With the recent lifting of COVID19 restrictions, Matt Rogers and I were finally able to run our two-day summer research experience workshop for the first time since 2018!
On 28th and 29th June we joined by three groups of enthusiastic Y11 and Y12 students and their teachers from St…
Matt Rogers and I ran our annual research workshop for first-year A-level students on 28-29th June. This time students from St Thomas the Apostle School and 6th Form College joined fellow students from Dulwich College.
All told, we had 15 enthusiastic students in the lab for two…
The 20th and 24th November saw me talk about microbes to two year 6 classes at Kingsgate Primary School in West Hampstead. They were a fantastically enthusiastic group with loads of great questions, so much so that two 30 minute presentations ended up taking almost an hour and a half…
On 25th and 26th June, Matt Rogers and I hosted a group of seven year 12 students from Dulwich College at LSHTM for an intense two days of lab work, talks and tours – ‘from molecules to cells to insects’. The idea was to give them a taste of what scientific…
I joined STEMnet back in March, becoming a STEM ambassador, which all sounds rather grand, but basically involves engaging school children and their teachers in the application of science. I did a talk to a group of year 7s back in November 2013, enjoyed the experience and thought I should…
Don’t panic, the zombies aren’t here yet, just a great way to get year 7 students interested in infection biology!
University College School in Hampstead ran a themed science week for year 7 (11-12 year olds) entitled, ‘Zombie Apocalypse’. Professor John Kelly and I spoke to the…
