SciScreen

Mon 5 March 2012

Arts Picturehouse

SciScreen is a science film programme run bi-monthly at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse organised by the British Science Association Cambridgeshire branch. The aim of SciScreen is to raise public awareness for the real science behind the science portrayed in mainstream cinema. www.facebook.com/SciScreen

In each SciScreen session, experts explain the science from the film in a short talk before curtain-up, and after the film everyone is invited to the Arts Picturehouse mezzanine for a Q&A session with drinks and snacks.

Dr Jeff Huang, from the Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair, will give a talk about current research on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and the use of stem cells to treat MS. This is followed by the screening of Hilary and Jackie (1998) starring Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths. After the film there is a Q&A session at the cinema mezzanine with the speaker and Sarah Mehta from the MS Society with drinks and free nibbles.

Cost: £8.50