photo opportunity 12.40pm, Tuesday 18 December, lecture theatre, Medical Sciences Institute, University of Dundee.
Over 450 school pupils will descend upon the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee this week for the annual biology conference where they will discover some secrets on how to pass their forthcoming exams.
Dr Bruno Frenguelli will give the pupils an especially useful talk on the processes believed to be important in learning and memory. With the higher examinations only weeks away - Dr Frenguelli will no doubt be listened to with interest to glean some tips for successful revision.
Pupils from schools in Dundee, Angus and Perth and Kinross will hear a number of short lectures on how to maintain a healthy heart - a particularly topical subject given that Scotland has one of the highest levels of coronary heart disease in Europe, and consideration of the evolutionary puzzle of why sex evolved and how small changes in genetic make-up lead to major differences between the sexes.
The aim of the conference is to increase the awareness of recent exciting developments in life sciences and the breadth of career opportunities that the biosciences have to offer. It also provides the pupils, who will be sitting their mock higher examinations in January, with a unique opportunity to experience University life at first-hand.
After the morning series of lectures, the pupils will visit Belmont Hall for lunch and experience a taste of life in halls of residence./ENDS
Contact Dr Rod Herbert 01382 344262
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Programme
10.30-10.35 Welcome by Professor Geoff Hunter
Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering
University of Dundee
10.35-11.05 Dr Martyn Ward
School of Life Sciences
University of Dundee
Topic - The maintenance of a healthy heart
11.05-11.15 Break
11.15-11.45 Dr Bruno Frenguelli
Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
University of Dundee
Topic - Memories are made of this!
11.45-12.45 Lunch Break - Belmont Hall of Residence
12.45-1.15 Dr Will Whitfield
School of Life Sciences
University of Dundee
Topic - The importance of being in control of your genes!
1.15-1.25 Break
1.25-1.55 Dr Steve Hubbard
School of Life Sciences
University of Dundee
Topic - Is it better to be male or female?: evolution of mating
behaviour in animals