Midlands
NOV
Biology in Action
8 For A-level and IB students
2022
Biology in Action returns this autumn! Five interactive and engaging sessions delivered by
renowned scientists and communicators will inspire and motivate your students. Science
writer Helen Pilcher will chair the event, and inspirational biology teacher Leah McClure will
deliver a special session with hints and tips for revision and examination success will provide
students with the tools to succeed. This is an unmissable and tremendously popular day, and
we look forward to welcoming you and your students this autumn.
“I don’t remember a better student conference – we thought every speaker was excellent –
just the right level, all animated, engaging and well prepared.”
• Targeting tau tangles – the race to cure • Astrobiology – The Hunt for Alien Life
dementia
• Life Changing • Can our immune system be a personalised
cancer cure?
• Live long and prosper?
University of Warwick, Venue: £20 +VAT *
Coventry,
Plus one COMPLIMENTARY staff ticket per
CV4 7AL
10 students.
*VAT may be reclaimable. Please check with
your finance department
Education in Action is the leading provider of inspirational, informative, Education in
Action study days for A-level, IB, BTEC and GCSE students.
Award-winning, world-class speakers
Cutting-edge content
Thought-provoking demos and presentations
Examination hints, tips and guidance
Modestly priced to offer access to all
Complimentary staff ticket for every 10 students booked
Bookings can be amended up to 28 days before the event day
NOV
8
2022
Targeting tau tangles – the race to cure dementia /
Kevin Moffat University of Warwick
Ageing populations increase dementia cases, For the last thirty-two years Kevin has been
a neuro-geneticist at the University of
notably Alzheimer’s Disease. We have no cure,
Warwick. Initially developing genetic tools
however ‘oligomeric tau’ is a potential target. to function map brains, more recently he
Come with me to recognise its actions inside has been using the fruitfly, Drosophila, to
neurons and across synapses – we must model neurodegenerative disease. His
research encompasses neuroscience,
understand it if we’re to stop it.
physiology and genetics.
Astrobiology – The Hunt for Alien Life /
Lewis Dartnell University of Westminster
‘Astrobiology’ is the scientific search for life Lewis is an astrobiologist studying how
microbial life might persist on the surface
beyond our planet. Tour the planets and moons
of Mars. He appears regularly on the BBC,
in our solar system which may offer the best National Geographic and Discovery
hope, and further afield to alien worlds we’ve channels.
discovered around distant stars. Are we alone
in the cosmos?
Life Changing /
Helen Pilcher Author and science communicator
Ever since our species first evolved, we have Dr Helen Pilcher is a tea-drinking, biscuit-
nibbling science and comedy writer and
been tinkering with nature and altering the
author of ‘Bring Back the King: the Science
course of evolution. Now we share our planet of De-extinction’.
with genetically modified wolves, pizzly bears
and cloned polo ponies. Join Helen as she
explores the legacy created by this
evolutionary mischief-making and explores how
humans are changing life on Earth.
Can our immune system be a personalised cancer cure? /
John James University of Warwick
Why is cancer so difficult for our immune John studied Biochemistry, before
completing a PhD in Molecular Immunology
system to deal with? New drugs and therapies
focussed on T cells, an essential blood cell-
are beginning to overcome this hurdle and type of our immune system. He develops
truly cure cancer patients, by enhancing their new tools to reverse-engineer how T cells
own immune cells to destroy tumours from recognise infected cells and ‘calculate’ the
best response to keep us healthy.
within.
Live long and prosper? /
Oyinlola Oyebode Queen Mary, University of London
What can we do to improve our chances of a After degrees in Natural Sciences and
Neuroscience, Oyinlola completed training
long and healthy life? Should we be able to
in Public Health in 2014. Now a Professor
choose to do things that might kill us? How can of Public Health at Queen Mary University
people be persuaded or supported to make of London, she studies the behaviours that
choices that will lead to long and healthy lives? can make us healthier.
In this session we will learn about the
dilemmas facing public health decision makers.
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