Programme

The Last Lecture Series (Science Lectures)


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Venue: Boole 4 Lecture Theatre, UCC

Jumping Germs: The Effects of Animal Disease on Culture
Date: 19 January 2005
Speaker: Dr. Paddy Sleeman, Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science Department., UCC

Science and Technology and the Future of Ireland
Date: 2 February 2005
Speaker: Dr. Edward Walsh, Chairman Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, and President Emeritus, University of Limerick

Has Science Supplanted Religion?
Date: 16 February 2005
Speaker: Professor John Polkinghorne K.B.E., F.R.S., Cambridge University, U.K.

My Family and Other Animals – What it means to share Genes
Date: 2 March 2005
Speaker: Dr. Tom Moore, Department of Biochemistry, BioSciences Institute, UCC

Darwin's Dangerous Idea – Evolution from Cosmos to Culture
Date: 16 March 2005
Speaker: Professor David McConnell, Department of Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, TCD

The JF Kennedy Assassination – A Medical Perspective
Date: 13 April 2005
Speaker: Prof. Fergus Shanahan, Department of Medicine, Cork University Hospital, and Director, Biosciences Institute, UCC

Living with Risk
Date: 27 April 2005
Speaker: Prof. James Heffron, Department of Biochemistry, UCC

The Points Race – Institutionalized Child Abuse
Date: 11 May 2005
Speaker: Prof. Donald Fitzmaurice, Department of Chemistry, UCD

Energy, Environment and Economics
Date: 25 May 2005
Speaker: Mr. Frank J. Turvey, Eur. Ing., C Eng., FI Nuc E, F.I.E.I., FInstP, Board Member, Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, Dublin

Cattle, Culture and the Consumer – Following the DNA Trail
Date: 7 September 2005
Speaker: Prof Patrick Cunningham, Department of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin

Does Mental Illness Exist?
Date: 21 September 2005
Speaker: Prof Patricia Casey, Mater Hospital, Dublin

Money, Movement and Mathematics: Building a Science to Deal with Financial Markets
Date: 5 October 2005
Speaker: Professor Bernard Hanzon, School of Mathematics, University College, Cork

Understanding the Language of Neuro-Immune Communication
Date: 19 October 2005
Speaker: Prof John Bienenstock, visiting Professor from Canada at Dept of Medicine, UCC

Brittle Bones and Breaks
Date: 2 November 2005
Speaker: Professor Clive Lee. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland & Trinity
Centre for Bioengineering

Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour: Questions and Answers
Date: 16 November 2005
Speaker: Dr Brenda McLeavey, Southern Health Board and Dept of Psychiatry, UCC

After Moore's Law, Where Next?
Date: 30 November 2005
Speaker: Dr Derek McAuley, Head of Research & Development, Intel, UK

Does Evolution Have a Destination, Even a Destiny?
Date: 14 December 2005
Speaker: Professor Simon Conway Morris RRS, Dept of Earth Science, University of Cambridge, UK