About this day
For A-level and IB students
Biology in Action returns in spectacular style in spring 2018! Five interactive and engaging sessions delivered by renowned scientists and communicators will inspire and motivate your students. A special session with hints and tips for revision and examination success will provide students with the tools to succeed. These are unmissable and tremendously popular programmes – secure places as soon as possible and amend numbers in September if needed.
“I don’t remember a better student conference – we thought every speaker was excellent – just the right level, all animated, engaging and well prepared..”
“We and the students had such a good experience yesterday I would like to go again next time and wanted to book it in with the school ASAP!!”
Programme & speakers
How animals behave and why – from moths to meerkats Tristram Wyatt, Oxford University
New technologies like bar-coded ants and virtual fish let us study animal behaviour in very new ways. Join Tristram to discover what makes animals tick, how we can understand meerkat societies, and what zombie cockroaches can tell us about the brain.
About Tristram Wyatt
Tristram is a researcher and the author of ‘Animal Behaviour: a Very Short Introduction’. His TED talk on human pheromones has had more than a 1 million views.
Emerging Infections – new challenges needing new solutions Julian Ma, St. George's Hospital Medical School
We face devastating threats from infectious diseases such as bird flu, SARS, MERS, dengue fever, Ebola or the Zika virus. Julian explores issues around the science, technology and regulation of new medicines, as well as the societal issues and challenges in dealing with infectious outbreaks.
About Julian Ma
Julian Ma holds the Hotung Chair for Molecular Immunology at St. George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London.
A dive into the planet's beating heart Greg Foot, Science presenter and communicator
Join YouTuber & BBC Science Presenter – Greg Foot – for the story of his dive to 1000ft in a high-tech submersible. Using stunning footage he’ll uncover how the deep ocean is the planet’s beating heart, and how we’re soon due a fatal heart attack.
About Greg Foot
Greg Foot is a Science Journalist on BBC Radio 4 (’The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?’), a successful Podcaster (’Surprisingly Brilliant’) & YouTuber (‘BBC Earth’, ‘Let’s Go Live’ etc) & live show presenter around the world.
From drug discovery to clinical trials and beyond Gabriel Brooks, GE- Life Sciences
Join Gabriel to discover how drugs are developed, what drug development really looks like from the inside and what it means for a clinician to make the switch between seeing patients and conducting studies for drug companies.
About Gabriel Brooks
Gabriel Brooks, Medical Director at GE – Life Sciences, trained in America as a clinical cardiologist and epidemiologist, and now develops, conducts and manages clinical trials in the pharmaceutical industry.
The Future of Your DNA Charlotte Mykura, Medical student
Dive into the tangled world of your DNA, as Dr. Charlotte Mykura explores how it keeps you alive and how it might kill you. DNA has marched us through life for 3.5 billion years – where will it take us next?
About Charlotte Mykura
Dr. Charlotte Mykura is a scientist, comedian and graduate medical student. After studying Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge she went on to undertake her PhD in Genetics at Imperial College London, before deciding to move into a medical career.