Name: Foreign Bodies: Inside and Out
Start: 2019-05-21T19:30:00
End: 2019-05-21T21:00:00
Location: The Lansdowne

How does the world around us, and the hidden world inside us, affect our heath? Join us for an enlightening evening at The Landsdowne to find out how.

Attendees get Happy Hour prices!

Air pollution and me: What’s actually going on?

Louise Corscadden (PhD Student, University of Leicester)

On a daily basis we are barraged with the dire news of rising air pollution levels around the world. But what does this really mean to us? How is air pollution actually effecting our health and why is it considered so bad for us? Join me on a whistle stop tour of what air pollution is, what it is made of, and what it does to our bodies.

Microbiota: Our friends within?

Professor Julian Ketley (Chair in Bacterial Genetics; University of Leicester)

We are more Microbe than Man. More microbial cells live in us than human cells and we contain far more microbial genes than our own. It is perhaps no surprise that the nature and diversity of the microbes that live in us, our microbiota, have a great influence on our lives. After an explanation of the nature of our microbiota, and the way to identify what is there, I will highlight some of the ways that the microbes within us affect our health and even mental well-being.

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