Past events
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Algebra seminar - Jay Taylor
13:00 - 14:00 29 April 2025
Title: Modular Reduction of Nilpotent Orbits Abstract: If () is a finite reductive group, where is a prime power, then Lusztig has defined a set of complex irreducible characters UCh(()) called the unipotent characters of the group. Somewhat remarkably these characters are parameterised independently...
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Number Theory Seminar - Jessica Alessandri
14:00 - 15:00 29 April 2025
Speaker: Jessica Alessandri (Bath) Title: The Integral Hilbert Property on some degree-2 del Pezzo surfaces. Abstract: In this talk I will consider a Diophantine equation known also as "Fermat's near miss". Studying the existence and abundance of integral solutions of this kind of equations can be...
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NWBI - "Beyond the Degree" entrepreneurship seminar
15:00 - 17:35 29 April 2025
The North West Biotech Initiative is thrilled to invite you to the Beyond the Degree – our annual seminar dedicated to life beyond university academia - the exciting world of biotech innovation and entrepreneurship. This year’s seminar will explore the essential aspects of startup creation and development,...
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Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Anna Jove Campabadal
28 April - 7 December 2025
Speaker: Anna Jove Campabadal (University of Barcelona) Title: Boundaries of multiply connected Fatou components. A unified approach Abstract: In this talk, we will focus on boundaries of multiply connected Fatou components, from a topological, measure-theoretical and dynamical point of view. The main...
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Plants and Nuclear Waste: Friends or Foes? Investigating Uranium Accumulation in Flora
11:30 - 12:30 22 April 2025
World Earth Day 2025 explores Our Power, Our Planet. As the world seeks cleaner energy options, nuclear power is gaining attention although the process of mining and using uranium poses significant environmental risks. Radioactive fuel materials like uranium are essential to nuclear energy production,...
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