Canterbury Festival is running from 15th October until 5th November. Don’t miss out on these events involving research at Kent:

Dr DNA: a whistle stop tour through human reproduction
20.00 Tuesday 1 November

1 in 50 people in the UK don’t have children the ‘normal’ way. The advent of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in 1978 led to hundreds of thousands of births worldwide – but also a deeper understanding of the appearance, process and genetics of the ball of cells that eventually develops into the human body.

Two pioneers in the field of IVF lead an interactive whistle-stop tour of the early stages of human development, and discuss the media storms that have accompanied recent developments in reproductive technologies.

Book your tickets online.

YouNome Exhibition
15 October – 5 November

Your Personalised Genome in 25 Portraits!

By Artist Keith Robinson and Geneticist Professor Darren Griffin

YouNome will be exhibiting in shop windows across Canterbury City Centre. It is a unique science-art collaboration designed to engage, educate and inspire the public about genomics and its role in society because who, even among professionals, knows what genomics means and what the information actually looks like?

Referencing art history and popular culture, Keith, with genomic input from University of Kent scientists Darren Griffin and Gary Robinson, has produced 25 self portraits (photography Robert Gravenor) that represent the ‘character’ of an individual chromosome.

Locations:

Various shop windows along Palace Street, The Borough, Northgate and the Festival Office.

This is a FREE event. Download your exhibition guide.