Watch videos from the Chemistry Centre Events
Making Sense of Scents
A panel of experts discussed the powerful effects that fragrances have on enhancing lives, rehabilitation and triggering reactions and memories
Bringing Science to the Olympics
Dr David Hassall gave an insight into how GSK can use its science expertise and make a material contribution to London 2012
The Case of the Poisonous Socks
Professor Bill Brock's lecture uses stories from the history of 19th and 20th century chemistry contained in his book The Case of the Poisonous Socks
Alzheimer's disease: treatments and tests on the horizon
Prof Simon Lovestone showed how research holds great promise in finding new treatments and in helping identify the condition at an earlier age
From test tube to Turner - the role of the chemist in art
Professor Andy Abbott looked at the changes in the artist's pallet from natural pigments through the work of the alchemist and the chemist
The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition
Distinguished Polar Scientist, Prof Susan Solomon, presented evidence that unusually cold weather doomed Captain Scott and his men in 1911-12.
Genetic fingerprinting: past, present and future
Alec Jeffreys presented the origins of DNA fingerprinting through to the latest developments and their social impact
Global Transport 2050: scenarios and implications
Dr Ayed Al-Qahtani, World Energy Council, discusses the results of a year long study into how we could limit carbon dioxide emissions.
A medicine cabinet in your garden?
Professor Monique Simmonds talks about the use of plants and fungi as sources of sustainably harvested medicines
