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Science Facilities Roadshow - Central Campus

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:25:41 GMT

Wednesday 21st January - L4/Science Concourse

Looking to learn more about the cutting-edge scientific facilities at the University of Warwick? The Science Facilities Roadshow is a unique opportunity to discover how the facilities at the University of Warwick can help enable your research and foster new collaborations.

These events offers staff and students the chance to engage with facility managers and technical specialists across a wide range of facilities from Gibbet Hill to the Central Campus. You'll have the opportunity to attend 10 short facility talks, followed by networking over refreshments on the concourse afterwards.

The roadshow is being held in L4 from 13:00-14:30. Please visit our website for more information, and to register:

Registration - Facilities Roadshow, Central Campus

Spectroscopy and Dynamics Group meeting

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:18:00 GMT

Both registration and abstract submission have opened for the Royal Society of Chemistry Spectroscopy and Dynamics group meeting. Being held at the University of Warwick from 7-9th of January 2026. We look forward to welcoming you to Warwick next year.

Jack Attends the RSC

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 08:50:45 GMT

Last week Jack attended the Royal Society of Chemistry's Technician relaunch event. At it the RSC launched their plan to support technicians in the chemical sciences. While there Jack was presented with his award from the 2025 RSC prizes, and was given the chance to present some of the research that led to the award.

Warwick Ultrafast Spectroscopy Symposium

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:55:00 GMT

A great event on Friday bringing together over 40 researchers with an interest in Ultrafast and THz Spectroscopy. A big thank you to all our speakers; Dr Greg Greetham (Central Laser Facility), Dr Joseph Beames (University of Birmingham) and Dr Jessica Boland (University of Manchester) and our amazing contributed talks. Also a special thanks to the Warwick analytical Science centre and Dr Chris Waldron for funding and organisation.

Ultrafast Spectroscopy Symposium

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:45:00 GMT

Join us in January 2025 for a FREE one-day symposium on Ultrafast spectroscopic techniques. In conjunction with the Warwick analytical Science Centre (WASC), this event event aims to allow students to get the most out of the techniques and learn best practices from technical and academic experts, as well as an opportunity to share how these techniques have enabled their research.

WCUS attends the Central Laser Facility User meeting

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:36:01 GMT

James and Jack attended the Central laser facility users meeting to learn about the projects that they have been working on in the last year. Some of our own work featured also as Junn presented his research into diamond defects. Junn's WCUS measurements have been augmented with some 2D-IR results taken at the Ultra Facility.

Celebrating 10 years of the RTPs

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:41:00 GMT

Wednesday 18 September 2024, 9:30am – 12:00pm – In-person event

Location: FAB0.03 Lecture Theatre - Faculty of Arts Building

About the event

The Research Technology Platform (RTP) Department is hosting an event to celebrate 10 years of the RTP programme.

We invite members of the University to join us as we showcase how the RTPs have grown over the past decade and

facilitated innovation in research and development at Warwick and beyond.

About the RTPs

Warwick’s RTPs provide an integrated network of world-class facilities and expertise that enable researchers to

perform outstanding science. In 2024 we are celebrating 10 years of the RTP programme, which has grown

from 5 RTPs when it first started in 2014, to 13 RTPs and 70 dedicated staff members today.

The RTPs are open to access for researchers across the University as well as external clients from industry and academia,

supporting innovation at regional, national and international scales. Each RTP is operated by a dedicated technical team

who are experts in their fields and provide bespoke advice, analysis and training. Visit the RTP website.

10 years of the RTP's

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 15:28:02 GMT

Research Technology Platforms 10-year celebration seminar series

As part of our 10-year anniversary celebrations, the Research Technology Platform (RTP) Department is running a seminar series to showcase how the RTPs can support your research in key areas.

Seminars are open to all researchers within the University. Follow the links below to find out more and register.

Structure of Materials: Monday 22^nd April 2024, 1-3.30pm, Zeeman MS.01

Research Computing: Wednesday 1^st May 2024, 3-5pm, PLT, Physics Concourse

Imaging and Particle Size Analysis: Thursday 9th May 2024, 10am-12pm, L5, Chemistry Concourse

Probing Biological and Chemical Structure: Thursday 16th May 2024, 2pm-3.30pm, GLT3, Warwick Medical School

Composition of Materials: Monday 20^th May 2024, 10am-12pm, L4, Chemistry Concourse

Thanks for attending the UK THz Workshop

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 10:00:00 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended the UK THz Workshop last week! We had a packed schedule of talks, over 30 posters, and 100 attendees from across the UK and beyond. Many congratulations to our Poster competition prize winners:

Congratulations to our poster prize winners: Reshma Anamari Mohandas (Leeds) and Peter Karlsen (Exeter) won the postdoc prize; Luana Olivieri (Sussex), Connor Mosley (Warwick), Lucy Hale (UCL) and Matt Reeves (Bath) won the PhD prize.

Nobel Prize Colloquium : Intense Laser Beams

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:00:00 GMT

On 24th October a special Departmental Colloquium in the Physics Department commemorated the recent 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou and Donna Sutherland. The prize celebrated the trios' "groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics”. Dr Gavin Morley spoke about the invention of optical tweezers, and their widespread adoption and use today. Dr James Lloyd-Hughes described the discovery and principles of chirped-pulse amplification, which is now used worldwide to create incredibly intense laser pulses for laser machining (micromachining and laser eye surgery) and scientific applications.

Chirped pulse amplification is the technique used in WCUS to produce our amplified laser pulses, which we use to perform ultrafast spectroscopy across the electromagnetic spectrum. As an example of the extreme intensity now routinely available, this video shows the focussed laser beam output producing a plasma (white ball, bottom right). The "buzz" on the video is the sound of the laser creating a mini explosion 1000 times per second. In addition to glowing, the plasma acts as a non-linear source of light, hence the blue/white/red glow on the top left. Thanks to Dr Mick Staniforth & Connor Mosley for the video.