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The Biological Society are very pleased to announce that Sir Paul Nurse will be giving a talk on Friday 13th May. Sir Paul Nurse won the Nobel Prize in 2001 alongside Sir Tim Hunt and[...]
Interactive workshop with Lausanne-based dance company, Les Marchepieds on ‘Digitizing Ancient Dance’. All are welcome. No experience required. Workshop participants are also encouraged to attend the accompanying performance by Les Marchepieds of work they have[...]
An introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As and an hour or so’s discussion among the audience. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take an active part in the[...]
How has humanities scholarship influenced biomedical research and civil liberties and how can scholars serve the common good? Entrepreneur and scholar Donald Drakeman will discuss his new book exploring the value and impact of the[...]
Talks on the poetry of John Milton (Dr Margaret Kean, St Hilda’s College, Oxford); music by George Frideric Handel (Dr Jonathan Williams, St Hilda’s College and Faculty of Music, University of Oxford); and Morris’s dance[...]
We’ve all heard of genes – they make your eyes blue, hair curly or nose straight. But how do they actually work and why do siblings look so different when they share much of their[...]
Herding Hemingway’s Cats – Understanding how our genes work We’ve all heard of genes – they make your eyes blue, hair curly or nose straight. But how do they actually work and why do siblings[...]
Kay Davies has dedicated her life to the cure of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which is one of the most common, fatal genetic disorders diagnosed in children. She contributed to the design of the pre-natal tests[...]
Check out http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/oxford-science-fair.html for a full list of stalls. This is a FREE, drop in event with something for the whole family. Saturday 25 June 12-5pm, Sunday 26 June 1-5pm.
What would it have been like to visit your physician in the 19th century? Researcher Melissa Dickinson takes you on a time travel to discover how the sounds of the body helped determine medical diagnoses[...]
Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 15:00 Venue: Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html How does our lifestyle affect the likelihood of developing dementia? What choices can you make to reduce[...]
Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 15:00 Venue: Oxford Town Hall, Long Room Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html Neural implants, nanomedicine, brain enhancing drugs, genetic engineering… Many human enhancement technologies are emerging and raise ethical[...]
Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 16:30 Venue: Oxford Town Hall, Assembly Room Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html Have you ever wondered if you could really grow plants on Mars? You’ve seen the movie, now[...]
Date/Time: Saturday 25 June, 19:00 Venue: Oxford Town Hall, Assembly Room Admissions: £7/£5(conc.)/£22(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sat-opening-weekend.html Come and be part of a unique evening combining scientific talks with inspirational dance. Hear researchers from[...]
Date/Time: Sunday 26 June, 14:30 Venue: Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sun-opening-weekend.html How to assess potential treatments for a disease such as Ebola, during the largest outbreak in history?[...]
Date/Time: Sunday 26 June, 17:30 Venue: Story Museum, Pembroke Street, Oxford Admissions: £5/£4(conc.)/£16(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/sun-opening-weekend.html This storytelling event run by Living Well Oxford explores the medical condition known as stroke. Hear moving[...]
Date/Time: Monday 27 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Ludo, snakes & ladders and draughts are all popular pastimes, but in the past couple of decades a new generation of board games from designers with backgrounds in maths and science has begun to break[...]
‘Gene-editing’ sounds like science fiction, but today it is an emerging reality. This raises hope for treating medical problems, but also opens ethical quandaries about equality, privacy, and personal freedom. Discuss these questions with a[...]
Date/Time: Thursday 30 June, 19:00 Venue: Larkmead School, Abingdon Admissions: £6/£4(conc.)/£19(fam.) Suitability: 14+ Book here: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/abingdon-events.html Although the dramatic increase in life expectancy we have witnessed over the past century is arguably one of medicine’s[...]
Join us for a sensational evening of cabaret – an alchemy of acts delivered by Science Oxford’s network of creative science performers. If you love science, stage and stand up, you’ll be in your element[...]
The earth’s daily rotation affects just about every living creature. From dawn to dusk, there are changes in light, temperature, humidity and rainfall. Join us to hear biologist and author Leon Kreitzman discuss light, metabolism,[...]
Dr Barry Juniper (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford) discusses the strange history of the English apple. Part of the Oxford Botanic Garden Autumn Plant Sciences Lecture Series 2016. Tickets £8 or £40 for[...]
DANSOX presents Siobhan Davies and Jeremy Millar in a dialogue between choreography and visual arts. In this talk they will discuss the different strategies of collaborating across artforms.The event will include performative moments with collaborator[...]
Professor Phil Gilmartin (Executive Dean, Faculty of Science, University of East Anglia and John Innes Centre) discusses Darwin’s primrose. This is part of Oxford Botanic Garden’s Autumn Plant Sciences Lecture Series, Mondays during October and[...]
An unwinnable battle? Zika and Ebola. Two viruses that are emerging as huge global threats to human health. What can we learn from the past? How must we approach the future? Some of Oxford’s leading[...]
Dr Christopher Thorogood (School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol) talks about carnivorous plants in Pitchers of death – the Nepenthes of Malaysia. This is part of Oxford Botanic Garden’s Autumn Plant Sciences Lecture Series,[...]
Martin Barker (Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at Aberystwyth University, Director of the Global Hobbit Project) will be visiting Oxford to discuss the results of the landmark Global Hobbit Project, a research initiative examining the[...]
OCDEM opens up its doors to the public for the afternoon! Come and help celebrate World Diabetes Day by visiting OCDEM. Our clinicians and scientists are working on ground-breaking research that we hope will change[...]
Professor Robert Scotland (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford) discusses discovering new species of plant in ‘African gingers, morning glories and species discovery’. The final lecture in the Oxford Botanic Garden Autumn Plant Sciences[...]
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