The School of Biosciences at Kent is contributing its knowledge and expertise to the international arts event, Canterbury Festival 2016.
Throughout the festival, Younome – an art-science collaboration between artist Keith Robinson and Biosciences staff Dr Gary Robinson and Professor Darren Griffin – explores genomics. Self-portraits representing individual chromosomes will be displayed in shop windows along the King’s Mile shopping district in the centre of Canterbury.
Dr Tasos Tsaousis will be leading Little Monsters (Stacey Building Laboratories, Saturday 29 October, 2pm) – a Halloween-themed family event using microscopes to take a look at the creepy critters that live around us.
Professor Griffin will be giving a talk titled Dr D’n’A in the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge (Tuesday 1 November, 8pm), alongside research colleague Professor Alan Thornhill. The talk will explore the development of IVF and associated technologies, ethical issues surrounding these technologies, and their representation in the media.
A science-themed cocktail event on Thursday 3 November at 8pm in the Guard Chamber at The Pound with Dr Dan Lloyd sold out in 5 days.
Students on the MSc Science, Communication and Society course worked with Dr Lloyd and Canterbury Festival staff to research suitable events, shaping the series to span science and the arts and participating in programming for the event.
The Canterbury Festival takes taking place at several venues around the city until 5 November 2016.