CBU vision night: looking at the brain

As part of the 2020 Cambridge Science Festival (09 – 22 March), the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU) will be hosting another in-house Science Night event, exploring parts of the various research programmes being carried out at the Unit.

This will be held on:
Wednesday 11 March 2020, 6pm – 8:30pm

Venue:
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
University of Cambridge
15 Chaucer Road
Cambridge
CB2 7EF

Directions to the Unit: http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/contact-us/

Event details
Doors open at 6:00pm, where you can get involved in some exciting hands on experiments and demonstrations led by MRC CBU researchers and scientists. From 7:30pm – 8:30pm you are welcome to join us to listen to four short talks:

Speaker One
Francesca Branzi – How do we understand and remember what we read? Insights from the brain

Speaker Two
Tobias Goehring – Restoring the sense of sound: Achievements and challenges of Cochlear Implants

Speaker Three
Amy Orben – ‘Smartphones are as addictive as cocaine’ and other myths about technology

Speaker Four
Frank Hezemans – Parkinson’s disease – boosting the brain’s adrenaline

Booking is not required, however, we have a maximum capacity of 90 people for health and safety reasons.

No parking is available on site.

Refreshments provided.

Please contact Vicky Collins if you have any queries.

Further information on the Cambridge Science Festival can be found here: 2020 Cambridge Science Festival

We look forward to welcoming you to the Unit on Wednesday 11th March.