094504/Z/10/Z: A Nerve-racking Experience
- Date:
- 2011
- Reference:
- WT/C/6/1/59
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
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Project Summary:The audience becomes the brain during this celebration of the neuron on the last day of the Brighton Science Festival – ‘Big Science Sunday’. Six talks will illustrate the life of a neuron with audience participation used to demonstrate some of the scientific principles. The audience will recreate the transmission of a nerve impulse, including the synaptic junction; they will see what happens when you stub your toe, and why it takes seconds to feel the pain; they will discover what makes adolescents tick; and they will be wired up to become a neural computer, able to perform simple calculations as if they were a section of the brain. The events will also be delivered in schools as part of the festival outreach plan and will then tour to other science festivals and events.
Grant Holder:Mr Richard Robinson
Organisation:Brighton Science Festival
Financial Year:2010/2011
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