All Science Talks in Cambridge — 23 July to 7 August 2026

Source: talks.cam.ac.uk, day-by-day. Cambridge venues only (online-only talks excluded). Compiled 22 July 2026.

Orientation — what's actually on

Across these sixteen days there are ~70 science talks, and the calendar has a clear shape: it's dominated by the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (20 Clarkson Road), which runs three consecutive programmes:

Transcendental / holomorphic dynamics (pure maths) — 23, 24, 27, 28 July
Behavioural modelling for energy & health policy (data/behavioural science workshop, OFBW76) — 29 July
Wave scattering & acoustic/elastic metamaterials and Mathematics of tipping points, metastability, climate & ecology — two parallel threads plus masterclasses (Koopman/DMD, transfer operators, spectral operator methods), running all of 3–7 August.

Everything outside the INI is where the disciplinary variety is — astronomy, chemistry, computer science, genomics, immunology, statistics. Those are the standout standalone talks, so I've pulled them to the front. Then the complete day-by-day listing follows.

Two dead weekends: 25–26 July and 1–2 August have no talks at all.

Highlights — standalone science talks outside the big INI programmes

These are the diverse, one-off talks (each a real Cambridge venue):

24 Jul, 11:30 — Extra-galactic Archaeology: galaxy evolution & dark matter via stellar streams — Joanna Sakowska (IAA-CSIC), Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute for Cosmology (hybrid). Astrophysics. https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/247225/
29 Jul, 14:00 — "Rossification" of the Amundsen Sea over the 21st century — Birgit Rogalla (British Antarctic Survey), BAS Polar Oceans series. Polar oceanography / climate. https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/247082/
30 Jul, 11:00 — Architecting Efficient & Scalable Systems for Physical Intelligence & Visual Computing — Nandita Vijaykumar (Toronto), Computer Laboratory (William Gates Building). Computer architecture / AI systems. https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272357/
30 Jul, 12:00 — Microkinetics: An Investigative Tool for Catalysis and Conductivity — Peter Kraus (TU Berlin), Unilever Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry. Chemistry / materials. https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272359/
30 Jul, 16:00 — GenAct: From Genomics to Action — Field-Deployable Diagnostics for Infectious Disease — Vignesh Shetty (Wellcome Sanger), Electrical Engineering Division, JJ Thomson Ave. Genomics / biomedical engineering. https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/257117/
31 Jul, 11:00 — Researching Thresholds of Digital Gameplay — Daniel L. Gardner (Robert Gordon Univ.), Computer Laboratory (Rainbow Group). Computer science / HCI. https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272375/
31 Jul, 11:30 — JWST Reveals How Black Holes Are Fed — Olivia Pereira (Montréal), Hoyle Committee Room, Institute of Astronomy (hybrid). Astronomy. https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272413/
5 Aug, 16:30 — Statistics Clinic Summer 2026 II — Cambridge Statistics Clinic, MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Statistics / data science (drop-in consultancy). https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272361/
6 Aug, 11:00 — Updated UV radiation models for solar & stellar atmospheres — Roger Dufresne (DAMTP), LCLU coffee meeting. Astrophysics / solar physics. https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272258/
6 Aug, 16:00 — What bacteria teach us about immunity — Aude Bernheim (Institut Pasteur), Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Microbiology / immunology. (Time shows 16:00 on talks.cam but 15:00 on the department page — confirm.) https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272509/

Full day-by-day schedule

Thursday 23 July — Isaac Newton Institute, holomorphic dynamics (maths)

All in Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.

10:15 — The escaping set — Walter Bergweiler (Kiel) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272089/
11:45 — Hausdorff dimension of boundaries of attracting basins for entire maps — Boguslawa Karpinska (Warsaw Tech) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272090/
14:00 — Hairs for transcendental entire functions of small infinite order — Lasse Rempe (Manchester) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272091/
15:30 — Boundaries of Baker domains of entire functions — Anna Jové (Barcelona) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272100/
16:00 — Baker domains and orbits disappearing to infinity — Gustavo Rodrigues Ferreira (CRM) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272092/

Friday 24 July — INI holomorphic dynamics + one astrophysics talk

10:15 — Spiraling domains in holomorphic dynamics — Xavier Buff (Toulouse), SR1 Newton Institute — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272093/
11:30 — Extra-galactic Archaeology (astrophysics, hybrid) — Joanna Sakowska (IAA-CSIC), Ryle Seminar Room, KICC — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/247225/
11:45 — Constructing measures of infinite entropy for transcendental maps — Anna Miriam Benini (Parma), SR1 Newton Institute — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272094/
14:00 — The Thurston algorithm for real entire transcendental maps — Sebastian van Strien (Imperial), SR1 Newton Institute — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272095/

Saturday 25 July — no talks

Sunday 26 July — no talks

Monday 27 July — INI holomorphic dynamics (maths)

10:00 — Mini Course: Equidistribution in holomorphic dynamics, Part I — Han Peters (Amsterdam), SR1 Newton Institute — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272283/
14:00 — Packing dimension paradox in the exponential family, Part 1 — Anna Zdunik (Warsaw), SR1 Newton Institute — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272284/

Tuesday 28 July — INI holomorphic dynamics (maths)

10:00 — Mini Course: Equidistribution in holomorphic dynamics, Part II — Han Peters (Amsterdam), SR1 Newton Institute — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272285/

Wednesday 29 July — INI "Behavioural modelling for energy & health policy" (OFBW76) + BAS

Newton Institute (workshop; some sub-talks list "Venue TBC" but are in-person at INI).

10:00 — Packing dimension paradox in the exponential family, Part II — Krzysztof Barański (Warsaw) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272286/
10:15 — Behavioural science for energy policy — Moira Nicolson — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272417/
10:35 — Publishing interdisciplinary behavioural science — Marike Schiffer (Nature/Springer) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272418/
11:40 — Reshaping energy demand in decarbonising power systems — Andy Hackett (Centre for Net Zero) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272421/
12:00 — Data science at Utilita Energy — Chris O'Donnell (Utilita) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272422/
13:30 — Behavioural science for public health — Dale Weston (UK Health Security Agency) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272424/
13:50 — Using agent-based models to inform energy policy — Kerry Sloan (Frontier Economics) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272425/
14:00 — "Rossification" of the Amundsen Sea over the 21st century (polar oceanography) — Birgit Rogalla (BAS), BAS Polar Oceans series — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/247082/
14:10 — Behaviour, barriers and bias — the long path to retrofit — Danica Caiger-Smith (Energy Systems Catapult) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272426/
15:10 — Optimising Cancer Pathway Resources with Data Science and Metrology — Elizabeth Cooke (National Physical Laboratory) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272428/
15:30 — AI for domestic decarbonisation: challenges and opportunities — Stephen Haben (Energy Systems Catapult) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272429/

Thursday 30 July — a genuinely varied day (maths, CS, chemistry, genomics)

10:00 — Mini Course: Equidistribution in holomorphic dynamics, Part III — Han Peters (Amsterdam), SR1 Newton Institute — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272287/
11:00 — Architecting Efficient & Scalable Systems for Physical Intelligence & Visual Computing (computer architecture) — Nandita Vijaykumar (Toronto), Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272357/
12:00 — Microkinetics: An Investigative Tool for Catalysis and Conductivity (chemistry) — Peter Kraus (TU Berlin), Unilever Lecture Theatre, Dept of Chemistry — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272359/
16:00 — GenAct: From Genomics to Action (genomics/biomed engineering) — Vignesh Shetty (Wellcome Sanger), Electrical Engineering Division — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/257117/

Friday 31 July — computer science + astronomy

11:00 — Researching Thresholds of Digital Gameplay (HCI) — Daniel L. Gardner (Robert Gordon), Computer Laboratory, Rainbow Group — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272375/
11:30 — JWST Reveals How Black Holes Are Fed (astronomy, hybrid) — Olivia Pereira (Montréal), Hoyle Committee Room, Institute of Astronomy — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272413/

Saturday 1 August — no talks

Sunday 2 August — no talks

Monday 3 August — INI: wave scattering/metamaterials (SR1) + tipping-points programme launch & masterclasses (SR2)

10:50 — Sub-wavelength solid resonators for acoustic impedance matching (air/water) — Andrew Norris (Rutgers), SR1 — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272324/
11:25 — Homogenization of perforated acoustic screens with viscothermal losses — Kim Pham (ENSTA), SR1 — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272326/
11:45 — Masterclass: data-driven Koopman/DMD methods I — Steve Brunton (Washington), SR2 — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272474/
14:00 — Quasi-normal modes for topologically guided edge waves — Richard Craster (Imperial), SR1 — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272327/
14:00 — Masterclass: transfer operators I — Gary Froyland (UNSW), SR2 — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272475/
14:35 — Wave scattering (title TBC) — Gennady Mishuris (Aberystwyth), SR1 — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272328/
15:30 — Masterclass: Koopman/operator theory I — Igor Mezić (UC Santa Barbara), SR2 — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272476/
15:50 — Factorisation of Wiener–Hopf kernels in discrete scattering — Elena Medvedeva (Warwick), SR1 — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272329/
16:25 — Wave scattering (title TBC) — Ian David Abrahams (Cambridge), SR1 — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272330/

Tuesday 4 August — INI metamaterials (SR1) + tipping points/climate (SR2) + masterclasses

SR1 (wave scattering / metamaterials):

09:00 — (Numerical) homogenization of waves in time-varying media — Barbara Verfürth (Bonn) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272331/
09:35 — Efficient adaptive highly-oscillatory quadrature for wave scattering — Georg Maierhofer (Cambridge) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272332/
10:50 — Wave propagation across interfaces with time-varying jump conditions — Marie Touboul (ENSTA) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272333/
11:25 — Time varying metamaterials — Tristan Lawrie (Exeter) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272334/
14:00 — Diffraction in stacked 2D lattices with semi-infinite irregularities — Andrew Fry (Manchester) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272335/
14:35 — Physical bounds for scattering from randomly distributed resonators — Paulo Sergio Piva (Sheffield) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272336/
15:50 — Tailoring acoustic complex media for unitary operations — Guancong Ma (HK Baptist) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272507/
16:25 — Scattering from metasurfaces in multi-physics systems — Daniel Colquitt (Liverpool) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272410/

SR2 (tipping points / climate) + masterclasses:

10:15 — Non-smooth dynamics and tipping in climate models — Christopher Budd (Bath) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272123/
10:15 — Masterclass: Koopman/DMD II — Steve Brunton (Washington), Discussion Room — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272477/
11:45 — Estimating early warning signals and tipping points in climate — Susanne Ditlevsen (Copenhagen) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272124/
11:45 — Masterclass: transfer operators II — Gary Froyland (UNSW), Discussion Room — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272478/
14:00 — Climate dynamics (title TBC) — Valerio Lucarini (Leicester) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272125/
14:00 — Masterclass: Koopman/operator theory II — Igor Mezić (UCSB), Discussion Room — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272479/
15:30 — On the nature of surprising extreme events in the climate system — Vera Melinda Galfi (VU Amsterdam) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272126/

Wednesday 5 August — INI acoustics (SR1) + ecology/tipping points (SR2) + Statistics Clinic

SR1 (acoustics / scattering):

09:00 — Acoustic wave propagation in layered solid-fluid materials — Nicole Kessissoglou (UNSW) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272338/
09:35 — Multiple scattering models for the acoustic bubbly curtain — Alex Skvortsov (UNSW) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272339/
10:50 — Coherent optical response from correlated disordered plasmonic metasurfaces — Kevin Vynck (CNRS) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272340/
11:25 — When to use the Method of Fundamental Solutions for complex geometries — Art Gower (Sheffield) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272321/

SR2 (mathematical ecology / tipping points — the biology-adjacent cluster) + masterclasses:

09:30 — Three ways to lose a friend: tipping points in a competition–facilitation interaction — Karen Abbott (Case Western) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272127/
10:15 — Masterclass: Koopman/DMD III — Steve Brunton (Washington), Discussion Room — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272481/
10:25 — Transient dynamics and ecological systems: an overview — Alan Hastings (UC Davis) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272128/
11:45 — Phenotypic plasticity as a route to tipping points — Christina Cobbold (Glasgow) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272129/
11:45 — Masterclass: spectral/computational operator methods I — Matthew Colbrook (Cambridge), Discussion Room — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272482/
14:00 — Zombie fires: rate-induced tipping to a hot metastable state — Sebastian Wieczorek (UC Cork) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272132/
14:00 — Masterclass: Koopman/operator theory III — Igor Mezić (UCSB), Discussion Room — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272483/
15:30 — Revisiting tipping points in complex ecological systems — Andrew Morozov (Leicester) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272131/

Elsewhere in Cambridge:

16:30 — Statistics Clinic Summer 2026 II (statistics drop-in) — MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272361/

Thursday 6 August — INI (SR1 wave energy/elastodynamics, SR2 climate metastability) + astrophysics + immunology

SR1:

09:00 — A multiresonant oscillating water column wave energy device — Richard Porter (Bristol) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272341/
09:35 — Fictitious decay: coherent field over-predicts attenuation in random media — Lloyd Dafydd (Warwick) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272342/
10:50 — Effective surface condition for water waves through a micro-structured layer — Sophie Thery (Lyon) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272343/
11:25 — Green's-function numerical methods for diffraction gratings & Rayleigh–Bloch waves — Kei Matsushima (Hiroshima) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272344/
14:00 — Multiple scattering via scattering matrices in a Frobenius–Perron discretisation — Matthew King (Nottingham) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272345/
14:35 — Elastic localisation in roller bearings — Matheus de Carvalho Loures (Sheffield) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272346/
16:25 — Gyroscopic chirality and 3D lattice dynamics in rotating solids — Alexander Movchan (Liverpool) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272347/

SR2 (climate metastability) + masterclasses:

09:30 — Zombie fires: seasonal forcing, heat waves, rate-induced phase-tipping — Hassan Alkhayuon (UC Cork) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272130/
10:15 — Masterclass: transfer operators III — Gary Froyland (UNSW), Discussion Room — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272484/
10:25 — Metastability & transient dynamics from a dynamical-systems perspective — Ulrike Feudel (Oldenburg) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272133/
11:45 — Metastability in climate models: escape probabilities to early-warning indicators — Larissa Serdukova (Leicester) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272134/
11:45 — Masterclass: spectral/computational operator methods II — Matthew Colbrook (Cambridge), Discussion Room — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272485/
14:00 — Defining & detecting tipping dynamics in the metastable climate system — Reyk Börner (Utrecht) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272135/
15:30 — Metastability, critical transitions & long transients in random dynamical systems — Jeroen Lamb (Imperial) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272136/

Elsewhere in Cambridge:

11:00 — Updated UV radiation models for solar & stellar atmospheres (astrophysics) — Roger Dufresne (DAMTP), LCLU coffee meeting — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272258/
16:00 — What bacteria teach us about immunity (microbiology/immunology) — Aude Bernheim (Institut Pasteur), Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272509/

Friday 7 August — INI wave scattering (SR1) + operator-methods masterclasses (SR2)

09:00 — Coupled resonances and analogy with Autler–Townes splitting — Agnès Maurel (ESPCI) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272348/
09:35 — Dispersion & asymmetry of gravity-induced chiral waves in gyroscopic systems — Natasha Movchan (Liverpool) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272349/
10:15 — Masterclass: transfer operators IV — Gary Froyland (UNSW) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272488/
10:50 — Rays and caustics in multipole wave fields — John Chapman (Keele) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272350/
11:25 — When discrete meets continuous: edge resonance in structured elastic waveguides — Michele Brun (Cagliari) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272352/
11:45 — Masterclass: spectral/computational operator methods III — Matthew Colbrook (Cambridge) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272489/
14:00 — Freezing of the transmitted wave through complex scattering structures — Simon Félix (CNRS) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272353/
14:35 — Scattering by bubbles: some history — Paul Martin (Colorado School of Mines) — https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/272354/

Notes & method

Venues are physically in Cambridge; the great majority are the Isaac Newton Institute (20 Clarkson Road). Others: Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Statistics Clinic), Computer Laboratory / William Gates Building, Dept of Chemistry, Institute of Astronomy, Kavli Institute for Cosmology, DAMTP, Electrical Engineering Division, and the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre.
Excluded: online/Zoom-only talks (e.g. a 28 Jul quantum-computing seminar), plus non-research items — a 23 Jul Fitzwilliam Museum botanical-collections lecture (art/history framing), the "Mathopoly" play, an EDI event, a welcome reception, and administrative slots (Director's Briefings, welcomes, closing/synthesis). A couple of 29 Jul workshop sub-talks list "Venue TBC" individually but are in-person INI sessions.
Two hybrid talks (24 & 31 Jul, both astronomy) have Cambridge rooms and are included.
Caveat: the 6 Aug immunology talk time differs between sources (16:00 on talks.cam vs 15:00 on the Immunology Network page) — confirm. Summer listings shift; re-check 24–48h ahead.
Every entry above is a live talks.cam listing; none were invented.