Science For Sixth Formers Symposium

This event is primarily aimed at 6th Form students studying Pure and Applied Sciences but is open to anyone interested in learning more about a variety of fascinating scientific topics.

It aims to explore the broad spectrum of scientific disciplines, covering Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Medicine, and how advances in these fields impact your everyday life.

Research in Quantum Physics now has direct applications in telecommunications and medicine, while Genetic Engineering is modernising fields as disparate as agriculture and modern therapeutics.

The birth of Biochemistry several decades ago and subsequently Biophysics reflects how universities have tailored courses to meet these developments.

The symposium will aim to expand knowledge in all areas of science, from infectious diseases to particle physics, as well as demonstrate how recent advances in these fields show an integration of scientific disciplines.

It is the aim to show science not as a collection of individual niches but as a holistic subject which will greatly expand opportunities and create new careers for this generation.

They have organised this event to support the building of a science lab at the Flying Angels School in Zambia, where they are lucky enough to be teaching this summer. With the prospect of teaching science to the Zambian children, they believe that this event is the perfect way to spread awareness and raise money for the school. All of the profits from this symposium will go directly towards improving the education and facilities for the children at Flying Angles and in the local community.

Provisional Programme

10:00am to 11:50am - The Sex Life of Quarks, Gluons and the Higgs Boson
Professor Fred Loebinger, Chair in Particle Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy,University of Manchester; ATLAS Experimenter at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

10:50am to 11:40am - Linking Physics to Medicine: Bioimpedance and Nanotechnology to develop Point of Care Biosensors

Professor Richard Bayford, Chair in Biomodelling and Informatics

Director of Biophysics,Middlesex Cancer Research Centre for Investigative Oncology, Middlesex University, London
Hon.Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,University College London

11:40am to 12:30pm: Virtuous or Vicious:Inflammation, a Two-Edged Sword

Professor Robert Wilson MD FRCP, Consultant Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Adjunct Professor, Imperial College, London

12:30pm to 1:00pm - Scientific Art
Odra Noel

1:00pm to 1:50pm - Lunch

1:50pm to 2:40pm - The Diversity of Chemistry
Claire Vallance

2:40pm to 3:30pm - New Technologies:the Driving Force behind Whole Genome Sequencing and its Impact on Society
Professor Saheer E. Gharbia, Head of Genomic Research, Department of Bioanalysis and Horizon Technologies; Public Health England, London

3:30pm to 4:20pm: The Origin of Life
Professor Nick Lane, Reader of Evolutionary Biochemistry, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London

16.20 - 16.30 : Summary Discussion and Acknowledgements