Understanding Teenage Mental Health - Wednesday 10th June 2015, 6pm

Understanding Teenage Mental Health – Wednesday 10th June 2015, 6pm

Adolescents account for around a quarter of the world’s population and are at high risk from mental disorders and participation in risky behaviours. It appears that recent attempts to improve their health have been largely unsuccessful – so what can…

Using the Power of Youth to Restore the Wisdom of Old Age - Wednesday 11th February 2015, 6pm

Using the Power of Youth to Restore the Wisdom of Old Age – Wednesday 11th February 2015, 6pm

The ability to learn and remember complex information about the world around us develops slowly from birth, reaches a peak as we mature and then often declines during old age or in neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s or Huntington’s. Dr…

Summer Special: A Tale Of Two Penguins - Wednesday 6th August 2014, 7pm

Summer Special: A Tale Of Two Penguins – Wednesday 6th August 2014, 7pm

The D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee holds two penguin specimens that each have extraordinary stories to tell, connecting Dundee’s whaling industry with pioneering Antarctic exploration. Find out how these penguins came to be in D’Arcy Thompson’s…