Ilya Kolmanovsky. Naked digger: superpowers of animals 31 May 2025
Did you know that animal superpowers are very important for us humans? At the lecture of biologist and journalist Ilya Kolmanovsky we will learn what talents some animals have and how their skills inspire scientists and engineers to create new technologies and materials for people.
- Why did the canary become a symbol of danger warning?
- Why did medics use the blood of swordtails to create medicines?
- Who really invented the pregnancy test?
- Is it true that snail venoms actually cure some diseases?
- How are animals helping scientists come up with digital sensor systems and what is an "electronic nose"?
- What do dogs work as in human hospitals?
"We'll discuss super venomous snails, blue-blooded swordtails, naked diggers, and other marvelous creatures whose secrets scientists are now trying to steal to help industry. In this lecture, I will tell and show how we utilize biodiversity in the era of synthetic biology and what new technologies humans could create based on animal superpowers."
Ilya Kolmanovsky is a PhD in biology, science journalist, and author of the podcasts Naked Digger and One and a Half Digger.
Feel free to invite your little fans of cartoons and computer games to meet Ilya Kolmanovsky. After all, in addition to the fact that our lecturer is familiar with the latest scientific research, he also has an incredible talent for communicating with children. Ilya Kolmanovsky talks about all living things so fascinatingly - and even shows them! - that children want to learn more and more!
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A separate ticket is purchased for each child and adult.
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