Science Week 2025

The School of Psychological Sciences presents Dr Daniel Yon’s talk: How the Brain Invents your Reality [video: 54 minutes].

The latest research in neuroscience and psychology suggests that the brain is doing the same thing that scientists are: using past experiences to build theories of how the world works, and using these models to predict and make sense of it.

Note: the recording starts with a PhD student presentation which lasts around 15 minutes.

The School of Natural Sciences presents: Imaging the invisible: capturing complexity across scales in Natural Science [video: 68 minutes].

Talks covered these research projects:

Professor Charlie Underwood – Imaging Jaws: looking inside sharks and rays modern and ancient.

Dr Marianne Odlyha- Making Visible what is essential for the preservation of museum collections.

Professor Carolyn Moores – Cool microscopes and studying cellular complexity in health and disease.

Note: the recording starts with a PhD student presentation which lasts around 10 minutes.

The School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences presents: Dr Felix Reidl's talk: Machine Commands: society in the age of AI [video: 73 minutes].

Dr Reidl revisits the modest beginnings of computing to explore how the interaction between humans and machines has evolved and what it means for how we learn, work, and think.

Note: the recording starts with a PhD student presentation which lasts around 20 minutes.

Professor Sanjib Bhakta's inaugural lecture: TB or Not TB? The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance: Molecules, Machines and Mechanism [video: 70 minutes].

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is making it increasingly difficult to treat infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), leprosy, and other mycobacterial infections linked to asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, Crohn's disease, Johne's disease. To tackle this growing crisis, we must accelerate the development of new and more effective treatments.