Friends of Sciences
In this series of lectures researchers of our faculty explain their field of expertise in plain language for a broad audience of science lovers. Free and open to all. Come join us.
Upcoming lectures will be organized trough the Alumni Portal. Check out their website.
2021-2022
- 08-03-2022 - Prof. dr. Filip Du Prez (Dept. of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry)
New generation of recyclable polymers for a circular economy - 03-05-2022 - Dr. Tim Deprez (Dept. of Biology)
Education as a tool to bridge the gap between Academia and the general public - Ocean Literacy as case study - 17-05-2022 - Prof. dr. Andreas Weiermann (Dept. of Mathematics: Analysis, Logic and Discrete Mathematics)
The Foundations of Mathematics and the contributions by Harvey Friedman
2020-2021
- 02-02-2021 - Prof. dr. Sandra Van Vlierberghe (Dept. Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry)
Ever wondered why plastics can save a person's life? - 04-05-2021 - Prof. dr. Martin Guilliams (Dept. Biomedical molecular biology)
The power of single-cell technology: building an organ atlas, one cell at a time - 01-06-2021 - Prof. An Vandebosch / Dra. Kelly Van Lancker (Dept. Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics)
Clinical trials for and impacted by COVID-19
2019-2020
- 05-11-2019 - Prof. dr. Dominique Adriaens (Dept. Biology)
Seahorses as a bio-inspired design... a two-way tool for studying biological innovations - 03-12-2019 - Prof. dr. Dirk Ryckbosch (Dept. Fysics and Astronomy)
Ghost particles in the ice: the IceCube neutrino telescope at the South Pole - 04-02-2020 - Prof. dr. Yves Van de Peer (Dept. Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics)
Life with more than one genome - 03-03-2020 - Prof. dr. Veerle Cnudde (Dept. Geology)
Unravelling pore-scale processes in geomaterials