Open spaces: From the telescope to the microscope – space exploration meets medical discovery

What links the invisible in space with that inside our very cells?

Join Professor Neill Reid, who works with the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope, will share with attendees the latest images of space, from space, and Dr Elizabetta Gropelli, will discuss images of viruses derived through cryo-Electron microscopes. Though vastly different in scale, they both share a similar language describing the canyons, peaks and ‘tectonic movements’ of the planets and viruses alike.

A panel discussion will then explore the implications for health and healthcare when we cross the frontiers of what we know and can see, asking how can we benefit from these new scientific advances and resulting understanding without damaging the very thing we are exploring.

The event connects to our 2022 St George’s Big Read book, The Gravity of Us, by Phil Stamper. The book follows Cal, whose dad has just been selected by NASA to become an astronaut on an expedition to Mars, conferring hugely prestigious status, but impacting significantly on the future lives of his wife and son – and their relationships. Find out more here.

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