{"title": "Bioengineering Black History Month Seminar 2026", "start": "2026-10-28T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology/microbiology", "history/black-history"], "description": "A free seminar hosted by the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London as the first Black History Month Department Seminar, open to all with advance registration, followed by refreshments and networking. It features Dr Calvin Tiengwe, Assistant Professor in Imperial's Department of Life Sciences, speaking on 'How does a cell count to one? Mechanisms of immune evasion in African trypanosomes'. His talk explores how trypanosome parasites select a single surface protein from thousands of genes and alter its sugar modifications to evade host immunity, including the discoveries of the molecules ESBX and ESAG3, and how such insights could guide vaccine design against sleeping sickness. The seminar takes place at RSM 2.28 on the second floor of the Royal School of Mines on Imperial's South Kensington Campus.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bioengineering-black-history-month-seminar-2026-60778/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/214121/bioengineering-black-history-month-seminar-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/86eff84c6155fe30e7764a1fbda2153f1c08a3b302c155c980dd570e6d7e6bbe-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-28T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Host and pathogen seminar | Yaw Bediako", "start": "2026-11-12T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Crick Exhibition", "address": "Midland Road 1, NW1 1AT London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology"], "description": "A seminar in the Host and Pathogen Interest Group series at the Francis Crick Institute. The speaker is Yaw Bediako of Yemaachi Biotech, with Philippa Matthews as the Crick host; the talk's title is yet to be confirmed. Details on how to join are sent through the interest group's mailing list, which can be joined by email.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/host-and-pathogen-seminar-yaw-bediako-60399/", "official_url": "https://www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/host-and-pathogen-seminar-yaw-bediako", "image": "https://noky.io/images/66b9fcb0a4c4775df6ad3d54e932a7ec5b00411687d166f9a23e8985996d8509-600.webp"}, {"title": "Crick Lecture | Philippa Matthews", "start": "2026-11-12T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Crick Exhibition", "address": "Midland Road 1, NW1 1AT London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine"], "description": "Crick Lecture | Philippa Matthews is a lecture forming part of the Crick lectures series, covering the full spectrum of biomedical research. The speaker, Philippa Matthews, is a Clinical Science Group Leader and head of the HBV elimination laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute. Her talk is titled 'The road to hepatitis B elimination: Dialling down viraemia' and draws on her work on hepatitis B virus infection, using molecular biology to study the interplay between host and pathogen, refine monitoring and treatment, and inform preventive interventions. 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It is organised by the University of Notre Dame College of Science in collaboration with Notre Dame London, with faculty lead Shahriar Mobashery, and features lectures by nine experts on mechanisms of resistance and the development of new therapeutics. Speakers come from institutions in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the USA, with Christopher Schofield of the University of Oxford as keynote speaker.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/notre-dame-london-college-of-science-academic-series-antibio-37427/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/57924b02ae3931423bee33b321f4f96dee7db38debc8c5f6888e2d62e75c0abc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Cracking the code: targeting HTLV integration to eradicate infection", "start": "2026-11-04T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology"], "description": "A free lecture at Imperial College London, open to everyone and part of the Imperial Inaugurals series. Professor Goedele Maertens, Professor of Retrovirology, explains how HTLV, one of the world's most neglected viruses that infects an estimated 10 million people, establishes lifelong infection by integrating its genetic material into host cell DNA. Drawing on 15 years of research, she shows that FDA-approved antiretroviral drugs used against HIV can prevent HTLV transmission in laboratory models, and describes her work with Dr Fabiola Martin and the International Retrovirology Association to set up trials of these drugs to prevent HTLV-1 transmission. The talk also reflects on her personal and academic journey and ongoing efforts to develop strategies to stop the virus.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/cracking-the-code-targeting-htlv-integration-to-eradicate-in-60771/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/212264/cracking-the-code-targeting-htlv-integration-to-eradicate-infection/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/48412c0afa5f4899f5c1067c0366936636b719941ff7c480f73269931b37e997-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Metabolism across scales: AI and the future of global health", "start": "2026-11-10T09:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai"], "description": "A day-long launch of the CNRS-Imperial \"Antoine Lavoisier\" International Research Lab on Multiscale Metabolism, at Imperial College London's South Kensington Campus. It is hosted by Imperial, whose President Professor Hugh Brady joins Professor Thierry Dauxois, Chairman and CEO of CNRS, to open the third International Research Lab, part of the CNRS-Imperial International Research Centre for Transformational Science and Technology. The day begins with a scientific workshop, followed by a launch event with remarks from M. Sébastien Bidaud, Chargé d'Affaires at the French Embassy, and a panel discussion on the future of AI-driven health research and innovation in the UK and France. Guests may register for the workshop, the launch event and reception, or both.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/metabolism-across-scales-ai-and-the-future-of-global-health-74059/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/215954/metabolism-across-scales-ai-and-the-future-of-global-health/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/acab7a3d1901a80a8e321e0668af6b70c46e6612c5ffab08009fe2cf3b9a718e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Biomathematics Seminar – David Rand (Warwick) – Dynamic Landscape Analysis of Cell Fate Decisions", "start": "2026-11-02T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology"], "description": "A seminar in the Biomathematics Seminar series at Imperial College London, open to all and free with first-come-first-served entry. 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It is a Randall Seminar in the Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics Seminar Series, hosted by King's College London's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. Speaker Dr Federica Mangione of King's College London will discuss her research on mechanosensation — how touch, pressure and vibration become electrical signals — presenting recent findings that support a new, multicellular model of mechanosensation at the body surface, based on her work establishing the Drosophila epidermis as a system for studying this sense.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/co-opting-cells-for-mechanosensation-39310/", "official_url": "https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/co-opting-cells-for-mechanosensation", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c4dc8a9ee1420e12126238a8dcc7aee3518f869ba0f305e73a239f9729d1aec8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Living Code, Living Materials", "start": "2026-11-04T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology"], "description": "Living Code, Living Materials is a free public lecture about how synthetic biology can grow sustainable materials. It is an inaugural lecture by Professor Tom Ellis of Imperial College London's Department of Bioengineering, whose research rewrites DNA in microbes like yeast, bacteria and kombucha to turn them into programmable micro-factories. He explains how engineered living cells can grow self-repairing fabrics and functional patches from sugar instead of petroleum-based plastics, opening a bio-based future for manufacturing and infrastructure. The talk is open to all and takes place in the Clore Lecture Theatre in the Huxley Building on the South Kensington Campus.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/living-code-living-materials-74043/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/211835/living-code-living-materials/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/da3ad028507a786c00d0b7da413e89083622515629689230fdda059ebf6ed0cb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Research in Focus: Biting Flies, Investigating a Historic Colonial Collection", "start": "2026-11-04T13:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Grant Museum of Zoology", "address": "University Street 21, WC1E 6DE London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biting-flies-investigating-a-historic-colonial-collection-tickets-2002065784656?_gl=1%2A1b5culk%2A_up%2AMQ..%2A_ga%2AMTU0ODYyODY4MS4xNzkyNTcyNzM4%2A_ga_TQVES5V6SH%2AczE3OTI1NzI3MzgkbzEkZzEkdDE3OTI1NzI3ODQkajE0JGwwJGgw&aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "science/biology"], "description": "A free lunchtime talk followed by questions and answers at the Grant Museum of Zoology. It is led by Maria Dragoi, a second year PhD student based between the Natural History Museum and UCL's Institute of Archaeology, and is part of the Research in Focus series of researcher-led public talks. Her talk investigates biting flies from a historic colonial collection, and she is keen to think about critical cataloguing in natural history collections and the stories specimens can tell. You can book a place or simply drop in on the day.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/research-in-focus-biting-flies-investigating-a-historic-colo-36316/", "official_url": "https://www.ucl.ac.uk/engage/events/2026/nov/research-focus-biting-flies-investigating-historic-colonial-collection", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d46c048c4eaedce5a2e6a41ca4811ae2627adeeeb5bb8526a065df54d4f77cf1-600.webp"}, {"title": "Speak like a researcher 3: making expertise visible", "start": "2026-11-03T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/media-studies"], "description": "A practice session helping researchers speak about their work with confidence. It is part of Speak like a researcher, a three-part on-campus workshop series at Imperial College London run by CfAE. This session, making expertise visible, practises responding to challenging questions with clarity and credibility: building concise answers, distinguishing evidence from speculation, acknowledging uncertainty and defending claims under scrutiny. It is open to all, free, and registration in advance is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/speak-like-a-researcher-3-making-expertise-visible-74028/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/213154/speak-like-a-researcher-3-making-expertise-visible/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bcb1c077d5f130ac29b7ea5db11a0ea2f32f645748253c738bcaf670dddb2768-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Croonian Prize Lecture: Advances in computational protein design", "start": "2026-11-03T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Royal Society", "address": "Carlton House Terrace, London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/croonian-prize-lecture-by-dr-david-baker-tickets-1991361527936?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology"], "description": "The Croonian Prize Lecture is an awards talk hosted at the Royal Society in London. Dr David Baker, a Nobel laureate and Director of the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington, receives the 2026 Croonian Medal for pioneering the design of completely new proteins. His lab uses deep learning to design new proteins from scratch to address problems not faced during evolution. In the talk he will describe designing proteins to address current challenges in health, technology, and sustainability.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/croonian-prize-lecture-advances-in-computational-protein-des-76891/", "official_url": "https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/11/croonian-prize-lecture/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/51dff68708da6a8cbbb7d5c7ddff1b7d65f0427bd66c322427b237253126a268-1200.webp"}]}