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EL U3A Science Group Programme: 2026 – 27
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28 September |
Mohan Sridharan, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics |
Back to the Future of Human-Robot Collaboration |
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26 October |
Ian Hamilton |
Heroines of the Radiation Age |
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23 November |
Robin Grant |
Diagnosis in Neurology |
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25 January |
Achille Fonzone, Edinburgh Napier University |
Autonomous buses |
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22 February |
Thorunn Helgason |
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi – or How Plants Talk to Each Other |
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22 March |
Dr Kanwal Aadil, Principal Investigator and Associate Medical Director, Neuroclnx |
Clinical trials in Alzheimer’s research |
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26 April |
Michelle Luciano |
Twins studies |
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EL U3A Science Group Programme: 2025 – 26
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Speaker |
Topic |
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22 September |
Claudia Colesie, University of Edinburgh |
Antarctic’s ecosystem in a changing climate |
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27 October |
Neil Beaumont, Scottish Water |
The Whiteadder reservoir green hydro energy scheme |
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24 November |
Miguel O. Bernabeu, University of Edinburgh |
The use of AI in medical image interpretation for diagnosis |
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26 January |
Pam Robertson, Angus Optix |
Optical Coherence Tomography technology and its use in High Street optometry practice |
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23 February |
Minhyong Kim, ICMS |
Addition, multiplication and quantum computing |
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23 March |
Alan Walker, University of Edinburgh |
From Maxwell to Higgs |
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27 April |
Ruth Vichos, Scotland’s Rural College |
Visit to SRUC vertical farm, Kings Buildings |
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