Lectures
 
    Public lectures 1999 onwards  
       
   

Invited speaker - National Final of the Institute of Ideas & Pfizer Debating Matters Competition 2008.

The Art Science divide, Whitworth Gallery in Manchester, BNA, April 2008.

Science Communication. British Council science training. March 18-21, 2008

Croydon Science Fair, Schools Talk, Einstein’s Brain. March 2008

The Two Cultures. DESIGNS FOR LIFE:  Perspectives on the convergence of arts practice and bioscience. Dundee Contemporary Arts. February 2008

Science and Art. On line cross-collaboration venture at Newcastle University. Dec 2007

The effect of cognition and imagination on oral communication. Cumberland Lodge. Oct 2007

Engagement in Science. MSc in Science Communication. UCL Birkbeck. Sept 2007

‘In Conversation’ with Robert Winston, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Oct 2007.

British Association for the Advancement of Science, York. Time Out for the Brain, Sept 2007

BFI Southbank Gallery. In conversation with Lynnette Wallworth, about Hold: Vessel 2. June 2007

Royal Society of Medicine. Gulbenkian Foundation.  Signs and Humours. May 2007

The Wellcome Trust Collection. The Art of Medicine: Where culture and the medical world collide. May 2007

Bristol University, The Two New Cultures, Bristol,  April 2007

Royal College of Art, In Extremis: Life and Culture at the Edge of Existence, April 2007

Dana Centre/Science Museum, London, Words Cannot Say It All, April 2007

Croydon Science Fair, Schools Talk, Einstein’s Brain. April 2007

Dana Centre, NESTA FameLab, Search for new science communicators, Judging London, April 2007

Science Oxford, Are Geniuses Born or Made? March 2007

Clod Ensemble Theatre London. Performing Medicine and Theatre Programme. Two Cultures, March 2007

University of Kuopio. Aivopesula BrainWash-Club.  Science and Art, Dec 2006

Science Museum Hong Kong. Science Alive. The Search for Genius, Dec 2006

Science Museum Hong Kong. Science Alive. Mind Games, Dec 2006

Biosciences Federation Awards. Science and Art. Royal Society of Medicine, Nov 2006.

British Council Science Update Meeting (SUM), Cambridge, Art & Science, Sept 2006

British Association, Science Communication Conference, London  Reward and Recognition, August 2006

British Pharmacological Society, 75th Anniversary, London, Science versus Art, July 2006

Cheltenham Festival of Science, Acupuncture and the effect on the brain, June 2006

Cheltenham Festival of Science, Neuroscience behind creativity, June 2006

Institute of Cultural Reseach, What is Genius?, April 2006

Hayward Gallery, AfterImage, March 2006

National Science Week, Croyden Town Hall, Einstein's Genius, March 2006

Hayward Gallery, Perception of light and colour, Jan 2006

Hayward Gallery, AfterImage, Jan 2006

The Royal Institution. Sense of Touch, Dec 2005

The Royal Society, Einstein vs Newton, Nov 2005

BA Dublin, Trinity College, Einstein’s Genius, Sept 2005

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Science of Touch, August 2005

Dana Centre. Science Museum, London. Creativity, June 2005

Cheltenham Science Festival, Neuroscience of Emotion, June 2005

Cheltenham Science Festival, Nature of Genius, June 2005

University of York, Dept of Physics,  Einstein's Brain. May 2005

The Royal Institution. Imaging the Mind. April 2005

Watershed Bristol, Einstein's Genius. April 2005

Surrey University. Einstein's Brain. March 2005

Tate Liverpool, Richard Wentworth exhibition, Ways of Seeing. March 2005

RAISE, Newcastle City Hall, Mind Games. March 2005

Head of Sciences Conference, Science and Creativity. Dec 2004

Curzon Cinema, In the Land of Silence and Darkness. Nov 2004

Haywood Gallery: Eyes Lies and Illusions. Nov 2004

Science Learning Centre: Born to be a scientist or artist? Oct 2004

BA Festival of Science: Perception and Deception, Sept 2004

BA Festival of Science: Brain Research: How far should we go? Sept 2004

BA Festival of Science: Scientific creativity. Sept 2004

Creativity, DANA centre, Science Museum, London. June 2004

Cheltenham Festival of Science: Call my scientific bluff. June 2004

Cheltenham Festival of Science: Mind Games, June 2004

Science of Theatre, Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall, June 2004

LGC, Empathysing and systemising: Artists and scientists. June 2004

Hay Festival of Books: Science, Not Art, June 2004

Locked in our Senses. Wrexham Science Festival, March, 2004

Mind Games. Glasgow Science Centre, March, 2004

Creativity. Winchester Festival of Art and the Mind, March, 2004

Science of emotions. Dana Centre. London, Feb, 2003

Art and the Altered Mind. The Royal Institution. Feb, 2004

Mind Games. At Bristol Museum, Jan, 2004

Creativity and Perception. Craik Jones. London, Jan, 2004

Perception, Deception and Abstraction. Novartis CIBA Vision. London, Jan, 2004

Question Time. Dana Centre. London, Nov, 2003

Aphasia and art. Matts Gallery. London. 2003

Mind Games. Science Museum IMAX. London. 2003

Science, Not Art. Cheltenham Literature Festival. Cheltenham. 2003

Science and Theatre. Informal European Theatre Meeting (ITEM). Birmingham. 2003

Mapping Perception. Berlin Film Festival. Berlin. 2003

Science, not Art. British Association for Advancement of Science (BAAS). Salford. 2003

Science, not Art. The Royal Society. London. 2003

Hypothermia and stroke. Cheltenham Festival of Science. Cheltenham. 2003.

Science and Art: scientist are from mars, artists are from venus. Cheltenham Festival of Science. 2003.

Vision and Illusion. Sir Humphrey Davy Lecture. National Science Week. 2003.

Mapping Perception with Science and Art.  British Association for the Advancement of Science. University of Leicester, 2002

Science in the arts. Jerwood Sculpture Prize, Jerwood Space, London. February 2003

Mapping Perception. Brief Encounters short film festival.  Watershed, Bristol, November 2002

UCL Minds - Question Time at UCL. Bloomsbury Theatre, November 2002.

Wanderlust with Mark Lythgoe, John McCarthy, Benedict Allen. Institute of Contemporary Arts. 2002

Mapping Perception Film. The Café Gallery, London 2002.

Mapping Perception. Film Premiere of Mapping Perception. Institute of Child Health, London 2002.

Mapping Perception. Liverpool Biennial 2002. Science on Stage and Screen Symposium. Liverpool, 2002.

Joubert Syndrome. Cove Park, Scotland. 2002.

Member, UCL Minds panel – Question Time at UCL, Bloomsbury Theatre, November 2001.

Mapping Perception. Gulbenkian Foundation Art and Science Partnerships. London, UK, 2000.

Mapping Perception. Part of the Creating Sparks Science Initiative. Royal Geographical Society, 2000.

Science and Art Collaborations. A Seminar on Sci-Art. Imperial College, London. 1999