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Croonian Lecture 'Structure and the Living Cell' 4 October 2006 by Ian Campbell
Although the life we see around us is very diverse, it is remarkably similar at the level of molecules. A major goal in life sciences is to understand the structure and dynamics of molecular machines in a cell, the smallest unit of life. To do this, we need to have sophisticated tools to 'see' molecules on a nanometre scale, much smaller than is possible with the naked eye.
Iain Campbell FRS is Professor of Structural Biology at the University of Oxford. In this Croonian Prize lecture he discusses methods of studying the structure of molecules and cells and how they have advanced in the 350 years since early microscopes gave the first glimpse of single cells. He shows how modern methods are giving us unprecedented views of the wonderful, complex world of the living cell.
'Why Life Speeds Up' Public Lecture 16 October 2006 by Professor Douwe Draaisma
Time, as a psychologist understands it, is a product of human memory. Unlike clock-time, psychological time may change pace, sometimes quite dramatically. Seconds, minutes, hours, days even years may 'feel' like passing slower or quicker, depending on the circumstances of one's life.
Douwe Draaisma, Professor of Psychology at the University of Groningen, discusses some of the temporal illusions experienced in everyday life using insights from the psychology of autobiographical memory and brain science. Professor Draaisma focuses on experiences ranging from the mysterious expansion of the last few seconds before an impact, such as in a collision or a fall; to the subjective, but unmistakable sensation reported by many past their forties: life seems to speed up with age. |