Didcot First lists information about one off community and not for profit events that are open to everyone in the wider Didcot Garden Town area. Any events we list here must be run for the benefit of the whole community and are the responsibility of the event organisers, so please contact them directly if you require further information.
If you would like to promote your community event here please send details to hello@didcotfirst.org
Please contact Didcot Café Scientifique if you would like to be added to the Mailing list on cafesci@didcotfirst.org
- This event has passed.
27.11.18 Fungi: the good, the bad & the ugly, and mycology in citizen science
27th November 2018 @ 10:10 am
Tuesday 27th November 2018*
An introduction to fungi and their beneficial use in food, medicine and decision-making, as well as their detrimental impacts as pathogens of plants, animals and people. Then focusing on Aspergillus fumigatus, a decomposer and opportunistic human pathogen, and how the air sampling citizen science project #ScienceSolstice has been used to collect spores from all over the U.K. to monitor for drug resistance.
Jennifer Shelton is a PhD student at Imperial College London and CEH Wallingford
*Note that November’s Café Sci is taking place on the 4th Tuesday in November