Manchester Science Festival 2011
22 - 30 October 2011

MadLab

36-40 Edge Street
Manchester
M4 1HN
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What's on at MadLab

Petri dishes

Microbiology and art

Sat 22 Oct 2011 to Thu 10 Nov 2011
11am - 5pm

An exhibition inspired by or featuring microorganisms and infectious diseases...

Robot

Robot hackday (Fully booked)

Sat 22 Oct 2011 10am - 4pm

Bring your old electronic junk and toys down to Madlab. Take them apart and put them back together again as… robots!

Alan Turing

Alan Turing and Morphogenesis (Fully booked)

Sun 23 Oct 2011 2pm - 3pm

To mark the publication of Litmus, Comma's latest science-into-fiction project, Manchester author Jane Rogers and MMU scientist Dr Martyn Amos discuss the final theorem of one of Britain's greatest scientists, Alan Turing.

DNA Electrophoresis

Bio Hazards (Event cancelled)

Fri 28 Oct 2011 7pm

Is research always fully aware of its consequences? Does science need to grow a conscience? Or are we in danger of being too distrustful of science?

DIYBio

DIYBio Summit

Sat 29 Oct 2011 to Sun 30 Oct 2011
10am - 5pm

Citizen scientists are invited to the first ever UK summit on "DIY biology". This growing movement takes biology out of the ivory tower and into the garage...

Teacups

Manchester Girl Geeks and Teawitter present: Science Jamboree (fully booked)

Sun 30 Oct 2011 1pm - 5pm

Enjoy talks, stalls, science busking shows, hands-on activities from kitchen chemistry and mathematical origami to brush bots and cake!