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January – Developing New Tests for Cancer using Single Molecule Imaging and Artificial Intelligence – Dr Ben Davis
Developing New Tests for Cancer Using Single Molecule Imaging and Artificial Intelligence Dr Benjamin Davis is a machine learning scientist…

December – Fusion Power: The Mission, an Engineer and the way forward
Fusion Power: The Mission, an Engineer, and the Way Forward Dr Tom Barrett, UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham, Oxfordshire 17th…

*Remember this month Cafe Sci is taking place on Tuesday 26th November* – Translational Optometry: Turning Research Into Treatment In Genetic Eye Disease
Translational Optometry: Turning Research Into Treatment In Genetic Eye Disease The first gene therapy for the eye has now been…

October – Spaceships in Oxfordshire
Spaceships in Oxfordshire Want to learn about the exciting space innovations taking place here in Oxfordshire? From rocket engines to…

September – Pain and the opioid crisis – a community pharmacist perspective
Pain and the opioid crisis – a community pharmacist perspective Rosie Adsley gives us an overview of the current treatment…

July – Keeping the lights on at an affordable cost, Eoin Lees
Keeping the lights on at an affordable cost in a low carbon world The costs of producing electricity from renewable…

June – The Evolving Universe (rescheduled from January 2019)
The Evolving Universe – Professor Robert Lambourne This Cafe Scientifique examines our current view of the nature of the physical…

May – The Satellite Revolution
**Unfortunately Mark Jarman is unavailable to speak at this month’s Café Sci and Steve Spittle has kindly offered to stand…

April – Gone in 60 Microseconds: The Muon’s Journey from Mistaken Identity to Tool of the Sciences
Dr Peter Baker, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) – Gone in 60 Microseconds: The Muon’s Journey from Mistaken Identity to…

March – When things go wrong: Chemical incidents then and now, Tom Johnson, The National Chemical Emergency Centre
Whether we realise it or not, chemicals are a vital part of our everyday lives. From the weed killer in…

February – Multi-messenger Astronomy: New ways of investigating the universe – Dr Peter Allan
Astronomy is generally thought of as “looking at the night sky”. However, modern astronomy involves observing across the whole of…

I’ve Only Got One Bar!
**Unfortunately the talk by Professor Robert Lambourne scheduled for Tuesday 15th January has been postponed and will be rearranged for…
