Café Scientifique Brampton
Cafe Scientifique Brampton is a place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology.
Meetings take place simultaneously live at Brampton Community Centre and via Zoom on the last Thursday of the month, except December.
The next Café Sci takes place on:
Date: Thursday 30th October
Title: "The Science of Sleep"
Speaker: Dr Di Downie
Synopsis:
When I had my first smart watch that monitored my sleep, I realised how little I understood about normal human sleep. This talk tells you about some of the things that I found out when I dug into what my smart watch was detecting. Why do we sleep? What is normal sleep? What sends you to sleep? What is a good night’s sleep?
This talk covers many aspects of the sleeping human brain from how many hours humans sleep, to why coffee keeps you awake and how the brain is cleaned of metabolites each night. And some other interesting snippets including night time waking and how to solve problems with micro-naps.
Biography:Diane was a GP in Surrey for 30 years before retiring to Hexham to enjoy her grandchildren and Northumbria. She also volunteers for Exovent which is a charity that promotes negative pressure ventilation. In this role she provides clinical support to the engineers building a new form of ventilator which helps you breathe, talk and eat without using positive pressure via a mask or tube to inflate the lungs. More details are at https://www.exovent.org/
Event Information
Last Thursday of the month, except December
Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start (ends approx. 9.30pm)
Cost: £4.00 (plus 0.35p booking fee)
or £5 on the door
Free for students and Under 18s (please contact the organiser)
If the "Book Now" button below does not appear, please visit: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/EHYF
Contact Information
Event Organiser: Tim Coombe
Telephone: 016977 48833
Email: timothycoombe@damhead.me
