Category Archives: Monthly Meetings

13th February 2023 – The End of Everything

Posted on September 27, 2022 by TerryG

Dr. Steve Barrett, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool makes a welcome return to SciBar. In March 2021 he gave us a Zoom talk entitled “The Beginning of Everything”.  Now he finishes the story in person with a … Continue reading →

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9th January 2023 – Making the Tiniest Machines

Posted on July 11, 2022 by TerryG

Professor David Leigh leads the Leigh Group at the University of Manchester.  The Group explores, invents and discovers fundamental ways to control molecular-level dynamics and topology.  In simple terms, they are making machines out of molecules. David says “Perhaps the … Continue reading →

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12th December 2022 – Bio-inspired Optical Materials

Posted on July 7, 2022 by TerryG

Developing sensors by mimicking nature’s colour mechanisms Dr. Ahu Gümrah Dumanli-Parry is a Materials Chemist and the first recipient of the bp-ICAM Kathleen Lonsdale Research Fellowship in 2019 for her work on bio-inspired advanced materials. Dr Dumanli-Parry’s research group (Bio-inspired Functional … Continue reading →

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14th November 2022 – Native Plant Reintroductions

Posted on April 2, 2022 by jrsee

This talk will be given by Josh Styles.   Josh is a recently-graduated botanist who now has a dynamic career in ecology and science communication.  He has founded the North West Rare Plant Initiative (www.nwrpi.weebly.com) and British Botany Training (www.BritishBotany.co.uk).   He … Continue reading →

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10th October 2022 – Electronics: the thinking inside the box

Posted on April 1, 2022 by TerryG

We are often told to “think outside the box” but what is thinking inside the box? Chris Rattray, a Printed Circuit Board Design Engineer will talk about taking ideas from concept though to the finished product. Electronics are everywhere from … Continue reading →

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11th July 2022 – Black Holes

Posted on February 2, 2022 by TerryG

Postponed from December 2021, we are pleased to welcome Jeff Forshaw, Professor of Particle Physics at the Department of Physics in the University of Manchester. Jeff has recently completed a book entitled “Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe” … Continue reading →

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