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Other Guildford events

What lurks within!

Blue badge parking right outside. Step-free access into building. Accessible toilet. Wheelchair and passenger lifts. And a ramp onto the stage!
Past event - 2022
09 May Doors 7pm
Event 7.30pm to 9.30pm
Zero Carbon Guildford, 14-16 Friary Street,
Guildford GU1 4EH
Join our researchers from health and bio sciences as they reveal all about what lurks within your pets and in your own body!

With the help of the lovely folk at the Boileroom, Zero will have it's very own bar installed for the duration of Pint of Science. 

The forgotten pandemic

Dr Dany Beste (Senior Lecturer in Microbial Metabolism)
Jordan Pascoe (PhD Student)
There is a disease that until COVID-19, killed more people each year than any other infectious disease. It is caused by an extraordinary bacterium which if untreated turns your lungs to the consistency of cheese and can lead to a protracted and debilitating illness and ultimately death by suffocation. Come and find out about this forgotten pandemic.

An Act of Dog: what’s lurking in your salad?

Dr Dan Horton (Associate Dean Research and Innovation (FHMS), Reader In Veterinary Virology)
Dr Joaquin M Prada (Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Epidemiology)
Dr Martha Betson (Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology)
Given the massive rise in pet ownership during COVID, our team will give some deeper insight into your pets (and infections they carry!).
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