Food manufacturers have been rushing to add omega-3 fats to their products.  With claims that ‘clever milk’, ‘the think drink’ and ‘brain storm cereal bars’ can improve children’s learning and concentration, this Cafe Science will sort the fact from the fiction.  You will find out what omega-3 fats are and why they are important for brain development.  New research shows that omega-3 fats are essential for infants, and it is now clear that these special fats do contribute to the early development of mental abilities.  However, the picture for older children is much less certain.  Omega-3 fats may provide some benefits for children with learning difficulties such as ADHD, but there is currently little evidence to support manufacturers’ claims that omega-3 fats can make all children smarter.  Despite this, there are good reasons why we should try to increase the amount of omega-3 fats in children’s diet.

Join us in Chambers Coffee House and Restaurant on Monday 28th June at 7pm for a discussion with Dr Peter Willatts.

Millions of people across the World are affected by tropical diseases. The medicines used to help patients are becoming less effective and there is a real need to develop new drugs to treat these diseases.

Stand-up the Dundee Drug Discovery Unit (DDU), which was founded in 2006 in the College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, with the aim of transforming basic science into potential new drug for tropical diseases. The DDU works in a novel way by bringing a Biotech company philosophy in to an academic environment.

Join chemist Laura Cleghorn at Dundee Science Centres award winning Infusion Coffee Shop in Dundee Science Centre on Wednesday 9th June at 6pm as she describes research from the unit on treatments for sleeping sickness. Their research resulted in the publication of an exciting study in the journal Nature. 

This should be a relaxed and thought-provoking talk, followed by questions from the audience.
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New Cafe Science Programme available

Cafe Science Dundee and Cafe Science Extra are pleased to announce the topics and speakers for our brand spanking new third season!

You can download the full programme here. We are really proud of the range of topics that will be covered and the excellent speakers that you will get to meet at our events. We hope to see you at an event soon!