Wednesday 18 June 2025
Beacon EDI Lecture: PERIODically
Friday 13 June 2025
Beacon EDI Lecture: PERIODically
Friday 13 June 2025
Advanced techniques at the National Crystallography Service
Monday 9 June 2025
Technology-Enabled Blended Learning Experiences for Chemistry Education
Wednesday 21 May 2025
Interplay of electron-rich metal species and Lewis acids for the activation of small molecules
Friday 16 May 2025
Multiphase Chemistry of Organic Aerosols in Outdoor Atmosphere and Indoor Environments
Friday 16 May 2025
Machine learning potentials in chemistry: Uses, opportunities, and challenges
Thursday 15 May 2025
Mapping complex chemical landscapes using automated reaction discovery
Wednesday 14 May 2025
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Tuesday 29 April 2025
Electrophilic C−H Zincation and Alumination
Wednesday 23 April 2025
RSC Electrochemistry Community Northern Regional Dalton Meeting 2025
Friday 11 April 2025
Scalable Routes to Functional Materials: Photocatalytic, TCO and Anti-Soiling Coatings
Wednesday 9 April 2025
A pragmatic approach to designing and delivering authentic assessment tasks
Tuesday 8 April 2025
High-resolution cryoEM structures of respiratory complex I in energy-transducing membranes
Wednesday 2 April 2025
Atmospheric Chemistry Research in Cork: Trees, Ships and Biomass Burning
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Mission ImPASsible: Decoding Polycyclic Aromatic Systems with Deep Learning
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Beyond the Bulk: Modelling Interfaces and Ion Transport in Solid Electrolytes
Friday 7 March 2025
Glycopolymer sensor arrays to detect pathoadaptations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Chalcogen, Halogen and Pnictogen Bonding Interactions for Molecular Recognition and Catalysis
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Free-electron laser based infrared action spectroscopy: methods and applications
Wednesday 26 February 2025
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Wednesday 5 February 2025
Harnessing Synergy in Sustainable Polymers: From Catalysts to Copolymers
Wednesday 29 January 2025
Luminescence Based on Through-Space Electronic Interactions
Wednesday 22 January 2025
Seminar archive

Friday 13 June 2025, 1.00PM
Speaker(s): Sofia Olendraru and Dr Charlie Simms
Department of Chemistry
Annual Beacon Equality and Diversity Lecture
Sofia Olendraru and Charlie Simms will talk about their work on the award winning PERIODically podcast from the University of Oxford. This explores how menstruation and reproductive health can impact lab work, exams and wider academic life.
The lecture will cover important topics for all who teach students or manage staff. Full abstract.
All students and staff are welcome.
Zoom details: We will be running this lecture in hybrid format, in C/A/101 and over Zoom for anybody who is unable to attend in person. Zoom link (York students and staff only). A recording will be added to this page after the lecture.
Location: C/A101 and online
Email: john.slattery@york.ac.uk