UofG Science & Engineering IAA
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Funding to translate your research into impact. The University of Glasgow's EPSRC and STFC Impact Acceleration Accounts.
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Our EPSRC IAA Funding Calls have reopened!
#Funding to create #impact from your research. With priority given to projects that can deliver outcomes and impacts in 2027/28.
Find out more and apply: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
#Funding to create #impact from your research. With priority given to projects that can deliver outcomes and impacts in 2027/28.
Find out more and apply: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
Dr Adetunmise Dada interviews Dr Robert Graham about his #commercialisation journey with Kelvin Quantum, including the pivotal moment during an IAA project 💫
Watch the full interview on @tscienceshow.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD1T...
Watch the full interview on @tscienceshow.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD1T...
From IAA Grant to Quantum Start-Up: Kelvin Quantum’s Journey | The Science Show with Dr Dada
YouTube video by THE SCIENCE SHOW with Dr Dada
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Dr Adetunmise Dada interviews Dr Robert Graham about his #commercialisation journey with Kelvin Quantum, including the pivotal moment during an IAA project 💫
Watch the full interview on @tscienceshow.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD1T...
Watch the full interview on @tscienceshow.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD1T...
Take a look around our IAA Impact Festival – a one-day event for academics who want to create #impact from their research 🚀
Jointly organised by the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and St Andrews.
This year's keynote was delivered by science presenter Fran Scott! 🔥
Jointly organised by the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and St Andrews.
This year's keynote was delivered by science presenter Fran Scott! 🔥
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Take a look around our IAA Impact Festival – a one-day event for academics who want to create #impact from their research 🚀
Jointly organised by the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and St Andrews.
This year's keynote was delivered by science presenter Fran Scott! 🔥
Jointly organised by the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and St Andrews.
This year's keynote was delivered by science presenter Fran Scott! 🔥
At our recent #Sustainability Salon, researchers and industry experts discussed the challenges around #EVs - their weight, battery technology & charging infrastructure, as well as battery-powered public transport and the potential of hydrogen.
Read more: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
Read more: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
At our recent #Sustainability Salon, researchers and industry experts discussed the challenges around #EVs - their weight, battery technology & charging infrastructure, as well as battery-powered public transport and the potential of hydrogen.
Read more: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
Read more: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
The two-day trial, funded by the EPSRC #IAA, connected 21 volunteer doctors who joined remotely from within and outside Nigeria to provide live video consultations for 81 internally displaced people over a secure 5G network.
A groundbreaking connectivity trial led by researchers from @uofgengineering.bsky.social has demonstrated the potential of 5G communications technologies to enable remote healthcare in Nigeria.
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The two-day trial, funded by the EPSRC #IAA, connected 21 volunteer doctors who joined remotely from within and outside Nigeria to provide live video consultations for 81 internally displaced people over a secure 5G network.
Congratulations to Dr Manlio Tassieri and his team, and Soapworks Ltd, on winning two Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) awards!🎉
Before the KTP project started, the EPSRC #IAA funded a PDRA for 6 months, to de-risk the project's technical aspects.
Before the KTP project started, the EPSRC #IAA funded a PDRA for 6 months, to de-risk the project's technical aspects.
An innovative knowledge transfer partnership between researchers from @uofgengineering.bsky.social and Soapworks Ltd has scooped two prizes at a major national awards ceremony.
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Congratulations to Dr Manlio Tassieri and his team, and Soapworks Ltd, on winning two Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) awards!🎉
Before the KTP project started, the EPSRC #IAA funded a PDRA for 6 months, to de-risk the project's technical aspects.
Before the KTP project started, the EPSRC #IAA funded a PDRA for 6 months, to de-risk the project's technical aspects.
Students and early career researchers: want to inspire the next generation of scientists?
Design a hands-on #photonics #experiment for #schools, win prizes, and see your idea turned into kits for 100 Scottish schools!
Apply now: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/challenge/
@uofgengineering.bsky.social
Design a hands-on #photonics #experiment for #schools, win prizes, and see your idea turned into kits for 100 Scottish schools!
Apply now: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/challenge/
@uofgengineering.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Students and early career researchers: want to inspire the next generation of scientists?
Design a hands-on #photonics #experiment for #schools, win prizes, and see your idea turned into kits for 100 Scottish schools!
Apply now: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/challenge/
@uofgengineering.bsky.social
Design a hands-on #photonics #experiment for #schools, win prizes, and see your idea turned into kits for 100 Scottish schools!
Apply now: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/challenge/
@uofgengineering.bsky.social
Our Standard IAA Call for impact projects requesting up to £50,000 is closing next week, on Tuesday, 28 October at 10am.
Find out more and apply: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
Find out more and apply: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
Our EPSRC IAA Funding Calls have reopened!
#Funding to create #impact from your research. With priority given to projects that can deliver outcomes and impacts in 2027/28.
Find out more and apply: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
#Funding to create #impact from your research. With priority given to projects that can deliver outcomes and impacts in 2027/28.
Find out more and apply: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
October 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Our Standard IAA Call for impact projects requesting up to £50,000 is closing next week, on Tuesday, 28 October at 10am.
Find out more and apply: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
Find out more and apply: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
Glasgow Science Festival will run in venues across the city from the 4th-14th June with the theme 'Cheers For 20 Years'. Proposals are open for researchers to submit ideas until 12 Jan 26.
Find more info and apply on the #GlaSciFest website!
www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
Find more info and apply on the #GlaSciFest website!
www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
October 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Glasgow Science Festival will run in venues across the city from the 4th-14th June with the theme 'Cheers For 20 Years'. Proposals are open for researchers to submit ideas until 12 Jan 26.
Find more info and apply on the #GlaSciFest website!
www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
Find more info and apply on the #GlaSciFest website!
www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
Let's dive deeper into the challenges and benefits of electric vehicles at our Sustainability Salon: The issues with EVs - continued! Wed 29 Oct, 2-5pm.
Book your place: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainabi...
#sustainability #EVs #ElectricVehicles @uofgengineering.bsky.social
Book your place: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainabi...
#sustainability #EVs #ElectricVehicles @uofgengineering.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Let's dive deeper into the challenges and benefits of electric vehicles at our Sustainability Salon: The issues with EVs - continued! Wed 29 Oct, 2-5pm.
Book your place: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainabi...
#sustainability #EVs #ElectricVehicles @uofgengineering.bsky.social
Book your place: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainabi...
#sustainability #EVs #ElectricVehicles @uofgengineering.bsky.social
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Happy #WorldSpaceWeek!
Did you know that Dr Gilles Bailet is developing a 3D printing technology that will work in zero gravity, enabling in-space manufacturing and recycling?
He tested it in microgravity in @esa.int flights
@uofgiaa.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Did you know that Dr Gilles Bailet is developing a 3D printing technology that will work in zero gravity, enabling in-space manufacturing and recycling?
He tested it in microgravity in @esa.int flights
@uofgiaa.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New 3D printers could transform space construction
Glasgow researcher is awarded a patent for a system to carry out construction on-demand on a space flight.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Happy #WorldSpaceWeek!
Did you know that Dr Gilles Bailet is developing a 3D printing technology that will work in zero gravity, enabling in-space manufacturing and recycling?
He tested it in microgravity in @esa.int flights
@uofgiaa.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Did you know that Dr Gilles Bailet is developing a 3D printing technology that will work in zero gravity, enabling in-space manufacturing and recycling?
He tested it in microgravity in @esa.int flights
@uofgiaa.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Congrats to Prof Larissa Naylor of @uofgges.bsky.social, who was Highly Commended in the category of Biodiversity Champion Award: Established Professional at the CIRIA Biodiversity Challenge Awards 2025!
Read more here: www.bigchallenge.info/2025-winners
Read more here: www.bigchallenge.info/2025-winners
September 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Congrats to Prof Larissa Naylor of @uofgges.bsky.social, who was Highly Commended in the category of Biodiversity Champion Award: Established Professional at the CIRIA Biodiversity Challenge Awards 2025!
Read more here: www.bigchallenge.info/2025-winners
Read more here: www.bigchallenge.info/2025-winners
Prof. Sajjad Hussain and Dr Dely Elliot have been appointed to highly competitive Academic Fellowship positions with the Scottish Parliament Information Centre!
We're proud to support them through the EPSRC IAA, jointly with the ESRC IAA.
Read more: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
We're proud to support them through the EPSRC IAA, jointly with the ESRC IAA.
Read more: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
September 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Prof. Sajjad Hussain and Dr Dely Elliot have been appointed to highly competitive Academic Fellowship positions with the Scottish Parliament Information Centre!
We're proud to support them through the EPSRC IAA, jointly with the ESRC IAA.
Read more: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
We're proud to support them through the EPSRC IAA, jointly with the ESRC IAA.
Read more: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
🚀 New #funding opportunity! The #Photonics & Quantum Accelerator (PQA) has opened its Further Innovation Call, offering up to £150,000 per project! They invite applications from UK-based academics collaborating with partners of any size. Learn more & apply: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/pqa-call/fur...
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🚀 New #funding opportunity! The #Photonics & Quantum Accelerator (PQA) has opened its Further Innovation Call, offering up to £150,000 per project! They invite applications from UK-based academics collaborating with partners of any size. Learn more & apply: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/pqa-call/fur...
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Libby Walker painted Glasgow from the @uofglasgow.bsky.social flagpole yesterday!
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
September 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Libby Walker painted Glasgow from the @uofglasgow.bsky.social flagpole yesterday!
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
Our EPSRC IAA Funding Calls have reopened!
#Funding to create #impact from your research. With priority given to projects that can deliver outcomes and impacts in 2027/28.
Find out more and apply: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
#Funding to create #impact from your research. With priority given to projects that can deliver outcomes and impacts in 2027/28.
Find out more and apply: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
September 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Our EPSRC IAA Funding Calls have reopened!
#Funding to create #impact from your research. With priority given to projects that can deliver outcomes and impacts in 2027/28.
Find out more and apply: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
#Funding to create #impact from your research. With priority given to projects that can deliver outcomes and impacts in 2027/28.
Find out more and apply: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
🎶 Music met science at Starbound: #Space in Songs & Science—an immersive event on 10 June 🛰️
A unique collaboration between @maaikesiegerist.bsky.social and Dr Gilles Bailet of @uofgengineering.bsky.social, part of @glascifest.bsky.social ✨ Supported by our EPSRC IAA
Find out more: gla.ac/starbound
A unique collaboration between @maaikesiegerist.bsky.social and Dr Gilles Bailet of @uofgengineering.bsky.social, part of @glascifest.bsky.social ✨ Supported by our EPSRC IAA
Find out more: gla.ac/starbound
July 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🎶 Music met science at Starbound: #Space in Songs & Science—an immersive event on 10 June 🛰️
A unique collaboration between @maaikesiegerist.bsky.social and Dr Gilles Bailet of @uofgengineering.bsky.social, part of @glascifest.bsky.social ✨ Supported by our EPSRC IAA
Find out more: gla.ac/starbound
A unique collaboration between @maaikesiegerist.bsky.social and Dr Gilles Bailet of @uofgengineering.bsky.social, part of @glascifest.bsky.social ✨ Supported by our EPSRC IAA
Find out more: gla.ac/starbound
#iaafest2025 exhibitors Interface, ICURe, Scottish Enterprise, Tay Health Tech, Scotland Beyond Net Zero, Medical Device Manufacturing Centre, Scotland KTP Centre, SPRE and Photonics & Quantum Accelerator can help you create impact
impactfestival.hw.ac.uk/exhibitors/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL_n...
impactfestival.hw.ac.uk/exhibitors/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL_n...
IAA Impact Festival: Exhibitors
YouTube video by University of Glasgow
www.youtube.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#iaafest2025 exhibitors Interface, ICURe, Scottish Enterprise, Tay Health Tech, Scotland Beyond Net Zero, Medical Device Manufacturing Centre, Scotland KTP Centre, SPRE and Photonics & Quantum Accelerator can help you create impact
impactfestival.hw.ac.uk/exhibitors/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL_n...
impactfestival.hw.ac.uk/exhibitors/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL_n...
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TWO free public lectures coming up in Glasgow
13 July, Erin Macdonald @drerinmac.bsky.social Spacetime in Star Trek
16 July, Carole Mundell @cmundell.bsky.social From Earth to the Fabric of SpaceTime
iop.eventsair.com/gr24-amaldi1...
#GR24Amaldi16 🏴
🔭⚛️🧪🎢 #SciComm
13 July, Erin Macdonald @drerinmac.bsky.social Spacetime in Star Trek
16 July, Carole Mundell @cmundell.bsky.social From Earth to the Fabric of SpaceTime
iop.eventsair.com/gr24-amaldi1...
#GR24Amaldi16 🏴
🔭⚛️🧪🎢 #SciComm
July 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
TWO free public lectures coming up in Glasgow
13 July, Erin Macdonald @drerinmac.bsky.social Spacetime in Star Trek
16 July, Carole Mundell @cmundell.bsky.social From Earth to the Fabric of SpaceTime
iop.eventsair.com/gr24-amaldi1...
#GR24Amaldi16 🏴
🔭⚛️🧪🎢 #SciComm
13 July, Erin Macdonald @drerinmac.bsky.social Spacetime in Star Trek
16 July, Carole Mundell @cmundell.bsky.social From Earth to the Fabric of SpaceTime
iop.eventsair.com/gr24-amaldi1...
#GR24Amaldi16 🏴
🔭⚛️🧪🎢 #SciComm
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📣 Researchers at The University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Glasgow, St Andrews, and Strathclyde! The EPSRC IAA Funding Call for impact projects is now open! Grants up to £50k available for collaborations between institutions. ➡️ impactfestival.hw.ac.uk/fundingcall
@uofgiaa.bsky.social
@uofgiaa.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📣 Researchers at The University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Glasgow, St Andrews, and Strathclyde! The EPSRC IAA Funding Call for impact projects is now open! Grants up to £50k available for collaborations between institutions. ➡️ impactfestival.hw.ac.uk/fundingcall
@uofgiaa.bsky.social
@uofgiaa.bsky.social
The PQA's Early Impact Call is open!
UK-based academics can apply for up to £50,000 funding for projects of up to 6 months that contribute to the sustainable growth of #Scotland’s #photonics sector. RAs are eligible to apply. Deadline: 15 July.
Read more: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/pqa-call/ear...
UK-based academics can apply for up to £50,000 funding for projects of up to 6 months that contribute to the sustainable growth of #Scotland’s #photonics sector. RAs are eligible to apply. Deadline: 15 July.
Read more: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/pqa-call/ear...
July 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The PQA's Early Impact Call is open!
UK-based academics can apply for up to £50,000 funding for projects of up to 6 months that contribute to the sustainable growth of #Scotland’s #photonics sector. RAs are eligible to apply. Deadline: 15 July.
Read more: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/pqa-call/ear...
UK-based academics can apply for up to £50,000 funding for projects of up to 6 months that contribute to the sustainable growth of #Scotland’s #photonics sector. RAs are eligible to apply. Deadline: 15 July.
Read more: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/pqa-call/ear...
Discover how focused #ultrasound is transforming #healthcare ✨
Visit FUSE CDT's 'Focused Energy: Extraordinary Ultrasound' exhibit at @royalsociety.org's Summer Science Exhibition #London, 1-6 July! Free entry
More info: fuse-cdt.org.uk/extraordinar...
📸 Guy Hinks | @uofgengineering.bsky.social
Visit FUSE CDT's 'Focused Energy: Extraordinary Ultrasound' exhibit at @royalsociety.org's Summer Science Exhibition #London, 1-6 July! Free entry
More info: fuse-cdt.org.uk/extraordinar...
📸 Guy Hinks | @uofgengineering.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Discover how focused #ultrasound is transforming #healthcare ✨
Visit FUSE CDT's 'Focused Energy: Extraordinary Ultrasound' exhibit at @royalsociety.org's Summer Science Exhibition #London, 1-6 July! Free entry
More info: fuse-cdt.org.uk/extraordinar...
📸 Guy Hinks | @uofgengineering.bsky.social
Visit FUSE CDT's 'Focused Energy: Extraordinary Ultrasound' exhibit at @royalsociety.org's Summer Science Exhibition #London, 1-6 July! Free entry
More info: fuse-cdt.org.uk/extraordinar...
📸 Guy Hinks | @uofgengineering.bsky.social
Fantastic learning visit yesterday to the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE) at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Roof terrace meeting was the highlight! Thank you to the team for meeting with Prof. Julien Reboud of @uofgengineering.bsky.social and Dr Caroline Hogarth. #healthtech
June 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Fantastic learning visit yesterday to the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE) at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Roof terrace meeting was the highlight! Thank you to the team for meeting with Prof. Julien Reboud of @uofgengineering.bsky.social and Dr Caroline Hogarth. #healthtech
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💥 Join the Quantum ARC this weekend at the Glasgow Science festival!
Discover the power of quantum, make objects levitate, and create and collapse your own quantum states with the team at the Riverside Museum on Saturday & Sunday 🚀
No booking required 👋
www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
#GlaSciFest
Discover the power of quantum, make objects levitate, and create and collapse your own quantum states with the team at the Riverside Museum on Saturday & Sunday 🚀
No booking required 👋
www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
#GlaSciFest
June 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
💥 Join the Quantum ARC this weekend at the Glasgow Science festival!
Discover the power of quantum, make objects levitate, and create and collapse your own quantum states with the team at the Riverside Museum on Saturday & Sunday 🚀
No booking required 👋
www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
#GlaSciFest
Discover the power of quantum, make objects levitate, and create and collapse your own quantum states with the team at the Riverside Museum on Saturday & Sunday 🚀
No booking required 👋
www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
#GlaSciFest
📅 New Date! This workshop has been rescheduled to Monday, 9 June. Secure your spot now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-wi...
Workshop for CoSE academics | Thu 22/5
Science with Purpose: Building Social Enterprises in STEM
With Prof. David Manlove of spin-out, KEPsoft Collaborative: software for Kidney Exchange Programmes. Gain insights for your own social enterprise ventures!
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-wi...
Science with Purpose: Building Social Enterprises in STEM
With Prof. David Manlove of spin-out, KEPsoft Collaborative: software for Kidney Exchange Programmes. Gain insights for your own social enterprise ventures!
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-wi...
June 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
📅 New Date! This workshop has been rescheduled to Monday, 9 June. Secure your spot now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-wi...
STARBOUND🚀
Tue 10 June, 6.30pm, @uofgarc.bsky.social
Hear from Dr Gilles Bailet about sustainability in space and testing new tech in zero gravity, at a #GlaSciFest event combining space-inspired live music & science!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeu5...
Info & tickets: www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
Tue 10 June, 6.30pm, @uofgarc.bsky.social
Hear from Dr Gilles Bailet about sustainability in space and testing new tech in zero gravity, at a #GlaSciFest event combining space-inspired live music & science!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeu5...
Info & tickets: www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
The importance of space research
YouTube video by University of Glasgow
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
STARBOUND🚀
Tue 10 June, 6.30pm, @uofgarc.bsky.social
Hear from Dr Gilles Bailet about sustainability in space and testing new tech in zero gravity, at a #GlaSciFest event combining space-inspired live music & science!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeu5...
Info & tickets: www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
Tue 10 June, 6.30pm, @uofgarc.bsky.social
Hear from Dr Gilles Bailet about sustainability in space and testing new tech in zero gravity, at a #GlaSciFest event combining space-inspired live music & science!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeu5...
Info & tickets: www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...