Nature’s perils: Plants and pandemics

Run time: 11.30 – 17.00

The world around us is home to many deadly and delightful plants and microbes – some of them help treat diseases whilst others are dangerous… 

Join researchers from across the Faculty of Health and Life Science Faculty (University of Liverpool) and the Pandemic Institute to discover how they study and protect people against dangerous germs and plants.

Can you guess which plants are friends or foe? Bust some myths about medicines and poisons of the past and make your own 'poison' or antidote to take home with you. 

Learn about what germs have potential to become a pandemic, and what research we are doing to prepare for them. 

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