Exhibition and lectures mark 75th anniversary of Wellcome Trust
Published: 23 November 2011
Glasgow’s world-renowned parasite research centre is staging an exhibition featuring the cunning parasites that invade our bodies and cause deadly infections such as malaria, African sleeping sickness and toxoplasmosis.
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology is staging the exhibition and a series of lectures, at Glasgow Science Centre, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Wellcome Trust.
The exhibition, designed by the Wellcome Trust Centre For Molecular Parasitology, explores the deadly mission of parasites as they invade the human body and evade our immune responses, and highlights the role that Scottish researchers are playing in trying to control parasitic diseases, which infect millions of people worldwide each year.
The exhibition will highlight how years of Wellcome Trust-funded research have greatly increased our understanding of infection processes. It is accompanied by a series of expert public lectures and a dedicated website (www.parasites.me), and is running from mid Nov to Jan 2012 at the Glasgow Science Centre, Pacific Quay, Glasgow.
“We’re looking forward to the public visiting the exhibition to see the work we carry out on their doorsteps,” says Professor Dave Barry, Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology. “The parasites we study affect children and adults worldwide, causing many serious and often deadly diseases. Our work, which involves researchers from Glasgow and further afield, could help save millions of lives and alleviate poverty. We are excited to be able to share this work with the public.”
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Wellcome Trust, which funds the Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology and is supporting these events. The Wellcome Trust was founded in 1936 following the death of Sir Henry Wellcome with the aim of achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. Today it spends over £600 million annually on biomedical research in the UK and overseas.
Lectures, Sat 3rd December
11.00 - Dr Markus Meissner “Bugs in the brain: How raw meat can change your life”
13.00 - Dr Sonya Taylor “There’s been a murder! Malaria the killer parasite”
15.00 - Dr Richard McCulloch “A sleepy bug that will keep you awake at night”
Lectures, Sun 4th December
11.00 - Dr Richard McCulloch “A sleepy bug that will keep you awake at night”
13.00 - Dr Markus Meissner “Bugs in the brain: How raw meat can change your life”
15.00 - Dr Sonya Taylor “There’s been a murder! Malaria the killer parasite”
First published: 23 November 2011
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