Medicine

Alzheimer's Australia ACT is holding their fifth annual Memory Walk & Jog

...as part of their month-long campaign for Dementia Awareness Month. This fun, family event raises much needed funds for over 4500 people living with dementia in the ACT and the people that support them. 

It could be icky, it could be confronting, and it will certainly be fascinating and fun.

Medical researchers from ANU, Canberra Hospital and University of Canberra present the latest advances in their research, from gene therapy to unborn babies to neuroscience.

Your MC, Dr Phil Dooley of Phil Up On Science will weave you through eight short presentations in the relaxed atmosphere of Smiths Alternative. Grab a drink and a snack and prepare to be amazed!

This event is - FREE - thanks to Science Week, ANU Medical School and more - get there early, it WILL pack out!

Evidence based medical and science policy is increasingly under pressure to bow to commercial pressures and political ideology. But surely not in Australia...?

Should academics respond by staying removed, & manning the ramparts of their ivory towers? Or should they join advocates and activists on the field of battle, at the cost of apparent impartiality? There may not be an answer, but it's a conversation we now need to have...

Fanciful Planets, Ancient Fangs and Raising the Dead Science in the Pub - International Women's Day

Tickets: Free - but come early, seats are limited!

It's International Women's Day and to celebrate we have a fabulous lineup of talks, quizzes, songs and stand-up comedy from amazing women doing extraordinary science of all kinds

Grab a drink and a snack in the relaxed vibe of the Wig and Pen micro-brewery at the School of Music and see local archaeologists, biologists, doctors and astronomers chatting about their amazing research.