Pint of Science: Uncovering the Building Blocks of the Universe
Find out what’s going on at the Large Hadron Collider and how citizen scientists are helping researchers in their search for exotic particles.

Higgs Hunters: Uncover the building blocks of the Universe
Professor Alan J. Barr (Professor of Particle Physics, University of Oxford)
As the Large Hadron Collider kicks back into action, Join Prof Alan Barr to find out about the mysteries of particle physics and how the citizen scientists of Higgs Hunters are helping researchers in their search for unknown exotic particles.

All for Science, Science for All: How YOU can become an atom smasher too!
Ioannis Charalampidis (Architect engineer and software developer, CERN) & Brian Fuchs (Citizen Cyberlab Consortium)
Virtual Atom Smasher is a revolutionary educational game that brings you along with the theoretical physicists inside CERN. By playing this game, you are not only learning about particle physics, but you are actively helping scientists with their research to uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Date: 20 May 2015, 19:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2015)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speakers: Professor Alan J. Barr (University of Oxford), Dr Ioannis Charalampidis (CERN), Brian Fuchs (The Mobile Collective)
Organiser: Ellen Meek (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: ellen.meek@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
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Booking required?: Required
Booking url: http://pintofscience.co.uk/event/why-science-isnt-just-for-scientists/
Cost: £3.00
Audience: Public
Editor: Ellen Meek