Big Biology Day, October 2023
The Department took part in its first Big Biology Day which was held at Hills Road Sixth Form on Saturday 14th October. We had a variety of hands-on activities including a Genetic Jenga, DNA origami, an ethical card game and an all-time favourite of studying different fly mutations under microscopes.
Our volunteers were: Lottie Groocock, Fariha Jawed. Nick New, Cahir O'Kane, Seun Ogundele, Sean Scinta and Alice Yuen.
Cambridge Festival, March 2023
We had a fantastic team of volunteers help out at this year's Cambridge Festival. On Saturday 25th March we ran various activities including extracting DNA from a strawberry, studying different fly mutations under microscopes and creating viruses'.
Our volunteers were: Ellie Blake, Simon Collier, Lottie Groocock, Katy Grobicki, Charlotte Houldcroft, Gloria Jansen, Fariha Jawed, Alex Neaverson, Sean Scinta and Avinash Srivastava.
Previous year's outreach and public engagement activities: