Event description
The University of the Third Age once again teams up with the Ri for an afternoon of fascinating science talks. Palaeontologist David Hone will explore how dinosaurs behaved, biologist Nessa Carey will look at the fascinating world of epigentics and physicist Jon Butterworth will tell the story of the discovery of the Higgs boson.
About the speakers
David Hone is a palaeontologist and writer. His research focuses on the behaviour and ecology of the dinosaurs and their flying relatives, the pterosaurs. He writes about palaeontology and science outreach online through his own blog and on The Guardian.
Nessa Carey is a geneticist and author of The Epigenetics Revolution. She has a degree in Immunology, PhD in Virology, was a post-doctoral researcher in Human Genetics, and a senior lecturer at Imperial College London in Molecular Biology. She's also spent 10 years in the biotechnology industry and now works in the pharmaceutical sector.
Jon Butterworth is a professor of physics at University College London. He is a member of the High Energy Physics group on the Atlas experiment at Cern's Large Hadron Collider and also manages to write regularly in The Guardian, as well as taking part in other science communication.