Category: College Events
Naked to the Bone: Advances in Biomedical Imaging
With Professor Mark Lythgoe
Founder and Director of the UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI), UCL
Co-Director of the UCL Department of Imaging, UCL
Director of Biomedical Imaging Research, The Francis Crick Institute
Our Christmas Seminar is a chance to hear cutting-edge science in a relaxed, end-of-year setting, and this year we are joined by a truly exceptional guest.
Biomedical imaging has changed how we see the body, revealing structures and systems once unimaginable. But what comes next for a field that already lets us look so deeply inside ourselves?
In this special holiday edition of our seminar series, Professor Mark Lythgoe will share some of his most forward-thinking projects, including MRI-guided magnetic thermoseeds and emerging methods for visualising the brain’s glymphatic system.
As the Founder of UCL’s Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging and the current Director of the Cheltenham Science Festival, Mark is known for both scientific innovation and public engagement at the highest level.
Join us for an inspiring and festive look at the future of imaging and the ideas shaping tomorrow’s medicine!
Register to attend
Friday, 12th December 2025, 16:00
U1202, Level 12, Sir Michael Uren Hub
Department of Bioengineering
White City Campus
Event contact: Kemi Aofolaju
All early career researchers are invited to an important and timely Friday Forum on the ethics of animal experimentation and on the need to involve the public in discussions in those ethics. We will be considering in particular the age-old question, when should our work be in private, and when should our work be open for the outside world to see? Our discussion, on November 28th, includes a panel discussion, with generous time allotted for audience Q and A.
Friday Forums are congenial in-person discussions, with lunch included, where for a short hour we can step back from our busy lives, consider new perspectives, and meet colleagues from outside our normal circle. More details, and registration link here
New Ways if thinking about the tumour microenvironment with Professor Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke, CRUK
Thursday 27 November 2025 at 3pm, Hammersmith Campus
The Department of Mechanical Engineering Research Showcase 2026 is taking place on 11 February and the guest speaker will be Alan Newby, Director of Research & Technology at Rolls-Royce plc.
Schedule
15:00 – Lecture Theatre 200, City & Guilds Building: Mechanical Engineering research topics
Talks to be given by Mechanical Engineering staff:
- Dr Sina Stapelfeldt- “Aeroelastic phenomena in aircraft engines“
- Dr Paul Hooper– “From data deluge to actionable insights: Enabling Real-Time Quality Assurance in Metal Additive Manufacturing”
- Dr Matt Eaton– “Nuclear future”
16:00 – Level 2 Concourse, City & Guilds Building : Tea/Coffee and Poster presentations
17:30 – CAGB LT 200: Invited lecture with Alan Newby
18:00 – CAGB Level 2 Concourse: Refreshments
The Able network and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust I-CAN network are collaborating on several events for Disability History Month.
- Friday 21 November – Online coffee morning
- Tuesday 25 November – Therapy dog session (Charing Cross Hospital)
- Thursday 4 December – Reflecting round (online)
- 19 December – Imperial Health Charity Creative Workshop (online)
Find out more and sign up for the events
This year, Imperial is consolidating the number of traditional Christmas trees across our campuses, and embracing creative alternatives like trees made of books and Tetrapaks. It’s all part of our commitment to reducing waste and promoting biodiversity!
We need your help! Come along to South Kensington Campus for two exciting tree-building sessions:
- Tuesday 25 November, 12–2pm
Library Café Book Tree – Help build a Christmas tree made entirely from reused books. - Thursday 27 November, 12–2pm
Queens Tower Rooms Tetrapak Tree – Join us in crafting a tree from clean Tetrapaks and reused boxes. (Make sure to bring your cleaned Tetrapaks or any delivery boxes you want to contribute!)
Any questions, please get in touch with sustainable@imperial.ac.uk
We are pleased to invite you to a networking and discussion event to mark the launch of a new interdisciplinary research community at Imperial. This network brings together researchers working in the fields of limb loss, physical rehabilitation, and prosthetic technologies, with the aim of fostering collaboration and advancing shared challenges across disciplines.
Event Highlights:
- Welcome and introductory talk outlining the network’s aims and objectives
- Expert speakers
- Small-group discussion on current challenges in the field
- Opportunities to identify areas for collaboration and future initiatives
- Informal networking and drinks reception
We hope this event will serve as a springboard for new connections and collaborative projects across Imperial.
To confirm your attendance, kindly fill out the RSVP form by the Friday, 31st Oct, 2025.
Horizon Europe is the European Commission’s ninth Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The programme facilitates collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling global challenges. It supports creating and better dispersing of excellent knowledge and technologies.
To help ensure that those working at Imperial are able to fully capitalise on the opportunities, we will be running a series of short sessions to go through the various opportunities on offer within Horizon Europe Pillar 2. These sessions will provide a general overview of the available funding according to the different areas within Pillar 2 with more bespoke sessions on specific themes to be run from January. 2026.
Cluster 1: Health, 5 November 14:00-15:30 in ASL 5.07 – SALC 7
Cluster 1 aims to improve and protect the health and well-being of citizens of all ages by generating new knowledge, developing innovative solutions and integrating where relevant a gender perspective to prevent, diagnose, monitor, treat and cure diseases. Cluster 1 also aims to develop health technologies, mitigate health risks, protect populations and promote good health and well-being in general and at work. Funding opportunities include but are not limited to: health throughout the life course, environmental and social health determinants, and non-communicable and rare diseases.
Cluster 3: Civil Security for Society, 10 November 10:00-11:00 in ASL 5.05 – SALC 5
Cluster 3 aims to protect, prevent and ensure preparedness for a wide range of threats, including natural, accidental and human-made disaster, leading to a safer, prepared and more secure Europe. Funding opportunities include but are not limited to preventing and protecting against crime and terrorism, border management, infrastructure security, cybersecurity and improving disaster resilience.
Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space, 13 November 10:00-11:00 in ASL 5.07 SALC 7
Cluster 4 aims to advance manufacturing technologies, with a focus on energy-intensive industrial sectors, to support their transformation towards net-zero emissions. Funding opportunities include but are not limited to fostering leadership in digital and key enabling technologies, such as quantum, photonics, cybersecurity, robotics, virtual worlds, space technologies, and AI, as well as reducing dependencies on critical raw materials. Funding calls also cover developing and using space based secure communication, navigation and Earth observation services and applications.
Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility, 19 November 14:00-15:00 in ASL 5.09 SALC 9
Cluster 5 aims to enable the necessary shift in the energy and mobility sectors and capitalises on the digital transformation to accelerate climate neutrality by 2050. The funding calls aim to close major knowledge gaps related to climate change, improve energy storage technologies (including batteries) and supply chains, develop more efficient use of energy in buildings and industry, and develop clean mobility solutions.
Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment, 26 November 14:00-15:00 in ASL 5.06 – SALC 6
Cluster 6 aims to reduce environmental degradation, halt and reverse the decline of biodiversity on land, inland waters and sea and better manage natural resources through transformative changes of the economy and society in both urban and rural areas. It will ensure food and nutrition security for all within planetary boundaries through knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture and food systems and steer and accelerate the transition to a low carbon, resource efficient circular economy and sustainable bioeconomy, including forestry. Funding opportunities include but are not limited to: environmental observation, biodiversity and natural resources, and agriculture, forestry and rural areas.
Climate change is one of the biggest problems our society is facing today. Sustainable Imperial is on a mission to help staff and students understand climate change: why it’s happening, it’s impacts on our planet and what we can all do about it.
The Climate Literacy Training sessions and Climate Fresk workshops are scheduled throughout the year and are now open for registration for staff and postgraduate students. You can also register your interest in organising a bespoke session for your team.
Climate Literacy Training
Climate Literacy Training is a half-day, action-packed course comprised of lecture, discussions and group quiz sections – teams can even win prizes!
Climate Fresk
Climate Fresk workshops are interactive, hands-on workshops where participants puzzle together the pieces of climate change’s causes and effects.