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<strong>SCIENCE</strong><br />
<strong>FESTIVAL</strong><br />
LATES<br />
THURSDAY<br />
24 MARCH<br />
AGES 18+ SPECIAL EVENT<br />
Want to build and program a<br />
LEGO® brick goalkeeper? Or<br />
remove a blood clot from a brain<br />
in A&E? Science Festival Lates<br />
is the event for you as we turn our<br />
flagship children’s venue over to<br />
adults for one very special night.<br />
We’ve got brains, bees, circuits<br />
and slime mixed in with music,<br />
drinks and fun. Don’t miss the<br />
chance to get hands-on and get<br />
your geek on; come join the party!<br />
7.30pm | 3 hours<br />
£11/£9 | City Art Centre<br />
Supported by<br />
SATURDAY<br />
26 MARCH<br />
DISCUSSION<br />
MENAGERIE OF MICROBES <br />
Join the Menagerie of Microbes<br />
team of artists and scientists<br />
for a day of interdisciplinary<br />
workshops, talks and discussions<br />
exploring the mechanisms,<br />
histories and future potential of<br />
simple yet complex life forms.<br />
Beginning the day with an hour of<br />
free exhibitor talks, the afternoon<br />
will follow with a series of three<br />
90 minute workshops. Sign up to<br />
each individually or join us for the<br />
full day. The workshops include<br />
creating textiles with microbial<br />
dyes with Anna Dumitriu, a<br />
micro-geography field study<br />
with Simon Park, and testing the<br />
intelligence of slime mould with<br />
Heather Barnett<br />
BEIING HUMAN DISCUSSION<br />
IS MY IMMUNE<br />
SYSTEM NORMAL?<br />
Feel like you’re going from one<br />
cold to the next? Over the winter it<br />
may seem like that, but does that<br />
mean there is something wrong<br />
with us? Join immunologists Arne<br />
Akbar, Sarah Goddard and Rick<br />
Maisels as we explore how the<br />
immune system works and what<br />
effect factors like age, stress,<br />
exposure to microbes and genes<br />
have on our immune systems.<br />
Together we’ll try to get to the<br />
bottom of what normal is.<br />
DISCUSSION<br />
GO HOME AND SIT STILL: THE<br />
SCOTTISH WOMEN’S HOSPITALS<br />
IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR <br />
A fascinating talk about the<br />
Edinburgh-born pioneer Dr Elsie<br />
Inglis. In 1914 she offered the War<br />
Office a female staffed hospital<br />
unit and was told to ‘go home<br />
and sit still’... She didn’t. Instead,<br />
Dr Inglis established the Scottish<br />
Women’s Hospitals. Christine<br />
Short tells the story of this<br />
remarkable women who braved<br />
deprivation, disease and war to<br />
provide a high standard of nursing<br />
care during the First World War.<br />
Talks: 11am | 1 hour<br />
Free | Summerhall | Anatomy Lecture Theatre<br />
Workshop: 1pm, 3pm and 5pm | 90 mins<br />
£12 each or 3 for £30 | Summerhall | ASCUS Lab<br />
Presented by ASCUS Art & Science<br />
Crystalised Bacteria © Simon Park<br />
12.30pm | 1 hour<br />
£6/#SciPals students £3<br />
National Museum of Scotland | Auditorium<br />
Presented by the British Society for<br />
Immunology<br />
2pm | 1 hour<br />
Free (ticket required)<br />
The Scottish Parliament | Education Room<br />
36 ONLINE BOOKING: sciencefestival.co.uk BOOKING HOTLINE: 0844 557 2686
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