The AIMS South Africa Public Lecture Series presents a talk as part of its celebration of International Women’s Day titled: ‘Women in Science and the science of women – studying microbiomes’ By Prof. Nicola Mulder, Computational Biology Group, UCT. Abstract: This talk will be a mix of two topics. First I will discuss the challenges
The AIMS South Africa Public Lecture Series presents a talk titled: “Gravitational Waves – Einstein’s Final Legacy and a Revolution for Astronomy” By Prof. Bruce Bassett, AIMS South Africa, SAAO and UCT. Abstract: Gravitational waves – ripples in the fabric of space and time itself caused by colliding black holes – were discovered last week by LIGO,
The AIMS South Africa Public Lecture Series presents a talk titled: ‘Bows, halos and flashes: A tour of atmospheric optics’ By Dr Jonathan Shock, a lecturer in the UCT Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Abstract: The study of atmospheric optics has been with humanity as long as we have looked up to see the
By Dr Matthias Ihl, Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Science, University of Porto Abstract: In recent years, progress in our understanding of the physics of black holes, quantum information and string theory have led us to a new paradigm: The holographic universe. In this lecture, Dr Ihl is going to introduce and discuss some basic concepts related to
The AIMS South Africa Public Lecture Series presented a talk titled: ‘Biology & Mathematics – the Unbreakable Link’ By Prof. Alan R. Kay, Dept. Biology, University of Iowa, USA Abstract: Verbal accounts of biological processes, however detailed, often remain incomplete and unsatisfactory. Mathematical models go beyond what can be said in words. In putting together
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