Join us for The Good Science Project‘s inaugural Friday Forum, where we’ll consider the virtues of research culture and science through the lens of technicians and scientists, considering how the dynamics between these key relationships and contributors work.
Programme
12.30-13.00 – panellists and attendees arrive for an informal lunch (sandwiches and refreshments provided)
13.00-14.00 – brief introduction by Science Communication MSc student Ella Miodownik. Followed by a panel discussion, chaired by Ella Miodownik and Stephen Webster, and an open, discursive conversation with attendees
Discussion points
- What is the role of technicians in good science?
- What is the role of the technician in education and in outreach?
- Why are postdocs, and lab managers, with their daily stewardship of the working laboratory, so crucial to both technical support and the nurturing of community?
- What are the College and HR initiatives on these matters, currently?
Panellists
- Martyn Boutelle (Associate Provost, Estates Planning; Professor, Department of Bioengineering)
- Florent Seichepine (Bionanofabrication Suite and Clean Room Technical Manager, Department of Bioengineering)
- Kat Harris (Senior Teaching Technician, Department of Chemistry)
- Javiera Lopez Salinas (Lab Manager in Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology, Department of Bioengineering)