Glasgow Science Festival
Published: 12 December 2014
Two weeks of fun science events for all the family at various venues across the University campus.
4 - 14 June 2014
Various venues on campus
Two weeks of fun science events for all the family at various venues across the University campus.
Visit the Glasgow Science Festival website for further information.
Science Sunday at the Hunterian – part of the Glasgow Science Festival
There is so much going on at The Hunterian this weekend. On Science Sunday we have a wonderful range of great special events for you so come along and enjoy! Events are drop-in, free and mostly between 1- 3pm except for our special guest – see below!
Two of our biomedical researchers will tell you all about the work they are doing on bones and nerves. In The Life and Times of Bone, Hussein Jaffrey, Hunterian Associate, examines the structure and function of bone as a dynamic living tissue. Museum objects, models and microscopes will illustrate Hussein’s research and provide a fascinating insight. More info here
In ‘Brachial Plexus – Past, Present and Future’ Suzanne Thomson, Hunterian Associate, will tell us about her research on nerve repair and healing. She works specifically on the nerves that supply the upper limbs. Suzanne’s research incorporates modern techniques such as stem cell engineering but also harks back 250 years to the beautiful anatomical work of our founder William Hunter. More info here
In the Science Showcase as part of our Single Pixel Cameras exhibit, Dr Matt Edgar From the Glasgow University Optics groups will be running some hands-on demonstrations. More info here
We will have tours by our excellent MUSE student guides. Look our for posters to show you where tours start. Tours today include:
William Hunter, the Medic
Science History Highlights
Naturally Dazzling! The Zoology Museum presents an astonishing array of beautiful shiny bugs. Not only are they gorgeous to look at but there is some amazing optical science behind the lovely surfaces. Sticky tape, cinema 3D spex and microscopes are the tools you can try out to reveal some of the secrets of animal colours.
And finally, we have a very special visitor from the University of Oxford Natural History Museum – the dodo! The famous Oxford dodo is touring Britain to chat with its friends in museums up and down the country. Follow its journet on Twitter at @morethanadodo or #dodoroadshow. It arrives in The Hunterian for an hour on Sunday morning ( 11- 12pm) – it is a very busy bird - so come along, hear its life story and find out what its chum , our Giant Irish Deer has to say to it!
First published: 12 December 2014
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