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#LTAX20

25 & 26 Feb

10:30 - 16:45 | Senate Room, Main Building

Let's Talk About [X] 2020 was packed with 20 excellent presentations and 5 engaging research posters from right across the range of degrees that Glasgow has to offer.

We'll post recordings of the presentations here next week!

What happens at Let's Talk About [X]?

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LTAX20 trailer 4

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Let's Talk About [X] 2020 Trailer 3

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Let's Talk About [X] 2020 Trailer 2

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Let's Talk About [X] 2020 Trailer 1

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Time	Title	Speaker	Year	Degree
10:30	REGISTRATION & POSTER SESSION
11:00	Welcome address	Prof. Moira Fischbacher-Smith (VP Learning & Teaching)	-	-
11:10	Talking About [X]	Dr Scott Ramsay & Dr Andrew Struan (Co-organisers)	-	-
11:30	Subverting Systems: Cyber-Horror Games and Societal Fears	Lauren Watson	4th	Film and Television
11:50	Is childhood obesity predictable, and therefore preventable?	Louis Chislett	3rd	Statistics
12:10	Myo-aesthetics: Low cost prosthetics for children	Isabella Sheldon & Basel Shihabi	4th	BioEngineering
12:30	LUNCH & POSTER SESSION
13:30	The Apocalypse Censored: Why was 'The War Game' censored in 1965?	Hamish Phelan	4th	History & Politics
13:50	What are young people‘s attitudes towards ethnic diversity in Czechia?	Dominika Chrastilova	4th	Sociology
14:10	Female Sexuality in the Victorian Novel	Ilia Hionidou-Mooney	4th	English Literature
14:30	Using Mindfulness to Challenge State Anxiety Levels in Students, and the Influencing Moderating Effects of Personality	Alejandro Serrano	4th	Psychology
14:50	COFFEE & POSTER SESSION
15:20	Science of The Lost Pigments – Using Roman Pigments to Teach Heritage Science	Craig Sproul	4th	Chemistry
15:40	Rich Veins of Name Research - A survey of Mine-names in the Forest of Dean	Ryan McGeer	4th	English Language
16:00	Women, Cyclones and Periods	Srujanee Mishra	2nd	Economics & Theatre Studies

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Day 1 - Tue 25 Feb

Time	Title	Speaker	Year	Degree
10:30	REGISTRATION & POSTER SESSION
11:00	Welcome address	Prof. Moira Fischbacher-Smith (VP Learning & Teaching)	-	-
11:10	Talking About [X]	Dr Scott Ramsay & Dr Andrew Struan (Co-organisers)	-	-
11:30	Subverting Systems: Cyber-Horror Games and Societal Fears	Lauren Watson	4th	Film and Television
11:50	Is childhood obesity predictable, and therefore preventable?	Louis Chislett	3rd	Statistics
12:10	Myo-aesthetics: Low cost prosthetics for children	Isabella Sheldon & Basel Shihabi	4th	BioEngineering
12:30	LUNCH & POSTER SESSION
13:30	The Apocalypse Censored: Why was 'The War Game' censored in 1965?	Hamish Phelan	4th	History & Politics
13:50	What are young people‘s attitudes towards ethnic diversity in Czechia?	Dominika Chrastilova	4th	Sociology
14:10	Female Sexuality in the Victorian Novel	Ilia Hionidou-Mooney	4th	English Literature
14:30	Using Mindfulness to Challenge State Anxiety Levels in Students, and the Influencing Moderating Effects of Personality	Alejandro Serrano	4th	Psychology
14:50	COFFEE & POSTER SESSION
15:20	Science of The Lost Pigments – Using Roman Pigments to Teach Heritage Science	Craig Sproul	4th	Chemistry
15:40	Rich Veins of Name Research - A survey of Mine-names in the Forest of Dean	Ryan McGeer	4th	English Language
16:00	Women, Cyclones and Periods	Srujanee Mishra	2nd	Economics & Theatre Studies

Day 2 - Wed 26 Feb

Time	Title	Speaker	Year	Degree
10:30	REGISTRATION & POSTER SESSION
11:00	Talking About [X]	Dr Maxinne Connolly & Dr Matthew Williamson (Co-organisers)	-	-
11:20	The importance of being ordinary: Harold Wilson’s holidays in the Scilly Isles	Chloe Morris	4th	History and English Literature
11:40	How yoga can be utilised to reduce student anxiety	Kirsty Dickson	5th	Dentistry
12:00	The Effect of VKontakte and Facebook use on the Political Opinion of Russian Students in Glasgow	Ka Leung	4th	Central & Eastern European Studies
12:20	Detecting Rare Lung Allergy Before it Becomes Irreversible	Matthew Cunningham	3rd	Medicine
12:40	LUNCH & POSTER SESSION
13:40	Keynote address	Dr Matthew Williamson (Director, LEADS)	-	-
13:50	An Ethical Critique of Children’s Activity Trackers	Aimee Jewell	3rd	Business Management
14:10	Repurposing the Antidepressant Prozac as a Treatment for White Blood Cell Cancer	Fadel Shougari	4th	Molecular and Cellular Biology
14:30	The objectification of male characters in adolescent fantasy literature	Isabelle Zigrand	4th	English Literature
14:50	COFFEE & POSTER SESSION
15:20	Harnessing the immune response to create a better flu vaccine	Ailish McCafferty	4th	Immunology
15:40	How do former Soviet states market themselves to tourists?	Mark Ross	4th	Central & Eastern European Studies
16:00	Using Nature's Toolkit to Treat the “House on Fire” Disease: Alzheimer's	Kilian Kleemann	3rd	Molecular and Cellular Biology

Time	Title	Speaker	Year	Degree
10:30	REGISTRATION & POSTER SESSION
11:00	Talking About [X]	Dr Maxinne Connolly & Dr Matthew Williamson (Co-organisers)	-	-
11:20	The importance of being ordinary: Harold Wilson’s holidays in the Scilly Isles	Chloe Morris	4th	History and English Literature
11:40	How yoga can be utilised to reduce student anxiety	Kirsty Dickson	5th	Dentistry
12:00	The Effect of VKontakte and Facebook use on the Political Opinion of Russian Students in Glasgow	Ka Leung	4th	Central & Eastern European Studies
12:20	Detecting Rare Lung Allergy Before it Becomes Irreversible	Matthew Cunningham	3rd	Medicine
12:40	LUNCH & POSTER SESSION
13:40	Keynote address	Dr Matthew Williamson (Director, LEADS)	-	-
13:50	An Ethical Critique of Children’s Activity Trackers	Aimee Jewell	3rd	Business Management
14:10	Repurposing the Antidepressant Prozac as a Treatment for White Blood Cell Cancer	Fadel Shougari	4th	Molecular and Cellular Biology
14:30	The objectification of male characters in adolescent fantasy literature	Isabelle Zigrand	4th	English Literature
14:50	COFFEE & POSTER SESSION
15:20	Harnessing the immune response to create a better flu vaccine	Ailish McCafferty	4th	Immunology
15:40	How do former Soviet states market themselves to tourists?	Mark Ross	4th	Central & Eastern European Studies
16:00	Using Nature's Toolkit to Treat the “House on Fire” Disease: Alzheimer's	Kilian Kleemann	3rd	Molecular and Cellular Biology

10:30

11:00

12:30

Registration & posters

Presentations

Lunch & posters

13:30

Presentations

14:50

Coffee & posters

15:20

16:20

Presentations

Closing remarks

Agenda

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