James Gillies

James Gillies was the head of the CERN communications group until January 2016. He is one of CERN's official spokespersons. He now works in the strategic planning and evaluation team.

25 results

“Collision – Stories from the Science of CERN” – anthology book is now available

“Collision – Stories from the Science of CERN” is a highly readable anthology built on the idea of teaming up great writers with great scientists

Announcement
Knowledge sharing
20 July, 2023
Knowledge sharing
Announcement
20 July, 2023

CERN commemorates history of Pension-Fund-owned building

CERN hosts unveiling of a plaque recalling the history of a building in Berlin now owned by the CERN Pension Fund

News
At CERN
11 November, 2018

Luminosity? Why don’t we just say collision rate?

Luminosity gives a measure of how many collisions are happening in a particle accelerator, so why don’t we just say collision rate?

Opinion
At CERN
02 March, 2011

CERN and the HUG – a life-saving partnership

Since 2015, the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) have had a permanent presence at CERN, improving emergency response in and around the laboratory

News
At CERN
15 January, 2018

Energy: making research infrastructures part of the solution

The fourth Energy for Sustainable Science Workshop took place in the end of November at the Extreme Light Infrastructure’s Magurele-Bucharest campus

News
At CERN
12 December, 2017

CERN hosts major international fire and rescue meeting

Some 20 leading firefighters from 13 countries came to CERN from 15 to 19 November for a meeting of experts on fires involving hazardous materials

News
At CERN
10 December, 2017

CERN to apply for SESAME Observer status

The proposal for CERN to become a SESAME Observer will be presented at the SESAME Council session in December

News
At CERN
20 October, 2017
At CERN
News
20 October, 2017

Servers to SESAME

Donation of servers to SESAME marks the thirteenth donation of CERN computing equipment

News
Computing
09 October, 2017
Computing
News
09 October, 2017

CERN at ESOF 2016

CERN had a major presence at the ESOF2016 conference this week, largely in collaboration with our partners in EIROforum

News
At CERN
11 August, 2016
At CERN
News
11 August, 2016

EIROforum goes to ESOF 2016

CERN and its partners from the EIROforum network participate in the EuroScience Open Forum, Europe’s largest public-facing scientific event

News
At CERN
21 July, 2016
At CERN
News
21 July, 2016

One woman’s journey in physics

Renowned theoretical physicist Mary K Gaillard delivered a scientific seminar and presented her book “A singularly unfeminine profession” at CERN

News
At CERN
30 May, 2016
At CERN
News
30 May, 2016

CLOUD shows pre-industrial skies cloudier than we thought

CERN’s CLOUD experiment points to a cloudier pre-industrial climate in two Nature papers published today

News
Experiments
25 May, 2016