Events
May 2026 | |
 Tue 19 May 202613:00 - 14:00 |  Seminar: The ‘scrap-or-build’ switch and the traffic sign: How tiny structural shifts in microtubules tune dynamics and molecular affinity
Centre for Molecular Cell Biology Dr Tomohiro Shima Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan Summary Microtubules are among the principal cytoskeletal components that maintain the shape and architecture of eukaryotic cells. Their dynamic growth and shrinkage are exquisitely regulated across space and time, driving essential cellular processes such as cell division, migration, and morphological changes during differentiation. Furthermore, microtubules serve as tracks for motor proteins, enabling the targeted... |
| Wed 20 May 2026 |  Conference: One-Day Ergodic Theory Meeting  Centre for Complex Systems 1pm: Mélodie Andrieu (Université Littoral): A Normality conjecture on rational base number systems 2pm: José Alves (Universidade do Porto): Linear response for skew-product maps 3.30pm: Selim Ghazouani (University College London): Speculations about parabolic dynamical systems 4.30pm: Zhiyuan Zhang (Imperial College London): Ergodicity of conservative random dynamics Abstracts: Mélodie Andrieu: A Normality conjecture on rational base number systems The rational base... |
| Wed 20 May 2026 14:00 - 15:00 |  Seminar: Dr Chilufya Mwewa - Testing Electroweak Symmetry Breaking through Same-Charge WW Scattering at the LHC and beyond
Centre for Experimental Physics and Quantum Technology Within the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, weak vector bosons are allowed to be massive as a result of the spontaneously broken electroweak symmetry which is said to have resulted from a phase transition of the Higgs potential in the early universe. Measurements of the scattering of weak vector bosons—referred to as Vector Boson Scattering (VBS)—provide a powerful probe of the electroweak interaction and offer insight into the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking. In this... |
| Wed 20 May 2026 14:00 - 15:30 |  RSC Prize Lecture: Dr Florence Huynh - Rising Star in Industry Prize  Centre for Chemical Research As vice president of innovations at Polymateria, Florence leads a team working on biotransformation technology, an innovative solution to tackle plastic pollution on land before it reaches the oceans. This is a solution for the most highly polluted forms of plastic in the world, which ensures polyolefins will fully and swiftly biodegrade in the natural environment in two years, leaving behind no microplastics or toxic substances, as well as being compatible with recycling. The technology is... |
| Thu 21 May 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Evans Harrell: Extremal spectral problems for quantum graphs Centre for Complex Systems "Spectral optimization" refers to the study of how shapes affect eigenvalues of self-adjoint operators by trying to maximize or minimize an eigenvalue, or some combination of eigenvalues, under reasonable constraints. This is a well-developed... |
| Thu 21 May 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Sandipan Roy (University of Bath): Double Adjacency Based Spectral Clustering in Networks Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science Spectral clustering has been used widely as a popular tool for community detection in data with network structure. However, spectral clustering does not perform well on certain network structures, particularly core-periphery networks. To improve... |
| Thu 21 May 2026 14:00 - 15:00 |  Graham Brown (Edinburgh) Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy Title: Unexpected Symmetries of Kerr Black Hole Scattering Abstract: Recent years have seen considerable progress in computing scattering observables for spinning black holes at high PM orders, using both amplitude based and worldline methods. In this talk we will use these results to investigate the integrability properties of scattering Kerr black holes, both in the probe limit and beyond. We will begin by reviewing the radial action and the recently introduced Dirac bracket formalism,... |
| Thu 21 May 2026 15:00 - 16:00 |  Seminar: C4DM Seminar: The importance of multimodal data in the computational understanding of music Centre for Multimodal AI Abstract: Music is multimodal, perceived not only through hearing but also through vision, touch, and movement. Humans naturally integrate these sensory streams to interpret a music performance. Similarly, in order to achieve a high-level computational music understanding, multimodal data is essential. This approach is put into practice through a five-category framework for music context, which guides computational systems to analyze instrumentation, performance dynamics, spatial arrangements... |
| Fri 22 May 2026 17:00 - 18:00 |  ML Seminar - Alex LupsascaCentre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy TBC |
| Tue 26 May 2026 15:00 - 16:00 | Seminar: "Bridging the Gap: From Lab-Scale Research to Mass Production in Silicon Photonics" - Dr Young Chul Kim, Process Design Engineer at Samsung Electronics Centre for Electronics Seminar Online Link Synopsis As the demand for high-speed data processing in AI and data centers grows, Silicon Photonics has emerged as a key technology to overcome the limits of traditional electrical interconnects. However, moving a device... |
| Wed 27 May 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Dr Andrea Knue - Elusive romance of top-quark pairs observed at the LHC
Centre for Experimental Physics and Quantum Technology The top quark is the heaviest elementary particle known to date. With this very large mass come interesting consequences, like its extremely short lifetime. Unlike other quarks, which can form bound states, the top quarks lifetime does not allow for a stable bond. If two top quarks are produced almost at rest however, they can briefly exchange gluons before they then decay individually. This pseudo-bound state was already predicted in 1987, before the top quark was even discovered. It was... |
| Thu 28 May 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Gabriel Wallin (Lancaster): A Framework for Detecting Structural Heterogeneity in Latent Variable Models Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science Latent variable models are widely used in the social, behavioural, and health sciences to learn the latent structure underlying multivariate data. These models typically assume that the relationship between the set of latent variables and observed... |
| Thu 28 May 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Ana-Maria Raclariu (KCL) Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy TBC |
| Fri 29 May 2026 15:00 - 17:00 | Discussion of ZKsnarks Centre for Fundamentals of AI and Computational Theory In this week's theory group meeting we will discuss ZKsnarks which are a form of Non-interactive zero-knowledge proof used in cryptocurrency applications. |
June 2026 | |
| Tue 2 Jun 2026 14:00 - 15:00 |  Special Gravity Seminar: Jan KożuszekCentre for Geometry, Analysis and Gravitation tbc |
| Tue 2 Jun 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Exceptional Seminar: Lorenzo Delillo Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy TBC. |
| Tue 2 Jun 2026 15:00 - 17:00 |  Conference: LSBC Summer meeting Centre for Molecular Cell Biology Join us at the LSBC Summer meeting! 4 talks from scientists across London institutes, followed by a free drinks reception. All welcome! The meeting will be held on Tuesday, 2nd June from 15:00-17:00 in in the Clark Kennedy Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary Innovation Centre. The Queen Mary Innovation Centre is just a 5 min walk from Whitechapel tube station. Entrance via Walden Street. Programme Callum Haste, The Institute of Cancer Research (Basil Greber Lab): Visualisation of... |
| Wed 3 Jun 2026 14:00 - 15:30 |  Centre colloquium - Claudia de Rham (Imperial College)Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy |
| Wed 3 Jun 2026 16:00 - 17:00 |  Seminar: Human behaviour analysis and motion modelling Centre for Multimodal AI Abstract: Large language models contain rich and diverse knowledge, giving them the potential to perform well on tasks far beyond language. However, directly applying them to non-linguistic tasks such as human behavior analysis or motion modeling is often challenging, because the inputs for these tasks (e.g., videos or skeletal sequences) are not naturally compatible with the desired input of language models. This talk introduces a "linguistic" perspective on addressing this issue: transforming... |
| Thu 4 Jun 2026 14:00 - 15:00 | Seminar: Ida Zadeh (Southampton U.) Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy TBC |
| Mon 8 Jun 2026 09:30 - 17:30 |  Conference: 2026 RSC Chemical Biology and Bio-organic Group Postgraduate SymposiumCentre for Molecular Cell Biology The RSC Chemical Biology and Bio-organic Group invite you to their annual postgraduate meeting which will take place in-person at Queen Mary University. This meeting is designed to give early career researchers, from across a broad range of chemical biology backgrounds, a platform to share their latest research. In addition to our excellent plenary speaker, Prof. Mark Bradley, there will also be opportunities for postgraduate students to present their work through short talks and posters.... |
| Thu 18 Jun 2026 | Research Exchange Day Centre for Complex Systems |
| Mon 29 Jun - Fri 3 Jul 2026 |  Conference: Amplitudes 2026Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy The Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy at the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences is delighted to announce that Queen Mary University of London will host Amplitudes 2026, the international conference on scattering amplitudes, from 29 June to 3 July 2026. Amplitudes is an annual international conference series focused on scattering amplitudes in quantum field theory, string theory, and related areas of high-energy theoretical physics. The series has become since its inception in... |
August 2026 | |
| Mon 31 Aug - Fri 4 Sep 2026 | Conference: Quantum many-body systems out of equilibrium: Relaxation, thermalization, and ergodicity breaking Centre for Complex Systems This international forum brings together leading researchers and early-career scientists to explore equilibration, thermalization, atypical dynamics, Floquet physics and control of quantum many-body systems, fostering interdisciplinary exchange and... |
September 2026 | |
| Tue 22 Sep 2026 14:00 - 15:30 | GAnG Seminar: Orlando Luongo - Negative refraction and gravitational metamaterials: From optical geometry to dark matter Centre for Geometry, Analysis and Gravitation NOTE: Pre talk intro for non experts starts at 2pm, with seminar starting at 2.30pm Title: Negative refraction and gravitational metamaterials: From optical geometry to dark matter Abstract: In this talk I propose a novel reinterpretation of spacetime as an effective optical medium capable of exhibiting negative refraction. I show that this phenomenon is not a coordinate artifact, but rather a covariant property of energy-momentum flow, arising when phase propagation and energy transport... |
| Thu 24 Sep 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Jaime Agudo-Canalejo (UCL) Centre for Complex Systems Emergent phenomena in protein complexes out of equilibrium: from topologically-protected states to computation Protein complexes, often made up of a few identical subunits, are very common in biology. These subunits can additionally undergo post... |
October 2026 | |
| Mon 5 - Tue 6 Oct 2026 | Conference: Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP) Concluding Conference Centre for Fundamentals of AI and Computational Theory QMULs Shalom Lappin is organising the final CLASP Conference. Registration is now open. In 2025 the Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP) completed ten years of groundbreaking research in computational linguistics,... |
| Thu 8 Oct 2026 13:00 - 14:00 | Seminar: Shiling Liang (Dresden) Centre for Complex Systems |