Sciennes Primary Assembly P4-P7

Friday 27th February 2015

DR MICHAEL EDDLESTONEDINBURGH UNIVERSITY

Why do people become scientists??

19031911

1921

Marie Curie

Godfrey Hounsfield

His Question was:How can I see what is in a person’s head?

But in more detail than by x-ray

1960s

1971 – first person ever to get a CT scan ….

Modern CT

MRI

Modern scanner

Incredible modern imaging of the body

Nobel Prize for Medicine 1979

Who was Nobel ?

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Nobel invented TNT and usedhis money to fund the Nobel Prizes

Rita Levi-Montalcini

1936Banned from working in medicine or university

Banned from working in medicine or university

Her question:How does the brain connect?

She wanted to know about brain connections

Moved to work with her hero Viktor Hamburger

‘Something’ was releasedby the tissue, causingit to extend ‘shoots’

She found a protein that she called Nerve Growth Factor or NGF

NGF helps cells survive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in2ig3c9lCQ

Nobel Prize for Medicine 1986

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Sciennes ValuesRespectHonesty

Rights and ResponsibilityQualityEqualityKindnessGood mannersForgivenessCo-operationCitizenship

What have you done today that makes YOU feel proud?

P4 Scots’ Night

What have you done today that makes YOU feel proud?

Yash Winner ofSteven Lui Cup for Burns

Recital 2015

What have you done today that makes YOU feel proud?

Cai and Ross Rainforest Song

What have you done today that makes YOU feel proud?

Wild About Scotland Science Lab

What have you done today that makes YOU feel proud?

Emma Bronze and Silver Medals for Drama, Singing and Dance

School NewsCHANGE to MORNING BREAKS FROM MONDAY

School EventsMon 2nd P6 and P7 Cross CountryWed 4th JGHS staff visit P7Thurs 5th World Book Day

P6/7 PTA Disco 6.30-8.00pm

Mon 9th P6 EuroquizP7 Basketball Final

Fri 13th Comic Relief Make Your Face Funny for Money

COMIC RELIEF 13th MARCH

This week’s house points

Tantallon Lauder

Sienna

Grange