Science in the Pub
Location
139 Sandy Bay Rd
Sandy Bay
Hobart, Tasmania, 7005
Enquiry
- Mobile 0419 448 847
Event Date
- From 7th March 2013
- To 7th March 2013
What are your fears and hopes about new directions in biotechnology and nanotechnology?
Join Derek Muller from ABC's Catalyst and the Veritasium webiste and a trio of Hobart researchers for a drink and a chat about new technology, genetics, plant sciences and the ethical issues of these technologies.
Science in the Pub takes the form of a “Q and A” style panel discussion with questions from the audience and then a casual chat with the researchers Rene Vaillancourt, Susan Dodds and Emily Hilder from the University of Tasmania
Host MC for the night is Dr Derek Muller - a presenter for Catalyst on the ABC and the creator of Veritasium, an educational science channel on YouTube. Veritasium has more than 250,000 subscribers and has received over 15,000,000 views. Derek completed his PhD at the University of Sydney on the design of educational science multimedia. He has lectured at UTS and the University of Sydney. You can catch him on Thursday nights at 8pm on ABC1 in the six part series Catalyst On The Road.
Presented by the University of Tasmania, the Australian Government and Inspiring Australia.
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