Tuesday, September 9th at Explore At-Bristol - Colin Dayan

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Please note: “For this event only, the Science Café will be held on the 2nd floor of Explore where a bar will be available for refreshments. Follow the signs from Theory Café.”
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Clinical trials: the rules on experimenting on people

Join Colin Dayan as he discusses the ethical and legal basis for conducting experiments on people.

What happens when researchers need to test medication in difficult circumstances such as when a patient has dementia? Find out how the practicalities of running clinical trials with volunteers affect the outcome of a research project.

Colin Dayan MA FRCP PhD, is Consultant Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Head of Clinical Research, URCN at the Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol. You can find out more about Colin's work here...

Monday September 29th, at the Tobacco Factory - Jon Turney

The rough guide to the future

Jon Turney will not only look at what the world may be like in the future, but also at how we think about the future. Do we think just about science and technology, assigning the labels 'good' or 'bad'? What about changes in culture, politics, morality...?

This is sure to be a fascinating talk and discussion!

Jon is a science writer, editor and lecturer. Currently, he's writing a book, due out next year, The Rough Guide to the Future. He is the author and co-author of many books, the latest of which is The Rough Guide to Genes and Cloning (2007). Type in Jon Turney on Amazon.co.uk to see the amazing range of subjects that he's covered.

Read about his interests and views on his blog at http://unreliablefutures.wordpress.com/.

Tuesday, October 14th at Explore At-Bristol - Professor Dek Woolfson

Synthetic Biology: Hype and Hope

Are synthetic biologists really tinkering with nature or trying to create life? Find out more about what synthetic biology is, and isn't, by joining Dek Woolfson to discuss some of the latest research projects in Bristol and around the world. Dek will help us explore the many ethical issues that surround this emerging scientific discipline.

Professor Dek Woolfson is based in the School of Chemistry and the Dept of Biochemistry at the University of Bristol. Find out more about Dek's work here.

Monday, October 27th at the Tobacco Factory - James Longhurst

Air Quality Management

Why, when we know so much about the cause and composition of air quality problems, are we not making more progress in improving air quality?

You can see the sort of work James does at his University webpage - look at the Latest News page.

James Longhurst is Associate Dean and Professor of Environmental Science, Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England

Tuesday, November 11th at Explore, At Bristol

Monday, November 24th at the Tobacco Factory