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Join us for a pint at The Baby Goat to learn about powerful X-ray lasers, and the killer cells inside your body.
How do you film something as tiny and fast as atoms moving? In the first talk, we explore gigantic X-ray lasers that act like ultra-powered microscopes, letting scientists capture “molecular movies” of chemical reactions and proteins in action. The second talk turns inward to your immune system, where T cells act like trained defenders - remembering past infections and jumping into action when the same threat returns.
The Baby Goat is inside the Westifield mall!
How do you film something as tiny and fast as atoms moving? In the first talk, we explore gigantic X-ray lasers that act like ultra-powered microscopes, letting scientists capture “molecular movies” of chemical reactions and proteins in action. The second talk turns inward to your immune system, where T cells act like trained defenders - remembering past infections and jumping into action when the same threat returns.
The Baby Goat is inside the Westifield mall!
Free Electron Lasers - Biiiiiig x-ray laser
Eugenio Ferrari
(FLASH)
In his talk, Eugenio Ferrari will take the audience on a journey from the gargantuan scale of international research facilities to the infinitesimal world of atomic motion. Drawing on his extensive experience at world-class laboratories like DESY and FERMI, he will explain how we build "Biiiiiig" machines—several kilometers long—to act as the world’s most powerful microscopes. He will likely demystify the physics of Free Electron Lasers, describing how we accelerate electrons to near-light speeds and "wiggle" them through magnetic arrays to produce X-ray pulses a billion times brighter than traditional sources. Central to his narrative will be the concept of the "molecular movie": by using X-ray flashes that last only a few femtoseconds (a quadrillionth of a second), researchers can capture the exact moment a chemical bond breaks or a biological protein changes shape. Eugenio will likely conclude by showcasing how his own work in shaping and "seeding" these light pulses allows scientists to control light with such precision that we can now observe the fundamental processes of life and energy in real-time.
May the T cells be with you: Immune Memory Explained
Rosa Isela Gálvez
(BNITM)
What do you know about the galaxy inside you? About the constant battle between your immune system and the environment?
Your immune system is not just a defence, it’s memory. Every infection leaves a trace, training a network of cells that remembers past battles and prepares for the next one.
For more than 200 years, vaccines have been teaching the immune system without real danger, building protection before your body ever faces the actual threat.
But this system isn’t perfect. Immune memory can fade. Not all responses are equally strong. And we are still learning what truly makes protection last.
Join me for a short, visual, and fun journey into you and immune memory.
No background needed. Just curiosity.
In a galaxy not so far away, inside you, the Force is always learning.
May the T cells be with you.
Your immune system is not just a defence, it’s memory. Every infection leaves a trace, training a network of cells that remembers past battles and prepares for the next one.
For more than 200 years, vaccines have been teaching the immune system without real danger, building protection before your body ever faces the actual threat.
But this system isn’t perfect. Immune memory can fade. Not all responses are equally strong. And we are still learning what truly makes protection last.
Join me for a short, visual, and fun journey into you and immune memory.
No background needed. Just curiosity.
In a galaxy not so far away, inside you, the Force is always learning.
May the T cells be with you.
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