Paisley at the Pictures 1950

On Thursday 27 February 2020 at 7.30 pm in Room D133, UWS, Paisley, Brian Hannan will talk on the above subject. Brian describes himself as '.. an odd combination - a movie buff, a food lover (I own a cookery school) and I've been writing fiction since I was fourteen.' his talk will be based on his book of the same name.

The talk is open to visitors with a suggested donation of £3.00.

Protecting the world's 125 M contact lens users

Our next meeting  will take place on Thursday 13 February 2020 at 7.30 pm in Room D133, UWS, Paisley.

The talk will be delivered by Fiona Henriquez, Professor of Parasitology, School of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland.

Fiona has kindly provided a short precis of her talk:

Acanthamoeba keratitis is an emerging opportunistic infection caused by the normally free-living protist, Acanthamoeba. Contact lens wear is a major risk factor and their cases and cleaning solutions are vunerable to Acanthamoeba contamination, as this protist is found in every environment, including tap water, swimming pools and air conditioning units. Public and professional awareness is still limited and at UWS we are not only working to understand Acanthamoeba and develop new treatments and prevention measures, but also to engage with the large multinational eye-care industry, Optician practitioners and Ophthalmologists to reduce the risk of the development of microbial keratitis and in particular, Acanthamoeba infections. Interestingly, we are witnessing an emergence of other amoeba pathogens, in particular an infection that is affecting our aquaculture industry, called Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD), caused by Paramoeba. At UWS we are translating our knowledge of Acanthamoeba to Paramoeba in the effort to support the aquaculture industry to prevent heavy economic losses due to this infection. 

There is also further information available here


Guests are welcome with  suggested donation of £3.00.