Dear friend of Arkadia, You are heartily invited to “Biomechanics” by Anna Maria Alexandrou on Wednesday 25.4 a 6pm. Biomechanics is a term relatively unknown to the large public; however, it is a vital and quite a broad part of the general field of Sport Sciences. Have you ever wondered how the human motor system [...]
Category Archives: Science at Arkadia
Thursday 12.4 at 6pm: ‘What is it to be a scientist today? A biologist’s opinion’ by Frederic Michon,
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are heartily to ‘What is it to be a scientist today? – A biologist’s opinion’ by Frederic Michon, PhD, Academy of Finland postdoctoral research fellow, on Thursday 12.4 at 6pm. The growing expectations towards biomedical progress are increasing the pressure on researchers. Unfortunately, the way to make science has changed [...]
Tuesday 14.2 at 6pm: ‘Five common biology myths’ (or ‘Science in the service of the anthropocentric patriarchy’) by biologist Sedeer El-Showk
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are heartily invited to ‘Five common biology myths’ (or ‘Science in the service of the anthropocentric patriarchy’) by biologist Sedeer El-Showk on Tuesday 14.2 at 6pm. Sedeer El-Showk will talk about five commonly accepted biological “facts” which are untrue but are used to justify our conception of ourselves and our [...]
Monday 31.10 at 6pm: ‘Dark energy: the greatest mystery of the universe’ by cosmologist Syksy Räsänen
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are invited to ‘Dark energy: the greatest mystery of the universe’ by cosmologist Syksy Räsänen on Monday 31.10 at 6pm.The Nobel prize in physics was given in 2011 “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae”. The acceleration is thought to be caused [...]
Saturday 15.10 at 4pm: ‘Faster than light particles?’ with cosmologists Shaun Hotchkiss and Rose Lerner and particle physicist Mikko Voutilainen
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are invited to ‘Faster than light particles?’ with cosmologist Shaun Hotchkiss, cosmologist Rose Lerner and particle physicist Mikko Voutilainen on Saturday 15.10 at 4pm. A few weeks ago, the newspapers were full of the news that faster-than-light neutrinos have been detected. If this result is correct, it shakes the basis [...]
Wednesday 14.9 at 6pm: Talk on bioinformatics by bioinformatician Hilal Asan
Dear friend of Arkadia, You are heartily invited to a talk on bioinformatics by bioinformatician Hilal Asan on Wednesday 14.9 at 6pm. Hilal has kindly accepted to answer the following questions as well as a few others: What is Bioinformatics? What do bioinformaticians do? Why do we need computer scientists and statisticians in research labs? [...]