Pint of Science Festival takes a look at all things kidney by Sarah Williams
For the third year in a row, we are delighted to be partnering with the Pint of Science Festival. This international science festival brings leading scientists and researchers to local pubs where they will present their latest discoveries, so people can learn about science over a pint.
In the UK some 40 cities will join this year’s festival. Our popular Kidney Research UK researchers feature in the #pint19 line-up in four cities – Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh and London from 20-22 May.

Quench your thirst for knowledge
Do you know that remarkable research is being carried out right across the country to find cures for kidney disease and to improve patients’ lives? Now’s your chance to find out more.
Tickets are now on sale and cost £4. Register your place through the Pint of Science website.
What’s on where:
MONDAY 20 MAY
Edinburgh – The secret life of kidneys
From 7.30-9.30pm (doors open at 7pm) at The Old Bell Inn, 233-235 Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PH
Professor Jamie Davies – Can we make new kidneys from stem cells?
Dr Eoin O’Sullivan – Protecting the kidneys: age is inevitable, but is aging?
Dr David Munro – Your kidneys and you
TUESDAY 21 MAY
Cambridge – Are you kidneying me?
From 7.00-9.30pm (doors open at 6.30pm) at Granta, 14 Newnham Road, Cambridge CB3 9EX
Professor John Bradley – Treating kidney disease – a matter of life and death
Dr Menna Clatworthy – Is this kidney good enough to transplant?
Professor Margaret Ashcroft – Kidney cancer
WEDNESDAY 22 MAY
Bristol – Curing chaotic kidneys
From 7.00-9.30pm (doors open at 6.30pm) at The Boardroom, Market Chambers, 20 St Nicholas St, Bristol BS1 1UB
Dr Carl May & Dr Gavin Welsh – Curing kidney disease: tricks of the trade
London – Keeping things renal
From 7.00-9.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm) at The Jam Tree, 541 King's Rd, Fulham, London SW6 2EB
Dr Stephen Marks – Transplanting the untransplantable
Frederica Poli – Getting to the heart of the matter: patients on dialysis
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