University College, Cork, 7 - 9 September 1999

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Tuesday 7 September

Education Group Colloquium
Promotion of Biochemistry in the Public Domain

Organizers:
L. Kelleher (Cork)
Speakers:
09.00 B. Trench (Dublin)
Science in the popular media: an impossible fit
09.35 P. Engel (Dublin)
Postgraduate science for the public: UCD's Mervill lay seminars, three years on – an evolving experiment
10.10 C. Philippidis (Bristol)
Issues raised by attempts to promote the public understanding of science
10.45 Coffee
11.00 Colworth Medal Lecture
12.00 W. Reville (Cork)
Plain speaking in scientific terms
12.40 Lunch
12.40 Education Group AGM
Chair:
P. Ryan (Cork)
Speakers:
13.40 P. Ryan (Cork)
Chair's introduction
13.45 E. McVeigh (Oxford)
An informed public. Informed by whom?
14.35 C. Bradley (Cork)
The role of the GP – interfacing clinical science to the layman
15.10 E. Wood (Leeds)
The Role of the Learned and Professional Societies in the Promotion of Biochemistry in the Public Domain
15.45 Poster Session

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