Southeast Science Festival 2017
Sunday 12th November
Sunday Funday for Families
Various performers and hands-on science activities
Lismore Heritage Centre
14:00-17:00
The town of Lismore is hosting an exciting day long festival for families as part of the Southeast Science Festival and National Science Week. On the day, visitors are welcome to participate in a number of different events for all ages including hands-on science and maths activities. In addition, James Soper, the Juggling Scientist, will perform on stage and Caroline Ainslie will engage the younger audience in bubbly maths activities.
The Real Science of the Circus with James Soper
The Real Science of the Circus is a live science show like no other. Performed by James Soper, the juggling scientist, the show is a spectacular combination of top quality circus skill and science education. Spectacular juggling and balancing tricks are used together with lots of volunteer help to show how forces work and combine when real circus performers show off their skill.
Bubbly Maths with Caroline Ainslie
Caroline Ainslie - aka Bubblz the Mathematical Clown - brings laughter and games to rich mathematical activities. In an audience engaging show Caroline covers topics such as shape, space, problem solving and mathematical thinking. All activities involve either giant balloon shapes or soap bubbles.
Monday 13th November
The Bubble Show
London Science Museum
Waterford Institute of Technology (Auditorium)
18:30-19:30
Booking and info: 051 30 2037, 051 84 5575
The Bubble Show is the London Science Museum’s most popular show. This amazing spectacle features bubbles of all sizes going up, down, this way, that way, and all over the place… with a little help from the audience! Find out the secret Science Museum bubble recipe, learn how certain materials can change the way others behave, and step inside the famous human bubble.
Wednesday 15th November
The Role of Nutrition for Vision in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Prof John Nolan, Nutrition Research Centre Ireland
Waterford Institute of Technology (F03)
19:00-20:00
Booking and info: 051 30 2037, 051 84 5575
The lecture will discuss the link between nutrition and enhancement of human function, with emphasis on how dietary pigments, known as carotenoids, enhance vision and cognitive function for the general population. The importance of nutrition for age-related diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and Alzheimer’s disease will be explained.
It Takes Guts!
London Science Museum
Waterford Institute of Technology (Auditorium)
18:30-19:30
Families, general public
Booking and info: 051 30 2037, 051 84 5575
Follow the journey of your food into your mouth, through the acid bath in your stomach, along metre after metre of pulsating guts, and then… out the other end! This show, featuring video footage of people's inside, is a gross, squirm-inducing demonstration of why exactly your poo is brown.
Thursday 16th November
It Takes Guts!
London Science Museum
Loughboy Library, Kilkenny
15:30-16:30
Families, general public
Booking and info: 056 779 4176
Follow the journey of your food into your mouth, through the acid bath in your stomach, along metre after metre of pulsating guts, and then… out the other end! This show, featuring video footage of people's inside, is a gross, squirm-inducing demonstration of why exactly your poo is brown.
New developments in cancer diagnostics – a path towards precision medicine
Dr Carmen Garrido Navas, University of Granada
Waterford Institute of Technology (F03)
19:00-20:00
Booking and info: 051 30 2037, 051 84 5575
Dr Carmen Garrido Navas, researcher at the University of Grenada, gives a talk about recent developments in cancer diagnostics. She explains how and why cancer happens, what we know about cancer and how we currently detect cancer at different stages. Moving on from general diagnostics she talks about state-of-the-art treatments such as liquid biopsies. A leading researcher in this area, Carmen will discuss the concept of liquid biopsies and the advantages of using this analytical test.
