LCLU Seminars
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 |
4 February 2026 | CHRISTOPHER KAY, University of Bristol (School of Biological Science) | 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 | 16:00-17:00 Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute |
21 April | CHRYSTELE SANLOUP, Sorbonne University | 16:00-17:00 Ray Dolby Centre, East Seminar Room |
Seminars 2024-2025
Date | Speaker/ Title | Time/Location |
| 27 November 2024 | Seminar: STEPHANE MAZEVET, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, | 16:00-17:00 |
18 December 2024 | Seminar: ZOE TODD, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Department of Astronomy) | 12:00-13:00 Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute |
| 4 March 2025 | ExoCAM Seminar Series: HAIYANG WANG, Copenhagen | 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 |
18 March 2025 | Annual Lecture: JACK SZOSTAK, University of Chicago (Department of Chemistry) Constraints on the properties of Primordial Protocells | 17:30-18:30 |
14 May 2025 | Seminar: KARIN ÖBERG, Harvard University (Department of Astronomy) | 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 |