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Scibar at The Vat & Fiddle: John Brookfield on Jumping Genes

Tue 07 Aug 2018

John Brookfield from the University Of Nottingham is July’s speaker at SciBar, talking about Jumping Genes in the Genome. We headed down to the Vat & Fiddle to hear from the gene genie.

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: David Quain on Beer Quality

Fri 06 Jul 2018

David Quain from the University of Nottingham joins us at The Vat & Fiddle, Castle Rock's very own brewery tap to tell us all about why few things are better than a pint of draught beer.

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Julain Onions on Galaxies - One Gigayear at a Time

Wed 06 Jun 2018

Julian Onions is back at SciBar to tell us all about galaxies, one gigayear at a time.

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Peter Wigmore on the Hippocampus

Fri 08 Dec 2017

For the final SciBar of the year, Peter Wigmore joins to talk about "The Hippocampus - A Memorable Part of the Brain"

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Shahin Rahimifard on How to Feed 9 Billion People in 2050

Mon 30 Oct 2017

We all love our scran but how are we going to feed the world's population in 2050, when it is predicted to reach 9 billion people? Shahin Rahimifard joined us at The Vat & Fiddle to talk about the future of food.

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Graham Law on The Science and Myths of Sleep

Mon 02 Oct 2017

To sleep, perchance to dream - Professor Graham Law from the University of Lincoln comes to SciBar with his talk Sleep Better: The Science of Sleep Myths.

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Richard Bowtell on New Ways of Imaging the Brain

Tue 19 Sept 2017

As part of a season celebrating the work of Sir Peter Mansfield, SciBar follows up Rebecca's talk in July with Richard Bowtell from the University of Nottingham talking about New Ways Of Imaging The Brain At Work

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Rebecca Dewey on Watching Your Brain

Fri 11 Aug 2017

Having previously appeared at PubhD and the University of Nottingham's Public Lecture Series, Dr Rebecca Dewey continues her quest to appear at all of Nottingham's scientific public outreach events by coming to SciBar to talk about Watching Your Brain.

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: David Cook on The Research Behind Your Pint

Thu 06 Jul 2017

Talk to some brewers and you may come away with the impression that making beer is a cross between art and alchemy. Fortunately, David Cook from the University of Nottingham is here to tell us all about The Research Behind Your Pint.

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Clare Burrage on The Dark Side of the Universe

Mon 05 Jun 2017

For May's SciBar talk, Clare Burrage from the University of Nottingham – and from off the telly – joins us to talk about The Dark Side of the Universe...

Three Years of Science in a Pub with SciBar

Wed 03 May 2017

Nottingham SciBar celebrated its third birthday in April, so we’ve taken a look back at those three years of people talking about clever stuff in a pub...

Can Placenta Be a Model to Study Tumour Invasion? NTU's Dr Sivasubramaniam Explains at SciBar

Mon 10 Apr 2017

Dr Sivasubramaniam from Nottingham Trent University joins us at SciBar to discuss whether placenta can be a model to study tumour invasion...

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle - Biomolecules in The Fossil Record: Sequencing Proteins in Amber

Tue 28 Feb 2017

The monthly science event stomps into the pub, causing ripples in all the pint glasses. This month, Dr Victoria McCoy from the University of Leicester comes to talk…

SciBar: Embryo Development and Animal Models

Mon 20 Feb 2017

The first SciBar of the year sees Dr Teri Evans speaking on embryo development and animal models...

Talking Nanoparticles Down The Vat and Fiddle at December's SciBar

Tue 20 Dec 2016

For the final SciBar of the year, The Vat & Fiddle hosted a talk on nanoparticles. As we all know, "nano" means small and "particle" means particle. Dr Gareth Cave explains more in his talk, Nanoparticles: From Therapeutic Vectors to Chicken in the Basket.