Kasia was invited by the St Peter’s Medical and Biosciences Society to talk about our work this month.
Thank you for inviting us and for your hospitality, it was lovely to meet you all and a really enjoyable afternoon!
Category Archives: Events
Pint of Science 20-22nd May 2019 – quench your thirst for science!
Pint of Science is coming to Newcastle again!
An exciting programme of science focused talks in 6 city locations, all in relaxed atmosphere and with refreshments on hand! Come meet Newcastle scientists and see what is being studied in our beautiful city.
To see the programme and book your slot, please click here: https://pintofscience.co.uk/events/newcastle
In the final week of our Black Box cinema, we explore KINSHIP
The International Rare Disease Day this year is highlighting the power of people coming together, the importance of social care and of kinship when faced with rare disease diagnosis. In the last week of our Black Box cinema we’re exploring the power of kinship.
What connects us? How do we relate to the world around us? Is kinship more than family?
For a full programme please visit: cnos.org.uk/blackbox and blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox
Celebrating women in film and science – 26th of February 2019
11th of February was the International Women and Girls in Science Day. We’ve organsied a free event at the Lit and Phil in Newcastle to celebrate women in film and in science. Come along to a free screening of Art from the Northumbria Uni’s CNoS fine art research group, followed by a discussion between the artists, Dr Ana Topf and Dr Kasia Piróg hosted by Prof Chirstine Borland. Details below:
Genetics Matters a success!
The 5th edition of our flagship Genetics Matters event took place in our Institute on the 23rd of February. The event was very well attended, the presentations sparked lively and interesting discussions and we had a special reel showing in our Black Box.
Thank you all for coming on a sunny Saturday afternoon (and a match day!) to celebrate genetic research in Newcastle and to raise awareness of rare disease and the need for rare disease research.
Thank you very much for the wonderful afternoon, it helped me a lot with deciding academic science and researches’ role in the practice of Medicine – participant
The format was very good and the cakes very moreish!! The Pop Up cinema was an excellent idea. – participant
The 2 talks I heard [..] were both absolutely outstanding and interesting for me to hear as a researcher and clinician. – presenter
It’s IDENTITY week in our Black Box pop-up
Does identity begin with the body? What role does science play in understanding who we are? It’s IDENTITY week in our BlackBox pop-up cinema, with films about relationships between mind, body and society in exploring who we are.
For a full programme please visit: cnos.org.uk/blackbox and blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox
It’s LIFE week in our BlackBox cinema this week
Limbs that grow back. Bacteria that eat plastic. Robot pills. Ceramics in our bones. It’s LIFE week (11-15th February) in our pop-up Black Box cinema and we explore how life emerges from raw materials and how artists and scientists work with life as a material
For a full programme please visit: cnos.org.uk/blackbox and blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox
2 days left to catch the FUTURES reel at our Black Box pop up cinema!
Full programme here: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox/futures-4th-8th-february-2019-10am-530pm/ and here https://cnos.org.uk/blackbox
Our cinema is here!
After a weekend of building and painting, our cinema is finally in at the IGM foyer. Please bear with us today as we sort out last glitches, we should be ready to start this afternoon!
Full programme here: cnos.org.uk/blackbox and here: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox
Full programme of Genetics Matters 23rd February 2019
