FREE SCIBAR EVENTS
Every 3rd Monday in the month
What’s on at Didsbury SciBar?
Didsbury SciBar meets every 3rd Monday in the month in person at The Albert Club, West Didsbury, Manchester and you can also join us online.
Our speakers currently scheduled for 2023/2024 are listed below. This list may be subject to change – join our mailing list or follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest details.
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18th December – Misconceptions about Climate Change – Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson joins us at Didsbury SciBar on 18th Dec 2023 – details to follow.
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15th January – The Future of Manufacturing and the 4th Industrial Revolution – Dr Rob Ward
Rob Ward from University of Sheffield discusses The 4th Industrial Revolution
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20th November – The End of Everything – Dr Steve Barrett
Following on from a incredibly popular event in 2022, we are delighted to welcome Dr Steve Barrett from University of Liverpool back to Didsbury SciBar. Although it took only three minutes to make our Universe (see Steve’s previous talk – Beginning of Everything) it will take more than a trillion trillion years for it to… Read…
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16th October – Get Energy Savvy – Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson from getenergysavvy.info joins us at Didsbury SciBar on 16th Oct 2023 to discuss energy efficiency in the home.
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18th September – Nucleic acid-based medicines – new tools for old diseases – Prof Peter Simpson
Prof Peter Simpson joins us at Didsbury SciBar to delve into the fascinating world of nucleic acid-based medicines. The Covid-19 vaccines are estimated to have saved more than 20 million lives during the pandemic. Two of these vaccines used a revolutionary biological approach to generating a medicine rapidly and flexibly (messenger RNA), and a revolutionary innovation… Read…
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21st August – Flourish – Michael Hardie
Michael Hardie from The Leprosy Mission presents at Didsbury SciBar discussing the people affected by leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) in Bangladesh and the efforts the Leprosy Mission is making to prevent any more cases of Leprosy.
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17th July – The Drake Equation – Gary Gilbert
Is there anybody out there..? This question – summed up in the famous Drake equation – has for a half-century been one of the most intractable and uncertain in science. Gary Gilbert presents at Didsbury SciBar discussing the science and thoughts behind a possible answer to life in the universe.
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19th June – The use of embryonic stem cells in clinical treatments – Prof Sue Kimber
Prof Sue Kimber joins us at Didsbury SciBar on 19th June 2023. Sue is Professor of Stem & Developmental Biology, Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine at the University of Manchester.
