Grab your Pint of Science this May!
This year’s annual science festival brings leading scientists to your local pub to share the latest ideas and advances. Here, we’ve collated all the genomics events
Pint of Science is a global science festival that takes place in May each year, bringing researchers to your local pub to present their scientific discoveries. This year’s festival takes place on 14-16 May, in 32 cities across the UK.
You don’t need any prior knowledge of the topic. This is simply your chance to meet, hear from, and have a pint with the people responsible for the future of science.
We’ve combed through the list of this year’s events to pick out those that fit within the genomics theme. Some are more health related than others, but all should offer a fascinating glimpse of the latest ideas and advances.
You’ll find links to these genomics-related events below. Make sure you book your tickets sooner rather than later – at the time of writing, some events (not included below) were already sold out.
Of course, the festival is about much more than genomics – you’ll find events on neuroscience, astronomy, zoology and robotics, among many others. Find out more at the Pint of Science website.
Bath
Innovations of the human genome – 14 May
Belfast
Seeing in the future: Advances in eye research – 15 May
Birmingham
Personalised medicine: It’s in our DNA – 15 May
DNA: Searching for answers – 16 May
Cambridge
Rare disease: The genomic revolution, searching for a cure for the 1 in 17 – 14 May
Stem cells: the body’s master cell – 14 May
A night of nucleic acids: The different strands of DNA research – 16 May
Rare disease: Treasure your exceptions – 16 May
The development of the human body – 16 May
The technology behind mainstream headlines – 16 May
Cardiff
When the brain comes undone – 14 May
Adam & Eve: When sex matters – 16 May
Colchester
Our history of tomorrow: Superhumans or a dead end? 15 May
Coventry
The future of health – 16 May
Edinburgh
Unlocking life’s code: Crispr and you – 15 May
Exeter
Body building blocks – 14 May
Delving into dementia – 14 May
An apple a day keeps the doctor away? 16 May
Leeds
Harder, better, faster, stronger – 16 May
London
Gene editing: rewriting the code of life – 15 May
Unzipping your genes – 15 May
Yes, you. You are an ape. Didn’t you know it? 15 May
Getting to the heart of the matter – 16 May
New advances in artificial intelligence – 16 May
Wednesday night fever – 16 May
Your body is a walking home of bacteria! 16 May
Newcastle
Microbes and us – 14 May
Kidney Research UK: Our immune system – 16 May
Oxford
Can we read people? 14 May
Vive la résistance! 16 May
Reading
What the fork? A story of food and health – 14 May
Sheffield
Brew-tiful science – 14 May
Southampton
The future of medicine: biotechnology – 16 May
Stirling
Nature vs nurture vs drugs – 14 May
York
Revolutionary science – 14 May
Amazing evolution or simply messy? 16 May
