The Truth about Vaccines – 6pm, 14th January 2009
Are you interested in how vaccines work? Why do some vaccines last a lifetime and others like flu, have to be taken every year? Do you want to find out more about the latest views on the MMR jab for children? On Wednesday January…
Detecting tooth disease – Wednesday 10th December 2008
Is going to your dentists a bit like pulling teeth? Are you fed up with their prodding and scraping? This science conversation gives you the chance to hear about new ways of detecting tooth decay. You can find out the latest news of dentistry gadgets and…
Global Warming and Flooding in Scotland
Once the preserve of a minority, environmental concerns have captured the public interest. Films like An Inconvenient Truth have done a lot to inform the public of the immediacy of the threats. However, climate change is resulting in different effects…
Medical Robotics – 27th October 2008
Monday 27th October saw the second successful talk of this year’s season of Cafe Science Dundee talks at the Borders Bookshop in Dundee. Prof. Andreas Melzer from the University of Dundee presented a talk and discussion on Medical Robotics. Prof. Melzer is…
Cafe Science Extra – Sensation, 8th Oct 2008
Wednesday 8th October saw the launch of Cafe Science Extra, an exciting series of debates that showcase the latest news from upandcoming scientists. Cafe Science Extra gives you the chance to hear the latest scientific developments from researchers at the…
Start of new season!
On Monday 29th September we will kick off our second season of CafeScienceDundee talks. On the Monday Dr Christopher Connolly will be presenting Talking Neurons: the importance of learning to listen. As always the talk is aimed at the public…
Summer talk @Sensation
Cafe Science is still on a break and will return to Borders for its second season, starting in Sept, 2008. However, we have a ‘special’ at Sensation in Dundee, with Prof Klaus Zuberbuhler from Scottish Primate Research Centre. He will…
Genes and Diabetes: fat or fiction?
This months Cafe Science will be the last of our first season, but we shall be starting up again in September. On Monday 30th June, Dr Ewan Pearson will give a short talk called ‘Genes and Diabetes: fat or fiction?‘…
DNA: Solver of all cases?
Coming up, we have Darren Phillips with a short talk called “DNA: Solver of all cases?” which should be highly interesting.This will be upstairs in the Starbucks area of Borders on Monday May 26th. Normal starting time of 7pm sharp….
Biofuels or Biofools?
Prof. Graeme Walker will give a talk entitled “Biofuels or Biofools.” We start at 7pm, Monday 28th April, upstairs in Borders.
Cancer Prevention
Our 3rd Cafe Science will explore the issues around cancer prevention. Prof. Annie Anderson will be giving a short talk entitled, Cancer Prevention: Nutrition and Physical Activity. In the mean time you can click on her name and find out…
The loss of identity
Our second event will be a discussion of identity. Prof. Sue Black will be presenting on The loss of identity is the greatest defeat: How safe is yours? Our identity is something that we hold most precious as being the…
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