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Public release date: 18-Sep-2012[ | E-mail |
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Queen Mary, University of London
Educating the public on anatomy and disease through the unusual medium of anatomically correct cakes, cookies and cocktails
Talented bakers and medical experts are joining forces for a disease and anatomy-themed cake festival this autumn at Queen Mary, University of London's Pathology Museum.
Eat Your Heart Out 2012 runs from 26-28 October at St Bartholomews Pathology Museum based at QM's West Smithfield campus - and aims to educate the public on anatomy and disease through the unusual medium of anatomically correct cakes, cookies and cocktails.
A series of pathology based lectures will also examine the real-life conditions behind the edible treats on sale, which include an astonishingly realistic Trio of Toenail Fungus Cookies, Polycystic Kidney Cakes and Anatomical Macaroons.
Artists come from across the UK and include Tattoo Cakes, Nevie-Pie Cakes and The Conjurer's Kitchen.
Displays will be split into the five main sections of the Medical School curriculum at Queen Mary: Cardiorespiratory, Metabolism, Brain and Behaviour, Human Development and Locomotive. Within each section there will be information leaflets and photographs corresponding to the products on sale.
The Pathology Museum's technician and assistant curator Carla Connolly says: "We hope to create an interest in the topics of anatomy and pathology, for example - raise awareness of the need for blood donations, educate visitors about transplants and ensure people understand the dangers of alcohol abuse and smoking. Most importantly, we'll be showing that serious, or often taboo, subjects can still be communicated through an accessible medium. In this way we aspire to engage those who would never normally research these topics, and continue the work of pioneers before us who have helped to further the study of disease despite unorthodox or unusual techniques.
"The museum has played host to some exciting events over the last year, from taxidermy lessons to wine tasting nights and evening lectures. It's the perfect location for an event as unique as Eat Your Heart Out - a project that aims to make people aware of how important the study of disease is, in a way that's fun, popular thanks to television shows like The Great British Bake Off - and completely unforgettable.
"Within each section of the show there will be information leaflets corresponding to the products, and lectures will occur throughout the venture. For example, the 'mole cupcakes' will be sold and displayed with information about melanoma, detailing the dangers of sunbeds, melanoma statistics and how to check moles for malignancy. Gill Nuttall from the melanoma charity Factor50 will also be on hand to discuss her story and provide further information in a lecture."
A further confirmed guest speaker is Dr Lesley Hall, senior archivist at The Wellcome Library, who will give a lecture titled 'Sex and the City' on venereal disease in London from, the 17th Century to present day.
The event has been created by freelance creative director Emma Thomas, as her alter-ego Miss Cakehead, on the back of the hugely successful Halloween-themed Eat Your Heart Out 2010.
While bakers will be reimbursed for the cost of their ingredients, the cake shop is not-for-profit and all staff will be volunteering their time.
Entry to Eat Your Heart Out 2012 is free but guests are encouraged to reserve a place: [http://eyho.eventbrite.com/]. These tickets will guarantee attendance at any of the free special events or lectures taking place during the reserved time slot. Ticket holders will also be able to reserve cakes for purchase.
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Anatomically Correct Heart Macaroons by Miss Insomnia Tulip-
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/down?t=6LFJSL47H17I3LHL/6L0I72V8II36M8A2R0RTBS0
Red Blood Cell Cupcakes from Denise Bakes Cakes-
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/down?t=5D4DRJGT2B2LE63R/4H0IVD5VFNUP4MLRK7TP6C0
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/down?t=4H02B3AUA636GBQI/4P7J5BTKC39AERCEHJNOEB8
Brain Truffle-
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/get/55S0R12NB2FN29I5/555IB2V8II36M8A2R0RDNV0/Brain%20Truffle.JPG
Anatomically Correct Cupcakes by Nicola Shipley at Tattoo Cakes-
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/down?t=4L6JFEJ1AQCNMF2V/4HOGR5CUBREB2USOGRJ8MAO
Petri Dish Jellies by The Conjurer's Kitchen-
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/down?t=6P42HD37D2NK3TGL/6T7IFEDQFBS9QLTKLB6QE20
About St Batholomews Pathology Museum
The Pathology Museum at St Bartholomew's is leased by Queen Mary, and as a result is independent from the hospital. Built in 1879, this Grade II Listed building houses approximately 5000 anatomical specimens. Only those specimens over 100 years old, and therefore outside recent HTA Regulations, are available for the public to view at the museum's events.
QM holds a Public Display License for the museum's contents and this has enabled a unique and popular series of interesting evening seminars to be held in the building, focusing on topics from Medicine, Humanities and Popular Culture. Recent events include a 'Mending Broken Hearts' seminar on Valentine's Day which helped to raise money for The British Heart Foundation, a play written and performed by LAMDA students which comprised several interwoven stories about the historical specimens, and lectures on subjects including bodysnatching, Joseph Merrick, and the Life and Death of Marilyn Monroe.
About Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London is one of the UK's leading research-focused higher education institutions with some 16,900 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Amongst the largest of the colleges of the University of London, Queen Mary is a member of the Russell Group, which represents the 24 leading universities in the UK.
Queen Mary's 3,800 staff deliver world class degree programmes and research across 21 academic departments and institutes, within three sectors: Science and Engineering; Humanities, Social Sciences and Laws; and the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Queen Mary is ranked 11th in the UK according to the Guardian analysis of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, and has been described as 'the biggest star among the research-intensive institutions' by the Times Higher Education. The College has a strong international reputation, with around 20 per cent of students coming from over 100 countries. Queen Mary has an annual turnover of 300 million, research income worth 70 million, and generates employment and output worth 600 million to the UK economy each year.
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Public release date: 18-Sep-2012[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Sarah Cox
s.cox@qmul.ac.uk
Queen Mary, University of London
Educating the public on anatomy and disease through the unusual medium of anatomically correct cakes, cookies and cocktails
Talented bakers and medical experts are joining forces for a disease and anatomy-themed cake festival this autumn at Queen Mary, University of London's Pathology Museum.
Eat Your Heart Out 2012 runs from 26-28 October at St Bartholomews Pathology Museum based at QM's West Smithfield campus - and aims to educate the public on anatomy and disease through the unusual medium of anatomically correct cakes, cookies and cocktails.
A series of pathology based lectures will also examine the real-life conditions behind the edible treats on sale, which include an astonishingly realistic Trio of Toenail Fungus Cookies, Polycystic Kidney Cakes and Anatomical Macaroons.
Artists come from across the UK and include Tattoo Cakes, Nevie-Pie Cakes and The Conjurer's Kitchen.
Displays will be split into the five main sections of the Medical School curriculum at Queen Mary: Cardiorespiratory, Metabolism, Brain and Behaviour, Human Development and Locomotive. Within each section there will be information leaflets and photographs corresponding to the products on sale.
The Pathology Museum's technician and assistant curator Carla Connolly says: "We hope to create an interest in the topics of anatomy and pathology, for example - raise awareness of the need for blood donations, educate visitors about transplants and ensure people understand the dangers of alcohol abuse and smoking. Most importantly, we'll be showing that serious, or often taboo, subjects can still be communicated through an accessible medium. In this way we aspire to engage those who would never normally research these topics, and continue the work of pioneers before us who have helped to further the study of disease despite unorthodox or unusual techniques.
"The museum has played host to some exciting events over the last year, from taxidermy lessons to wine tasting nights and evening lectures. It's the perfect location for an event as unique as Eat Your Heart Out - a project that aims to make people aware of how important the study of disease is, in a way that's fun, popular thanks to television shows like The Great British Bake Off - and completely unforgettable.
"Within each section of the show there will be information leaflets corresponding to the products, and lectures will occur throughout the venture. For example, the 'mole cupcakes' will be sold and displayed with information about melanoma, detailing the dangers of sunbeds, melanoma statistics and how to check moles for malignancy. Gill Nuttall from the melanoma charity Factor50 will also be on hand to discuss her story and provide further information in a lecture."
A further confirmed guest speaker is Dr Lesley Hall, senior archivist at The Wellcome Library, who will give a lecture titled 'Sex and the City' on venereal disease in London from, the 17th Century to present day.
The event has been created by freelance creative director Emma Thomas, as her alter-ego Miss Cakehead, on the back of the hugely successful Halloween-themed Eat Your Heart Out 2010.
While bakers will be reimbursed for the cost of their ingredients, the cake shop is not-for-profit and all staff will be volunteering their time.
Entry to Eat Your Heart Out 2012 is free but guests are encouraged to reserve a place: [http://eyho.eventbrite.com/]. These tickets will guarantee attendance at any of the free special events or lectures taking place during the reserved time slot. Ticket holders will also be able to reserve cakes for purchase.
###
Anatomically Correct Heart Macaroons by Miss Insomnia Tulip-
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/down?t=6LFJSL47H17I3LHL/6L0I72V8II36M8A2R0RTBS0
Red Blood Cell Cupcakes from Denise Bakes Cakes-
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/down?t=5D4DRJGT2B2LE63R/4H0IVD5VFNUP4MLRK7TP6C0
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/down?t=4H02B3AUA636GBQI/4P7J5BTKC39AERCEHJNOEB8
Brain Truffle-
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/get/55S0R12NB2FN29I5/555IB2V8II36M8A2R0RDNV0/Brain%20Truffle.JPG
Anatomically Correct Cupcakes by Nicola Shipley at Tattoo Cakes-
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/down?t=4L6JFEJ1AQCNMF2V/4HOGR5CUBREB2USOGRJ8MAO
Petri Dish Jellies by The Conjurer's Kitchen-
http://collect.qmul.ac.uk/down?t=6P42HD37D2NK3TGL/6T7IFEDQFBS9QLTKLB6QE20
About St Batholomews Pathology Museum
The Pathology Museum at St Bartholomew's is leased by Queen Mary, and as a result is independent from the hospital. Built in 1879, this Grade II Listed building houses approximately 5000 anatomical specimens. Only those specimens over 100 years old, and therefore outside recent HTA Regulations, are available for the public to view at the museum's events.
QM holds a Public Display License for the museum's contents and this has enabled a unique and popular series of interesting evening seminars to be held in the building, focusing on topics from Medicine, Humanities and Popular Culture. Recent events include a 'Mending Broken Hearts' seminar on Valentine's Day which helped to raise money for The British Heart Foundation, a play written and performed by LAMDA students which comprised several interwoven stories about the historical specimens, and lectures on subjects including bodysnatching, Joseph Merrick, and the Life and Death of Marilyn Monroe.
About Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London is one of the UK's leading research-focused higher education institutions with some 16,900 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Amongst the largest of the colleges of the University of London, Queen Mary is a member of the Russell Group, which represents the 24 leading universities in the UK.
Queen Mary's 3,800 staff deliver world class degree programmes and research across 21 academic departments and institutes, within three sectors: Science and Engineering; Humanities, Social Sciences and Laws; and the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Queen Mary is ranked 11th in the UK according to the Guardian analysis of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, and has been described as 'the biggest star among the research-intensive institutions' by the Times Higher Education. The College has a strong international reputation, with around 20 per cent of students coming from over 100 countries. Queen Mary has an annual turnover of 300 million, research income worth 70 million, and generates employment and output worth 600 million to the UK economy each year.
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