This month is your very last chance to visit an exclusive exhibition in Aberdeen all about how biology effects our lives, and its future applications, at Satrosphere Science Centre.
You might normally associate biology with how your heart works, or with the creepy crawlies found at the bottom of your garden but this exhibition explains how biology is related to our everyday lives through agriculture, biotechnology, our food and our well-being. There's a picture of a Highland cow too so it must be good.
MISSION POSSIBLE is currently touring Europe and flew in to Aberdeen in November. It will not be visiting anywhere else in the UK anytime soon so you should visit it while it is right here in Aberdeen. The exhibition is super interactive, with games and touch screens and it features displays created by researchers here in Aberdeen including some amazing microscopic images.
The exhibition challenges you to think about how difficult decisions are made, such as how fishing quotas are decided. It also looks at the complexities of our day to day needs such as where your food comes from in "You are What you Eat" which looks at the food miles, calories and CO2 emissions of everyday food.
The exhibition alone is worth a visit but there are also lots of events and activities taking place throughout the Easter holidays at Satrosphere which are based on the contents of the exhibition including Science Club (suitable for ages 6+).
The Cafe Controversial talk series is also running alongside the exhibition. The next event is on the 22nd of April (the very last day of the exhibition) and Professor Howard Davis from the James Hutton Institute will be discussing GM Crops and the place GM crops have in modern agriculture. All Cafe Controversial events are free to attend, and you just turn up ready for the talk to start at 7pm in the Satrosphere Cafe (they make excellent cakes too!).
Mission Possible is organised by the BIOPROM project consortium aimed at bringing together experts who work with or on new concepts for communicating bioeconomy research to the public from both regional and global sources. From November 2013 to April 2014 the project will focus on Aberdeen, communicating research through the Satrosphere exhibition in partnership with the University of Aberdeen. For more information on the consortium please visit www.bioprom-net.eu. To keep updated with the exhibition in Aberdeen and all events, follow @BIOPROMabdn on twitter.
You might normally associate biology with how your heart works, or with the creepy crawlies found at the bottom of your garden but this exhibition explains how biology is related to our everyday lives through agriculture, biotechnology, our food and our well-being. There's a picture of a Highland cow too so it must be good.
MISSION POSSIBLE is currently touring Europe and flew in to Aberdeen in November. It will not be visiting anywhere else in the UK anytime soon so you should visit it while it is right here in Aberdeen. The exhibition is super interactive, with games and touch screens and it features displays created by researchers here in Aberdeen including some amazing microscopic images.
The exhibition challenges you to think about how difficult decisions are made, such as how fishing quotas are decided. It also looks at the complexities of our day to day needs such as where your food comes from in "You are What you Eat" which looks at the food miles, calories and CO2 emissions of everyday food.
You can also learn about the history of scientific breakthroughs in Scotland and how researchers today are trying to make Scotland, and the world, a better place to live.
The exhibition alone is worth a visit but there are also lots of events and activities taking place throughout the Easter holidays at Satrosphere which are based on the contents of the exhibition including Science Club (suitable for ages 6+).
The Cafe Controversial talk series is also running alongside the exhibition. The next event is on the 22nd of April (the very last day of the exhibition) and Professor Howard Davis from the James Hutton Institute will be discussing GM Crops and the place GM crops have in modern agriculture. All Cafe Controversial events are free to attend, and you just turn up ready for the talk to start at 7pm in the Satrosphere Cafe (they make excellent cakes too!).
Mission Possible is organised by the BIOPROM project consortium aimed at bringing together experts who work with or on new concepts for communicating bioeconomy research to the public from both regional and global sources. From November 2013 to April 2014 the project will focus on Aberdeen, communicating research through the Satrosphere exhibition in partnership with the University of Aberdeen. For more information on the consortium please visit www.bioprom-net.eu. To keep updated with the exhibition in Aberdeen and all events, follow @BIOPROMabdn on twitter.
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