{"id":607,"date":"2017-05-17T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/?p=607"},"modified":"2017-05-17T12:06:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T11:06:19","slug":"pint-of-science-beautiful-mind-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/2017\/05\/17\/pint-of-science-beautiful-mind-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pint of Science *Beautiful Mind* in Southampton – Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday 16th May<\/p>\n

After a successful first Pint of Science day, the beautiful Mind team returned to the Stein Garten and Beer Keller in Southampton for day 2 of the festival.<\/p>\n

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The topic of day 2 was:<\/p>\n

Forgetting who you are: can science help? an evening where you find out\u00a0what goes on in a Dementia clinic, and\u00a0 how scientists are trying to change the lives of those suffering from dementia<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After an introduction by\u00a0 Charlie, our host of the evening, two brilliant female speakers took the stage, both funded by Alzheimer’s research UK, talking about their work on dementia.<\/p>\n

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Rebecca Ollington- our first speaker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First up was Rebecca Ollington, study co-ordinator and MARC PhD student at the Moorsfield Hospital. She gave a perfect overview on the ‘in’s and out’s’ of clinical trials from the perspective of both the participant and the researcher. We also had a go ourselves by drawing simple diagrams\u00a0 (not so easy if you have to redraw without an example!), connecting numbers to letter and memorize a list of words, while drinking a pint (or 2). Finally, Rebecca give a glimpse on her PhD research topic\u00a0explaining \u00a0the potential role of the locus coerelius, the area of the brain responsible for dealing with stress and panic in Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n

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BioSci students enjoying neuroscience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The well deserved (or needed?) \u00a0break was used to refill the pints, and to take part in our pipe cleaner competiton. An enthusiastic audience created fabulous neurons, some accompanied by a scientific diagram- very impressive. Two winners were selected, each winning a goodie bag from hindawi, our sponsors. We also exhibited two very impressive\u00a0fashion creations, made by Peter Symonds 6th college students, as part of the Changing Minds project.<\/p>\n

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Winner of the ‘create your neuron’ comp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Grace Hallinan, our second speaker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The second speaker was Grace Hallinan,\u00a0\u00a03rd year PhD student from Biological Sciences, gave a professional, moving, funny and informative talk on her work on Alzheimer’s disease and why we should do more research in this field to understand and treat this devastating disease.\u00a0<\/span> Grace spoke about her research into how diseased proteins spread through the brain, and what she and her lab are doing to stop it. She entertained the audience with personal stories that motivate her, and showing the high tech ( but oh so cheap!)<\/p>\n

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neuron on a chip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

microfluidic devices she uses in her experiments. Her talk ended by passing on an orange, inspired by the’ pass on the orange’ campaign from Alzheimer’s Research UK\u00a0 illustrating the average loss of brain tissue in an AD patient – which is the same weight as an orange. Click here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> for some life streaming:<\/p>\n

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bloody brilliant!<\/span><\/p>\n

The evening was so much fun – I wished I brought my 13th year old daughter<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another successful event – now only one more to go!\"kahoot\"<\/p>\n

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