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Explore stem cells through story-telling on 6 December with King's academic Ana Angelova Volponi as part of the Heads up! Shining a light on innovations in oral health exhibition programme.

Stem cells are a unique population of cells in the body that have two main jobs: to renew themselves and to replace damaged or exhausted cells. But what decides the destiny of a stem cell, and can it be altered or directed?

During the workshop, participants will engage in creating their own stem cells using clay modelling and story-telling. The session will challenge perceptions of these cells, discovering new perspectives for their role and destiny through the merging of science and art.

Everyone is welcome and no previous experience is needed to take part.

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About the academic

Dr Ana Angelova Volponi is a Lecturer in Regenerative Dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King’s College London. She joined King’s in 2008, after completing her PhD at Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. She is a Deputy Director of the Postgraduate MSc Course in Regenerative Dentistry at King’s and leads the BDS Course in Oral and Craniofacial Developmental Biology.

Ana is an expert in the field of Regenerative dentistry and her work focuses on Dental stem cells and creation of Bio-teeth using different tissue and organ-engineering techniques.​Parallel to her scientific work on stem cells, she is interested in exploring innovative ways of teaching Science. Her latest project Cells Café focused on using art as a tool to teach developmental biology in collaboration with the artist Tabatha Andrews. The artistic output of the project, titled The Script, is exhibited as part of the Heads up! Shinning a light on innovations in oral health exhibition.

 

Heads up! Shining a light on innovations in oral health 

2 – 13 December 2019 | Monday – Friday, 12.00 – 18.00

Free admission

Heads up! Shining a light on innovations in oral health is a collaboration between King’s College London’s Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences and the university’s Culture team.

Image: Human ear drum and canal at 17 gestational weeks – Mona Mozaffari, Centre for Craniofacial, Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology, King’s College London

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Event details


Bush House Arcade
Arcade at Bush House, South Wing, Strand WC2B 4PJ