{"id":48,"date":"2022-02-18T10:29:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T10:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/allegretti\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:29:36","slug":"outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/allegretti\/outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborations and outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-larger-font-size\">Collaborations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collaboration are at the heart of science. Our lab participates to interdisciplinary collaborations to push the boundaries of scientific discoveries. Below some of our collaborators in alphabetic order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shintaro Aibara (Astra Zeneca)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matteo Avella (Sidra Medicine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Barford (MRC-LMB, Cambridge UK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Dendooven (VIB\/VUB Brussels, Belgium)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emmanuel Derivery (MRC-LMB, Cambridge, UK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kate McDole (MRC-LMB Cambridge, UK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahmadreza Mehdipour (Center for Molecular Modeling, Gent Belgium)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathy Niakan (University of Cambridge)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Russo (MRC-LMB, Cambridge UK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marta Shahbazi (MRC-LMB, Cambridge UK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sebastian Tacke (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keren Turton (MRC-LMB, Cambridge, UK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mechanical and electronics workshop (MRC-LMB, Cambridge, UK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-larger-font-size\">Outreach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">We promote science education and sustainability initiatives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We participate to the LMB lab sustainability actions and follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/ukri.sharepoint.com\/sites\/thesource\/SitePages\/Environmental-Sustainability-in-UKRI.aspx\">UKRI Environmental Sustainability Strategy<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/sustainable\/staff\/leaf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework<\/a> (LEAF) standards for sustainable labs. We won the LMB greening competition as most sustainable lab of 2024!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pirating science, a platform made by young scientists with the goal of bringing scientific concepts to kids via books, audios and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCAu-iqt3Z7ssiVzTuZFtfZg\/featured\">YouTube videos<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cortonafriends.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cortona friends<\/a>, a non-profit organization which organizes a transdisciplinary week with the aim of connecting science to all other human expressions and train graduate students to a systemic view of life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We participate to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/sites\/open-day-2023\/\">LMB Open<\/a> day to spread the passion for science to the future generations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TYhnp_3rlR4&amp;t=1s\">We give public talks about our science to scientists (See Vicky&#8217;s lecture <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TYhnp_3rlR4&amp;t=1s\">here<\/a>) and non-scientific audiences, which are the vast majority of tax payers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/allegretti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/03\/Picture1-1024x343.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/allegretti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/03\/Picture1-1024x343.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/allegretti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/03\/Picture1-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/allegretti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/03\/Picture1-768x257.png 768w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/allegretti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/03\/Picture1-1536x515.png 1536w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/allegretti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/03\/Picture1-2048x686.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/allegretti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/03\/MatteothanksAdria720.final_.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Through the doors of discovery - an introduction to the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JmC17_4bEMA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collaborations Collaboration are at the heart of science. Our lab participates to interdisciplinary collaborations to push the boundaries of scientific discoveries. 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