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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

Pop-up cinema is coming to the IGM foyer this February

We’ve been involved in an exciting collaboration with Northumbria University the past few months, and we’re building a small cinema in the IGM foyer. We’re really exicted, come see for yourselves!

Black Box is a joint project by The Cultural Negotiation of Science (CNoS) at Northumbria University and the Institute of Genetic Medicine (IGM) at Newcastle University. Opening the door on the inner workings of genetic research, Black Box is a FREE pop-up cinema located in the IGM West Wing foyer showing a programme of creative film works inspired by and expanding upon genetic themes.

What do advances in genetics mean for the future of humanity and other species? How is genetics changing medicine? What do we mean by biotechnology? What possible genetic futures can we imagine?

The Black Box  pop-up cinema will feature 4 themed weeks, each screening a short (60-90min) reel of 5-10min movies. The themes have been inspired by the issues and topics in genetic research and are:

  • 4th-8th February – FUTURE
  • 11th-15th February – IDENTITY
  • 18th-22nd February – LIFE
  • 25th-28th February – KINSHIP