These seminars take place once per term, and cover topics in planetary science and life in the Universe. All seminars start at 4pm, and are followed by a drinks reception. All welcome.
For further details and a list of past, upcoming talks and seminars organised by the Centre, please see Talks.cam
Recordings of previous talks are available under our resources or through clicking on seminars below.
Seminars 2025-2026
Date |
Speaker/Title |
Time/Location |
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4 February 2026 |
CHRISTOPHER KAY, University of Bristol (School of Biological Science) Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of the eukaryotic cell |
16:00-17:00 Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute |
| 25 February 2026 | MARGARIDA HERMIDA, King's College London, Jacobsen Fellow (Department of Philosophy) Biophysics and Life in the Universe (tbc) |
16:00-17:00 Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute |
| 29 April 2026 |
CHRYSTELE SANLOUP, Sorbonne University |
16:00-17:00 Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute |
Seminars 2024-2025
Date |
Speaker/ Title |
Time/Location |
| 27 November 2024 |
Seminar: STEPHANE MAZEVET, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Coupling Planetary and Ecosystem Modeling to Asses habitability and Inhabitability in the Solar System and beyond |
16:00-17:00 |
|
18 December 2024 |
Seminar: ZOE TODD, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Department of Astronomy) From Astronomy to Chemistry: towards a continuous path for the origins of life |
12:00-13:00 Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute |
| 4 March 2025 |
ExoCAM Seminar Series: HAIYANG WANG, Copenhagen Devolatilization during rocky planet formation: Observations, theories, and implications |
13:00-14:00 |
|
5 March 2025 |
Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere |
16:00-17:00 |
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18 March 2025 |
Annual Lecture: JACK SZOSTAK, University of Chicago (Department of Chemistry) Constraints on the properties of Primordial Protocells |
17:30-18:30 |
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14 May 2025 |
Seminar: KARIN ÖBERG, Harvard University (Department of Astronomy) Astrochemical Origins of Planetary Habitability |
16:00-17:00 |
| 21 May 2025 |
Chemical Composition of the Enceladus' Ocean and its Habitability |
16:00-17:00 Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute |