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SUMMARY:Natural Sciences Showcase 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join a full day of presentations and stimulating discussions wi
 th the academics and prize-winning PhD students in the Faculty of Natural 
 Sciences and find out about our innovative work. Everybody is welcome! Ple
 ase register as soon as possible (deadline is 17.00 on 21 September 2026).
 \n10.00 – 18.00\, SAFB G16 LT (Sir Alexander Fleming Building)\nWelcome 
 coffee from 09.30 in the concourse level 1\n\nDepartmental talks sessions:
  10.00 – 16.10 in SAFB G16 LT (coffee breaks in the concourse level 1).\
 nPhD students poster competition: 12.30 – 13.40 in SAFB 120-122 (lunch w
 ill be provided) – Imperial staff and students will be able to vote for
  their favourite poster by Wednesday 23rd September\, 15:00 – posters wi
 ll be uploaded in our website in early September.\nPanel session: 16.10 
 – 17.10 in SAFB 120-122.\nAwards from 17.15 with canapés and drinks rec
 eption in the concourse level 1.\n\nDon’t miss this great opportunity to
  engage with our academics and postgraduate students. Please see the full 
 programme below:\nProgramme\n10.00 – 10.05 Welcome\nWelcome and opening 
 remarks by the Dean Professor Richard Craster.\n10.05 – 10.35 Centre for
  Environmental Policy Showcase\n\n10.05 – 10.20: Dr Caroline Howe (Assoc
 iate Professor) – Beyond the Silos: equity and justice in tackling biodi
 versity and climate\n10.20 – 10.35: PhD student – Title to be confirme
 d\n\n10.35 – 11.20 Department of Mathematics Showcase\n\n10.35 – 10.50
 : Dr Ed Cohen (Reader in Statistics) – Spatial statistics on manifolds: 
 new mathematical tools for microbial and cell biology.\n10.50 – 11.05: P
 hD student –  Title to be confirmed\n11.05 – 11.20:  PhD student –
  Title to be confirmed\n\nCoffee break (11.20 – 11.30)\n11.30 – 12.30 
 Department of Life Sciences Showcase\n\n11.30 – 11.45: Dr Claudia Contin
 i (Assistant Professor in Biotechnology and Engineering Biology) – Synth
 etic Cells: from Soft Matter to Life-Like Behaviours\n11.45 – 12.00: PhD
  student – Title to be confirmed\n12.00 – 12.15: PhD student – Title
  to be confirmed\n12.15 – 12.30: PhD student –  Title to be confirmed
 \n\n12.30 – 13.40 Lunch and Poster session\n13.40 – 14.40 Department o
 f Chemistry Showcase\n\n13.40 – 13.55: Dr David Ayuso Molinero (Royal So
 ciety URF – Associate Professor) – Why chiral light can barely tell le
 ft from right – and how to fix it by shaping it in 3D\n13.55 – 14.10:
  PhD student – Title to be confirmed\n14.10 – 14.25: PhD student – T
 itle to be confirmed\n14.25 – 14.40: PhD student – Title to be confirm
 ed\n\nCoffee break (14.40 – 14.50)\n14.50 – 15.50 Department of Physic
 s Showcase\n\n14.50 – 15.05: Dr Frank Schindler (Associate Professor in 
 Condensed Matter Theory) – Symmetry and Topology in Quantum Matter\n15.0
 5 – 15.20: PhD student – Title to be confirmed\n15.20 – 15.35: PhD s
 tudent) – Title to be confirmed\n15.35 – 15.50: PhD student – Title 
 to be confirmed\n\n15.50 – 15.55 Closing\nClosing remarks by Professor R
 ichard Craster.\nCoffee break (15.55 – 16.10)\n16.10 – 17.10 Why Shoul
 d We Support Curiosity-Driven Research?\nPanel discussion.\nThis year’s 
 panel will focus on Curiosity-Driven Research\, highlighting how fundamen
 tal science can lead to unexpected and transformative breakthroughs. Four 
 academic members have been invited\, each presenting a compelling example 
 of such research:\n\nDr Niladri Banerjee (Dept. of Physics): Quantum Mecha
 nics → Semiconductors and Modern Electronics\nProfessor Jason Micklefiel
 d (Dept. of Chemistry):  CRISPR → Gene-editing Technology\nDr Julie McD
 onald (Dept. of Life Sciences):  Gut Microbiome research → Clinical app
 lications and Disease prevention and management\nProfessor Kevin Buzzard (
 Dept. of Mathematics): Number Theory → Cryptography\n\n17.15 – 18.00 C
 anapes reception and prizes \nAwards will be given at 17.30.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/210483/natural-sciences-showcase-2026
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LOCATION:SAFB G16 LT\, Sir Alexander Fleming Building\, South Kensington Ca
 mpus\, Imperial College London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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