Author Archives: Tom Ryan

Irene Halliburton will talk about the process of drug discovery and progress towards a treatment for Malaria at the University of Dundee.

We all enjoyed Sabine’s talk on Peruvian culture. She has kindly provided handouts of her talk. The first handout is a short description of Sabine’s research into clearances of the indigenous population from their agricultural land by Estate owners. There Continue reading More about Peru from Dr Sabine Dedenbach Salazar→

Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar is an expert in Latin American studies at Stirling University. She is going to tell us about two fascinating aspects of the indigenous Peruvian culture: the well-know use of Coca leaves and the less-well-known history of the Peruvian Continue reading Curious Minds: Dr Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar talks about the cultures of the Peruvian Andes→

We have a really interesting talk coming up this week. Dr Steve Brusatte, of the University of Edinburgh, is going to tell us about the discovery of Dinosaur fossils on Skye.  Friday 18th November. 7:30pm in the Souter Theatre, A Continue reading Curious Minds: Dinosaurs on Skye→

On Friday 28th October Matthew Jarron, Curator of Dundee University Museum, will give the second “Curious Minds” talk of the season. Matthew will talk about one of the most remarkable Scottish academics of all time, D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson. Thomson was Continue reading “Curious Minds”: Matthew Jarron will talk about D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson→

Mike Robinson, CEO of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, gave the introductory talk in the “Curious Minds” lecture series last night. Mike reviewed the evidence for man-made climate change and discussed some of the options that could help avert a Continue reading Mike Robinson talk at “Curious Minds”→