Thursday, 30 May 2019

18:30-19:30

SciBar: May

Gullivers

SciBar: May

The fifth SciBar of the 2018/19 series is with Prof. Joanna Verran, Manchester Metropolitan University.

May's topic is: Monsters, menus and microbes: adventures in public engagement

How do we engage with different audiences about our research and our subject? And why do we do it?Award-winning academic Jo Verran tells her stories of public engagement with microbiology, using - among
other things - art, zombies and mouldy sandwiches, along the way emphasizing the importance of good experimental design and evaluation.

* Please note the change of venue for SciBar. The new venue for this year will be Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW