Tuesday 15 October 2024
Alien Intelligences - from Octopus to AI: BrainFacts Live! in Chicago
Forrest Collman (Allen Institute, Seattle) and Cassady Olson (Ragsdale Laboratory, University of Chicago) talk about digital, human and octopus intelligence, with a trivia quiz devised by Kaitlyn Cosimo (Allen Insitute) at the Haymarket Pub and Brewery, Chicago, October 7th 2024Chaired by Richard Wingate
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Journey to the Inner Cosmos: BrainFacts LIVE in Washington DC: November 12 2023
BrainFacts presents Journey to the Inner Cosmos with three fantastic speakers: Professors Damien Fair, Susanna Martinez-Conde and Joseph LeDoux along with Joe's band, The Amygdaloids, at the Right Proper Brewery's Shaw Brewpub and Restaurant, Washington DC.
MC'ed by Richard Wingate
Saturday 4 November 2023
Waterstones best books of 2023
"The Story of the Cell..." is one of Waterstone's top ten popular science books of 2023 (Mathematics and Neurosciences)
Saturday 28 October 2023
"The Story of the Brain..." Italian edition
"Storia del cervello in dieci cellule e mezzo" by Richard Wingate, Giuliana Olivero (Translator), published by Bollati Bolinghieri (October 2023)
Thursday 15 June 2023
The Design of Science - at Imperial College
Panel discussion with Andrea Tse (Associate Director, Allies and Morrison Architects), Oscar Ces (Head of Chemistry, Imperial College) hosted by Lucy Wall (Science Communication MSc student) and Stephen Webster, Lead for the Good Science Project
Thursday 25 May 2023
Interview with Hugo Rifkind on TImes Radio
Interview with Hugo Rifkind on The Story of the Brain in 10 1/2 Cells as part of the Life Lessons slot on Times Radio.
Listen again - the interview starts at approximately 2h 22 min
Saturday 1 April 2023
"The Story of the Brain in 10½ Cells"
"The Story of the Brain in 10½ Cells" by Richard Wingate, published by Profile Books in association with the Wellcome Collection
Wednesday 16 March 2022
PSYCHE at the Science Gallery Bengaluru from April 1st
Richard Wingate academic advisor with Sanjeev Jain, Vikram Patel and Ulrike Klug for PSYCHE at the Science Gallery Bengaluru.
The programme opens with a public lecture on April 1 "Split Body, Synthetic Self: Excess and Emptiness" by Stelarc
Monday 29 November 2021
What can Science offer the Arts: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:00 – 18:00
Panel discussion on what Science can offer the Arts hosted by the MediCulture Festival and Team London Bridge. Tickets can be reserved here. Chair Richard Wingate with Charlie Murphy (artist), Dr Leigh Wilson (public engagement expert), Dr Ali Hossaini (philospher and visiting fellow at King's College London) and Yinka Danmole (artist).
Monday 22 November 2021
Sunnydown Synaptic at the Old Operating Theatre
Sunnydown Synaptic is an innovative outreach project & exhibition bringing together neuroscience, electronic engineering and visual arts for a dynamic series of workshops with students from Sunnydown School in Surrey.
Synaptic collaboration between artist Charlie Murphy, engineer Robin Bussell, scientists Dr Leigh Wilson, Professor Richard Wingate, PhD students Sally Horton and Sara Ratti of the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at King’s College London, and language and learning specialist, Jo Wood of Sunnydown School
12th November 2021- 29th January 2022
The Old Operating Theatre, 9a St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RY
Thursday 25 March 2021
The Art of Neurobiology
Special Guest in the Risky Behavior podcast series. Listen now on Spotify
"Join Dr. Sweta Chakraborty and Dr. Taylor Wallace for happy hour as they explore controversial issues and address your health and wellness concerns, ranging from nutrition and climate change, to sex and prescription drugs. Together this dynamic duo will loosen lips and spill tea from the heart of Washington, D.C., with special expert guests you won't want to miss!"
Wednesday 24 February 2021
Medical Culture Festival: The Drunken Botanist
Host for a discussion of "the Drunken Botanist" with author, Amy Stewart as part of the Medical Culture Festival -a collaboration between the Old Operating Theatre Museum, Florence nightingale museum, Southwark council, Guys and St Thomas hospital, Kings College and Team London Bridge.
February 17th 2021
Friday 13 November 2020
Two webinars on public engagement with Noggin NW
Two webinars recorded over the summer for Brainfacts.org with Noggin NW look at the how outreach can bond communities, Reconnecting our brain cells, one cell at a time, and simple ways to bring neuroscience out of the lab to a general audience Action and potential in education, outreach and research with Dr Leigh Wilson, Public Engagement Manager for Developmental Neurobiology at King's College London
Monday 30 March 2020
Molyneux's problem on Brainfacts.org
Friday 25 October 2019
Neuroanatomy Explorers at the Brain Awareness Campaign Event, Chicago 2019
Presentation by Leigh Wilson, Robyn Quinlan and Richard Wingate for the Brain Awareness Campaign Event at the Society of Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2019 in Chicago. The project involved class visits and a workshop at the "Spare Parts" exhibition at the Science Gallery London.
Scientists worked with 8-9 year old from St Francis of Assisi Primary School in West London to produce a pack of Top Trump cards. Each student imagined their brain and body adapted for a new environment and created a card for each with scores for different characteristics.
Monday 21 October 2019
Science in the pub at the Sidmouth Science Festival
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Brainwaves 2019
Sunday 24 March 2019
Tuesday 30 October 2018
Brainwaves - neuroscience on the beach at the Sidmouth Science Festival
The event was part of the Sidmouth Science Festival now in its 6th year. Our involvement was supported by a grant the Wellcome Trust to Jon Clarke
Monday 26 June 2017
The Lucida Symposium at Asia House
Richard Wingate presenting "The Construction of Perceptual Worlds"
Friday 30th June 2017 at Asia House.
Thursday 12 January 2017
Podcast: 2scientists Richard Wingate and Parmvir Bahia
Podcast conversation with Parmvir Bahia (from the US organisation "Taste of Science") recorded just before before Christmas 2016.
Follow this link to listen in
Sunday 6 November 2016
MOUTHY: Effie Paleologou and Iain Sinclair in conversation
3 November 2016, Guy's Hospital Chapel. 7.00pm
Paleologou's large-format photographs from Microcosms are currently displayed as part of the #MOUTHY season at Science Gallery UK in two public spaces: the Colonnade in Guy’s Campus until 25 November and on billboards outside London Bridge station from 24 October until 20 November [map].
Tuesday 6 September 2016
Launch of Suki Chan's Lucida
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Suki Chan's project is supported by a Wellcome Trust Small Arts Awards, University of Salford Art Collection and Arts Council England.
A publication accompanies the exhibition with essays by Dr Marius Kwint, Reader in Visual Culture, University of Portsmouth; Dr Richard Wingate, King’s College London; and Gareth Evans, Film Curator, Whitechapel Gallery.
TINTYPE, London
16 Sept – 22 Oct (Preview: Thurs 15 Sept 6.30 – 8.30pm)
Tuesday 24 May 2016
Pint of Science - Building Brains
Pint of Science public event at the Pavillion End May 23 (7-10pm).
Richard Wingate - Imagining the developing brain
Sandrine Thuret - Adult neurogenesis: can we grow new brain cells?
Sunday 30 August 2015
Thursday 26 February 2015
Parallel Practices outcomes
Interview with Tamsin van Essen, Celia Pym et al in Crafts Magazine (issue 253)
David Beazley's short film about the Parallel Practices project.
Thursday 8 January 2015
Parallel practices: photographs and films
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Tamsin van Essen's bone sculpture |
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Parallel Practices: Life Sciences Museum and Tamsin Van Essen open house
The Museum will be open 11am - 4 pm on Sunday December 14th, Monday December 15th and Wednesday December 17th.
Sunday visits can be pre-booked here
Tamsin van Essen's residency is a collaboration with Richard Wingate and the Anatomy Department at King's College London and is part of Parallel Practices