Welcome to Café Scientifique Launceston
Café Scientifique Launceston is a branch of the national Café Scientifique network.
Meetings are held most months from March to November in the Liberty Suite at Jericho’s Brasserie, 4 Northgate St, Launceston PL15.The final meeting for 2011 was held on Tuesday 15th November when Professor John Mollon FRS, Professor of Visual Neuroscience, Dept of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, presented a talk on the Lagerlunda disaster of 15th November 1875 and its role in the introduction of colour vision testing.
Generally Cafes open at 7.00pm with the talk starting at 7.10pm given by an invited speaker. At the end of the talk there is a break for light refreshments and conversation, after which the audience reassembles for a question and answer session and general discussion. Anyone can ask a question and we positively welcome those which begin “This might be a stupid question but ……. ?“
Cafes are free and you can just turn up on the night. However, it is hoped that most people will make a contribution to allow us to cover the hire of the venue, the cost of refreshments and the speaker’s travel expenses. We suggest a contribution of £5 per adult and £3 for students.
The schedule of talks for 2012 is listed on the Cafes page, but please check the website in case any last minute changes have to be made. If you are not already on our email list and you would like to be kept informed, please use the Contact Us page to send us your email address.
The first Café of 2012 will be held on Tuesday 20th March 2012 at 7.00pm when Professor Chris Ponting, Professor of Bioinformatics, MRC Functional Genetics Unit, University of Oxford will be presenting a talk on ‘The Human Genome: Who do you think you are?’
Café Scientifique is organised by Professor Colin Webb