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Multiple you

Event on first floor; no step free access.
Past event - 2017
16 May 7-9pm (Doors 6pm)
Turl Street Kitchen, 16 Turl Street,
Oxford OX1 3DH
Sold Out!
How does our DNA, given to each and every one of us when we started as single cells, change throughout our lives? And secondly, what types of fat in our bodies are actually good and bad for us? Come and hear two fascinating biology talks tonight at TSK about how we change, from the level of our genes to our bodies! Plus, Pint of Science pint glasses and tshirts to be won! (Please note: event located on the first floor, only accessible via stairs.)

Multiple you: a lifetime of genetic change

Catherine Green (Associate Professor of Chromosome Dynamics)
All of the DNA in all of the cells of the body is made by a copying process called DNA replication. Because this has an intrinsic error rate the copies made are not perfect, so our genetic material becomes mutated over time. Additionally, our environment and our lifestyle choices can influence the accuracy of DNA copying. This means that none of the cells in the body today contain exactly the same genome that you were born with, and these changes can contribute to the development of cancer and other disorders.

Following the Fat

Leanne Hodson (Associate Professor of Diabetes and Metabolism)
Body fat (adipose) tissue is a complex metabolic organ that responds rapidly when going from a fasted to a fed state. In health, fat that is consumed as part of a meal should be stored in adipose tissue. There are different depots of adipose tissue, for example tummy (abdominal) and thigh (gluteofemoral) fat and they differ in their metabolism of dietary fat. If adipose tissue stops storing dietary fat then this increases the chance of it being stored in other organs such as the liver, which is related to increased risk of heart disease and diabetes.
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