British Council Cafe Scientifique Series

Eminent British scientists share their findings in simple, easy to understand ways and take questions from members of the public in the British Council’s Café Scientifique series. Catch these interesting one-hour talks in September:



4 September
Prof Alan Harvey, Director of the Strathclyde Institute for Drug Research, University of Strathclyde, talks about how medical researchers are “Turning toxins into medicine”.

12 September
Dr David Gibson, Head of the Parasitic Worms division of the British Natural Museum and the world's foremost authority on the worms in fish guts, talks about the creepy crawlies in “Parasitic worms: foes or friends?”

18 September
Sir Ghillean Prance, former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and now Scientific Director of the Eden Project, explains why mankind is at risk in his talk “Biology shows that climate change is real”.

Entrance is free but seats are limited. For times, venues and registration details, visit www.britishcouncil.org.my