The 8th ScienceSLAM Helsinki took place on the Friday the 6th of November 2015 in Elmun baari. The winner of the 8th ScienceSLAM Helsinki was mathematician Samuli Siltanen – ”How to defuse a photobomb” .
The fellow contestants were:
Lea Urpa (Neurogenomics of psychiatric disorders) – ”How do you ask a mouse how it’s feeling?”
Milla-Mari Vastavuo & Petra Tuomiranta (Synthetic biology) – ”How to conquer the world with the power of propane?”
Sergio Castrillón (Musicology) – ”New directions in the cello timbre: Referential works for solo cello and cello with electronic media during the 20th and 21th century”
Rainer Lehtonen (Cancer Bioinformatics) – ”Cancerous world with zeros and ones”