LJMU at BA Festival of Science
01 September 2008
LJMU staff take part in one of Europe's largest science festivals.
The BA Festival of Science, one of Europe's largest science festivals, takes place in Liverpool from Saturday 6 to Thursday 11 September.
As part of the festival, LJMU is involved in the following events:
Saturday 6 September
The Science Butlers will be performing a unique mix of street theatre and science in Liverpool city centre from 9am to 10pm.
Monday 8 September
Dr Orlaith Fraser and Professor Filippo Aureli from LJMU are among the speakers at an event which asks: "Do primates avoid fights and what happens when they fight with friends?"
Aimed at people with a general interest in primates, the event is taking place from 9.30am to 11.30am at Lecture Theatre A, ULRB, University of Liverpool. Tickets cost £5 and are available through the BA Festival of Science website
Tuesday 9 September
Dr Jos Vanrenterghem of the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, will be investigating what happens in our brains to make us fall during the event enitled "The science of preventing falls". Taking place in the Neurosupport Centre, Norton Street, from 12.30pm to 1pm, the event is free to attend.
Wednesday 10 September
"Ask an astronomer" gives people interested in astrophysics the opportunity to quiz a panel of some of the UK's best astronomers. Professor Mike Bode, Dr Chris Leigh and Dr Andy Newsam from LJMU's Astrophysics Research Institute will be answering arrange of questions about the skies.
The event, held at Spaceport, Wallasey, runs from 7pm to 9pm. Tickets cost £6 and are available through the BA Festival of Science website
Thursday 11 September
Dr Peter Malinowski and Dr David McIlroy are among the speakers who will be discussing how meditation can help us live happier lives. The event entitled "Sustaining happiness: the science of Buddhist meditation" takes place at the Hearnshaw Lecture Theatre, Eleanor Rathbone Building, University of Liverpool, from 1.30am to 5.30pm.
Tickets cost £5 and are available through the BA Festival of Science website
