The Babraham Institute, University of Cambridge Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and the Cambridge Science Festival team are joining forces for Universities Week.
The Babraham Institute, University of Cambridge Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and the Cambridge Science Festival team are joining forces for Universities Week.
During Universities Week, 9-15 June 2014, universities across the UK are inviting everyone to be inspired, get involved and discover the work that they are doing to improve the way we live our lives and help to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. A week-long celebration of university research will take place at the Natural History Museum in London and at universities throughout the country.
The Babraham Institute, University of Cambridge Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and the Cambridge Science Festival team are joining forces for Universities Week and will be at the Natural History Museum in London on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 June. As one of 44 universities and research institutes at the event, our research focus is on epigenetics; how genes are influenced by the environment and how this research can help us understand our long-term health. University of Cambridge immunology PhD student Christine Schweitzer will also be on her ‘soapbox’ at the Natural History Museum Late event on Wednesday 11 June, discussing vaccines for HIV and influenza.
Events closer to home:
Discoveries: Art, Science and Exploration from the University of Cambridge Museums
10am – 5pm, Tuesday – Saturday, 12noon – 5pm, Sunday until 27 July, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, CB2 1RB
The first major exhibition to bring together the fascinating collections from all 8 University of Cambridge Museums. Discoveries displays objects that span millennia; from artworks to scientific artefacts, historic instruments to rare zoological specimens.
The Nature of Discovery
6pm – 8pm, Tuesday 10 June, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, CB2 1RB
Join five Cambridge museum directors as they debate how differing notions and meanings of ‘discovery’ have enriched our understanding of the world and inspired the creation of their extraordinary collections.
Pre book tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk, £5
And further afield:
The Messiah and the Novelist: Approaches to Jesus in Fiction
7pm – 9pm, Friday 13 June, Chester Cathedral, St Werburgh Street, Chester, CH1 2DY
Dr Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge and former Archbishop of Canterbury delivers an inaugural lecture at Chester Cathedral. Book online
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