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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Anna Atkins: Botanical Illustration and Photographic Innovation

This event is supported by TORCH as part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones of the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Relationships' part 1 - People and plants: balancing conservation and commerce

How can working with people to understand how they use their local plants be used to protect them when industry moves in? How do we find and conserve areas of high 'bioquality'?
Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)

Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry at Oxford: a guide for prospective undergraduate students

This light-hearted talk gives you the chance to hear three admissions tutors discuss what you can expect from their courses, and what the tutors are looking for when they select students.
Botanic Garden

Manipulating plant genes - how do you actually do it?

We often hear in the news about GM (Genetic Modification or Manipulation) but what does it actually involve?
Botanic Garden

Achieving food security and sustainability for 9 billion

To ensure food security for the increasing world population in a environmentally sustainable way, we must double productivity on the same area of land.
Botanic Garden

Plants in a chemical world

Plants are able to metabolise a surprisingly diverse range of synthetic chemicals including pesticides and pollutants.
Botanic Garden

From hairy roots to new medicines

Modern medicine uses many compounds which are isolated from plants. For example, vinblastine, which is used to treat many types of cancer, is isolated from the leaves of the Madagascar periwinkle.
Botanic Garden

The gene garden

The spectacular variety of colour and growth form seen in our gardens is the result of the action of thousands of genes operating in pathways and networks.
Botanic Garden

The Artemisinin Supply for Malaria Control

Part of the Healing Power of Plants lecture series given at the Botanic Gardens.
Botanic Garden

A Spoonful of Sugar

Part of the Healing Power of Plants lecture series held at the Botanic Gardens.
Botanic Garden

Streptomyces in Nature and Medicine: The Antibiotic Makers

Although plants are a very important part of a garden, we must not forget about the important contribution that soil makes. Bacteria living in the soil also produce compounds important as modern antibiotics.
Botanic Garden

The Botanic Garden - Your Modern Medicine Cabinet

The first talk in the series from the Oxford Botanic Garden. This talk will describe the development of this new area as well as explaining the involvement of some of the plants grown there in the discovery and development of modern drugs.

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