Lecture offers insights into pioneering research
20 Oct 2009
Bright Ideas lecture at University Place on 29 October
Leading Manchester researchers Professor Andre Geim, Professor Steve Furber, Professor Nancy Rothwell and Professor Robin Marshall will give the audience exciting and inspiring insights into their work at Manchester Science Festival on Thursday 29 October.
The Bright Ideas lecture at University Place will launch the Royal Society 350th Anniversary ‘Local Heroes’ events programme in the North West.
Professor Andre Geim, who discovered the world’s thinnest material in 2004, will give a rare insight into his pioneering work and possible future developments in the field of graphene research.
He has just been appointed as a Royal Society 2010 Anniversary Research Professor in celebration of the Society's 350th anniversary – one of only four appointments made across the world.
Professor Steve Furber is ICL Professor of Computer Engineering in the School of Computer Science. He is currently spearheading the SpiNNaker project, which is aiming to build a computing system that incorporates one million embedded ARM processors and mimics the human brain's biological structure and functionality.
Professor Nancy Rothwell, Deputy President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, currently oversees a research group of about 20 scientists. Her current research focuses on the role of inflammation in brain disease. She has recently served as President of the British Neuroscience Association and a Council Member of MRC.
Professor Robin Marshall is Emeritus Professor in Physics. His recent research includes studying electron proton collisions, preparing for ATLAS at CERN in Geneva and astro-particle physics.
The individual lectures will be followed by a general discussion on where current research in life sciences, computer technology, particle physics and nanotechnology is heading, and prospects for the future.
The event runs from 7pm to 9pm.
Entry is free but places must be booked in advance at: