science cafe at the Tobacco Factory this Monday, Feb 22nd, 7

[Richard Mansfield]

Science Cafe - Monday, February 22nd -Tobacco Factory 7.30 for 8pm
Knit a Neuron
Pick up your needles and hooks and bring them along to a different sort of Science Cafe. Meet neuroscientists and discuss the latest research on the brain, make some brain cells, contribute to a comunal art work and help raise funds for a charity.

The Knit a Neuron project is a collaborative science, yarn, art project. We need your help to make hundreds of woolly brain cells. These will be sewn together to make a display which will be used to raise funds for the Head Injury Therapy Endowment Fund. The neurons will be made into an artwork to go on display in the foyer of the (brand new) brain imaging centre, CRIC (Clinical Research Imaging Centre) due to open later this year.

We'll provide the science, the patterns and even the yarn. You bring your needles or hooks and enthusiasm for knit, crochet and science (you can get stash diving if you want - bring along some of those ends of balls of yarn you can't bring yourself to throw away and put them to good use).

Don't worry if it's been a while since you knitted or crocheted, or if you've never done it before, there's plenty you can do, or just come for the chat!

http://knitaneuron.blogspot.com/

Bob Foster 07989412319