Shannon Blay reflects on her summer spent at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
Hannah Wardle, manager in our Biological Support Unit, writes about her recent experience working with children designing enrichment for mice.
Aimee, Small Animal Facility Supervisor, reflects on her involvement in the Â鶹ÊÓƵ's takeover of the Understanding Animal Research Instagram account.
Sasha Pratt-Taweh, Public Engagement Officer, describes her journey to her role at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
Sarah Drummond, an experienced animal technician in our animal facility, shares her perspectives on being open around the use of animals in research and the importance of animal technicians speaking about their work.
Miriam describes her placement in the Public Engagement team.
Our Schools Public Engagement Officer shares his reflections on his first Schools’ Day event (and the 28th in the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s history)
Khuluud shares her experiences from her placement in the Liston lab as part of last summer's Research Access Programme.
Marzana discusses her experiences in the Corcoran lab on this summer's Research Access Programme.
Read about what went on at our 2022 sixth form conference.
Hanan shares her experiences of her Research Access Programme placement in the Flow Cytometry facility.
Asma, one of our 2022 cohort of Research Access Programme students, discusses her time in the Houseley lab and the highlights of her experience.
Jake Cross, a PhD student in the Florey lab, shares his experience of public engagement and working with educational charity The Brilliant Club.
Epigenetics researcher Laura shares her experience of creating a science themed escape room.
‘Meet a Bioscientist’ was the Public Engagement team’s flagship schools’ engagement event for 2022. For British Science Week, we spoke to over 900 young people across 15 schools and sixth forms about our research, careers in science, and what being a scientist is really like. Discover more about the event in this blog post.
For British Science Week 2022, researchers from 14 of our amazing research groups and facilities held conversations with school groups across Cambridgeshire and beyond so the students could explore more about the research here at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and what being a scientist is like. Eleanor, a Year 12 student at Comberton Village College, shares her experience of meeting the bioscientists from the Hawkins lab.
Our Public Engagement Manager Mike describes the challenges of leading a Public Engagement programme during a pandemic, and also the exciting opportunities being taken to work with traditionally-underserved audiences
As 2021 draws to a close, here's a look back at 21 of our highlights from the past year. Thanks to everyone who's been involved and we look forward to an exciting 2022.