; and if so\, whether FDR (or Michel de Montaigne\, depending on your viewpoint) was correct in that we really do have ‘nothing to fear\, but fear itself.’
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/nothing-to-fear-but-fear-itself-a-study-of-anxiety-and-fear/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240715T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240715T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20240624T215905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240702T213131Z
UID:1519-1721071800-1721077200@www.leamingtoncafesci.org
SUMMARY:Waste and the Circular Economy - the battle against entropy
DESCRIPTION:Dr Stephen Burnley\, retired\, formerly School of Engineering and Innovation\, Open University \n\n\n\nAll life is a battle to keep living organisms and\, in the case of humans the things we use\, in a chemically unstable state. For example\, we need food to maintain our metabolism\, and society consumes vast amounts of energy and produces mountains of waste to transform stable mineral ores into useful metals and atmospheric nitrogen into chemical fertilisers. In short\, we are constantly trying to reverse the inevitable forward march of entropy or disorder. Climate change and material shortages have forced Governments to realise that ultimately\, we cannot win. However\, we can slow the progress of disorder by moving towards what is known as a “Circular Economy” based on the consumption of recycled and biological materials fuelled by non-fossil energy sources. \n\n\n\nThe amount of solid waste that society produces is one measure of how far we have to go to make our economy circular. We all generate wastes\, some of this is essential\, some might be called a lifestyle choice and some is the result of decisions taken by governments on our behalf. Stephen looks at how much waste England produces\, what happens to it and what it costs us all. He then considers the circular economy from a waste perspective considering how far we can go and the limits to achieving circularity.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/waste-and-the-circular-economy-the-battle-against-entropy/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240617T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240617T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20240127T193231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240609T160548Z
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SUMMARY:Gut Microbiota
DESCRIPTION:Prof Lindsay J Hall\, Institute of Microbiology and Infection\, University of Birmingham \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, we’ll delve into the fascinating world of the gut microbiota\, the diverse community of microorganisms living in our digestive tracts. These tiny inhabitants play a crucial role in our overall health\, aiding in digestion\, synthesising essential nutrients\, and bolstering our immune system. However\, when this microbial balance is disrupted\, it can be linked to a variety of diseases\, including inflammatory bowel disease\, allergies\, and even mental health disorders. Lindsay will provide background on the microbiota and explore the differences between health and disease states. Finally\, she’ll share an exciting vignette about one of her team’s projects focused on the gut microbiota of fragile preterm infants and how they are harnessing the potential of probiotics – beneficial bacteria – to help populate their guts and give them an extra healthy start in life.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/gut-microbiota/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240520T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240520T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T064537
CREATED:20240327T214746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240424T212456Z
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SUMMARY:Gesture and Speech Recognition in Human Computer Interaction 
DESCRIPTION:Prof Manolya Kavakli-Thorne\, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences\, Aston University \n\n\n\nThe rapid evolution and adoption of Mixed Reality technology and the integration of AI intoour lives have fundamentally transformed how we interact with computers today. We caneven talk to AI agents to have a conversation using speech and gestures. Technologicaldevelopments impact our daily routines and shape the future of human-computer interaction(HCI). In this talk\, we will look at the differences in human information processing in variouscultures and genders\, and explore how closely related these are to multi-modal interfacedesign. \n\n\n\nTechnology can be perceived as gendered in many ways. Technological change isshaped and structured according to societal norms and relations\, which are in turninfluenced by technological transformations. The design of technology used in differenthistorical\, political and cultural contexts reflect pre-existing gender norms and sometimesinequalities. By offering different tools and methodologies to address various demographics\,and analysing human information processing\, we can evaluate the ways to improve not onlythe joint performance of man and machine systems\, but also the user acceptance oftechnology.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/gesture-and-speech-recognition-gender-of-technology/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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SUMMARY:Sleep Apnoea: A universal comorbidity
DESCRIPTION:Rob Huckstepp\, University of Warwick \n\n\n\nSleep apnoea is a silent and often overlooked disorder. Though for many years its effects were thought to be benign\, we now know that it contributes to the generation and progression of many of the world’s leading killers and most debilitating diseases. This talk and discussion will focus on the relationship between sleep apnoea neurological disorders.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/sleep-apnoea-a-universal-comorbidity/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240318T193000
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SUMMARY:Reconstructing the pleniglacial environment of Doggerland - the disappeared land that connected us to Europe
DESCRIPTION:Professor Robin Allaby\, University of Warwick \n\n\n\nPrior to the formation of the present-day North Sea during the mid-Holocene\, North-Western Europe was connected through the Doggerland landmass. Whilst it has been known for the past century that forests grew in Doggerland\, it has not been clear how this environment compares to the surrounding European areas. Despite the long time periods involved\, the DNA of these environments still persists in marine sediments. Sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) is at the forefront of research in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction\, although much remains unknown about the taphonomy of DNA in the environment. \n\n\n\nIn this talk Robin will describe the reconstruction of the palaeoecology of a river system from the Late Pleistocene to the late Holocene using sedaDNA from cores spanning the length of the river system and headwater area. The data allow the construction of a taphonomic model for DNA which allows us to determine which sediments are secure representing the original depositional environment. Secure sediments reveal the presence of several tree species such as Alnus\, Quercus\, Ulmus and Corylus over 16000 years ago\, and thermal indicator tree species like Tilia several thousand years earlier than has been recorded for surrounding European areas. In this area we also detect the presence of Pterocarya\, previously considered extinct since the Hoxnian. These observations are consistent with colonization from glacial refugia closer than the classic southern Europe refugia.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/surprising-revelations-in-reconstructing-doggerland-with-ancient-dna/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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SUMMARY:On track for Net-Zero? The development of hydrogen-powered trains in the UK
DESCRIPTION:With the UK Government having set climate goals to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050\, the need to move away from diesel as fuel is critical. In all sectors\, the challenge of clean\, efficient energy storage is increasingly present\, from electric cars and buses\, to powering towns and cities. I will describe the motivation behind developing a hydrogen-powered train\, and the benefits and potential drawbacks of hydrogen fuel. I will track the development of the technology across prototype vehicles of increasing size and power developed by the University of Birmingham\, culminating with the demonstration of a full-scale passenger train to the (then) Prime Minister and (then) Prince of Wales at the United Nations COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow. I will give a brief look into the future; When are we likely to see a hydrogen-powered train in service? Is it safe? Why does energy storage matter? \n\n\n\nCallum is a Master’s student at the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Railway Research and Education\, and a Project Engineer at Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/on-track-for-net-zero-the-development-of-hydrogen-powered-trains-in-the-uk/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240115T193000
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CREATED:20231022T121040Z
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SUMMARY:The amazing world of bacteria: why it matters!
DESCRIPTION:Professor Stephen Busby\, University of Birmingham \n\n\n\nBacteria generally receive a ‘bad press’\, and most folk only think about them when they or a familymember suffers from an infection. Surveys find that people are unaware that the vast majority ofbacteria are completely harmless\, and that many are positively beneficial to human life. The bestexplanation for this apathy is that the general public doesn’t grasp that bacteria were present onearth long before humans\, and that humans evolved in a ‘sea’ of bacteria. Hence\, in the first part ofmy presentation\, I will give a very brief overview of how life on earth is thought to have evolved\,and the essential role of microbes in general\, and bacteria in particular. Bioscientists arefascinated by how molecules act together to generate life\, and I will explain how bacteria makegreat case studies\, and argue that humans today may well need help from bacteria to resolvecurrent intractable problems. \n\n\n\nIn the second part of the presentation\, I will focus on the small number of bacteria that areharmful to human health and explain why they evolved. Over the past century\, antibiotics havegiven humans the ‘upper hand’ in their struggle against these bacteria\, but we now know that thebacteria are fighting back with the spread of genes that encode resistance. I will explain why thisis to be expected in the context of evolution\, and tell you about some alternatives for fightingbacterial infections that don’t rely on the use of antibiotics.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/the-amazing-world-of-bacteria-why-it-matters/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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SUMMARY:The science of sourdough
DESCRIPTION:Sophie Turigel\, Dietitian at SWGP Federation \n\n\n\nSophie is a gut-specialist Dietitian at the South Warwickshire GP Federation\, who is keeping up to date with the latest research on sourdough breads and other baked goods. She loves to share this with anyone interested in how these delicious foods can not only be tasty but good for our health. Find out how wheat products can be enjoyed again\, depending on the way that they’re prepared. We’ll be talking about gluten\, minerals\, glucose absorption and FODMAPs.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/the-science-of-sourdough/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231016T193000
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SUMMARY:Uncovering microbial diversity in a local freshwater ecosystem
DESCRIPTION:Dr Sarah Duxbury\, University of Warwick \n\n\n\nMicrobes frequently exist together as communities across environments as diverse as the human body to natural environments. What drives microbial diversity in the natural world? How can we study microbial ecosystems in the lab? Although some microbes cause disease\, many others are important in sustaining life on Planet Earth. Photosynthesising cyanobacteria were the first oxygen-generating organisms and account for approximately 50% of global primary production. Cyanobacteria\, whilst technically unicellular\, can build multi-cellular structures such as sticky balls and mats\, home also to a variety of other types of bacteria. How do microbes communicate with each other and cycle nutrients? This talk will present findings from a laboratory-maintained microbial macro-structure\, cultured from the local freshwater reservoir Draycote Water. \n\n\n\nSarah Duxbury is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Life Sciences at University of Warwick\, with a background in the ecology and evolution of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes\, their antimicrobial resistance and formation of multi-species communities.  
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/uncovering-microbial-diversity-in-a-local-freshwater-ecosystem/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230918T193000
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SUMMARY:Is Net zero worth fighting for? Climate change in the age of emergency
DESCRIPTION:Dr Graeme Hayes\, School of Social Sciences and Humanities\, Aston University \n\n\n\nNet zero is everywhere. The UK has pledged to reach net zero by 2050; the NHS\, by 2040; Birmingham City Council’s ‘route to zero’\, by 2030; Birmingham Airport’s ‘flight to net zero’\, by 2033. Extinction Rebellion demands the UK reach it by 2025. In contrast\, the Net Zero Scrutiny Group of backbench Conservative MPs (along with others on the political right) wants the government to abandon the target\, claiming it makes the UK uncompetitive. Recent decisions by the Sunak government over oil and gas leases in the North Sea\, decisions which are also supported by the opposition\, suggest that either net zero is heavily contested\, is on the verge of being abandoned\, or perhaps never meant very much anyway. Meanwhile\, as individual citizens\, we are encouraged to make our own carbon footprint calculations\, and change our behaviours and choices so that we too can reduce or ‘offset’ our emissions. \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Graeme will discuss competing narratives of supply and demand\, resource use and keeping it in the ground\, time and emergency. He’ll talk about what net zero means and what it doesn’t mean\, what it tells us about climate change and what it leaves unsaid\, why calculating carbon footprints is helpful and also why it isn’t\, and argue that net zero is a terrible idea which could probably only be made worse by abandoning net zero. \n\n\n\nHe’ll end by asking exactly where this leaves us – and what the role of protest and collective citizen action might be.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/is-net-zero-worth-fighting-for-climate-change-in-the-age-of-emergency/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230717T193000
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SUMMARY:Using trees for energy and materials: unpacking sustainability concerns
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Patricia Thornley\, Director\, Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute\, Aston University \n\n\n\nA is for apple … T is for Tree \n\n\n\nFrom our earliest years we are introduced to trees: in the classroom; in fairy stories of magic treesand deep dark woods; in the natural world around us (climbing\, swinging\, gathering leaves andconkers). They are deeply ingrained in our landscape\, our heritage\, our lives. \n\n\n\nSo when people suggest that we cut down trees or use them differently we rightly get annoyed.Something inside tells us that it “just isn’t right” …. Or is it? Climate change is a huge global problemand trees can be a key part of our response to and adaptation for climate change. Smart use of treescould help us achieve lower global temperatures in the long term\, but the problem (and solution)are dynamic and some of the scientific insights around carbon can be counter-intuitive. \n\n\n\nPatricia Thornley has been studying the role of trees and plants in combatting climate change forlonger than she would like to remember and will share the latest scientific knowledge on how treesinterface with climate change and what the carbon consequences really are of cutting trees down. \n\n\n\nBut there is more to life than carbon and we will also discuss the wider environmental\, economicand social impacts of our sometimes fragile co-existence with the trees that are likely to outlive usand possibly outpace our efforts to mitigate carbon emissions.
URL:https://www.leamingtoncafesci.org/event/uk-government-biomass-strategy/
LOCATION:St Patricks Irish Club\, 4 Adelaide Road\, Leamington Spa\, CV31 3PW
CATEGORIES:Monthly meeting
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