Conferences
The Sixth European Biophysics Congress is at Imperial College 14–19 July. A satellite meeting on computational biophysics takes place on 19 July, also at Imperial. Meanwhile, the British Library hosts the International Crime Science Conference on 16–17 July.

Public talks
The British Library, in association with the Wellcome Collection, explores Islam and medicine on 19 July. Physicians from Western and Islamic traditions discuss their respective systems. A provocative debate on 16 July asks Parents or Parliament: embryo testing, who decides?. Three panellists from UCL, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals discuss where responsibility lies for the genetic screening of embryos.

Academic seminars
Steven Schofield, of the University of Newcastle, Australia describes a path to atomic-scale devices at UCL on 16 July. The following day, Le Trinh from Caltech’s Beckman Institute is at the NIMR to deliver a seminar entitled ‘Dissecting development through a protein trap approach in zebrafish’. On 18 July, Arul Lakshminarayan from Dresden University discusses spins and quantum information at UCL.

Courses
The University of Westminster School of Biosciences is holding a week-long course (18–22 July) to cover the essential processes in the production of monoclonal antibodies by phage display. Meanwhile, Informa Life Sciences hosts a two-day introduction (17–18 July) to toxicology for the non-specialist, at Portland House, Stag Place.

And finally…
A trumpet recital, on the face of it, is not the most scientific of events. However, this one features Nature’s former Physical Sciences Editor, Laura Garwin. Pieces by Schubert and modern musicians can be heard at Lincoln’s Inn Chapel on 17 July.