The Parliamentary & Scientific Committee (an All Party Parliamentary Group) are running the following (free to BU staff) seven online events:
Monday 14 Sept at 17:30: Discussion with speakers on Non-Malignant Cancers, Precision Medicine and Genome Mapping.
Speakers:
- Sarah McDonald, Director of Research and Patient Advocacy Myeloma UK
- Dr Karthik Ramasamy – Consultant Haematologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Inês Cebola, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London
- Dr Ian M Frayling – Honorary Consulting Genetic Pathologist to St Mark’s Hospital, London & St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin; Honorary Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Inherited Tumour Syndromes Research Group, Cardiff University and President Elect, Association of Clinical Pathologists
Mon 28 Sept – 17:30-19:00: Discussion meeting Science Education – supporting the UK as a science superpower (being held in partnership with STEM Learning Ltd) – speaker presentations followed by questions from the online audience (responsive and pre-submitted). Speakers:
- Donald Morrison, Senior Vice President and General Manager for People & Places Solutions, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Jacobs
- Baroness Brown of Cambridge (Professor Dame Julia King) DBE FREng FRS Chair of STEM Learning
- Allie Denholm, Headteacher, Heworth Grange School.
Mon 12 Oct – 17:30-19:00: Discussion meeting on Racial Inequality in the UK Science Community
Tues 13 – Thurs 15 Oct – The Royal Botanical Gardens Kew invite members of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee (BU is a member) to their: State of the World’s Plants and Fungi Virtual Symposium
Mon 26 Oct – 17:30-19:00: Discussion meeting on Sources, health benefits and global challenges of protein. Sponsored by the Nutrition Society
Mon 9 Nov – 17:30-19:00: Discussion meeting on How will COVID-19 impact on the Government’s ‘Ageing Society’ Grand Challenge mission? Sponsored by The Physiological Society
Mon 23 Nov – 11.00am – 12.30pm: Discussion meeting on Aspects of Covid-19.
Sponsored by UKRI
Mon 7 Dec – timing to be confirmed – Discussion meeting on Autonomous Transport
The webinars require a password to access them. Please contact Sarah if you would like to book a place to attend.











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