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UID:EVENT-85644@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20250423T114130
LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T114130
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250526
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250527
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SUMMARY:Biomedical Physics at Edinburgh
DESCRIPTION:This workshop launches the new virtual Edinburgh Centre for Bi
 omedical Physics\, http://biomedical-physics.ed.ac.uk.  The aim of the C
 entre and this workshop is to bring together researchers working in the do
 main of physics for medicine.\n\nWithin the School of Physics and Astronom
 y and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine\, there are many peo
 ple working on physics-related challenges for the medical domain.  This w
 orkshop will bring researchers together to foster opportunities for new co
 llaborations.  There will be three main sessions presented during the wor
 kshop\, which parallel the three main themes of the Edinburgh Centre for B
 iomedical Physics: (i) detectors\, imaging and analysis\; (ii) molecular m
 echanisms of disease\; (iii) physics of infection.\n\nBesides the talks fo
 r each theme\, we aim to have plenty of time for discussion at the end of 
 the workshop\, to promote the Centre and discuss ways in which participant
 s to the workshop and others can contribute to it in the future.  The wor
 kshop aims to kickstart cross-institute and cross-college collaborations\,
  which are an increasingly more obvious requirement of cutting-edge work i
 n the field.  \n\nRegistration now open
LOCATION:Elm Lecture Theatre\, Nucleus Building (ground floor)\, King's Bu
 ildings
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/85644-biomedical-physics-at-edinbu
 rgh
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-85740@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20250526T101216
LAST-MODIFIED:20250526T101401
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250527T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250529T130000
SUMMARY:Physics of Biological Systems
DESCRIPTION:The international workshop “Physics of Biological Systems”
 \, will take place on May 27-29 2025 on the King’s Buildings campus of t
 he University of Edinburgh. This is the second workshop of a series starte
 d last year\, which aims to bring together a vibrant community of research
 ers working on the frontier at the boundary between experimental and theor
 etical biophysics\, physics of life and biologically motivated soft matter
  physics.\n\nThe workshop Program this year will cover five broad themes:\
 n\n• Mechanobiology\n\n• Protein-based Pattern Formation\n\n• 4D spa
 tiotemporal patterns in the genome\n\n• Stochastic processes in biology\
 n\n• Biohydrodynamics\n\nJoin us to listen to the excellent line-up of i
 nternational speakers and consider active participation – submit an abst
 ract for a contributed talk or poster presentation. Each workshop theme wi
 ll offer three slots for contributed talks (15+5 min). Early career resear
 chers including postdoctoral fellows and PhD students are highly encourage
 d to submit. The workshop aims to foster the atmosphere of equality\, dive
 rsity and inclusion. Limited funds are available to offset travel expenses
  for participants in need\, especially early career researchers.\n\nThe sc
 ientific Program will begin at 9am on Tuesday\, May 27th and adjourn Thurs
 day\, May 29th at lunchtime. Detailed program to follow.
LOCATION:Elm Lecture Theatre\, Nucleus Building (ground floor)\, King's Bu
 ildings
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/85740-physics-of-biological-system
 s
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-85717@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20250508T134751
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T101209
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250610T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250610T113000
SUMMARY:Making the most of science communications
DESCRIPTION:Curious about crafting compelling stories that captivate your 
 audience and help raise your profile?\n\nThis event will include:\n\n\n Wh
 at makes an engaging news story?\n How research\, innovation and local suc
 cesses are shared across the School\, University\, the media and beyond.\n
  Who to contact when you have a story to share.\n\n\nPresenters will also 
 give an overview of the media cycle\, the channels used to share School ne
 ws\, tips on giving interviews\, and guidance on how to create compelling 
 stories which resonate with your audiences.\n\nPresenters:\n\n\n Rhona Cra
 wford and Corin Campbell (PR & Media Managers\, based in the Research Comm
 unications team\, Communications & Marketing)\n Megan Welford (Senior Comm
 unications Manager\, Edinburgh Innovations)\n Caroline Keir (Publicity and
  Communications Officer\, School of Physics and Astronomy)\n\n\nEvent deta
 ils:\n\nTuesday 10 June 2025\, 10am – 11.30am\n\nThe event will be hybri
 d and recorded:\n\n- in person at Larch Lecture Theatre\, Nucleus Building
 \, KB\n\n- online via Teams - meeting link\n\nThere will be the opportunit
 y to ask questions.
LOCATION:Larch Lecture Theatre\, The Nucleus Building
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/85717-making-the-most-of-science-c
 ommunications
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-85699@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20250501T110139
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T110322
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250801
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SUMMARY:Ice\, Ice\, Maybe? Life in the Cold Universe
DESCRIPTION:UKCA Harding Essay Competition 2025\n\nThe UK Centre for Astro
 biology (UKCA) at the University of Edinburgh has officially launched the 
 2025 UKCA Harding Essay Competition\, inviting undergraduate and postgradu
 ate students across the UK to take part.\n\nThis annual competition offers
  a unique platform for students to explore topics that connect science\, c
 ulture\, and philosophy. Participants are encouraged to share their insigh
 ts and original ideas\, with the opportunity to have their work published 
 on the UKCA website and win exciting prizes.\n\nThe competition is open to
  students from all disciplines — whether aspiring journalists\, scientis
 ts\, or creative writers. "This is a chance for students to make their voi
 ces heard and engage with some of the biggest questions about life\, the u
 niverse\, and our place within it\," the organisers said.\n\nDeadline and 
 further information\n\nDeadline to submit: 31 July 2025\n\nSubmission ema
 il: UKCA-info [at] ed.ac.uk\n\nFull details\, including competition guidel
 ines are available on the UKCA webpage: Competitions | UK Centre for Astro
 biology.
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/85699-ice-ice-maybe-life-in-the-co
 ld-universe
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-86138@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20250917T153822
LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T100709
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250929
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SUMMARY:Doors Open Day
DESCRIPTION:Undertake fun physics and astronomy activities during Doors Op
 en Day 2025.\n\nPhysics\n\nCome and build a LEGO Mars rover and find out h
 ow this relates to the quest for finding the most mysterious and unknown m
 atter of the Universe: dark matter.\n\nDate: Saturday 27 September 2025\n\
 nTime: 10:00 – 17:00\n\nVenue: McEwan Hall\, Central Campus\n\nLink to a
 ll University of Edinburgh Doors Open Day events: Physics at Doors Open Da
 y\n\nAstronomy\n\nA chance to discover the ‘out of this world’. Activi
 ties include speaking to astronomers and engineers\, crafts and handling m
 eteorites. \n\nPLEASE NOTE: Due to essential repairs\, the rooftop and Vi
 ctorian telescope dome at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh will be closed. 
 There are still lots of other areas to see on the site.\n\nDate: Saturday 
 27 & Sunday 28 September 2025\n\nTime: 10:00 – 17:00 (last entry 15.45)\
 n\nVenue: Royal Observatory Edinburgh\, Blackford Hill\n\nLink to further 
 information and tickets: Astronomy at Doors Open Day
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/86138-doors-open-day
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UID:EVENT-86208@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20251006T125615
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T125659
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T190000
SUMMARY:Professor John Loveday Inaugural Lecture: Some things you can do w
 ith a Paris Edinburgh cell
DESCRIPTION:About this Lecture\n\nThe development of the Paris-Edinburgh c
 ell established neutron diffraction as a viable high-pressure technique an
 d transformed understanding of high-pressure phenomena which can only be s
 tudied by neutron diffraction. In my talk\, I will describe the cell and i
 ts development\, and illustrate it's impact with examples from my work.\n\
 nBiography\n\nJohn Loveday graduated in Chemical Physics at Bristol in 198
 4. After PhD studies in low-temperature physics again at Bristol he joined
  the then Department of Physics at Edinburgh in 1987 as a postdoc.\n\nInit
 ially he worked on the structures of superconductors at high pressure but 
 in 1988 he become one of the founding members of the team which developed 
 the Paris-Edinburgh pressure cell for neutron don diffraction.\n\nFrom 199
 2-2003 he was based at the ISIS neutron source in Oxfordshire and in 2003 
 he moved back to Edinburgh to take up a readership. As a founding member o
 f the Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions (CSEC) He has led programme
 s of research into the properties of ices (ammonia\, methane\, and water-i
 ce) and ice mixtures at high pressure. These programmes are focussed on un
 derstanding the fundamental properties of the ices and on understanding ho
 w these properties determines the behaviour of bodies in the Outer Solar S
 ystem like Uranus\, Neptune\, and Titan.\n\nRefreshments\n\nThe lecture wi
 ll be followed by a reception in the foyer\, Nucleus Building.\n\nPlease r
 egister your interest via the Eventbrite Link\n\nSpeaker:\n* Professor Joh
 n Loveday (School of Physics & Astronomy\, University of Edinburgh)
LOCATION:The Alder Lecture Theatre\, The Nucleus
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/86208-professor-john-loveday-inaug
 ural-lecture-some-things-you-can-do-with-a-paris-edinburgh-cell
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-86222@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20251015T155012
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T105728
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251030T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251030T190000
SUMMARY:Higgs Halloween Lecture - A Dangerous Shade of Green
DESCRIPTION:Please come along to our delightfully poisonous Halloween Lect
 ure that is full of spooky fun for the entire family\, on Thursday the 30t
 h of October at 5:30pm. Join guest speaker Drew Rosen\, as he speaks about
  how we see colour\, how we measure colour and why one particular shade of
  green was both enticing and deadly.\n\nThis event is perfect for the fami
 ly\, we recommend 10+ but everyone is welcome. We encourage you to dress u
 p. There will be a prize for best costume and best joke!\n\nMore informati
 on about the Location:\n\nThe entrance to the Medical School is accessible
  through Teviot Place\, it is Doorway 3. The entrance into the building is
  directly is across from the restaurant Mezcal. The lecture will be help i
 n the Anatomy Lecture Theatre (room 425). Once you are in the building the
 re will be direction signs point you up to the room\n\nSpeaker:\n* Rosen D
 rew (University of Edinburgh )
LOCATION:Anatomy Lecture Theatre (room 425)\, Medical School\, Teviot Plac
 e\, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/86222-higgs-halloween-lecture-a-da
 ngerous-shade-of-green
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-85960@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20250811T123014
LAST-MODIFIED:20250811T123014
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251121
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SUMMARY:Postgraduate Open Day
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about postgraduate degrees at the School of Physics
  and Astronomy. \n\nDetails will follow in due course.\n\nAll University 
 of Edinburgh postgraduate open day information: Postgraduate Open Days
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/85960-postgraduate-open-day
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-85985@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20250815T114552
LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T114552
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251126T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251126T170000
SUMMARY:Elizabeth Gardner Lecture 2025
DESCRIPTION:More to be announce soon...\n\nSpeaker:\n* Ada Altieri (Univer
 sité Paris Cité)
LOCATION:Higgs Centre\, Room 4305\, JCMB
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/85985-elizabeth-gardner-lecture-20
 25
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-85946@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20250804T141608
LAST-MODIFIED:20250804T141608
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260110
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SUMMARY:New Directions in Theoretical Physics 5 Conference
DESCRIPTION:New Directions in Theoretical Physics is a series of internati
 onal conferences organised by the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics\, 
 aiming to highlight the outstanding issues and stimulate an exchange of id
 eas across all areas of contemporary theoretical physics. All talks are pl
 enary reviews aimed at a broad audience of theoretical physicists\, intend
 ed to inspire and to promote valuable cross-disciplinary interactions. The
 re will also be a poster session for attendees with flash talks to introdu
 ce them.\n\nThe January 2026 meeting is the fifth meeting in the series\, 
 following highly successful meetings in 2023\, 2019\, 2017 and 2014. 
 Among other things\, the meeting will celebrate 100 years of quantum mecha
 nics and look forward to the next 100 years!\n\nThe 2026 meeting will focu
 s on nonlinear physics across the scales and have sessions covering topics
  of great societal and intellectual importance:\n\nAstrophysics\, High Ene
 rgy Physics\, The Physics of Climate\, The Physics of Energy\, Biophysics\
 , Fluid Dynamics\, and The Next 100 years of Quantum Physics.\n\nThe confe
 rence venue is The Appleton Tower in Edinburgh city centre. The formal con
 ference will run from Tuesday 6th - Friday 9th January\, including 40 min
 ute review talks and time for posters and discussion. In the evening of th
 e first day (Tuesday\, 6 Jan) there will be a drinks reception followed by
  a public lecture\, delivered by Sir Steven Cowley. On the Wednesday eveni
 ng (7 Jan) all participants will be hosted for a conference dinner at the 
 Playfair Library.
LOCATION:Lecture 4\, Appleton Tower
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2026/85946-new-directions-in-theoretica
 l-physics-5-conference
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-86649@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20251117T141432
LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T141445
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260106T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260106T203000
SUMMARY:Public Lecture by Sir Steven Cowley - "Fusion energy: when?"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at 50 George Square for a drinks reception foll
 owed by a Public Lecture by Sir Steven Cowley (PPPL)\, the talk is called 
 "Fusion energy: when?". The drinks reception will be from 5:45pm and the l
 ecture will begin at 6:30pm.\n\nThis talk will be about\, how during a rem
 arkable 1920 lecture\, Arthur Eddington speculated that fusion might becom
 e the ultimate long-term energy source. Indeed\, the realization of that v
 ision will be revolutionary. More than a century later\, we are approachin
 g the milestone of generating net electricity from fusion for the first ti
 me. The UK’s STEP device\, for example\, aims to have a net-positive fus
 ion plant operational before 2040. While this is an ambitious goal\, recen
 t breakthroughs in both magnetic and inertial fusion—combined with a sur
 ge of private-sector investment—suggest success may be within reach. Thi
 s talk will outline the progress made and the critical challenges that rem
 ain.\n\nWhether you are a student\, researcher or curious about this subje
 ct\, this event is for you.\n\nAbout Sir Steven Cowley:\n\nSir Steven Cowl
 ey is a theoretical physicist and international authority on fusion energy
 . He’s laboratory director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeto
 n Plasma Physics Laboratory\, which is managed by Princeton University whe
 re Cowley is also professor of astrophysical sciences. He’s also chair o
 f the Board of Trustees for the Faraday Institution.\n\nPrior to his curre
 nt positions\, Cowley was president of Corpus Christi College and professo
 r of physics at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Cowley pre
 viously was chief executive officer of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Au
 thority and head of the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.\n\nSpeaker:\n* Si
 r Steven Cowley (PPPL)
LOCATION:G.03\, 50 George Square\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LH
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2026/86649-public-lecture-by-sir-steven
 -cowley-fusion-energy-when
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-87015@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20260213T092241
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T092241
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T120000
SUMMARY:Alumni Career Talk with Eoin Ó Raghallaigh
DESCRIPTION:Eoin moved to Edinburgh from Ireland in 2016 for a PhD in Theo
 retical and Computational Physics with Richard Blythe and Martin Evans\, s
 tudying the differential equations behind bird flocking and how flocks tur
 n. He also co-lead outreach activities for his Centre for Doctoral Trainin
 g\, developing skills that have helped him during his later career. During
  his PhD\, he interned at the Scottish Government\, reviewing and updating
  a workforce planning model for post-graduate teacher education places. Wh
 en his PhD ended\, he returned to the Scottish Government as an Assistant 
 Statistician working on workforce diversity statistics and now works as a 
 Statistician leading on workforce analytics.\n\nSpeaker:\n* Eoin Ó Raghal
 laigh
LOCATION:Higgs Centre
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2026/87015-alumni-career-talk-with-eoin
 -o-raghallaigh
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-86938@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20260203T093912
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T110551
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260323T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260323T200000
SUMMARY:The Higgs boson and our life - Higgs Lecture 2026
DESCRIPTION:Please come along to our annual Higgs Lecture to listen to Fab
 iola Gianotti (CERN) talk about The Higgs Boson and our life.\n\nPlease jo
 in us on the 23rd of March at 6pm in the Large Events Space (Room 0.01) in
  the Edinburgh Future's Institute\, to hear Fabiola Gianotti's Higgs Lectu
 re 'The Higgs boson and our life'.\n\nThe talk will discuss CERN\, the Eur
 opean Laboratory for Particle Physics based in Geneva\, which is the world
 ’s leading research center for high-energy particle physics. Over its 70
 -year history\, the Organization has achieved groundbreaking discoveries 
 — notably the Higgs boson in 2012 — which have significantly advanced 
 humankind’s understanding of the fundamental constituents and laws of na
 ture\, as well as the structure and evolution of the Universe. This presen
 tation highlights the importance of the Higgs boson discovery and its impa
 ct on our lives\, CERN’s future plans\, and the Organization’s mission
  in all its facets: scientific research\, development of innovative techno
 logies\, education and training\, and collaboration across borders.\n\nThe
  Lecture will be followed by a drinks reception\, where you will have the 
 chance to view Professor Higgs' Nobel Medal\, that he was awarded in 2013 
 for the discovery of the Higgs Boson.\n\nWhether you are a student\, resea
 rcher or curious about this subject\, this event is for you.\n\nPlease not
 e photo's will be taken during this event\, please get in contact with hct
 p [at] ed.ac.uk if you do not want to be included in the photos.\n\nVenue 
 Details:\n\nPlease come in through the south entrance on Porters Walk.\n\n
 About Fabiola Gianotti:\n\nFabiola Gianotti was the Director-General of CE
 RN from 2016-2025. She is the first woman to have held this role\, and the
  first Director-General to be reappointed for a full second term. She has 
 received 15 honorary doctoral degrees from Universities across the world a
 nd is a foreign member of eight academies of science worldwide.\n\nFabiola
  Gianotti joined CERN as a research physicist in 1994. From 2009 to 2013\,
  she was the head (“spokesperson”) of the ATLAS experiment at the Larg
 e Hadron Collider (LHC). It was during this period that the ATLAS and CMS 
 experiments announced the discovery of the Higgs boson.\n\nAny questions\,
  please get in contact with hctp [at] ed.ac.uk.\n\nSpeaker:\n* Fabiola Gia
 notti (CERN )
LOCATION:Large Events Space\, Room 0.01\, Edinburgh Futures Institute
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2026/86938-the-higgs-boson-and-our-life
 -higgs-lecture-2026
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-87018@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20260213T122713
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T165123
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260402
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260420
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SUMMARY:Physics and Astronomy at the Edinburgh Science Festival
DESCRIPTION:Edinburgh Science Festival takes place Saturday 4 – Sunday 1
 9 April 2026 and our staff and students are involved in a number of events
 :\n\nOpening Gala: First Women of Science\n\nThursday 2 April\n\nScotland'
 s past is filled with amazing women who changed the scientific path of his
 tory forever.\n\nHowever\, they were rarely recognised in their time. Miss
 ing from the pages of their own research\, denied the roles that were righ
 tfully theirs and their ideas claimed by others.\n\nNow Scotland feels lik
 e it is thriving\, women have stepped into the role of First Minister\, As
 tronomer Royal for Scotland\, and President of the Royal College of Surgeo
 ns of Edinburgh. How proud the Edinburgh Seven\, the first women to try to
  study medicine in Edinburgh\, would be of the progress that has been made
 .\n\nBut has that progress been enough? Hear from those who have been ‘t
 he first women’ in Scotland as they discuss what it truly means to be th
 e heard voices in a history of hidden voices. Has society really changed t
 hat much?\n\nHosted by former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in conversa
 tion with a panel including Astronomer Royal for Scotland Prof Catherine 
 Heymans and author of The Edinburgh Seven Janey Jones.\n\nOpening Gala:
  First Women of Science - Edinburgh Science\n\nEdinburgh Theoretical Physi
 cs Walking Tour\n\nSaturday 4 – Sunday 19 April\n\nDiscover Edinburgh’
 s storied history of theoretical physics.\n\nThis tour will guide you thro
 ugh the nooks and crannies of beautiful Edinburgh\, highlighting places as
 sociated with extraordinary physicists who have called the Scottish capita
 l home. You’ll learn personal anecdotes about physicists whose names you
 ’ll recognise\, as well as others who are less famous but no less intere
 sting. Hear about their fascinating life stories and world-changing scienc
 e in small groups led by physics lecturers and PhD researchers from the Un
 iversity.\n\nEdinburgh Theoretical Physics Walking Tour - Edinburgh Scienc
 e\n\nUniversity of Edinburgh: 7 Days\, 100 Scientists\n\nTuesday 7 – Mon
 day 13 April\n\nMeet the University of Edinburgh scientists working to bet
 ter understand our world and how to tackle the greatest challenges of our 
 time. From the microscopic to the vastness of the Universe\, medicine to r
 obotics and supercomputing\, there is something for everyone.\n\nUniversit
 y of Edinburgh: 7 Days\, 100 Scientists - Edinburgh Science\n\nInteracting
  (with) Galaxies\n\nFriday 17 April\n\nDespite the vastness of space\, mos
 t galaxies will experience collisions.\n\nThese mergers are complicated an
 d understanding them benefits from new approaches to data representation. 
 With the opportunity to interact with galaxies using several senses\, we w
 ill hear\, touch\, and see models and measurements of interacting galaxies
 .\n\nLearn about the technology that is powering this discovery space by w
 orking with data experts and engineers to improve representations of galax
 ies\, enabling a fuller understanding of the important stage of galactic e
 volution.\n\nInteracting (with) Galaxies - Edinburgh Science
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2026/87018-physics-and-astronomy-at-the
 -edinburgh-science-festival
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CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:EVENT-87247@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
DTSTAMP:20260414T020857
CREATED:20260331T132147
LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T112933
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260410T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260410T183000
SUMMARY:Particles with Purpose – How Fundamental Physics Benefits Societ
 y
DESCRIPTION:Join acclaimed comedian Robin Ince as he chairs a lively and e
 ngaging discussion exploring how particle physics and fundamental science 
 shape our everyday lives.\n\nPanel scientists:\n\n\n Dr Harry Cliff (Cambr
 idge)\n Dr Kirsty Duffy (Oxford)\n Prof Jenni Smilie (Edinburgh)\n Dr Matj
 az Vidmar (Edinburgh)\n Dr Estifa'a Zaid (Liverpool)\n\n\nFeel free to bri
 ng in drinks from the Royal Dick pub or MF Coffee shop (both located insid
 e Summerhall).\n\nOpen to the public – friends and family welcome! \n\n
 This event is free\, but book your place on eventbrite: tickets\n\nSponsor
 ed by the Institute of Physics\, Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics\, th
 e Carla Fendi Foundation\, and the Science and Technology Facilities Counc
 il.
LOCATION:Main Hall\, Summerhall\, 1 Summerhall\, Edinburgh\, EH9 1PL
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2026/87247-particles-with-purpose-how-f
 undamental-physics-benefits-society
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UID:EVENT-87017@www.ph.ed.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Alumni Career Talk with Bokyoung Kim
DESCRIPTION:I was a postdoctoral research associate working with Dr Sergey
  Koposov at the Institute for Astronomy (IfA) from 2021 to 2024. My projec
 t was to analyse the kinematics and chemical properties of a few million s
 tars in the Solar neighbourhood using the DESI Milky Way Survey data compi
 led with Gaia. Beyond my research\, I was involved in teaching and supervi
 sing undergraduate students\, mentoring a PhD student at the University of
  Portsmouth\, and participating in outreach and DEI activities. After buil
 ding my research experience at IfA\, I joined the editorial team at Nature
  Astronomy in 2025\, currently working as an associate editor. With my exp
 ertise in stellar and Galactic astronomy\, I am covering almost all the to
 pics within the Milky Way\, including solar physics\, stellar astronomy\, 
 star formation and interstellar medium\, and Galactic astronomy and dynami
 cs.\n\nSpeaker:\n* Bokyoung Kim
LOCATION:Higgs Centre (Room 4305)\, JCMB
URL:https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2026/87017-alumni-career-talk-with-boky
 oung-kim
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