Patient Safety: How do we Train our Doctors? Monday 23rd February 2015, 7pm
With the increasing pressures on public services ensuring patients are cared for in a safe system, is a challenge for everyone involved. Prof Jean Ker will explore some of the very real dilemmas individual health care professionals face in their everyday practice, trying to make…
Does Maths Count? Monday 26th January 2015, 7pm
Contrary to the preconception that mathematics is purely designed to torture school pupils and has no relevance to the “real world”, Dr Fordyce Davidson will discuss how mathematical tools are being used to address some of the most fundamental challenges…
The New Age of Renewable Energy – Monday 24th November 2014, 7pm
Dr David Rodley from the University of Dundee Centre for Renewable Energy will speculate on how the energy landscape in Scotland and the wider UK might look in the future. Will carbon become the new currency as extreme targets for…
Personal Genomes: From Ancestry and Identity to Health – Monday 27th October 2014, 7pm
The genetic blueprint for our bodies contains over 3 billion letters, and we have just started to unravel the meaning of these genomic instructions. With many companies offering to analyse your genomes, both for ancestry and health related purposes, and…
Ageing Brains and Ageing Minds – Monday 29th September 2014, 7pm
‘My brain might be 70 years old but who I really am isn’t!’ What is the relationship between a person and the brain? Need we think of ageing as impairment just because mental processes are subject to age-related change? This…
Getting Down to Earth: A Closer Look at Life Below Our Feet – Monday 23rd June 2014, 7pm
Soil is alive, with a handful of soil containing billions of microscopic organisms. Soil is much more than the dirt that sticks under our shoes or holds up our plants – soil is a jungle of living organisms that break…
Making Healthcare Decisions: Is Your Voice Missing? Monday 26th May 2014, 7pm
Who and what prevents your voice being heard when decisions about healthcare are made? Everyone has the right to receive the same health care quality and everyone should have the right to be involved in decisions about health care. These…
Why Breast Cancer Medicine can be Hard to Swallow – Monday 28th April 2014, 7pm
Treatments for breast cancer that target hormone production in the body are effective in reducing the return of breast cancer in women in recovering from cancer. These medicines such as Tamoxifen have been the mainstay of breast cancer management for…
Pink for Girls and Blue for Boys? The Colour of Gender Stereotyping – Monday 24th March 2014, 7pm
The recording of this talk are now available as a playlist on YouTube. Despite attempts to eliminate gender stereotyping from society through passing new laws, the likelihood of stereotyping people on the basis of their gender remains a social problem….
Spinning Straw into Gold – Monday 24th February 2014, 7pm
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our cars and airplanes ran on a fuel that reduced CO2 emissions while promoting food production? Biofuels made from cereal straw could do just that. Claire’s team work as part of the BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy…