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A Pint of LGBT+ Science

Please note this event takes place on the first floor and does not have step-free access. Over 18s only.
Past event - 2019
21 May Doors 7pm
Event 7.30pm - 8.30pm
The Swan in the Rushes, 21 The Rushes,
Loughborough LE11 5BE
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Grab your pints, put your science caps on and join us upstairs in the Needle & Pin to find out the answer to life's most pressing questions from Loughborough University's LGBT+ researchers: Should we eat lasagna for breakfast? And is it still possible to commit the perfect crime?

Lasagne for breakfast? Weird, but should you be eating it?

Chris McLeod (PhD Researcher, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University )
Everyone knows which foods are considered appropriate to eat at certain mealtimes. Many people think this appropriateness is linked to the food’s characteristics, but this association between certain foods and mealtimes is only due to each person’s experience, education and reinforcement. Recently in the UK, a greater variety of foods are considered appropriate at more mealtimes; breakfast foods have extended far from just toast and cereals. But how does this increase in appropriate options influence weight management? Our research tackles this question to improve public health messages.

Blood, Sweat and Tears: Chemistry at the Crime Scene

Stephanie Rankin-Turner (PhD Researcher, Centre for Analytical Science, Loughborough University)
When suspected body fluids such as blood are found at crime scenes, the methods police use to identify these fluids are unreliable and destructive. Furthermore police cannot currently estimate the age of a biofluid, and so have no way of knowing whether or not it is relevant to the crime. But what if investigators had a way of simply analysing a suspected body fluid at the crime scene, discovering what kind of body fluid they have found and estimating how long it has been there? Using mass spectrometry, our research is aiming to solve these problems and help speed up criminal investigations.
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