Videos

The individual videos making up each of the sessions in the programme can be found here.

Introduction and closing

Welcome and Introduction

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Chairs of science4u, Kimberly Gilmore and Stuart Adams, get the 18th conference underway and, also, make the closing remarks.

Closing remarks

Science for the World closing remarks

Workshop

Viruses and Vaccines

The Royal College of Pathologists present their workshop, Viruses and Vaccines.

The RCPath team will help dispel myths and misconceptions, particularly in relation to COVID-19 and the new vaccines that have been developed to protect people from this coronavirus.

Running this workshop from The Royal College of Pathologists are Penny Fletcher, Public Engagement Manager and Thadcha Retneswaran, Communications Officer.

Science in Practice – 1

Echocardiography

Rebecca Macrae, Cardiac Physiologist, Barts Heart Centre teaching us about the human heart

Microbiology

Vicky Heath, Lead Quality and Risk Assurance Manager for Physiological Sciences, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust talks about Microbiology and Infection control during an outbreak

Haematology

Susanne Kricke, Senior Specialist Biomedical Scientist Haematology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust provides a lab tour showcasing the work scientists do in different parts of a Haematology laboratory

Science in Practice – 2

Simulation

Emma Broughton, Operational Lead for Simulation, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust talks to us about simulation beyond the classroom

You are what you eat

Clare Shaw, Consultant Dietitian, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust talks to us on the subject ‘You are what you eat…’

Sleep Physiology

Matthew Davies, Chief Sleep Physiologist, Respiratory Sleep Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust who talks to us about Sleep Physiology

Keynote speeches

Dr Vanessa Pirotta

Hump Backed whales, Whale Snot and Drones

Dr Vanessa Pirotta (Marine Predator Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Macquarie University) talks to us from NSW, Australia on the subject of Hump Backed whales, Whale Snot and Drones

Pinky Mokwena

Disciplines & Connections

Pinky Mokwena is a MSc student from the Tshwane University of Technology, majoring in the Environmental Sciences. Pinky Mokwena talks to us from Johannesburg Area, South Africa about Disciplines & Connections

Mahmoud Tareq Beshir

Fluidity of science careers today

Mahmoud Tareq Beshir (FameLab finalist 2020) who is continuing his studies for a second Master’s Degree in clinical oncology at Ain-Shams University, Cairo talks to us from Egypt about Fluidity of science careers today

Professor Trudie Lang

Solve a Pandemic

Professor Trudie Lang, Director, The Global Health Network, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford discusses Why we need Health Research to Solve a Pandemic

Dr Sarah Pitt

Going Viral

Dr Sarah Pitt, Principal Lecturer, School of Applied Sciences, University of Brighton who discusses how quickly scientists worked to developed laboratory tests for SARS-CoV-2 and then the vaccines