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| == March Meeting: Anil Seth, Machine Consciousness == | | == Now planning meetings for the 2022 Season == |
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| == April Meeting: Peter Wilson, The Rise of Antimicrobial Resistance ==
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| === April 19th, Strangers Room === | | <mailchimpforms prefix="science-and-technology-group" account="c848bb9da2c85dd0281575c04" list="deb28a80da" type="subscribe" /> |
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| We may be witnessing the end of antibiotics as we know them. Penicillin is no longer the miracle drug it once was. Bacteria have evolved to beat it at its own game. The same goes for most other antibiotics. The problem is so severe that drug manufacturers have given up the unequal fight. They no longer sink significant sums into developing drugs that will retain their efficacy for a shorter and shorter period. This solves a problem for their investors, but creates a bigger problem for any of us that might be threatened with infection, which is all of us.
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| Without antibiotics, life will be very different. We will be afraid to take risks of coming into contact with infection. We will be afraid to play contact sports, in case we get an injury which might require even minor surgery. We will have to be very careful about how we live our everyday lives.
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| Peter Wilson is a consultant microbiologist at University College London Hospitals. He was trained at Cambridge and UCL and became a consultant in 1990. His main interests lie in antimicrobial chemotherapy and infection control and he has responsibility for critical care.
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| | Dates for our meetings in 2020 are as follows (future dates are always provisional): |
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| == May Meeting: Giles Yeo, ''Are your genes to blame if your jeans don't fit?'' ==
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| === May 16th, Strangers Room ===
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| | I am currently working on the 2022 programme. I hope to have talks on the following subjects: |
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| = 2017 Programme =
| | - Dark Matter, |
| Dates for 2017 are as follows (all meeting are on Wednesdays, usually the 3rd one of each month):
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| | February || 15th || Prof [[Martyn Thomas]] || Cybersecurity
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| | March || 15th || Prof [[Anil Seth]] || Machine Consciousness
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| | April || 19th || Prof [[Peter Wilson]] || Anti-Microbial Resistance.
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| | May || either 16th, 17th, <!-- whichever is vacated by Pol Comm, 23rd (alternative, but near to Thackeray), or 31st (late in the month, not ideal) --> || [[Giles Yeo]] || Are your genes to blame if your jeans don't fit?
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| | June || 21st || [[Paul Veys]] || CAR-T Study, Anthony Nolan. See Trello.
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| | September || 20th || Dr [[Paolo Tasca]] || Bitcoins and the Blockchain
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| | October || 18th || Prof [[J A Madrigal]] || Stem cell therapies.
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| | November || 15th || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
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| For more information, please visit our [[Meetings]] page.
| | - Cyptocurrencies, |
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| | - Applied Artificial Intelligence (speaker from DeepMind), |
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| | - Exploring Space (Nicole Stott), |
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| | - Autonomous vehicle liability, |
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| | - Use of psychedelic drugs in treatment of mental illness, |
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| | - The Chinese social credit system (or related). |
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| | If you have a comment, please get in touch, especially if you can refer me to a suitable speaker on any of the topics above. |
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Now planning meetings for the 2022 Season
Please get in touch if you know of a suitable speaker or would like a specific topic addressed.
To keep informed, please sign up to our mailchimp list:
<mailchimpforms prefix="science-and-technology-group" account="c848bb9da2c85dd0281575c04" list="deb28a80da" type="subscribe" />
2022 Programme
I am currently working on the 2022 programme. I hope to have talks on the following subjects:
- Dark Matter,
- Quantum computing,
- Cyptocurrencies,
- Applied Artificial Intelligence (speaker from DeepMind),
- Exploring Space (Nicole Stott),
- Autonomous vehicle liability,
- Use of psychedelic drugs in treatment of mental illness,
- The Chinese social credit system (or related).
If you have a comment, please get in touch, especially if you can refer me to a suitable speaker on any of the topics above.
FAQ