Monday, 4 April 2011

Sci Cafe Extra events in May

17 May 2011 at 19:00
Professor Neil Hyatt
Royal Academy of Engineering and NDA Chair in Radioactive Waste Management
Director, Immobilisation Science Laboratory

I would like to offer to lead a future sesssion on "What happened at the Fukushima nuclear power plant?". My presentation would cover what went right, what went wrong, and the likely long term impact on human health, the environment, and the nuclear renaissance.

26 May 2011 at 19:00
Wellcome Trust-funded feature length documentary on stem cells. The film is a collaboration between an Edinburgh
based team of filmmakers and scientists. Director is Amy Hardie (Docspace,Scottish Documentary Institute) and Scientific Producer Dr Clare Blackburn (MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh).
Please book via http://vof-sheffield.eventbrite.com/
The film investigates the science, ethics and societal issues around stem cell research. From past breakthrough to subsequent clinical applications.

Prof Peter Andrews, co-director of the Centre for Stem Cell Biology at the University of Sheffield will take part in the screening organised in Sheffield.

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Sheffield Café Scientifique

Sheffield Café Scientifique is held in the café bar of "The Showroom", where the general public, practising scientists and science communicators gather in a relaxed and informal environment to explore the latest developments in science and technology.
We meet on the first Monday of each month (except when that's a bank holiday, we do the following Monday)