Discourse: Nanotechnology in your body (theatre)
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Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu examines how the latest nanoparticle revolutions are creating new ways to deliver water-insoluble drugs to our bodies. Using her expertise in exploring the chemistry of everyday life, this talk will provide an approachable and fascinating insight into some of the most exciting, leading-edge research taking place right now.
Join Ijeoma on a journey exploring how our bodies are held together by weak chemical bonds, how our constituent molecules start to break up once our heart stops beating, how our food is stitched together by a careful exploitation of chemical bonds at the interface between water and oil, and exactly what the fibres in our clothes are made of. We are all walking chemical reactions, and understanding the fascinating underpinnings of our world will forever change how you look at it.
Copies of Ijeoma's book "Chain Reaction" will be available to purchase after the talk.
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The doors will open at approximately 6.45pm, and all ticket holders must take their seats by 7.20pm for a prompt start at 7.30pm. There will be a brief question/answer period after the talk.
Latecomers will be admitted to the gallery.
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