Bright Club is a stand up comedy night where scientists talk about their research in a seriously funny way. The first Bright Club Brussels took place October 15th, 2015, at Rits Café Brussels. Different researchers took their chance to seize the stage and entertain the audience with a series of scientifically sound jokes. And with succes! Maybe they felt the force was with them: they were supported by Bright Club instigator and British stand up comedian Steve Cross, and our national science comedy treasure Lieven Scheire added to that support by being an excellent MC.

Podcast

Do you enjoy listening to a particle physicist cracking jokes while you take a shower? Do you want to have a computational linguist whisper in your ear while taking the bus? Find and download our podcast here!

Video

…on biotechnological dance routines, obsessive-compulsive lab arrangements and scientifically sound superstition.

Nevena Hristozova

Molecular Biologist, VUB.

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…on super duper particle smashers, a love for all things dark and how in season two winter still hasn’t come.

 

Steven Lowette

Particle Physicist, VUB.

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…on Google translate’s wackiness, irritatingly confirmed clichés and the one word above them all

Ben Verhoeven

computational linguist, UA.

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…on neutrino oscillations on tinder, gin tonics on Mars and a Big Brother for astronauts

 

Daniel Perez

Physicist, KUL

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…on extremely sexy particle collisions, accelerators from times when the Brussels metro art was considered cutting edge and 14000 ton detector selfie sticks.

Freya Blekman

particle physicist, VUB.

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…on the sad microwaving of a goldfish, questionable measurements in units strawberry and how to save the world and stuff

 

Ilja Van Braeckel

Biologist & Science Communicator , VUB

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…on why sex cells sell, swapping childhood leukaemia samples and notes on the market of authorship positions.

Hetty Helsmoortsel

Molecular biologist, UGent.

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…on one liter gasoline breakfasts, some piston engine fun and the Volkswagen scandal explained with cake.

 

Francesco Contino

Electro-mechanical engineer, VUB

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…on messing with other people’s minds, records in awkward situations and never ever saying things in a sexual way.

Michael Van Damme

Experimental Psychologist, UGent.

It’s official! We’re doing a 2nd at Mark 2/2/16 in your calendar! But who will be the researchers in our line up??