7th Sep 2017
Multiple locations across the university
All booking details can be found here British Science Festival Brighton
Talk
Thu 7 Sep • 12:00 – 13:00
C218 • Checkland University of Brighton
Organised by: British Science Association
Suitable for: 16+
Photosynthesis is impossible in the deep ocean yet so many remarkable creatures manage to survive and thrive in the depths. Nicholas Higgs highlights how these discoveries in remote places of the planet may be more important in our daily lives than we’d initially thought.
Scientific Section Presidential Address • Talk
Thu 7 Sep • 13:00 – 14:00
Westlain 100 • Westlain University of Brighton
Organised by: Education Scientific Section
Suitable for: 16+
Can an online resource where schools get access to evidence about effectiveness and intervention cost inform better decisions-making in teaching environments? Kevan Collins answers questions about the pioneering work done in England on what works best in the classroom.
Talk
Thu 7 Sep • 14:00 – 15:00
C218 • Checkland
University of Brighton
Organised by:
British Science Association
Suitable for: 16+
A journey exploring one of physics’ greatest mysteries – turbulence. From the origins of our solar system to the world inside our own bodies and from supersonic planes to million dollar prizes, Neil Ashton guides us into this chaotic world – revealing its secrets and how it impacts all our lives.
Talk
Thu 7 Sep • 16:00 – 17:00
C218 • Checkland
University of Brighton
Organised by:
University of Brighton
Suitable for: 16+
Get involved in a live demonstration of the new, state-of-the-art, Joaquin Advanced Air Quality research station and have a first look at how the data it produces can help us find ways to improve the quality of the air we breathe.
Talk
Thu 7 Sep • 14:00 – 15:00
C122 • Checkland
University of Brighton
Organised by:
British Science Association
Suitable for: 16+
It couldn’t be a more exciting time for the field of cell therapy, where the truly remarkable potential of live cellular medicines is starting to be realised for the treatment of leukaemia. Farlan Veraitch focuses on how the fusion of different disciplines has underpinned the advancement of the field and how this is impacting treatments for disease.
Talk
Thu 7 Sep • 15:00 – 16:00
Westlain 100 • Westlain
University of Brighton
Organised by:
University of Sussex
Suitable for: 16+
Advice on our alcohol consumption can be confusing and hard to follow. Keeping track of how much we drink can help us to spot when we are overdoing it, but what exactly is a unit and how many can you consume each week? Improve your understanding of current guidelines with Richard de Visser, and get tips on how to apply these in the real world.
Talk
Thu 7 Sep • 16:00 – 17:00
C122 • Checkland
University of Brighton
Organised by:
Biological Sciences Scientific Section
Suitable for: 16+
Emerging gene editing technologies such as CRISPR/cas9 offer the prospect of eradicating genetic disease and, possibly, extending human capacities. Jackie Leach Scully will explore how societies now face difficult choices about the kinds of people we want to have, the lives we want to lead – and who makes those decisions.
Workshop / Activity
Thu 7 Sep • 12:00 – 17:00
University of Brighton • Falmer Campus
University of Brighton
Organised by:
Enviro Technology Services
Suitable for: 16+
Meet the Smogmobile, a sophisticated mobile air quality laboratory in an all-electric van. Using state-of-the-art, next generation monitoring equipment, the Smogmobile is capable of measuring key pollutants and greenhouse gases with extreme accuracy, both at static locations and on the move. It is also able to switch between monitoring outside air and air inside the driver’s cab all without contributing any emissions itself.
