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On the 27th of June 2015, Soapbox Science together with a team from Newcastle University will transform the Monument area in Newcastle City Centre into a hub for science and discovery.
As female scientists from across the region – and beyond it – take to the streets, get on a soapbox and showcase their science to the public, the aim is simple: bring science and the women doing it to the attention of the general public.
Sponsors
Soapbox Science 2015 Newcastle is being coordinated by a team from the Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, who were enthused after meeting Professor Hilary Lappin-Scott, coordinator of Soapbox Science 2014 Swansea, through our activities to promote equality in science. The event is sponsored by STFC, who also support directly the research of several of our speakers.
The NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre in Ageing & Chronic Disease (BRC) is also supporting the Newcastle Soapbox Science event. The BRC is a partnership between the Newcastle NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University delivering a comprehensive research programme aimed at improving healthcare in an expanding ageing population. It capitalises on a strong track record for translational research in Newcastle bringing together multidisciplinary teams to pursue patient-centred research in a wide range of diseases where age is a major risk factor.
Newcastle Wood Recycling have then generously supplied the soapboxes for the Newcastle Soapbox Science event. Newcastle Wood Recycling is a financially self-supporting social enterprise set up to save resources, create jobs and provide training and volunteering opportunities for local people. They rescue, re-use and recycle waste timber and are part of an award winning network of enterprises striving to reduce waste and make more efficient use of resources’.
Several of our speakers are then individually sponsored:
The Natural Environment Research Council is sponsoring Misses Jessica Duffill Telsnig & Jasmine Black. The Natural Environment Research Council is the UK’s largest funder of independent environmental science, training and innovation, delivered through universities and research centres. Formed by Royal Charter in 1965, the Natural Environment Research Council marks its 50th anniversary in 2015. Throughout NERC’s Summer of Science, NERC researchers (such as Jessica and Jasmine) will be taking their work and enthusiasm out to the public, branching out from the usual science festival venues into shopping centres, music festivals, pubs and even beaches.
Immunology North East is sponsoring Dr Rachel Williams. Immunology North East is a regional group of the British Society for Immunology. This group aims to promote discussion and collaboration between all those interested in immunology in the North East of England.
Details of the location & timing of the event
Date: Saturday 27th June 2015
Address: Monument area in Newcastle City Centre
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Speakers
Although this is the first time that Soapbox Science is coming to Newcastle, the competition to appear as a speaker was strong and it wasn’t easy to choose the winners. With a variety of topics and scientists from different levels of their career, our speakers are:
Miss Jasmine Black (@JasmineBlack90), Newcastle University ‘Soil’s got talent – delve into the dark, mysterious world of soil and discover why it’s so important to you’
Dr Carolin Crawford, University of Cambridge ‘Dwarf planets – there’s more to the solar system than you might think’
Miss Jessica Duffill Telsnig (@JTelsnig), Newcastle University ‘Fish detectives save our seas: Fish detectives help to solve scientific mysteries of where all the fish went’
Dr Vicky Forster (@vickyyyf), Newcastle University ‘Cancer: Why me?’
Dr Elizabeth Gibson (@chelsea_buns), Newcastle University ‘DIY Solar Cells – Using chemistry and sunlight for sustainable energy’
Dr Elisabeth Lowe (@Lis_Lowe), Newcastle University ‘Gut bacteria – what have they ever done for us?’
Prof Cait MacPhee (@sciorama), The University of Edinburgh ‘The Physics of Everyday – How physics runs your day to day life’
Ms Christina McQuirk Space here and now: What space enables down here on earth’
Dr Kathy Romer (@kathy_romer), University of Sussex ‘Dark energy- a cosmic mystery. Find out why we are going to the ends of the Earth to prove Einstein wrong, or right, or probably both….’
Dr Sarah Staniland, University of Sheffield ‘Can biology make nanotechnology?’
Dr Cathleen Thomas (@northwildlife), Northern Wildlife Trust ‘Wash your wellies! Biosecurity, plant health and invasive species’
Dr Rachel Williams (@rachelwilliams), Newcastle University ‘Inflammation – what, why and ow! Your body’s response when sticks and stones break your bones’
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