Annual Symposium 2016

The Trinity College Science Society Symposium and Dinner is a unique event spanning an entire day of talks by Trinity students. At the end of Lent term every year, current students of Trinity College present their research and findings to their peers in a friendly, informal environment. There will also be some talks given by Fellows at the college. The event is free and open to all; no particular specialist knowledge is assumed. There is no need to stay for the whole day just drop in on talks you find interesting. Programme: 10:00Opening 10:15Dr Serjeantson: Newton’s Inheritance: Natural Science in Seventeenth-Century Trinity 11:05Kadi Liis Saar: Microfluidic techniques to study the biophysics of nanoscale processes 11:25Alex Chamolly: Mixing the Ocean 11:45Filip Szczypinski: Polyester-based synthetic information oligomers 12:05Dr Stephen Elliott: Next-generation computer-memory technology: crossover between physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering 13:00Lunch break 14:00Opening of the second session 14:05James Manton: Optical super-resolution microscopy for bacterial spore coat structure determination 14:25Veronika Siska: Ancient genome reveals continuity in East Asia over the last 9,000 year 14:45Neil Cunningham: Predefined or Random? Investigating the site of daughter centriole formation on the mother centriole using live two-colour fluorescence microscopy. 15:05Dr Rick Livesey: Insights into human brain development, evolution and disease from stem cell systems 16:00Break (tea and biscuits will be served) 16:15Opening of the third session 16:20Dan Malz: Quantum Optomechanics or The Science of Firmly Holding Stuff in Place with Light 16:40Vasilije Perovic: Extremely Low Frequency meteor detection 17:00Nick Kateris & Tejal Shanbhag: Gas Cylinder Vibration Characterisation 17:20Dr Nir Navon: Ultracold Quantum Gases 18:10Close