Nature, Numbers, and the Invisible World

From the deep sea to the human gut, microbes face constant external stresses due to changing environments and predation by viruses and other microbes. This talk explores the ingenious molecular "toolkits" microbes use to sense danger and respond to stress in seconds. Discover how these tiny survivors reprogram their internal systems to thrive under pressure, turning environmental threats into a masterclass in resilience.

This talk explores how businesses are moving beyond vague 'green' labels to recognise biodiversity as a core part of sustainable business practice. Focusing on the UK solar energy sector, it argues that protecting nature is not only a matter of environmental compliance, but also a practical, collaborative strategy for building more resilient energy systems. The talk highlights how solar development can support biodiversity when businesses engage with local knowledge, ecological expertise, and community priorities. By showing how renewable energy and nature recovery can work together, it invites the public to rethink the role of business in environmental stewardship. Rather than simply reducing harm, businesses have the potential to contribute actively to regeneration, resilience, and healthier local ecosystems.

The world is more weird than our brains can understand. Luckily, mathematics can help. I’ll try to explain why you have no money AND how you can help conserve biodiversity and support sustainable fishing.

Family, work, taxes, death. Life moves fast but the molecular world moves even faster! Join me as we unravel some of the techniques Biophysicist use to study a world our eyes cannot see. We’ll breakdown the scale of the molecular world and how we use light to study it.