Drugs, Batteries and Granny’s cupboard: Chemistry in the PubChemists have amazing powers: they can save the environment, save lives, and make that smell that reminds you of your granny’s cupboard - which, it turns out, may just be the key to the origins of life! (The chemical, napthalene - not the cupboard)
Come along, grab a warming beverage and settle in to hear the extraordinary science going on in the ACT, that’s transforming our world, all related in a fun and inspiring way.
Run by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, in partnership with Phil Up On Science - sponsored by the ANU Research School of Chemistry.
Tix:$22/$15
The Line Up
Battery technology is a huge part of de-carbonising society - Megha Jacob (ANU Chemistry) is using one of the most common ions, potassium, to develop dual-ion batteries.
Should you buy generic medicines, or stick with the name brands? Jiri Mikusek (Therapeutic Goods) is going to give us the lowdown.
Tristan Reekie (UNSW Canberra) is going to show us how to make drugs. Ahem - create new pharmaceuticals.
Madison Williams-Hoffman (ANU Nuclear Physics) is sleuthing for nuclear weapons in the Australian environment.
Your grannie’s cupboard smells of moth balls - naphthalene. Rod Boswell (ANU Physics), says that could be a key to the origins of life.
Santhana Kumaresan (ANU Chemistry) is taking recycling to the next level - forget bottles and tins, she’s recycling the solvents used at the Research School of Chemistry
Xin Li (Australian Institute of Health and Safety) is one of those great people looking after us in the health, safety and environment space. As you can imagine, he’s got some interesting tales to tell.
MCed by Phil Dooley (Phil Up On Science)
Register here: https://www.smithsalternative.com/events/chemistry-in-the-pub-92348
Event Venue
Smith's Alternative, 78 Alinga St, City ACT 2601, Australia, Canberra
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