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Sheffield Festival of Science & Engineering. Over 60 fun, free events taking place during March 2015 - open to everyone. Come along and find out All events are free but for some about the fantastic science and you will need to book. Please engineering in our region note, there are admission - learn about breaking speed charges for events at Kelham records, the disease behind the Island Museum and Magna, ice bucket challenge and how and the Reconnect seminar has our personal data is really being a ticket fee to cover lunch (also used. The events take place stated next to the events). in university labs and lecture theatres, museums, libraries, Events are subject to change parks, cemeteries and even - for up-to-date details see a brewery! www.scienceweeksy.org.uk The Festival is organised by For further information: Sheffield Hallam University Web: www.scienceweeksy.org.uk and the Email: [email protected] in collaboration with local Phone: 0114 225 4870 schools, museums, industry and Twitter: @UniShefEngage commerce, and celebrates British or Science Week (13 - 22 March @SHUCSE 2015). #SFOSE 03

Venues and Access Information

Venues Access Information Further information on University campus venues University venues can be found at: All events taking place in University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University venues are fully University of Sheffield accessible www.sheffield.ac.uk/maps Kelham Island Museum Fully accessible Sheffield Hallam University www.shu.ac.uk/maps Magna Fully accessible Full addresses are provided for all event venues. Sheffield Central Library Fully accessible via lift If you have any queries regarding access please Soar Works contact us on [email protected] Fully accessible To find out more about the universities visit: The Hub University of Sheffield Fully accessible www.sheffield.ac.uk Upper Chapel Fully accessible Sheffield Hallam University www.shu.ac.uk Fully accessible White Willows Fully accessible Winter Garden Fully accessible

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Exhibitions Revelation: Exhibition Reconnect (Science and of Art Exploring Art Exhibition) - Parson’s Bioengineering and Cross, Jordanthorpe and Regenerative Medicine Shiregreen Venue: Winter Garden, 90 Surrey Street, Presenter: Ignite Imaginations Sheffield S1 2LH Audience: General audience Date/Time: Starts Monday 2 March, 2pm - 8pm and then runs every day from Do you know what goes on inside your body? 8am - 8pm until Saturday 14 March How it works and what it looks like? Ignite (Sunday 8am - 6pm) Imaginations invite you to explore, learn and be Audience: General audience inspired by the body. This interactive exhibition (open to the public 16 - 26 March 2015) will tour Sheffield-based artist Kate Sully has created an three community spaces in Sheffield. Including exhibition of vibrant mixed media artwork inspired workshops, exhibitions and discussions each part by cutting edge Bioengineering and Regenerative of the body will be represented through a different Medicine research at the University of Sheffield. art form depicting biological processes, changes Come and find out more about the amazing due to age and disease or showing how the body research into areas such as nerve guides and renews itself. Find out how art and science can cornea transplants, and experience what can work together to tell the story of how the body happen when scientists and artists get together! works. Funded by Arts Council England. See page 15 for Booking: Not required for individuals. related talk. Groups to book via Booking: Not required www.igniteimaginations.org.uk Venues: The Hub Hartley Brook Road, Shiregreen, Sheffield S5 0JF 16 March, 12pm - 5pm 17 March, 10am - 5pm The Beauty of Science: 18 March, 10am - 12pm Art In Glass Soar Works 14 Knutton Road, Parson’s Cross, Venue: Turner Glass Museum, Sir Robert Sheffield S5 9NU Hadfield Building, access via Portobello 19 March, 10am - 5pm Street, Sheffield S1 3JD 20 March, 10am - 5pm Date/Time: Saturday 14 March, 10am - 4pm and 23 March, 10am - 2pm Saturday 21 March, 10am - 4pm White Willows Audience: General audience 70 Dyche Road, Jordanthorpe, Sheffield S8 8DS Come and explore the Turner Glass Museum, one 24 March, 10am - 5pm of the UK’s most interesting and comprehensive 25 March, 10am - 5pm collections of 19th and 20th century glass. From 26 March, 10am - 2pm drinking glasses to contemporary installations the Museum celebrates the skill and artistry of glassmakers. There will also be hot glass demonstrations and a talk to find out more about glass - see pages 14, 25 and 26 for further details and booking information. Booking: Not required for exhibition 05

Wednesday 4 March Butterfly Evolution: From Exhibition of Art Exploring Jungles to Genomes Bioengineering and Presenter: Dr Nicola Nadeau, Department of Regenerative Medicine Animal and Plant Sciences, University See page 04 for full details. of Sheffield Venue: Winter Garden, Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 2LH Are You Prepared Date/Time: Wednesday 25 March, 12pm - 8pm for a Digital World? and Thursday 26 March, 8am - 4pm Presenter: Professor Fabio Ciravegna, Audience: General audience Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield The Heliconius butterflies are found in the jungles Venue: Council Room, , of South America; we may find them beautiful University of Sheffield, Western Bank, but their bright, bold wing patterns tell predators Sheffield S10 2TN that they are distasteful prey. Come and see how Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm scientists are using the wing patterns of these Audience: General audience aged 14+ butterflies to understand how genes control the diversity of animal patterning. See how colours The digital world is having a profound impact on and patterns are made up on the wing, and how our society, changing the way we work and even small changes in DNA sequences can translate the types of jobs that are available. The pace of into dramatic differences in colour patterns change has been increasing dramatically over between butterfly species. With live butterflies, recent years and is expected to continue with games, puzzles and hands-on demonstrations! even more profound effects. This motivational Booking: Not required talk explores the evolution of the digital world, the expected future directions and the impact on our society. Professor Ciravegna will address why young people should understand and learn to use digital technologies, including learning to write simple computer programs, no matter if they want to be an engineer or a historian. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 06

Thursday 5 March Friday 6 March Exhibition of Art Exploring Exhibition of Art Exploring Bioengineering and Bioengineering and Regenerative Medicine Regenerative Medicine See page 04 for full details. See page 04 for full details. The Data Farm Swarm Robotics Presenter: Professor Neil Lawrence, Department Presenter: Dr Roderich Gross, Department of Computer Science, University of of Automatic Control and Systems Sheffield Engineering, University of Sheffield Venue: Exhibition Space, Venue: Council Room, Firth Court, Jessop West, University of Sheffield, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, 1 Upper Hanover Street, Sheffield S10 2TN Sheffield S3 7RA Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm Audience: General audience aged 14+ Audience: General audience An introduction to the exciting field of swarm Like Hansel and Gretel’s breadcrumbs into the robotics. Inspired by the swarming behaviour forest we leave a trail of data-crumbs wherever observed in nature, such as in shoals of fish or we go: social networks, mobile phones, hospital flocks of birds, researchers are investigating how visits, credit cards and loyalty cards. Our every swarms of autonomous robots (from 10 to 1000) move is being watched! The data-crumbs are can interact with each other and solve problems seeds of information but what results from them… with few resources. This technology, currently is it a jungle with dangers lurking or a productive explored in research laboratories worldwide, may farmyard? And if our data is being farmed, where prove useful in a range of future applications, does all the produce go? including search and rescue, precision agriculture Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk and micro-medicine. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 07

Friday 6 March Monday 9 March New Ways of Creating the Exhibition of Art Exploring ‘Bun in the Oven’ Bioengineering and Presenter: Emeritus Professor Ian Cooke and Regenerative Medicine Dr Elspeth Whitby, Department See page 04 for full details. of Human Metabolism, University Of Sheffield Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Medical School, Friction: Banana Skins, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Bedbugs, and Bearings Sheffield S10 2RX Presenter: Professor Rob Dwyer-Joyce, Time: 6pm - 7pm Department of Mechanical Audience: General audience aged 16+ Engineering, University of Sheffield Venue: Mappin Hall, Sir Frederick Mappin An exciting introduction to modern reproductive Building, University of Sheffield, technology. The talk will look at the developments Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 4DT in infertility treatment from the first test tube baby Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm to the most current techniques. It will discuss Audience: General audience aged 11+ the value of each type of treatment and the advantages and disadvantages. Ethical and Friction is both our greatest friend and our legal issues will also be considered with time for greatest enemy. Friction in car brakes means discussion and questions from the audience. you slow down in time. Friction between your Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk shoe and the road stops you from slipping over, unless you step on a banana skin. Bed bugs, geckos, and polar bears use clever mechanisms to grip onto surfaces. But friction uses energy and about 30% of the world’s energy is used in overcoming friction. Professor Dwyer-Joyce will explain what friction is, where it comes from, and will demonstrate how it appears in all aspects of our lives. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 08

Monday 9 March Tuesday 10 March The Colour of Exhibition of Art Exploring Enlightenment Bioengineering and Presenter: Dr Tom Anderson, Department of Regenerative Medicine Chemistry, University of Sheffield See page 04 for full details. Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Dainton Building, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF Image-ing That! The Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Application of Imaging Audience: General audience Science in Medicine Every day we are surrounded by a world of living Presenter: Dr Andrew Narracott, Department colour, but what is the science behind the green of of Cardiovascular Science, a spring leaf or the red of blood? Why can’t a dog University of Sheffield see a red ball on green grass, but a bee can see Venue: Seminar Room 8, Medical School, invisible patterns on a flower? How can a Blu-ray University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, disc store more data than an identical-looking Sheffield S10 2RX DVD? Join Dr Tom Anderson of the Department Time: 4pm - 5pm; 5pm - 6pm and of Chemistry and discover the answers to all 6pm - 7pm these questions and more. Lecture with practical Audience: General audience aged 7+ demonstrations. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Explore the application of imaging techniques in medicine and how imaging science is used to improve patient care. Learn about X-rays and how an image is produced with the aid of our custom X-ray simulator. This workshop provides a chance to experience the state-of-the-art in applications of imaging for diagnosis of disease, to guide treatment and to aid the design of medical devices. With the opportunity to take some images yourself with the help of our team of experts. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 09

Tuesday 10 March Wednesday 11 March Microswimmers: Exhibition of Art Exploring Smart Machines on a Bioengineering and Small Scale Regenerative Medicine Presenter: Richard Archer, Department of See page 04 for full details. Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield Reconnect: How do Art Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, , University of Sheffield, Hounsfield Rd, and Science Relate in Sheffield S3 7RH Today’s World? Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm Presenter: Ignite Imaginations Audience: General audience aged 14+ Venue: SITraN, University of Sheffield, 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HQ Only a few years ago, microscopic machines able Time: 10am - 1pm to move around and perform tasks in the human Audience: General audience body were confined to the imaginative world of science fiction. But today, research groups around A stimulating seminar chaired by Revd Dr Richard the world, including in Sheffield, are working Walton SFHEA (Reader in Education and Director, towards making such devices a reality. Come and Regional STEM Sheffield Hallam University) find out more about our research into ‘micro- exploring the connections between art and swimmers’ - smart devices smaller than the width science. Talks will be given by researchers and of a human hair which could revolutionise the way artists on their work and how they perceive the medicines are administered in the future. connections between art and science. Join in Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk the debate in one of the discussion workshops and continue networking over lunch. See related exhibitions on page 4. Booking: Tickets £5 including networking lunch from 1pm - 2pm. Book via www.igniteimaginations.org.uk or email [email protected] 10

Wednesday 11 March Wednesday 11 March Sex to Cancer - Basic From Protons to People: Research Telling Us About How Chemistry Affects Disease? Everything Presenter: Professor Alastair Goldman, Presenter: Dr David Smith, Department of Department of Molecular Biology and Bioscience and Chemistry, Sheffield Biotechnology, University of Sheffield Hallam University Venue: Jessop West Exhibition Space, Jessop Venue: 6619 Adsetts Centre, Sheffield Hallam West, University of Sheffield, 1 Upper University, Arundel Gate, Hanover Street, Sheffield S3 7RA Sheffield S1 2PN Time: 6pm - 7pm Time: 7pm - 8:30pm Audience: General audience aged 11+ Audience: General audience aged 14+

Come to this talk and find out about Professor From ice to chocolate to oxidising brains, Goldman’s research in model organisms, in everything we hear, see, smell, taste and touch this case yeast, that allows him to delve into the involves chemistry and chemicals. With such an molecular biology of how human cells divide. This enormous range of topics, it is essential to know in turn may help us to manage and treat cancer. about chemistry in order to understand the world His team started by thinking about how yeast around us. In this event we will explore how the makes spores and ended up thinking about how same chemistry that holds ice together, gives to cure cancer - a big leap in thought! chocolate its feel-good factor and allows wood to Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk burn can be used to help explain how brain cells die as we age. At Home with Science Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Presenter: Revd Dr Richard Walton, Centre for Science Education, Sheffield Hallam University Venue: Campsall Village Hall, Sutton Road, Campsall, Doncaster DN6 9AW Time: 6pm - 7pm Audience: General audience - all ages

In this entertaining family lecture demonstration, Dr Walton takes a tour through ideas about energy using everyday objects and situations found around the home. There will be a live cooking demonstration as well as an opportunity for young people to act out the role of molecules. If you have ever wanted to know how to crack walnuts with your bare hands or tear telephone directories in half then this is the event for you. It might even give you an insight into why washing up can be so much fun. Booking: Not required 11

Thursday 12 March Friday 13 March Exhibition of Art Exploring Exhibition of Art Exploring Bioengineering and Bioengineering and Regenerative Medicine Regenerative Medicine See page 04 for full details. See page 04 for full details. TWIST! Discovery Night 2015 Presenter: Professor Doug Cleaver, Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University Venue: Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Venue: 6619 Adsetts Centre, Sheffield Hallam Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN University, Arundel Gate, Time: 4pm - 8pm Sheffield S1 2PN Audience: General audience aged 5+ Time: 7pm - 9pm Audience: General audience aged 11+ Back by popular demand, Discovery Night opens up the University’s laboratories and lecture Twist is all around us. Lots of objects in the theatres for an evening of activities from science, natural world (seashells, DNA, honeysuckle) engineering, medicine and dentistry. There will have a twisted or spiral shape, though it’s not be talks, exciting science demonstrations, lab always obvious why. We use twist in all kinds of tours and plenty of opportunities to put on a lab man-made objects - rope fibres, screw threads, coat and have a go yourself, with lots of fun, and staircases, TVs (yes, really) - because it makes hands-on science activities for younger visitors. them stronger or boosts their utility. But despite Everyone is very welcome and the event is free. being commonplace, twist is really rather unusual For further information see and elusive… In this talk, Professor Cleaver will www.sheffield.ac.uk/discoverynight lift the lid on some of the challenges twist sets for Booking: Not required future generations of scientists and engineers. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Yes We Can Presenter: Dr Pat Morton, Centre for Science Education, Sheffield Hallam University Venue: 6619 Adsetts Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PN Time: 4pm - 6pm Audience: General audience

Join Dr Pat Morton and a panel of women who work and study in jobs and careers not traditionally associated with girls and women, like construction, science and engineering. They will tell their stories and explore how more girls and women can come to believe ‘Yes We Can’. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 12

Friday 13 March Friday 13 March

Alzheimer’s Disease - The Long Term Effects of What Happens Inside the Cannabis on the Brain Brain? and Cognition Presenter: Professor Annalena Venneri, Presenter: James Reynolds, Department of Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Sociology and Politics, University of Sheffield Sheffield Hallam University Venue: SITraN, University of Sheffield, Venue: 6620 Adsetts Centre, Sheffield Hallam 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HQ University, Arundel Gate, Time: 5:15pm - 6:15pm Sheffield S1 2PN Audience: General audience Time: 7pm - 7:45pm Audience: General audience aged 14+ How can we tell the signs of old age from those of early dementia? What can we do to keep our This talk aims to dispel common myths and brains fit and healthy? Professor Annalena Venneri misinformation about cannabis and introduce talks about her research on Alzheimer’s disease the latest scientific research regarding the long and dementia using advanced neuroimaging term effects of its use. The focus of the talk will techniques to improve early diagnosis. She will be on cognition, and the effects of cannabis on also address findings from studies in which intelligence, mental health and the brain will also keeping the brain stimulated has resulted in be discussed. Given that cannabis use typically stimulation of reconnections between some brain starts during the teenage years - a period when areas which then results in better brain function. neurological, social and cognitive development is Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk still maturing - the risks around using cannabis at a young age will be explored. Head Injury Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Presenter: Mr Umang Patel, Royal Hallamshire Hospital Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX Time: 6pm - 7pm Audience: General audience aged 14+

Come and hear Mr Umang Patel, Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, talk about a range of head injuries from concussion to a patient in a coma requiring intensive care and operative treatment. The talk will make us more aware of the implications of brain injury and potential long-term consequences whilst looking at how rehabilitation can assist patients to recover. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 13

Saturday 14 March Saturday 14 March Exhibition of Art Exploring Alfred Denny Museum Bioengineering and Guided Tours Regenerative Medicine Presenter: Department of Animal and Plant See page 04 for full details. Sciences, University of Sheffield Venue: Alfred Denny Museum, , University of Sheffield, The Beauty of Science: Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN Art in Glass Time: 10am - 11am; 11am - 12pm and See page 04 for full details. 12pm - 1pm (see also Young Explorer Session at 1pm) It’s a Rubbish Adventure Audience: General audience Presenter: Stuart Ballard, Magna Science Come and explore our cabinets of curiosity inside Adventure Centre the Alfred Denny Museum where a world of Venue: Magna, Sheffield Road, zoological treasures awaits you! From venomous Rotherham S60 1DX jellies and prehistoric fish fossils, to the three- Time: 10am - 4pm metre tall ostrich and marvellous manatee, you Audience: Children aged 5 - 11 will be amazed by our secret collection hidden deep in the heart of the university. Our expert Find out what happens to your black bin rubbish tour guides will be on hand to show you round, and have a go at our Big Sort challenge. This answer questions and tell you a few of the hands-on workshop shows you what goes surprising stories behind our specimens. on in a waste recovery plant. Please check A fantastic educational experience for all ages. www.visitmagna.co.uk for current ticket prices Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk and discounts. Booking: Not required (see entrance charges) Where on Earth Did That Come From? Presenter: Peter Kennett, Earth Science Education Unit Venue: Start at top of steps leading down into the Peace Gardens, Pinstone Street, Sheffield S1 2HH Time: 10:30am - 12pm Audience: General audience

Join us for a geological walkabout to discover the natural stone used in the buildings of Sheffield city centre and unearth the fascinating stories they reveal. Did you know that Sheffield was once on the equator, and much of England was a hot desert? Did planners choose wisely for the stone under the Peace Garden fountains? How much has the Earl of Shrewsbury lost since last year? The route runs from the Peace Gardens to the Cathedral forecourt. Come with warm clothing. Booking: Not required 14

Saturday 14 March Saturday 14 March Mindfulness for Families The Beauty of Science: Presenter: Dr Lisa-Marie Emerson and Art in Glass - Hot Glass Dr Georgina Rowse, Department of Demonstrations Psychology, University of Sheffield Venue: A225 Conference Room, Alfred Denny Presenter: Department of Materials Science Building (use the entrance near the and Engineering, University of Sheffield bottom of the steps), University of Venue: Sir Robert Hadfield Building, access via Sheffield, Western Bank, Portobello Street, Sheffield S1 3JD Sheffield S10 2TN Time: 12pm - 1pm and 2:30pm - 3:30pm Time: 10:30am - 12pm Audience: Adults and accompanied children over Audience: Families with young children 10 years old only (aged 5 - 11) Don’t miss this opportunity to watch a fascinating Mindfulness can help children to be more aware hot glass demonstration in action in our of their experiences, such as feelings, thoughts laboratory at the University of Sheffield. After the and environment. This interactive workshop is demonstration you can explore the Turner Glass aimed at parents and children, and will involve Museum, one of the UK’s most comprehensive active participation in mindfulness activities collections of beautiful nineteenth and twentieth together. The facilitators will demonstrate century glassworks. mindfulness activities, and then invite you Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk to practice these within your family group. Participation in the workshop will give you ideas Explore Science & about how to introduce mindfulness into the Engineering @ Sheffield everyday life of your family. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Hallam University Presenter: Sheffield Hallam University Venue: Sheffield Hallam University Student’s Union (HUBS), Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2QQ Time: 1pm - 4pm (drop-in) Audience: General audience

This is an interactive family event which will see research students and staff from Sheffield Hallam University demonstrating their research in the fields of biology, chemistry, materials science and engineering. Topics covered will include bacteria and infectious diseases, the brain and conditions such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, forensic science (including finger print analysis) and novel materials for use in treatment of back pain and engineering projects. Experience a virtual reality world and find out about a project involving prosthetics. Booking: Not required 15

Saturday 14 March Saturday 14 March Alfred Denny Museum Revelation: Exploring Young Explorer Session Bioengineering and Presenter: Department of Animal and Plant Regenerative Medicine Sciences, University of Sheffield Presenter: Kate Sully and researchers from the Venue: Alfred Denny Museum, Alfred Denny University of Sheffield Building, University of Sheffield, Venue: Winter Garden, 90 Surrey Street, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN Sheffield S1 2LH Time: 1pm - 2pm Time: 2pm - 2:30pm Audience: Children aged 5 - 12 Audience: General audience

Children up to the age of 12 are invited to come Sheffield-based artist Kate Sully has created and learn what it’s like to be a scientist in one of an exhibition of vibrant mixed media artwork our special one hour workshops. During these inspired by cutting edge research at the University exclusive Science Week activities, you will hone of Sheffield into areas of Bioengineering and your scientific skills as you conduct skeleton Regenerative Medicine - the exhibition is on show detective work, analyse bones and investigate from 2 - 14 March (see page 4). This is a chance fossilised specimens, under the guidance of our to come and meet Kate and researchers from expert museum guides. Prepare to be amazed! the University to find out more about the amazing Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk research into areas such as nerve guides and Book early to avoid disappointment. cornea transplants that is happening in the city, All children must be accompanied and explore both the artwork and the science that by an adult for the entire duration of inspired the exhibition. the session. The parent/guardian is Booking: Not required responsible for the child at all times. 16

Sunday 15 March Sunday 15 March Alfred Denny Museum Alfred Denny Museum Guided Tours Young Explorer Session Presenter: Department of Animal and Plant Presenter: Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield Sciences, University of Sheffield Venue: Alfred Denny Museum, Alfred Denny Venue: Alfred Denny Museum, Alfred Denny Building, University of Sheffield, Building, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN Time: 10am - 11am; 11am - 12pm and Time: 1pm - 2pm 12pm - 1pm (see also Young Explorer Audience: Children aged 5 - 12 Session at 1pm) Audience: General audience Children up to the age of 12 are invited to come and learn what it’s like to be a scientist in one of Come and explore our cabinets of curiosity inside our special one hour workshops. During these the Alfred Denny Museum where a world of exclusive Science Week activities, you will hone zoological treasures awaits you! From venomous your scientific skills as you conduct skeleton jellies and prehistoric fish fossils, to the three- detective work, analyse bones and investigate metre tall ostrich and marvellous manatee, you fossilised specimens, under the guidance of our will be amazed by our secret collection hidden expert museum guides. Prepare to be amazed! deep in the heart of the university. Our expert Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk tour guides will be on hand to show you round, Book early to avoid disappointment. answer questions and tell you a few of the All children must be accompanied surprising stories behind our specimens. by an adult for the entire duration of A fantastic educational experience for all ages. the session. The parent/guardian is Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk responsible for the child at all times. Steel, Strength and Stamina Presenter: Sheffield Industrial Museum Trust Venue: Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY Time: 11am - 3pm Audience: Families and children

Would you have been able to work in the steel industry? Do you have the strength and the stamina, the eye for precision and the coordination? Science Sundays at Kelham Island Museum will have family activities including museum trails and workshops. Entrance charges: Adults £5.00, Concessions: £4.00, Accompanied Children: Free!**Not applicable to school visits Booking: Not required (see museum entrance charges) 17

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a charity that promotes the public understanding Reconnect (Science and science and is leading the Ask for Evidence Art Exhibition) - The Hub, campaign. Shiregreen Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk See page 04 for full details. Data Data Everywhere! Nanoscale Photography: What Can We Make Of It? The Use of Light in Science Presenter: Dr Teresa Brunsdon, Department of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University Presenter: Dr Robert Ducker, Department of Venue: Pennine Lecture Theatre, Level 2, Owen Chemistry, University of Sheffield Building, Sheffield Hallam University, Venue: Council Room, Firth Court, University Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB of Sheffield, Western Bank, Time: 7pm - 8:30pm Sheffield S10 2TN Audience: General audience aged 14+ Time: 6pm - 7pm Audience: General audience aged 14+ Data is collected from all sorts of places. It might be a telescope pointing at the night sky, the till at Light is fundamental for both science and the checkout, a scientific experiment to develop a photography. Come along to a demonstration of new drug, the record of purchases on a website how light is used in science, how we use light to or the location of an individual from their mobile create objects and how we use light to observe phone GPS. How can this data be explored? What our world. You may be surprised at how similar sorts of analyses can be done? What are the these processes are to photography. We will even benefits of looking at this data? What technologies show you how it is possible to draw a glowing exist to help with this? What is the hype about dragon that could fit on the head of a pin and how “Big Data”? Are there any past masters of data to take its photo! analysis? Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Sense about Science - X-ray Vision Ask for the Evidence Presenter: Joanna McNamara, Department of Presenter: Dr Chris Peters, Sense About Science Radiotherapy and Oncology, Sheffield Venue: 9130 Cantor Building, Sheffield Hallam Hallam University University, 153 Arundel Street, Venue: F518 Robert Winston Building, Sheffield Sheffield S1 2NU Hallam University, Collegiate Crescent, Time: 5pm - 7pm Sheffield S10 2BP Audience: General audience aged 16+ Time: 7pm - 9pm Audience: General audience We hear daily claims about what is good for our health, bad for the environment, how to improve This enlightening talk will look at health promotion education, cut crime, treat disease or improve and prevention techniques associated with agriculture. Some are based on reliable evidence cancer. It will outline the treatment methods used and scientific rigour. Many are not. How can we to treat cancer patients and allow participants to make companies, politicians, commentators and view inside the human body and use a 3D virtual official bodies accountable for the claims they Linear Accelerator. make? If they want us to vote for them, believe Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk them or buy their products, then we should Ask for Evidence. This talk is by Sense About Science, 18

Tuesday 17 March Tuesday 17 March

Motor neurone disease (MND), also known as ALS, Reconnect (Science and is a devastating disease that leads to progressive Art Exhibition) - The Hub, muscle paralysis. The celebrated physicist Stephen Shiregreen Hawking is the longest known MND survivor, however most people affected die within three See page 04 for full details. years after first symptoms occur. Whilst last year’s ice bucket craze has raised awareness and Why Don’t Chimps Rule much-needed funds for research, the battle to the World? How Human fight this disease is not yet won. Come and visit SITraN, a world-leading research centre, and hear Evolutionary Biology Professor Shaw talk about her mission to develop Made Us Who We Are effective therapies and improve the lives of people Today with MND. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Presenter: Trudi Bramall, IBM Venue: Room 942 Owen Building, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB Breaking the Human Time: 12pm - 1pm Genome Code - Opening Audience: General audience aged 7+ Pandora’s Box? An interactive exploration into how humankind Presenter: Professor Winston Hide, Department came about, what makes us so unique and how of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield our evolutionary biology continues to affect us Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Medical School, in the internet age. It provides an evolutionary University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, insight into why we walk on two legs, why people Sheffield S10 2RX ignore each other on the Tube, and why texting Time: 5:15pm - 6:15pm and social media are so popular. Come along Audience: General audience and discover the story behind how our ancestors descended from the trees to become the most Recent technology advances have resulted in the successful and culturally diverse species that has ability to sequence anyone’s genome cheaply and ever lived. quickly, but we are only just beginning the journey Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk to discover the true meaning of our individual genomes. If you have your own genome sequenced, who should see it? How can we safely Remember the Ice Bucket share a genome without ending up opening Challenge? Now Find Out a whole new form of cybersnooping? Using about Motor Neurone neurodegenerative diseases as an example, this talk will explore how these problems are being Disease! addressed and how this new technology could Presenter: Professor Dame Pamela Shaw, be used to predict whether a person will get a Director of the Sheffield Institute disease such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or motor for Translational Neuroscience, neurone disease. Department of Neuroscience, Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk University of Sheffield Venue: SITraN, University of Sheffield, 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HQ Time: 1pm - 2pm Audience: General audience 19

Tuesday 17 March Wednesday 18 March The Diamond Reconnect (Science and Presenter: Professor Stephen Beck, Head Art Exhibition) - The Hub, of Multidisciplinary Engineering Shiregreen Education; Professor Buick Davison, Professor of Structural Engineering, See page 04 for full details. University of Sheffield;Pete Buist, Twelve Architects and Allan Grantham, Saving Money and Fuel Project Director, Balfour Beatty in the Home to Improve Venue: St George’s Church Lecture Theatre, University of Sheffield, 17 Mappin Street, Home Air Quality Sheffield S1 4DT Presenter: David Garlovsky, Schools and Homes Time: 6pm - 7pm Energy Education Project Audience: General audience Venue: Sheffield Central Library, Reception, Reference and Information Library, The £81 million Diamond building is the University Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 1XZ of Sheffield’s largest ever investment in teaching Time: 3pm - 5pm and 6pm - 8pm and learning, providing specialist engineering Audience: General audience aged 14+ teaching facilities, lecture theatres, seminar rooms, open-plan learning spaces, library Did you know that your home needs to breathe? services and social spaces. But creating a state Are you using more fuel energy (and paying of the art six-storey development in a built-up city more!) than you need to? Come and find out centre location is by no means straightforward. what makes you feel cold at home and how Come and find out how the design and delivery your radiator system works - and learn about teams have been working together to turn this ventilation, insulation, renewable energy options, fantastic vision into reality - and hear more how your choice of appliance affects your usage about some of the research we’re doing into the and even how to read your fuel bill. engineering challenges behind creating structures Booking: To book contact David at Solar Active: of this scale. email [email protected] or Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk phone 0114 2587639. Institute of Engineering A New Approach to Technology Quiz Night Parkinson’s Disease Presenter: Richard Lee, Institute of Engineering Presenter: Professor Oliver Bandmann, and Technology Department of Neuroscience, Venue: Cutting Edge Café, The Atrium, Owen University of Sheffield Building, Sheffield Hallam University, Venue: SITraN, University of Sheffield, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HQ Time: 7pm - 9pm Time: 5:15pm - 6:15pm Audience: General audience Audience: General audience

Teams of four are invited to take part in this light- Parkinson’s disease is the second most common hearted, fun-filled general knowledge (and a little neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s science) quiz. Cash prizes of £75, £50 and £25! and every day, 80 people in the UK are newly All teams warmly welcomed. Nibbles provided diagnosed. Parkinson’s expert Professor - sponsored by the IET Local Bandmann talks about the disease and its Network. complications, the search for effective treatments Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk and his pioneering Parkinson’s research. Learn 20

Wednesday 18 March Wednesday 18 March about recent discoveries and approaches to tackle the disease, as well as a promising candidate Stem Cell Therapies for drug that has emerged from the team’s drug Low Back Pain screen which could help to slow down the Presenter: Dr Christine Le Maitre, Biomedical disease. Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk University Venue: Pennine Lecture Theatre, Level 2, Owen Would Aliens Building, Sheffield Hallam University, Look Like Us? Howard Street S1 1WB Time: 6pm - 8pm Presenter: Dr Simon Goodwin, Department of Audience: General audience Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield This event will explore research investigating the Venue: Lecture Theatre 7, Hicks Building, use of stem cells to repair the shock absorbers University of Sheffield, Hounsfield Rd, in your spine known as the intervertebral discs. Sheffield S3 7RH Topics including stem cell sources, smart materials Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm and regenerative potential will be discussed Audience: General audience aged 12+ together with a variety of activities to aid the understanding of the topics. The science fiction image of aliens is always Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk something similar to us like the Klingons and ubiquitous ‘little green men’. But how realistic is this? Dr Goodwin will talk about what ways alien Science, History and life might be similar to Earth life, and how it could Brewing at Kelham be completely different. Presenter: Dr Pat Morton, Centre for Science Booking: Not required Education, Sheffield Hallam University Venue: Kelham Island Industrial Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY Time: 6pm - 9pm Audience: Adults aged 18+ A special event to discover the science in brewing beer, the history of brewing in Sheffield and a chance for hands-on experiments! The session will include a brewery tour, refreshments and an expert panel to answer your questions. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 21

Thursday 19 March Thursday 19 March Reconnect (Science and What Doesn’t Kill You Art Exhibition) - Soar Makes You Stronger: Works, Parson’s Cross Teaching the Brain to See page 04 for full details. Protect Itself from Stroke Presenter: Professor Arshad Majid, Department Stretching the of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield Imagination: Latest Venue: SITraN, University of Sheffield, 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HQ Developments in Novel Time: 5:15pm - 6:15pm Expanding ‘Auxetic’ Audience: General audience Materials Strokes are a major health problem in the UK Presenter: Andrew Alderson, Materials and and the third largest cause of death, after heart Engineering Research Institute, disease and cancer. A stroke is a serious, life- Sheffield Hallam University threatening medical emergency that occurs Venue: 1025 Owen Building, Arundel Street, when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut Sheffield Hallam University, off. Every year, around 110,000 people have a Sheffield S1 1WB stroke in England and the resulting brain injuries Time: 2pm - 3pm are a major cause of adult disability. Professor Audience: General audience Majid talks about the latest insights into stroke prevention and recovery and his current research What do embryonic stem cells, Mother-of-Pearl in into the mechanisms that help protect the brain seashells, and the earthquake-resistant concrete from a stroke. structures in certain nuclear reactor cores have Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk in common? The answer is that they are all examples of an auxetic material or structure - one which becomes thicker when stretched (or thinner Carbon Dioxide: when compressed). This talk will unlock some of Enemy or Friend the secrets of these exciting expanding materials. Presenter: Professor Peter Styring, Department Hear how researchers at Sheffield Hallam of Chemical and Biological University are developing man-made equivalent Engineering, University of Sheffield auxetic materials and discover how they are being Venue: St George’s Church Lecture Theatre, developed for healthcare, aerospace and sports University of Sheffield, 17 Mappin Street, applications. Sheffield, S1 4DT Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm Audience: General audience aged 11+

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that needs to be eliminated from the atmosphere to avoid catastrophic climate change. One approach is to bury it underground in what is essentially geological landfill. But if we look at CO2 as a commodity rather than a waste then we have the potential to produce a renaissance in the chemicals and energy industries. We can re-use the CO2 to make new materials and ultimately profit. Come and find out more. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 22

Thursday 19 March Friday 20 March The Science in Brewing Reconnect (Science and Presenter: Dr Pat Morton, Centre for Science Art Exhibition) - Soar Education, Sheffield Hallam University Venue: Welbeck Abbey Brewery, Brewery Yard, Works, Parson’s Cross Welbeck, Worksop S80 3LT See page 04 for full details. Time: 6pm - 8:30pm Audience: Adults aged 18+ Engineering for Speed: A special event at Welbeck Abbey Brewery to see Guy Martin vs. Gravity the brewery, sample the beer and have a bite Presenter: Christina King, Dr Heather Driscoll to eat as well as exploring the science behind and Alice Bullas, Centre for Sports brewing. Try some hands on experiments with Engineering Research, Sheffield Bob Kiddle and hear from some of the region’s Hallam University micro-brewers, including Claire Monk. Claire is Venue: F518 Robert Winston Building, Sheffield Head Brewer at Welbeck, and one of the country’s Hallam University, Broomhall Road, youngest brewers as well as being one of the Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield S10 2BP few women in brewing (and she happens to be a Time: 10:30am - 11:30am former student of microbiology and biochemistry Audience: General audience aged 11+ at University of Sheffield). Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk The Centre for Sports Engineering Research at Sheffield Hallam University was commissioned by North One Television to work on the TV series ‘Speed with Guy Martin’. The first challenge was to design and build the world’s fastest toboggan which successfully smashed the world record achieving 83.49mph. The second challenge was to set a world speed record for a soapbox (gravity) racer by beating an unofficial record of 84.4mph which was achieved in spectacular style. Shown on Channel 4 this year, come and hear the story behind the need for speed. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 23

Friday 20 March Friday 20 March Athena SWAN Lecture: Mind Reading: Promoting Gender Man vs. Machine Equality In Science Presenter: Dr Aneurin Kennerley and Gaia Presenter: Professor Tom Welton, Faculty of Brezzo, Department of Psychology, Natural Sciences, Imperial College University of Sheffield and special London guest Looch (Mind-Reader) Venue: F518 Robert Winston Building, Sheffield Venue: Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, Hallam University, Broomhall Road, Sheffield S1 2JD Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield S10 2BP Time: 5:30pm - 7pm (doors open 5pm) Time: 12pm - 1pm Audience: General audience aged 5+ Audience: General audience Is mind reading possible? Claims for the existence Sheffield Hallam University’s annual lecture to of clairvoyance have not been supported by promote gender equality in science is pleased to scientific evidence and science is yet to prove welcome Tom Welton, Professor of Sustainable the ability of the brain to gain information (about Chemistry at Imperial College London to talk about an object or person) through means other than the impact of the Athena SWAN Charter. Come the senses. But recent research using functional and find out more about this important work and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) has provided how Professor Welton’s department achieved a demonstrations of thought identification. This Gold Award in 2013. event will culminate in a stage performance Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk pitting a professional mind-reader against fMRI technology. Which will succeed in accurately reading the mind of a willing participant? Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 24

Friday 20 March Saturday 21 March Zap, Crackle and Pop: The Beauty of Science: The David Allen-Booth Art in Glass Memorial Lecture See page 04 for full details. Presenter: Dr Marty Jopson, Science Presenter, BBC One Show Hands on DNA: Venue: Pennine Lecture Theatre, Level 2, Owen A Question of Taste Building, Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB Presenter: Amy Irvine, Professor Pete Sudbury Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm and Emily Strong, Department of Audience: General audience aged 7+ Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield Join Dr Marty Jopson, the BBC One Show’s Venue: Meet in Firth Court Entrance, University resident scientist as he takes a sparky journey of Sheffield, Western Bank, through the story of electricity. Do you know the Sheffield S10 2TN difference between current and voltage? With Time: 10am - 4pm the aid of the audience, Marty will explain. From Audience: General audience aged 14+ the Ancient Greeks, through Faraday’s genius, (under 16s must be accompanied) this show aims to put the awesome back into This all-day workshop will give you a hands-on electricity. You may think we have electricity opportunity to isolate and analyse your own DNA tamed, but are you sure? A show chock full of using the tools of a modern molecular biology demonstrations and a plucked chicken. Expect an laboratory. Come and have a go at techniques electrifying performance. and use equipment which you may have only Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk read about or seen on TV in one of the University’s science laboratories! Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 25

Saturday 21 March Saturday 21 March Alfred Denny Museum The Beauty of Science: Guided Tours Art In Glass - Hot Glass Presenter: Department of Animal and Plant Demonstrations Sciences, University of Sheffield Presenter: Department of Materials Science and Venue: Alfred Denny Museum, Alfred Denny Engineering, University of Sheffield Building, University of Sheffield, Venue: Sir Robert Hadfield Building, access via Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN Portobello Street, Sheffield S1 3JD Time: 10am - 11am; 11am - 12pm and Time: 12pm - 1pm and 2:30pm - 3:30pm 12pm - 1pm (see also Young Explorer Audience: Adults and accompanied children over Session at 1pm) 10 years old only Audience: General audience Don’t miss this opportunity to watch a fascinating Come and explore our cabinets of curiosity inside hot glass demonstration in action in our the Alfred Denny Museum where a world of laboratory at the University of Sheffield. After the zoological treasures awaits you! From venomous demonstration you can explore the Turner Glass jellies and prehistoric fish fossils, to the three- Museum, one of the UK’s most comprehensive metre tall ostrich and marvellous manatee, you collections of beautiful nineteenth and twentieth will be amazed by our secret collection hidden century glassworks. deep in the heart of the university. Our expert Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk tour guides will be on hand to show you round, answer questions and tell you a few of the surprising stories behind our specimens. A fantastic educational experience for all ages. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk The Causes of Colour in Birds, Butterflies and Bugs Presenter: Dr Andrew Parnell, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield Venue: Weston Park Museum, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TP - meet in the atrium near the polar bear exhibit Time: 11am - 11:30am; 1pm - 1:30pm; 2pm - 2:30pm and 3pm - 3:30pm Audience: Children aged 5 - 11

The natural world is a vivid colourful place and the way in which nature achieves colour depends on the situation and the animal. This demonstration uses examples from the Weston Park collection showing the physical structures responsible for the colours close up. With activity sheets for children to complete. Booking: Not required 26

Saturday 21 March Saturday 21 March The Beauty of Science: Alfred Denny Museum Art In Glass - Talk Young Explorer Session Presenter: Professor John Parker, Department Presenter: Department of Animal and Plant of Materials Science and Engineering, Sciences, University of Sheffield University of Sheffield Venue: Alfred Denny Museum, Alfred Denny Venue: Lecture Theatre 21, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, University of Sheffield, Building, access via Portobello Street, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN Sheffield S1 3JD Time: 1pm - 2pm Time: 1pm - 2pm Audience: Children aged 5 - 12 Audience: General audience aged 11+ Children up to the age of 12 are invited to come This is a chance to find out more about and learn what it’s like to be a scientist in one of extraordinary glasswork. Come and hear how our special one hour workshops. During these glass is made, find out just what it can do and exclusive Science Week activities, you will hone check out how many applications it has, often for your scientific skills as you conduct skeleton things we don’t even notice. We’ll also examine detective work, analyse bones and investigate the historical development of various glass fossilised specimens, under the guidance of our products and how their creation has changed expert museum guides. Prepare to be amazed! society. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Book early to avoid disappointment. All children must be accompanied by an adult for the entire duration of the session. The parent/guardian is responsible for the child at all times. Rock Around the General Cemetery Presenter: Peter Kennett, Earth Science Education Unit Venue: Meet at the refurbished Gatehouse of the Cemetery, Cemetery Avenue, off Ecclesall Road, S11 8NT Time: 2pm - 3:30pm Audience: General audience

No, not another pop festival among the tombs, but a peaceful walk around the other sorts of rock! Discover how well (or how badly!) the Victorians selected and carved their tombstones and how the memorials have fared since. Let the stones teach you about the evolution of the Earth itself, and of the British Isles in particular. For further details contact Peter Kennett on 0114 236 1271 (representing the General Cemetery Trust and the Sheffield Area Geology Trust). Booking: Not required 27

Sunday 22 March Sunday 22 March Alfred Denny Museum Steel, Strength Guided Tours and Stamina Presenter: Department of Animal and Plant Presenter: Sheffield Industrial Museum Trust Sciences, University of Sheffield Venue: Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Venue: Alfred Denny Museum, Alfred Denny Sheffield S3 8RY Building, University of Sheffield, Time: 11am - 3pm Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN Audience: Families and children Time: 10am - 11am; 11am - 12pm and 12pm - 1pm (see also Young Explorer Would you have been able to work in the Session at 1pm) steel industry? Do you have the strength and Audience: General audience the stamina, the eye for precision and the coordination? Science Sundays at Kelham Island Come and explore our cabinets of curiosity inside Museum will have family activities including the Alfred Denny Museum where a world of museum trails and workshops. Entrance charges: zoological treasures awaits you! From venomous Adults £5.00, Concessions: £4.00, Accompanied jellies and prehistoric fish fossils, to the three- Children: Free!**Not applicable to school visits. metre tall ostrich and marvellous manatee, you Booking: Not required (see museum entrance will be amazed by our secret collection hidden charges) deep in the heart of the university. Our expert tour guides will be on hand to show you round, answer questions and tell you a few of the Discovery Make and Do surprising stories behind our specimens. Presenter: Dr Alison Buxton, The Discovery A fantastic educational experience for all ages. Project Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Venue: Weston Park, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TP Time: 11am - 1pm Audience: Accompanied children aged 5 - 11

A selection of fun, family friendly science and engineering activities for kids (and grown-ups too). With mini-robots, fun LEDs, awesome rockets and more! Come along and see what you will discover. Drop in anytime between 11am - 1pm - look out for the gazebos! Booking: Not required 28

Sunday 22 March Sunday 22 March Alfred Denny Museum Throwing Spanners Young Explorer Session at Nanobots Presenter: Department of Animal and Plant Presenter: Dr Nate Adams, Department of Sciences, University of Sheffield Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Venue: Alfred Denny Museum, Alfred Denny University of Sheffield Building, University of Sheffield, Venue: Firth Hall, Firth Court, University of Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN Sheffield, Western Bank, Time: 1pm - 2pm Sheffield S10 2TN Audience: Children aged 5 - 12 Time: 2pm - 3pm Audience: General audience aged 11+ Children up to the age of 12 are invited to come and learn what it’s like to be a scientist in one of Nanobots work furiously and specifically to our special one hour workshops. During these produce the products required for a cell to respire, exclusive Science Week activities, you will hone respond and reproduce. Using his research, your scientific skills as you conduct skeleton Dr Nate Adams dissects the roles of nanobots, detective work, analyse bones and investigate and using exciting demonstrations (involving fossilised specimens, under the guidance of our fire and explosives!), brings photosynthesis, expert museum guides. Prepare to be amazed! chemistry and spectroscopy to life on a big scale. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Understanding how nanobots work helps us Book early to avoid disappointment. build a picture of how the entire cellular factory All children must be accompanied system functions. We can use this knowledge by an adult for the entire duration of to help research in medicine, food security and the session. The parent/guardian is bioengineering. responsible for the child at all times. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 29

Monday 23 March Tuesday 24 March Reconnect (Science and Reconnect (Science and Art Exhibition) - Soar Art Exhibition) - White Works, Parson’s Cross Willows, Jordanthorpe See page 04 for full details. See page 04 for full details. Getting Stuff In and Out Engineers - Making the of Cells: Towards Cleaner World a Better Place One Fuels, Greener Plastics, Idea at a Time and Fewer Stinky Armpits Presenter: Dr Emma Carter, Department of Presenter: Dr Paul Acklam and Professor Jeff Mechanical Engineering, University Green, Department of Molecular of Sheffield Biology and Biotechnology, University Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Sir Frederick of Sheffield Mappin Building, University of Sheffield, Venue: Firth Hall, Firth Court, University of Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 4DT Sheffield, Western Bank, Time: 6pm - 7pm Sheffield S10 2TN Audience: General audience aged 7+ Time: 6pm - 7pm Audience: General audience aged 14+ Have you ever wondered what engineering really is and exactly what it is engineers do? Getting stuff in and out of cells is an important This illustrated talk with Dr Carter will reveal how mechanism for all living things, from the simplest engineers save lives and find solutions to make microbes to the most complex of mammals. the world a better place. Scientists are increasingly turning to bacteria, Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk yeast and plants to produce useful fuels and chemicals in a more environmentally friendly way. Nuclear Power in the UK An understanding of how molecules get in and Presenter: Atkins UK out of cells is vital to making this happen. Join us Venue: 6619 Adsetts Centre, Sheffield Hallam to find out how cutting edge research is aiding the University, Sheffield, S1 1WB development of cleaner fuels, greener plastics, Time: 7pm - 8pm and the deodorants of the future! Audience: General audience aged 11+ Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Do you want to know more about developments in nuclear power in the UK? This talk will look at the nuclear industry in the UK focusing on why we need nuclear power, how nuclear power works, the technology involved and the consequences of using nuclear as a power source. Presented by members of Atkins, a leading engineering consultancy provider for nuclear new build and decommissioning in the UK, USA and Middle East. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 30

Wednesday 25 March Wednesday 25 March Reconnect (Science and Things That Go Bump Art Exhibition) - White in the Light Willows, Jordanthorpe Presenter: Dr Chris Sammon, Materials and See page 04 for full details. Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University Venue: 6619 Adsetts Centre, Sheffield Hallam Butterfly Evolution: from University, Arundel Gate, Jungles to Genomes Sheffield S1 2PN See page 05 for full details. Time: 7pm - 9pm Audience: General audience aged 11+

Deaths in Hospitals - What is a polymer? This talk will reveal all from What Are the Numbers natural polymers such as leather, wool or Really Telling Us? cellulose in paper, to synthetic polymers used in packaging, consumer products and medicine. Presenter: Professor Mike Campbell, School of We will discover how polymers are ubiquitous and Health and Related Research, integral to how we work, rest and play. We will University of Sheffield look at a group of polymers often referred to as Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Medical School, ‘smart materials’; these are polymers that change University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, structure under the influence of some external Sheffield S10 2RX stimulus, such as light and heat. Dr Sammon Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm will show how they are made and explain some Audience: General audience aged 16+ applications of the materials with the aid of examples you can have a play with! It is an obvious fact that people die in hospital Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk and poor hospital care can put vulnerable people at higher risk. So how do we decide if the risk in a hospital is greater than it should be? This talk examines that risk as a statistical question and works out what we would expect, and what variation in hospital death rates is reasonable. The talk will be illustrated by reference to the development of the Summary Hospital Mortality Index. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk 31

Thursday 26 March Thursday 26 March Reconnect (Science and The Hands of Nature Art Exhibition) - White Presenter: Dr Akram Khan, Department of Willows, Jordanthorpe Bioscience and Chemistry, Sheffield Hallam University See page 04 for full details. Venue: 6619 Adsetts Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Arundel Gate, Butterfly Evolution: from Sheffield S1 2PN Jungles to Genomes Time: 7pm - 9pm Audience: General audience aged 14+ See page 05 for full details. You may never have heard of hydrogen bonding The Virtual Physiological and chirality but these are two vital phenomena Human and the Future of responsible for life on earth - indeed, all living systems are chiral. Nature provides the building Healthcare blocks from which all living matter is made and Presenter: Professor Alejandro Frangi, whilst natural products are extremely complex, Department of Electrical and Electronic nature forms them easily from simple units. Engineering, University of Sheffield Scientists envy nature for being so good at Venue: Jessop West Exhibition Space, repeating reactions with the exact same results Jessop West, University of Sheffield, - when they can’t achieve this in the laboratory. 1 Upper Hanover Street, Come and discover more in this colourfully Sheffield S3 7RA illustrated talk. Time: 6pm - 7pm Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk Audience: General audience

This lecture will highlight how advances on physiological sensors, biomedical imaging and computational modelling are building ever stronger bridges between engineering and medicine. We will illustrate through intuitive diagrams and videos the main thrust behind the Virtual Physiological Human efforts worldwide and where Europe and the UK have had a leading role. Booking: Via www.scienceweeksy.org.uk