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TICKETS AVAILABLE ON DOOR. Hit off the Pint of Science Festival with the Our Body theme. Learn about the difficulties surrounding pre-term births, how the fly is being used to study cancer, and how we should be exercising as we age. During the break there will be loads to see including: videos of embryo development, hearing your own heartbeat, and use an ultrasound to see what’s going on inside us!
Using the fly to study cancer
Dr. Marios Georgiou
(Assistant Professor in Cell Biology)
Tumour progression is when a benign tumour progresses to become malignant, and this is the big killer in cancer. But we know very little about the biology that underlies this important process - when cancer cells gain the ability to leave the primary tumour and spread through the body. Research in my lab is dedicated to trying to understand the process of tumour progression at a molecular level. My talk will give an overview of what cancer is, how it forms and progresses. I will then talk about my research and how we are looking to find new genes involved in tumour progression– all in the fly!
Born too soon
Prof Raheela Khan
(Professor of Cellular Physiology)
Our health is shaped by events we are exposed to during pregnancy and the timing of our birth. Every year, approximately 15 million babies worldwide are born too early with compromised health and quality of life. The onset of preterm birth is complex with contributions from infection, environment and the mother’s health. Raheela Khan has been investigating key triggers and the biological pathways that lead to preterm birth. Her talk will provide insight into some of the challenges facing research into preterm birth and highlight recent advances.
Rolling with the times: how to adapt exercise as we age?
Dr. Martino Franchi
(Research Fellow)
Should we change the way we exercise for longer life?
Dr Martino Franchi is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the MRC-ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing, University of Nottingham.
This talk will focus on muscles and what happens to them as we age. Everyone would like to have a sip from the fountain of youth, but is there really one? Miracles happen not so often, so it is better to find suitable ways to keep active. Maybe I can convince you that ageing ain’t a bad place to be.
Dr Martino Franchi is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the MRC-ARUK Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing, University of Nottingham.
This talk will focus on muscles and what happens to them as we age. Everyone would like to have a sip from the fountain of youth, but is there really one? Miracles happen not so often, so it is better to find suitable ways to keep active. Maybe I can convince you that ageing ain’t a bad place to be.
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