We are back bigger and better than ever for @Aus_ScienceWeek 🧠🔬🧪
Keep posted over the coming days to hear about our absolutely stacked program! Featuring talks from world renowned scientists and interactive booths. This is one event you don’t want to miss!
CVR members were recently involved in Brain Teaser 2023; an event that captivated 200+ attendees, unraveling brain complexities through expert presentations and interactive exhibits.
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Honoured to meet Health Minister Stephen-Smith to showcase the drug discovery platforms @JCSMR Extremely grateful to @ACTHealth for supporting the Canberra Brain Cancer Collaborative @ourANU@ANU_Research and our biobank as part of Brain Cancer Biobanking Australia @_bcba 🙏🙏🙏
This Saturday, journey into the depths of consciousness with esteemed experts @StoljarD (ANU Philosophy) and Prof. Ehsan Arabzadeh (ANU Neuroscience).
Each expert will explore the topic of consciousness through their own expertise and research, followed by an audience-led Q&A.
Can you spot the AI imposters? 🕵️♀️
This Saturday, join @amy_dawel from the ANU Emotions and Faces Lab, as she discusses why AI-generated faces often seem more human than faces of real people, and how racial biases in algorithm training play a significant role in this phenomenon.
What makes some people caring and helpful, and others cold and callous?
Associate Professor Stephanie Goodhew of @lab_anu will consider the components of human empathy, and their neural underpinnings, and how understanding these components can aid in improving well-being. – at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
With >1800 annual diagnoses and a 20% 5-year survival rate, there's an urgent need for progress in #BrainCancer treatment.
This Saturday, discover how @Quinn_Lab is improving patient outcomes unraveling brain cancer complexities through genetic models using vinegar flies. – at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Have you ever pondered the advancements in brain-computer interfaces, such as @neuralink?
This #ScienceWeek, join us as former chief scientist Alan Finkel delves into the historical journey and upcoming potential of these devices 🧠💻
Details below 👇
eventbrite.com.au/e/67923042… – at Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Come meet new friends at Brain Teaser! 🤩 And if you and your friends love some good banter, food and drink, and some roaring trivia Qs, head down to Badger and Co at ANU on Thursday night (the 17th of Aug)
#brainteaser#scienceanu#scienceweekact#scienceweek#bestfriends
my sweaty and VERY happy face after I got to spend the day telling our local community about neuroscience!!!!!!!!!! thank you @2022Brainteaser!!!! #nationalscienceweek#neuroscience
And that's a wrap for #scienceweek 2022! Thanks so much to our volunteer committees, the @inspiringaus managers, event holders, ambassadors, publicists, @ABCscience, @ASTA_online, @CSIRO and the businesses who we worked with. See you next year! (and here, probably tomorrow).
