Four RSNSW Lunchtme Science Talks as part of Science Week
University of Sydney Business School CBD campus, Level 17, Stockland Building, 133 Castlereagh St.
Free admission
Talk 1 “Smoking and lung cancer: How are we doing?”
Professor John Murray
School of Mathematics and Statistics
University of NSW
https://sydneyscience.com.au/2017/event/smoking-and-lung-cancer/
Friday 11 August 2017, 12.30 – 1.30pm
What are the rates of smoking and lung cancer these days – are we doing better? Hear Professor John Murray share some of his extensive research in this field and learn what the latest evidence means for our future.
Talk 2: “Fred Astaire and the Science of Spontaneity”
Dr Kathleen Riley
Writer, classical scholar and theatre historian
Monday 14 August 2017, 12.30 – 1.30pm
https://sydneyscience.com.au/2017/event/fred-astaire/
Join Dr Kathleen Riley, as she focuses on the science behind superstar Fred Astaire’s ability to make the technically complex and endlessly rehearsed look simple, spontaneous and effortless. The talk draws in part on her book The Astaires: Fred and Adele.
Talk 3: “Personalised medicine – healthcare in the 21st century”
Professor Leslie Burnett
Chief Medical Officer, Genome.One
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Tuesday 15 August 2017, 12.30 – 1.30pm
https://sydneyscience.com.au/2017/event/personalised-medicine-and-you/
The ability to know a patient’s most unique and personal information contained in their DNA is increasingly informing treatments and revolutionising health policy. Explore this revolution and discuss how governments must develop the strategies and vision for a healthcare system that takes advantage of these new opportunities to keep you healthy.
Note: owing to unforeseen circumstances, Associate Professor Kristine Barlow-Stewart is unable to give this talk and Professor Burnett has kindly agreed to replace her.
Talk 4: “Scientific and not-so-scientific fraud: crooks, cranks and charlatans”
Emeritus Professor D Brynn Hibbert
School of Analytical Chemistry, UNSW
President RSNSW
Thursday 17 August 2017, 12.30 – 1.30pm
https://sydneyscience.com.au/2017/event/science-fraud/
The use of science to sell strange and fraudulent information is not new. Join Professor Brynn Hibbert, President of The Royal Society of NSW, and learn some of the wackier examples of scientific and not-so-scientific fraud, starting in the Middle Ages in Europe and continuing in Sydney in the 21st century.