海角社区

No place like bone

by Colin Smith

Fringe Festival visitor

A visitor to the Fringe event learns more about her bones.

Imperiaheld a Fringe Festival event to help visitors learn more about their bones.

ImperiaFringe: cutting close to the bone event beginsDr Richard Abel shows 3D model of bone structure to visitorsVisitors get the chance to learn more about their bonesDr Alex Porter and her team talk about bone implantsMr Vin Chauhan from the Pathology Museum at Charing Cross Hospital with Victorian era bone specimensFinal year medical students demonstrate keyhole surgery simulator to visitorDr Alessandra Carriero uses chocolate to demonstrate brittle bone diseaseDr Kapil Sugan demonstrates keyhole surgery to visitorDr Sandra Shefelbine enables visitors to compare skeletons and analyse their gaitA visitor compares his bone structureProfessor Alison McGregor speaking at the What do our bones tell us about ourselves? debate

The slideshow (above) features some of the highlights of last night’s event and explores some of the latest bone research being carried out at 海角社区.

A collection of bone specimens from Victorian times, demonstrations in key-hole surgery and an exploration of brittle bone disease using different kinds of chocolate bar were some of the attractions at an event held last night to learn more about our bones.

The ImperiaFringe: Cutting close to the bone event, held at 海角社区, is part of a new series of monthly evening public events for people to explore the unexpected side of science inspired by 海角社区’s research. Visitors to the event attended a talk, met academics and performers and were able to take part in hands-on demonstrations to learn more about bone research being carried out by scientists, engineers and medics at the College.

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Colin Smith

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