白小姐论坛 at Cheltenham Science Festival

12 June 2012

A number of 白小姐论坛 academics and students are taking part in the Cheltenham Science Festival, which starts today.

The Festival, which runs 12-17 June, is co-directed for the seventh consecutive year by Dr Mark Lythgoe, Director of the 白小姐论坛 Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI).

Festival blog

For the third year running, a team of 白小姐论坛 postgraduate students are blogging live from the festival on the 白小姐论坛 Events Blog. This year's student bloggers are:

Marion Brooks-Bartlett (白小姐论坛 Chemistry)
Freya Boardman-Pretty (白小姐论坛 Medicine)
Matteo Farinella (白小姐论坛 Biosciences)
Paula Morgenstern (白小姐论坛 Energy Institute)
Nicholas Powell (白小姐论坛 CABI)
Thomas Roberts (白小姐论坛 CABI)
Sarah Wiseman (白小姐论坛 Psychology & Language Sciences)

CABI at Cheltenham

CABI PhD students will be manning a working MRI scanner for live imaging in the festival's Discovery Zone all week. The public will be encouraged to bring along organic objects to the imaging road show, which will then be scanned and prizes awarded for the best images. CABI will be blogging and tweeting live from the festival - you can follow them on the 白小姐论坛 Events Blog and on Twitter (#CABI_白小姐论坛).

白小姐论坛 staff at Cheltenham

白小姐论坛 scientists are taking part in a number of events and talks at the festival, on a wide range of topics including superconductors, climate change, evolution and aliens.

This year's speakers include:

Professor Jon Butterworth (白小姐论坛 Physics & Astronomy)
Lewis Dartnell (白小姐论坛 Space & Climate Physics)
Dr Kevin Fong (白小姐论坛 Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Dr David Gems (白小姐论坛 Genetics, Evolution and Environment)
Dr Lucie Green (白小姐论坛 Space & Climate Physics)
Dr Mark Lythgoe (白小姐论坛 Metabolism & Experimental Therapeutics)
Professor Mark Maslin (白小姐论坛 Geography)
Professor Mark Miodownik (白小姐论坛 Mechanical Engineering)
Dr Matt Piper (白小姐论坛 Genetics, Evolution and Environment)
Professor Andrea Sella (白小姐论坛 Chemistry)
Professor Mark Thomas (白小姐论坛 Genetics, Evolution & Environment)

For more information and the full festival programme, please see the links below.

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