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27 March, 2023 | Francis Crick Institute
MUSIC
Born in Shiraz, Iran, Peyman Heydarian is an award-winning music scientist and santurist. Peyman is known for his innovative tuning systems and performance techniques applied across a multi-ethnic repertoire, and performed on the Iranian santur (Hammered Dulcimer). A computer scientist and musicologist by training, Peyman has also developed computer algorithms for the analysis of Persian musical signals. Peyman has established and presided over a number of musical societies and bands, including Music Association of Iranian Students and the National Iranian Student Orchestra. He has toured the world with a multi-ethnic programme, “The Voice of Santur”, performing Persian, Kurdish, Greek, Armenian, Turkish, and Celtic music in concert halls, museums, universities, and festivals.
EXHIBITION
If you could, would you edit your DNA? Which diseases should we try to cure, and who decides? Where would you draw the line?
New tools called genome editing technologies are changing how science is done in places like the Crick. They help scientists alter DNA more quickly, more easily and more accurately than ever before. These tools have the potential to improve human health and the world around us, but they also bring up new important ethical questions and concerns.
Knowledge Quarter Conference 2023 delegates will have free access to the Francis Crick Institute’s latest exhibition, Cut + Paste, which explores these questions and invites you to have your say.
FOOD
Delegates will be offered a buffet lunch consisting of vegetarian, vegan and fish options, a range of accompaniments and desert.
Delegates are welcome to remain in the venue for a drinks reception immediately following the conference, from 17:50.
WELLBEING WALK
Beginning at 13:40, Camden Tour Guides Association will offer delegates an opportunity to set off on a wellbeing walk around the Francis Crick Institute, taking in the local sites and places of historical interest.