Sexy Biophysics: Exploiting Ultrasound for Gene Therapy. 7pm 29th June
Getting the right molecules (usually pharmaceuticals) to the right place, and at the right time is the critical problem in drug delivery. There are many challenging barriers to be overcome along the route to the target, which is usually a…
How Good are "Good Bacteria"? – 6pm Wednesday 10th June
How Healthy are the ‘Good Bacteria’ added to our food? Two million Britons regularly take ‘Good Bacteria’ supplemented in our food or drink, yet evidence shows that the types and numbers of bacteria labelled on the products doesn’t always match what…
Autism and Imitation: Nurturing Joy – 25th May
Is it really true that people with autism can’t interact with other people? Absolutely not. However, it is true that the world that our society asks them to live in can make it harder for them to feel comfortable interacting….
Stem Cells and Personalised Medicine – 6pm, Wednesday 13th May
Will Stem Cell research change medicine as we know it? But what are Stem Cells and how are they made? At 6pm on Wednesday 13th May, Dr Paul Andrews, from the Drug Discovery Unit at the University of Dundee, hosted a discussion…
Studying Mother and Baby Play – SPECIAL COFFEE MORNING, 10am Wednesday 6th May
Why is there such variation in how soon infants reach milestones such as smiling, sitting, walking or talking? At 10am on Wednesday 6th May Mandy Yilmaz, a local scientist studying for a PhD in Psychology from the University of Dundee,…
Harnessing the power of the sea – 7pm Monday 27th April
Renewable energy is rarely out of the news, and extracting energy from the sea is a particularly high priority with the Scottish and UK governments. The waters around the UK are a rich potential source of electricity for future generations. …
Studying community health – 6pm, Wednesday 8th April
What can we learn from studying community health?The press and other media are full of stories proclaiming the next miracle cure or drug for one disease or another. Sometimes you might receive the latest drug from your GP and sometimes…
The Great Game – looking for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Forty eight years of searches for radio emissions from advanced civilisations have found nothing. The searches are getting much more powerful and it also seems more and more likely that there are other Earths like our own. But the Fermi…
Great Discoveries from Wee Beasties – 6pm, 11th March 2009
How can tiny creatures help YOU win a Nobel Prize? On the 11th March 2009 an audience of adults and children found out how biologists in Dundee and Scotland used worms and Baker’s yeast to help make life-changing discoveries. The audience were keen to look at these…
How do our cells hold their breath? – 7pm, 23rd February 2009
Have you ever wondered why our bodies need so much oxygen? What do they use it for? On 23rd February 2009 Borders Bookstore hosted this unique chance to find out how scientists at the University of Dundee are answering this exciting question! Sonia…