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The Babraham Institute works to deliver impact by translating our science and understanding of fundamental biology to promote lifelong health and wellbeing. Our blogs offer scientists, staff and guests the chance to share their individual views and experiences on the Institute's efforts to deliver research impacts and to build a welcoming and diverse community.

 

 

27/04/2022

Babraham Institute virtually and physically at the Cambridge Festival

public engagement | animal research | animals in science | events | cambridge science festival | immunology | epigenetics | escape rooms | festival
By Michael Norman

20/04/2021

Babraham Institute at the Cambridge Festival

public engagement | cambridge science festival | science festivals | epigenetics | immunology | bsu

24/02/2020

30 years of engaging memories

Schools Engagement Officer Mike Hinton looks back at his career in Public Engagement

public engagement | primary | secondary schools | sixth form | teachers | cell signalling | epigenetics | cambridge science festival | schools day | animals in science | careers
By Michael Hinton

15/07/2019

Escape Room: A researcher's view of Public Engagement

Richard, a PhD student in the Cook lab, summarises why he feels we need to pause and re-think public engagement, elevating it from a nice side hobby to the critical essence of why we do research.

cambridge science festival | cell signalling | escape rooms | phd student | public engagement

12/07/2019

Escape Room: The science behind the scenes

Piot Jung, a PhD Student in the Stephens/Hawkins group and Chiara Pantarelli, a PhD student in the Welch group, explained how their PhD projects helped them to develop their award-winning public engagement activity

cambridge science festival | cell signalling | escape rooms | phd student | public engagement

09/07/2019

Escape Room: Project development

Elizabeth Hampson explains her part in the development of the Institute’s pop-up escape room and how her PhD research in the Welch group was a key to its success.

cambridge science festival | cell signalling | escape rooms | phd student | public engagement | women in science

14/01/2019

New perspectives on challenge projects in the Netherlands

Elizabeth Hampson, a PhD student in the Welch research group, describes her visit to Sophianum School in the Netherlands.

animal research | animals in science | cambridge science festival | epigenetics | ethics | international | secondary schools | signalling | sixth form

17/04/2018

Race Against the Ageing Clock – from training to practice

As part of the development of our new exhibit, Race Against the Ageing Clock, researchers Dil and Jo visited the Royal Society, London, in March for some insightful training on engagement through the use of exhibit activities, before putting their new skills into practice at the Cambridge Science Festival. 

epigenetics | royal society | ageing clock | cambridge science festival

18/04/2017

Can you print an organ in a 3D printer?

Joerg Stange, a member of the Institute's Immunology programme, discusses the use of organoids in research and his experience of taking part in the Cambridge Science Festival 2017.

cambridge science festival | immunology | public
By Guest Blogger

23/03/2017

Babraham Institute Molecular Explorers Exhibit at the Cambridge Science Festival

Chiara Pantarelli, a PhD student in Heidi Welch's research group, shares her motivations and experience of this fun weekend, hands-on festival event.

cambridge science festival | family | public