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Chemistry for the Future: Incredible Machines

Inside NMR Spectroscopy

Dr Tim Claridge takes apart an NMR machine to show us how this technique is used in research with application in human health and beyond.
Chemistry for the Future: Incredible Machines

The Stark Decelerator & ultracold chemistry

The Stark Decelerator was built from scratch in the basement of the Chemistry Department. Dr Brianna Heazelwood shows how this incredible device is used to study molecules.
Chemistry for the Future: Incredible Machines
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Incredible Machines: Introduction

Dr Ashley Shepherd introduces the extraordinary machines used by Oxford chemists, and tells us about her work as a surface analyst.
Department of Education Public Seminars

Developing a Dialogic Approach to Early Secondary School Science and Mathematics Teaching: insights and findings from the epiSTEMe project.

Prof. Kenneth Ruthven gives a talk for the Department of Education public seminar series
Women in Medical Science

Bridget Ogilvie: Women in Science

Dame Bridget Ogilvie discusses her life and illustrious scientific career, at The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics’ Women in Science series.
Women in Medical Science

Heidi Johansen-Berg: Women in Science

Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg heads the Plasticity Group at the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB). Her research focuses on how the brain changes in response to damage, learning and experience.
Women in Medical Science

Irene Tracey: Women in Science

Irene Tracey gives a passionate insight into her career and how she balances work and life. As she puts it 'A scientific career is not an easy one to choose: it’s tough and competitive'.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Ambition for Leadership

An inspirational talk on leadership given by Professor Dame Carol Black to young female science students as part of the 3rd Annual OxFest Symposium 2014 - "WHY SO SLOW? Closing the gender gap in STEM".
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

If I knew then what I know now. Being resourceful and strategic in traversing the science career landscape

An inspirational careers talk given to young female science students as part of the 3rd Annual OxFest Symposium 2014 - "WHY SO SLOW? Closing the gender gap in STEM".
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Lessons learned on the way up - how to take control of your career in STEM and still have a life!

Inspirational talk given to young female science students as part of the 3rd Annual OxFest Symposium 2014 - "WHY SO SLOW? Closing the gender gap in STEM" Thursday 27th February 2014
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Career, Creativity and Confidence

An inspirational talk given to young female science students by engineer Roma Agrawal as part of the OxFest Symposium 2014 - "WHY SO SLOW? Closing the gender gap in STEM",
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

Working worlds: perspectives and problems of a tool for thinking about modern science

Jon Agar will introduce the concept of working worlds, illustrate how they can be used to think about past and present science, and identify some problems and issues.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Science and the Humanities

Are the Humanities and the Sciences fundamentally different? Or do they share roots, values, aspirations and a common, contemporary predicament?
Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies

Doing Away With Dispositions: Towards a Law-Based Account of Modality in Science

Stephen French (Leeds) gives a talk for the Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies series.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Lord Nuffield's Legacy to Oxford

Dr Eric Sidebottom, Retired University Lecturer in Experimental Pathology, gives a lunch time talk to accompany the exhibition 'Great Medical Discoveries: 800 Years of Oxford Innovation'.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Lab, Camera, Action: Tides

The Bay of St Brieuc in Brittany has one of the largest tides on Earth. Dr Andrew Steele takes some time out of his holiday, on the day of the highest tide of the year, to find out why.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Lab, Camera, Action: Transit of Venus

In June of 2012, one of the rarest predictable astronomical phenomena took place: Venus passed directly in front of the Sun, as seen from Earth. For more information, visit transitofvenus.org.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Lab, Camera, Action: Maglev Train

Wheels are so last century. We’ve got a train set which doesn’t have any; it just floats around the track in a billowing cloud of steam. Dr Andrew Steele explains how our superconducting magnetic levitation—or maglev—train really works.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Lab, Camera, Action: Particle Accelerator

Dr Andrew Steele takes a look inside the ISIS particle accelerator in Oxfordshire, where scientists use neutrons to investigate the structure of materials, and accelerator physicist Dr Suzie Sheehy explains how this massive machine works.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Lab, Camera, Action: Make your own CD spectrometer

How do we know what the stars are made of when we've never been to one? Dr Andrew Steele shows us how to make a spectrometer, a device used by scientists to analyse light, using a cereal box and a CD.

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