Full details and meeting link: Imperial Fungal Science Network – Seminar Series 2026/ECR Talks
Event Details: Imperial Fungal Science Network | Seminar Series | ECR Talks
We warmly invite you to attend the Imperial Fungal Science Network Seminar on
🗓️ Thursday 19th February, 12:00 – 13:00
📍 G47 Flowers Building, South Kensington Campus, Armstrong Road, London SW7 2AZ 3A on map
in-person (walk in; refreshments from 11:30am)
or online (via Teams)
no registration required
The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Julien Vermot
How to build a heart at 180 BPM
Professor Julien Vermot, Professor of Biomechanical Signalling & Tissue Morphogenesis
21st Jan, CAGB 200, South Kensington Campus
How do mechanical forces influence organ development?
The heart offers a powerful model to explore this question, forming and functioning under constant physical load. Disrupted responses to these forces are linked to heart valve defects, among the most common congenital malformations.
In this lecture, Professor Julien Vermot will share how recent advances in mechanobiology are uncovering the molecular pathways that connect mechanical stimuli to gene regulation during heart development. Drawing on examples from his own research, he will highlight the role of membrane ion channels, nuclear mechanotransduction, and cellular dynamics in shaping heart valve formation.
A drinks reception will follow this lecture in the City and Guilds building concourse.
Speaker
Professor Julien Vermot is Professor of Biomechanical Signalling and Tissue Morphogenesis at Imperial College London. His research focuses on how biomechanical forces are translated into changes in gene expression during development, using a combination of molecular biology and advanced 3D imaging. He joined Imperial in 2019 after holding senior research positions in France and the United States.
Click here to register to attend either in person or via YouTube.
Event contact: Kemi Aofolaju
FameLab equips young researchers (e.g. PhD students and early career researchers) with the skills to effectively communicate their work to non-expert audiences while connecting them to a dynamic network of science communicators.
Information here: FameLab UK | Cheltenham Festivals
Encourage and enable science-related researchers to communicate their work with the public in an engaging and exciting way
Create an active, international community of science-related researchers who are confident and skilled in communicating their research with the public
Facilitate an international network of trainers and institutions sharing resources, best practice and opportunities to support science communication
Find and support the next generation of Cheltenham Science Festival speakers
Researchers from across the globe gather online or live to vie for the title of world’s best science communicator.
The rules of FameLab are few, but crucial and are the same no matter the stage of the competition.
Participants have 3-minutes to ‘wow’ the judges and the audience and leave them wanting more
Discover opportunities to work together at the Entrepreneurship Cafe ☕️ – February 11, 1pm to 3pm
Meet potential co-founders, share your skills, and connect with others in a relaxed networking space — complete with a colour-coded name tag system to make introductions easier. Plus, there’ll be exciting prizes to be won throughout the event! 🎁
📅 Wednesday 11 February
🕒 1pm – 3pm
📍 Enterprise Lab, South Kensington Campus
Whether you’re exploring new ideas or already building something exciting, this is a great chance to make meaningful connections.
👉 Sign up here: imperialenterpriselab.com/events/entrepreneurship-cafe
🗓️ Sign-up deadline: 4 February 2025
You are invited to the 50th Annual Paviors’ Lecture, hosted at Imperial College London with The Worshipful Company of Paviors and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
This year’s lecture will be delivered by Professor Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Chief Scientist at the Alan Turing Institute.
In his keynote, Professor Girolami will explore how engineering is evolving to address major global challenges across infrastructure, sustainability, technology and society, and the growing role of data, measurement and digital approaches in shaping engineering practice.
Tuesday 10 February 2026
17.15 – 18.30 (GMT)
Lecture Theatre 164, Skempton Building, Imperial College London
Free, open to all
Register here: https://ImperialCEE.short.gy/9yw7VN
These live, one-hour, interactive sessions are designed to give you practical strategies to make your writing more effective, persuasive, and precise. You’ll work on strengthening clarity, coherence, and criticality, and learn how best to use GenAI to evaluate your writing. Each session combines expert guidance and targeted activities, ensuring you can apply the strategies immediately to your own writing.
The sessions are delivered on campus and online. You can sign up for as many as you like.
Demonstrating criticality in your writing: Wed 21 January 13.00-14.00
Evaluating GenAI feedback on your academic writing: Wed 28 January 13.00-14.00
Writing with coherence and cohesion: Wed 04 February 13.00-14.00
Writing with clarity: Wed 11 February 13.00-14.00
Reserve your place by filling out the registration form.
Further information: Work on your writing in guided activity sessions.
Special IAO Lunar New Year “Meet The Author” event: 🧧🌸🐎
Time Inheritance Mapping Workshop —How time shapes your decision-making and what you can do about it
Hosted by Imperial As One (IAO), sponsored by the Departments of Brain Sciences, and Immunology & Inflammation, supported by Library Services
Our next Meet The Author event will be on 28th Jan at South Kensington campus. Please join us at this special in-person lunch & workshop by Dr Cora Lingling Xu, Associate Professor, Durham University, exploring the idea of ‘time inheritance’ from her new book, The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China (SUNY Press 2025). In the workshop we will celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year and also explore the novel concept called ‘time inheritance’ to further understand social mobility.
IAO Lunar New Year “Meet The Author” with Dr Cora Lingling Xu
Date: Wednesday 28/01/2026
Time: 12:30-2pm (lunch provided)
Venue: 4.408, Abdus Salam Library, Campus, South Kensington Campus
Open to all Imperial students & staff, info & registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iao-special-lunar-new-year-meet-the-author-with-dr-cora-lingling-xu-tickets-1978159061002
We will explore the concept ‘time inheritance’, which reveals how individuals inherit different amounts and qualities of time at familial, national and international levels. It will explore how issues such as first-generation status, class, race/ethnicity and gender shape how we use time and our relationship with time. Lunch and some Lunar New Year snacks will be provided! Please register to attend.
Discover how Artificial Intelligence can revolutionise your storytelling approach. This masterclass provides a comprehensive, hands-on exploration of how AI tools can transform the way you create, communicate, and evaluate powerful narratives.
Key Topics Covered
For more information about the course, fees and how to register, please click on the following link.
All members of the ECRI community are invited to the upcoming Good Science Project events.
‘Security Science and Research Culture: Protecting What we Care About’.
Chaired by Professor Mary Ryan CBE, Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise). We will be debating the ways increased security spending will influence university research, and we have an eminent panel joining us. Friday Forums are congenial and edifying 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.
Book your spot here
Made by Imperial early career researchers under the tuition of Good Science Project animator-in-residence Litza Jansz. Highly recommended to those of you interested in science communication, and the art-science interface. The event includes a screening, a panel discussion with the Imperial film makers, and a reception.
Book your spot here
‘Humanising Robotics: Can Machines Support a Life Well-Lived’.
Chaired by Dr Nejra Van Zalk, Dyson School of Design Engineering.
Book your spot here
On April 16th, we have our third Good Science Project research culture conference, this year called Failure in Science. It is co-convened by Professor Mary Ryan, our Vice-Provost and Dr Magdalena Skipper, editor of Nature, and will explore the many ways failure is part of the life of science and has aspects that are both personal and institutional. We will be considering the necessity of failure in science, and also the politics and the injustices of failure. Part of the day will include a scripted presentation by six early career researchers.
If you would like to help with this, be involved in writing the script, please contact Stephen Webster direct.
Are you coming up to an assessed presentation? Are you keen to work on your public speaking skills? Do you want to improve your ability to interact in seminars?
Whether you’re an undergraduate or a postgraduate, our guided activity sessions for speaking can help you achieve success on your academic journey and beyond. Sessions are designed to give you the space and opportunity to prepare and rehearse for both everyday and high-stakes activities here at Imperial. Each session includes input tailored to academic STEMM settings and structured practice opportunities. There will be expert feedback and peer review to help you hone your skills.
The live, 50-minute, interactive sessions are held at different times and on different days throughout term, so you can access what you need, when you need it. We offer both on-campus and online options; check out the schedule. You can do as many as you like.