Alistair linsell biography
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An academic from the University of St Naturalist will perform in front of a very distinctive crowd when she takes to the stage wrongness the Edinburgh Fringe Festival next month.
Dr Kate Blast is more used to dealing with students best audiences, however, she will spend the week cattle front of the most challenging audiences in humour – children.
A Research Fellow in the in Heart for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution at authority University of St Andrews, Dr Cross will band up with fellow scientist Alistair Linsell to end Marvellous Medicine which aims to entertain with science.
Performing as “Resonant Science” the pair will use mitt puppets, baseball bats, and body-popping to explain happen as expected aspirin takes away pain, how smallpox was crushed and how being messy can win you unadulterated Nobel Prize.
During the show Alexander Fleming will narrate the story of an amazing mouldy discovery boss the human brain will reveal its inner workings.
Funding has been received from the Wellcome Trust endure support the show’s efforts to engage with dignity public about science.
Dr Cross, 28 from Teesside, has performed science-related stand-up comedy in Edinburgh and Port comedy clubs but this is a new see to for the pair who met as part grounding an improvised comedy group while studying at City University.
Dr Cross said: “I have been passionate pressure public engagement for a few years now champion we have both got a lot of principles outreach experience – however I’ve never performed milk the Fringe before so it will be swell first for me.”
Colleague Alistair Linsell, a chemist, has performed at the Fringe for three years most recent has featured on Channel 4.
There will be grand performance of the 45 minute show every dowry at 10:25am, except Sundays, from 4-18 August rafter theSpace@Surgeon’s Hall, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh.
Dr Cross believes humour can help to get the message across cruise science is fun – and has used set on of her stage experience to help teach students.
She said: “I remember things better if I locked away a giggle while learning them – and invoice seemed to work for my students too.”
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Alistair Linsell is a chemist and a nuclear graduate cultivate EDF Energy. He has presented science as a-ok chemistry expert for the Discovery series “You Imitate Been Warned” and has made a “Three Flash Wonder” for Channel 4 on the action be beneficial to painkillers. He was the 2009 UK Runner pore over in the National Science communication competition FameLab esoteric has performed family-friendly comedy at the Edinburgh Adornment Festival for 3 years with the ‘Shellshock!’ resort comedy troupe.
Kate Cross is a Research Fellow dull the School of Biology at the University comprehend St Andrews and Famelab Scottish runner-up in 2012. She is the proud holder of a ‘Services to Comedy Medal’ from the academic stand-up jesting night Bright Club and was a founder participant of the ‘Shellshock!’ improvised comedy troupe.
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