Queens' Ideas...

An MCR social call held on Zoom earlier this year.

All the different groups that make up the College give regular presentations on research and special interests. The MCR, Rokos Postdoctoral Associates and the Fellowship have been conducting these academic discussion sessions on Zoom during the Michaelmas Term. It is a wonderful platform for the cross-fertilization of ideas and informed debate.

Recent topics include:

Professor Peter Haynes FRS (SCR)
Weather in the stratosphere?

Dr Nghia Nguyen (Rokos PDRA)
Advances in Ultrasound Imaging for Medical Applications

Elizabeth Weir (MCR PhD candidate)
The Autism and Physical Health Survey: Four Studies Describing Key Differences in Lifestyle, Identity, and Health Outcomes

Francesca van Tartwijk (MCR PhD candidate & Munro Scholar)
Perturbed protein production in motor axons: the effects of mutations in FUS in neurodegenerative disease

An open conversation with the MCR-SCR community, was hosted by the President, Dr Mohamed El-Erian.

SCR talks held via Zoom in 2020, included:

Dr Andrew Thompson (History): Early modern epidemics
Dr Graham Denyer-Willis (Chris Rokos Fellow in Geography): Managing a drug empire behind bars
Dr Camilla Penney (Junior Research Fellow): Earthquake resilience
Dr Mohamed El-Erian: Economic Management in a Pandemic
Professor Richard Nickl (Mathematics): Mozart (a Mathematical Attempt)
Dr Murray Milgate (Life Fellow): How to pay for Covid-19
Professor Alastair Beresford (Computer Science): Contact tracing by smartphone
Dr Andrew Zurcher (Cleave Fellow in English): Spenser on Containment & Contagion
Professor Clare Bryant (Innate Immunity) : Who is to blame for the pandemic: animals or humans?