One PhD student, one fascinating topic, one café, one hour. Enjoy a cup tea while a PhD student shares his/her interesting findings and groundbreaking ideas. With students from a wide range of subjects, there will be something to tempt everyone’s intellectual appetite. Make a PhD a piece of cake.

The aim is to demystify the PhD process and make it accessible to all. Every PhD, no matter how technical or academic it sounds, will be explained so complete beginners to the topic can enjoy learning about groundbreaking research and ideas.

Created in partnership with The Beltane Public Engagement Network - www.beltanenetwork.org

This month PhD student Thomas Suslak will be hosting.

Stretching the Truth: Mechanotransduction in Sensory Nerves

We explore a fundamental process - mechanotransduction, which no-one really understands. But it is crucial for all sorts of senses, like touch, balance and even hearing. Thomas uses a variety of techniques to try to get to the bottom of this mysterious bodily function from computers to fruit flies! What he is discovering now could be vital to disease treatment for such things as hypertension, deafness and PCD, amongst others.