Master Class Archive
Below you will find links to summary pages for each of our earlier Master Classes. The GIS Master Class page (Master Class 13) was the first in which we have included copies of our speakers presentations to download, either as Powerpoint files or pdf's (depending on file size). We are grateful to our speakers for allowing this and hope to provide this facility in all future Master Classes.
Please note, whilst every effort is made to report our speaker's talks accurately, these reports are not verbatim accounts and should not be treated as such.
Master Class 15: Reproductive Technologies: hopes & fears
"Male Fertility and Infertility" - Dr. Allan Pacey
"Hormones and Fertility" - Prof. Steve Franks
"Infertility treatments, genes and chromosomes" - Dr. Dagan Wells
"Ethical issues associated with fertility treatment" - Dr. Chris Willmott
Master Class 14: Stem Cells
"Stem Cells & generation of neurons in adult mammalian brain" - Dr. Mohammad Hajihosseini
"Stem Cell biology and Pluripotency" - Prof. Austin Smith
"Stem Cells and Therapies" - Dr. S.H. Cedar
"Global Stem Cells: ethics and policy" - Amanada Dickins
Additonal contributions: Dr. Jelena Gavrilovic and members of the BMRC at UEA
Master Class 13: Geographical Infornation Systems (GIS)
"GIS: an introduction" - Dr. Andrew Lovett
"Real-life applications of GIS" - Mark Corbin
"Remote sensing & GIS - what is it and how do you do it" - Dr. Doreen Boyd
"The geography of classification: geodemographic analysis & mapping" - Alex Singleton
Additional contributions: Dr. Katy Appleton, SSEVERAL at UEA
Master Class 12: Solar & Planetary Physics
"Our dynamic sun" - Dr. Helen Mason
"Sun's influence on the earth's outer environment" - Prof. Stan Cowley
"Physical boundaries from planetary-Solar Wind interactions" - Dr. Nick Achilleos
"Rediscovering the Outer Solar System" - Prof. Carl Murray
Additonal contributions: James Machell, Bradford Robotic telescope
Master Class 11: East Anglian Ecology
"Exploring the North Norfolk Coast" - David North
"The Breeding Bird survey: keeping track of bird nos." - Mike Raven
"Biodiversity conservation in Breckland: glaciation, climate and human history in shaping a region" - Dr. Paul Dolman
"Twenty years of rabbit research at UEA" - Dr. Diana Bell
"The art and science of freshwater restoration" - Prof. Brian Moss
Additional contributions: Dr. Bob James and (UEA) for practical sessions
Master Class 10: The Science behind Agriculture
"The need for more ecologically integrated agriculture" - Prof. Martin Wolfe
"Fungicides: from concept to market place" - Prof. Phil Russell
"Wheat: quality requirments for a 21st century bakery" - Ian Foot
"Farmer and Science - Miuck and Magic" - Sir Ben Gill
Master Class 9: Artificial Intelligence
"Tessa and Machine Translation" - Dr. Stephen Cox
"I, Cyborg" - Prof. Kevin Warwick
"Data Mining" - Dr. George Smith
"How should we think about AI" - Prof. Maggie Bowden, OBE
Master Class 8: Evolution
"Origins of Life" - Prof. Bambos Kyriacou
"Evolutionary mechanisms" - Prof. Godfrey Hewitt
"Human Evolution" - Dr. Robert Foley
"Is Evolution Over?" - Prof. Steve Jones
Master Class 7: Working as a Scientist
"The Scientific Endeavour" - Prof. Peter Brimblecombe
"Communicating Science" - Prof. Tim Jickells
"The Ethical Dimension" - Rev. Dr. Michael Reiss
"The Political Dimension" - Dr. Gary Kass
Master Class 6: Analytical Chemistry for the 21st century
"Current methods and practices for the forensic analysis of ultratrace lelves of drugs eg. in horseracing" - Steve Maynard
"The use of holograms for the development of chemical sensors" -
Dr. Andrew Mayes
"The use of biological molecules for the detection of analytes in both environmental and biomedical fields" - Dr. David Russell
Master Class 5: Future Energy
"Future energy: RESOURCE" - Prof. Fred Vine
"Future energy: BUILDING DESIGN" - Prof. Kevin Lomas
"Future Energy: TECHNOLOGY" - Rodney Chadburn
Additional contributions from EcoTech chairman and architect
Master Class 4: Food, Health and Diet, can Biotechnolgy help?
"Diet & Chronic disease" - Prof. Nick Day
"Enhancing the nutritionsl vlaue of food" - Dr. Richard Mithen
"Modern biotechnology in crop improvement" - Dr. Wendy Harwood
"New technology risks and safety issues in food" - Dr. Mike Gasson
Master Class 3: Cosmology
"Origin of the Universe" - Prof. Neil Turok
"Galaxy Formation" - Stuart Clark
"Stars & their Evolution" - Dr. Robin Catchpole
"Solar System & Cassini Project" - Prof. Carl Murray
Master Class 2: Waste Management
Contributers: Prof. Peter Brimblecombe, Prof. Ian Gibson, Simon Gerrard, Trevor Doubie, Tim Atkinson, James Tansey
Master Class 1: Global Climate Change
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