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Join us in the Adelphi Room at The Crucible Theatre Sheffield, Thurs 20th Sept 6:30-9pm. What can you learn in 5mins?

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Well done everyone! Every talk received votes and you all did excellently. A great selection of research topics, thank you all so much for speaking for us!

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And congratulations to our runner ups: @KoeppelAndreas in 2nd and @Prof_Hatton and @AndyMetcalfe66 in joint 3rd!!

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It gives us great pleasure to announce the winner of last nights audience vote for best talk is @JamesTmansfield for his talk Soggy Scottish Castles: What can they teach us about nuclear waste storage? Congratulations James! An amazon voucher will be making its way to you!

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@sengodan_anand Hi Anand. I will announce it on here later today. I can say we had great feedback on all the talks and everyone was picked as someone’s favourite at least once 👍

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Thank you so much to all our speakers and all the punters who braved the horrific weather to make tonight another success :) hope you all had a great time! Until next year 👍

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@Prof_Hatton Thank you very much for speaking for us! We will pass along any other photos and your video soon

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@Prof_Hatton telling us how we can repair our fragile bodies, and where we might be in the future! “He cost 6 million dollars!....”

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@DanisaurLp Thanks for coming!

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@CandiceMajewski Thank you so much for sharing your work with us! It was a fantastic night despite the weather :) we look forward to seeing you soon!

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Last but not least @AndyMetcalfe66 telling us about his work inspiring and training the next generation of our science workforce. With a bit of Bruce’s price is right for audience participation!

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Now we have @juliandobson talking about his work in the Improving Well-being through Urban Nature project, aiming to improve our beautiful Sheffield!

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Now we have Sharif Khalid discussing whether sustainability is a euphemism for the failings of the world

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Next up we have @parveenazamali talking about the horrific problem of domestic violence in the UK and beyond. Really important research, thank you for sharing

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Kicking off round 3 we have Dr David Benbow talking to us about whether the NHS can survive beyond its 70th birthday. We sure hope so!...

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@parveenazamali We believe in you!!

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Taking us to our second interval we have Hita Unnikrishnan telling us about her work in Bangalore, India

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Next up we have @sengodan_anand telling us about his very impressive work saving human lives from landmines

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Up next, @CandiceMajewski telling us about her passion for 3D printing. Those were some beautiful wedding flowers!

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Fantastic use of The Simpson’s by @JamesTmansfield to tell us about Soggy Scottish Castles and how they can help us deal with our nuclear waste

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Guest appearance from Megan Markle helping @KoeppelAndreas tell us about spinning silk without a silkworm!

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@KuglerElisabeth closes this section of the evening, sharing her work using zebrafish to study the cardiovascular system