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Join us at Manchester Central or online from the comfort of your own home to hear thought provoking talks from the world’s best science speakers on topics from the universe to ground-breaking new technologies to the human body and brain. This is truly a festival of bold ideas, daring innovation and transformative research available wherever you are. |
MEET FOUR OF OUR BODY AND BRAIN SPEAKERS |
Antibiotics in crisis: Can we stem the spread of bacterial resistance? |
Kip Heath, Deputy Lead Healthcare Scientist, Great Ormond Street Hospital |
| In 1928 Alexander Fleming came back from holiday and found that Penicillium mold was killing the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria on his culture plates. He had discovered the first antibiotic. Today, however, it is no longer possible to treat Staphylococcus aureus, the bacterium that causes MRSA, with penicillin. Scientists estimate that there will not be any working antibiotics by 2050. Join Kip Heath to learn about the history of antibiotics and the ways bacteria have developed to defend themselves. Find out what this could mean for healthcare and the impact on all our lives, as well as how we can slow the progress of antibiotic resistance. |
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| Imagine knowing years in advance the likelihood of developing specific cancers thanks to a bespoke understanding of every cell in your body; following a diet and health regime tailored to your microbiome; taking drugs that improve your cognition and help to acquire new skills; or manipulating the genes of your unborn children to eliminate disease or even enhance their capabilities. Join Daniel Davis as he discusses how these radical and disconcerting possibilities have arisen thanks to new technologies and decades-long collaborations between scientists. |
| Daniel Davis, Professor of Immunology, University of Manchester |
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A calorie is a calorie, so they say. It shouldn’t matter whether it comes from steak, a carrot or a doughnut. Except it does, as metabolic researcher Giles Yeo will explain. Our body works harder to extract calories from some food compared to others, which is why calories don’t always count. It all adds up to an important insight: we eat food, not calories. |
| Giles Yeo, Principal Research Associate, University of Cambridge |
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Towards a rational life: how thinking scientifically can help navigate today's world |
The modern world is complex and unpredictable, and we navigate through it the best we can. Much of the information we are bombarded with can be confusing and designed to appeal to our pre-existing beliefs, values and ideologies, so it is hard to be objective about what to believe and whom to trust. But there are steps that can be taken that give us some control over the way we deal with the complexity of the world. Jim Al-Khalili borrows from what is best about the scientific method and suggests ways to apply it to our daily lives to help us navigate modern life more confidently. |
| Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Surrey |
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