Jitte will guide you through the beautiful intricacies of insect brains, their specific areas and their function. In the end, you too will be able to look at a miniscule 30 nanoliter brain and point out the “optic lobes” or the “mushroom bodies”, promise! Join us for an exploration of brains from (alien) ant farms to (papa) roach. Learn what we do (and do not) know of these brains on this journey, accompanied by high def photographs, digital reconstructions, and even larger than life 3D printed models of insect brains. Can you solve the puzzle and perhaps take a brain home…?

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Simone is a Master of Parasites!

Not only by education, profession but also of interest. She thinks the most amazing parasites are those that manipulate the behaviour of their hosts and more specifically the ones that do so from the brains. She will take you on a journey through the amazing world of parasite manipulation, via a Pokémon-inspired parasite-host game. Here you will take the role of the parasite, the host, or the “evolved” manipulated state. Let us see if we can figure out who fits together, and maybe at the end of the night you will even have a favourite parasite!