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10/2026: Modelling of Climate Change – Professor Tim Palmer
Tuesday 20th October 2026 from 19:00 for 19:30
Abingdon United Football Club (Northcourt Rd, OX14 1PL, Abingdon)
Speaker: Professor Tim Palmer
09/2026: The Radium Era: Rise and Demise of Radioactive Quackery – Lucy Jane Santos
Tuesday 15th September 2026 from 19:00 for 19:30
Abingdon United Football Club (Northcourt Rd, OX14 1PL, Abingdon)
Speaker: Lucy Jane Santos
08/2026: Remote Applications in Challenging Environments: Robotics for Fusion and Beyond – Charles Birdsall
Tuesday 18th August 2026 from 19:00 for 19:30
Abingdon United Football Club (Northcourt Rd, OX14 1PL, Abingdon)
Speaker: Charles Birdsall
07/2026: Interventional Cardiology for Congenital Heart Disease: Bomb Disposal for Cowards – Dr Neil Wilson
Wednesday 22nd July 2026 from 19:00 for 19:30
Abingdon United Football Club (Northcourt Rd, OX14 1PL, Abingdon)
Please note this month’s event is on Wednesday.
Congenital heart disease is the term given to heart abnormalities patients are born with. Cardiac catheterisation is the procedure of inserting long thin tubes through the blood vessels in the groin, neck and liver into the heart. Neil will describe the development of cardiac catheterisation from a purely diagnostic procedure to treatment of structural and electrical congenital heart disease (holes in the heart, abnormal heart rhythms, etc.)
Speaker: Dr Neil Wilson
Neil graduated MB BS from St Thomas Hospital Medical School and specialised in paediatric cardiology during a varied career in the UK, USA and Middle East. His retirement is devoted to helping children read, Pilates, golf, playing the melodeon and Morris dancing.