2026 Rep Elections Coverage: The candidates seeking to represent the Faculty of Life Sciences and their promises to you

Another year, another Rep Elections week: a vital opportunity for students to choose who will represent them for the next academic year. In order to provide our members with more information on their candidates who could be representing them, and to hear about themselves in their own words, Kinesis Magazine reached out for comment from 175 different candidates, each bidding to be a rep for either what we considered a STEAM (STEM + Arts) faculty, Student Trustees, Welfare Reps, and/or Societies Rep.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024: Revolutionising Protein Structure Prediction and Design 

Demis Hassabis, John Jumper, and David Baker were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking work in protein structure prediction and design. Their contributions leverage machine learning, revolutionizing protein research by enabling faster predictions and novel protein design. This pivotal advancement has significant implications for drug development and synthetic biology.

From Sheep to Herd: Can We Predict Behaviour of the Aggregate from a Sample of Individuals

In 1956, Phillip K. Dick’s “The Minority Report” introduced the concept of predicting crime through “precogs.” Modern neuroforecasting employs brain activity analysis to anticipate criminal behavior and consumer actions. Studies show its potential in crime prediction and marketing effectiveness, raising ethical questions about free will and the surveillance of individuals marked for criminality.