When carbon atoms collide with biscuits

9th Science Slam brings exciting science to the stage

Swinging rotor blades, yawning shift workers, sugar-eating microorganisms - if you want to experience the diversity of the scientific landscape in Bremerhaven, you shouldn't miss the Science Slam. It's happening again on Thursday, 21 November at 7 pm. In the former Apollo cinema at Georgstraße 73, six scientists will compete against each other in exciting short presentations and vie for the audience's favour.

No more than ten minutes

The aim of the evening is to get the most points for your topic in the judgement of the guests. The individual slammers have a maximum of ten minutes to convince the audience at the Apollo of their topic with humour, passion, knowledge and exciting information. 

Dr Matthias Knauer from the University of Bremen will be the evening's ‘fire-up’. He deserved first place at last year's 8th Science Slam with his presentation on the pitfalls of logistics in the crane sector and will get the guests of the 9th Science Slam in the mood for the varied evening. 

Carl, the carbon atom, then plays the main role in the lecture by Dr Miriam Seifert, marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Together with the audience, she will go in search of the consequences of burning fossil fuels for the environment and the sea. Laura Pareigis from the Max Planck Institute in Bremen also takes the guests into the sea and sheds light on the connections between global climate change and the sugar uptake of microorganisms. 

This biscuit is award-winning

Saskia Trompell's presentation is about a completely different kind of food intake. The student from Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences presents an award-winning biscuit and reveals the secret behind the ingredients. Imke Matullat from the Technology Transfer Centre (ttz), on the other hand, has the right people with energy requirements for this: Her exciting study looks at the effects of shift and night work on employees using the example of the harbour industry in Bremerhaven.

Bernd Haller from Fraunhofer IWES brings positive vibrations to the event. He will show and explain to the audience the latest methods for load testing giant wind turbine rotor blades. And because science is always surprising, there will be a surprise guest at the 9th Science Slam who is very likely to be there: Dr Jannis Stoppe from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). He will be presenting the perfect recipe for protecting underwater infrastructures with the title ‘The North Sea is also a soup’.

Admission is free

Admission to the Science Slam is free and registration is not required. The event is supported by the AWI Sponsors' Association. Admission in the former Apollo cinema is on 21 November from 6.30 pm.