Through tinted lenses

It is currently predicted that 131.5 million people worldwide will live with dementia by 2050. There’s an urgent need to understand the mechanisms of the disease, both for treatment and prevention. Here, with an art piece inspired by conversations between artist and scientist, we will describe how dementia patients see the world differently. See how protein changes in the brain and blood allow us to understand the causes of dementia, and how these findings can be used as markers to track disease progression, predict onset and differentiate between different types of dementia.

Throughout their history, humans have portrayed animals in different ways. This talk will provide a whistle-stop tour of how this has changed through time. We’ll look at developments in both science and art over time, how developing technology has changed the way we image and document what we see. Join us as we highlight some cutting edge methods for capturing the anatomy of living and fossil creatures, with some case studies highlighting how these approaches can help us understand the history of life itself.