{"id":147,"date":"2018-01-15T10:31:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T10:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/worms\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2018-01-24T17:26:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T17:26:47","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/worms\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Worms are cleverer than you think! <\/em>was started by Dr. Kristin Webster and Dr. Denise Walker , neuroscientists at the Medical Research Council&#8217;s Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC LMB), a research institute in Cambridge, UK. We think neurons are cool and designed this outreach activity to share our love of science! We soon recruited help from Dr. Rebecca Taylor\u2019s lab, including Dr. Soudabeh Imanikia and PhD student Josh Newman, who created the aging activity.<\/p>\n<h3>Contributions to <em>Worms are cleverer than you think!<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Content development:<\/strong> Denise Walker, Kristin Webster, Rebecca Taylor, Soudabeh Imanikia<br \/>\n&amp; Joshua Newman<\/li>\n<li><strong>Content advice:<\/strong> Matthew Dando, Histon and Impington Infant School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Videos:<\/strong> Soudabeh Imanikia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Graphic design:<\/strong> Joanna Westmoreland, MRC LMB Visual Aids<\/li>\n<li><strong>Worm cartoons:<\/strong> Laura Grundy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Worm costume:<\/strong> Antonina Andreeva<\/li>\n<li>With thanks to the LMB Public Engagement Team (Liz Pryke &amp; Buffy Eldridge-Thomas) and the LMB Archive (Annette Faux)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-138.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-138.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 350px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-justified fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-138\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:350,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:700,&quot;margins&quot;:1,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;smart&quot;}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/worms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/MRCCEOAWARDSDEC2017-022.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Kristin and Denise receiving the 2017 MRC CEO Award for Public Engagement\" data-attachment-id=\"96\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kristin and Denise receiving the 2017 MRC CEO Award for Public Engagement\" title=\"Kristin and Denise receiving the 2017 MRC CEO Award for Public Engagement\" height=\"700\" width=\"1049.4875549048\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/worms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/MRCCEOAWARDSDEC2017-022.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221049.4875549048%22%20height%3D%22700%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201049.4875549048%20700%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Kristin and Denise receiving the 2017 MRC CEO Award for Public Engagement<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/worms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/KristinDenise.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Kristin and Denise at the 2017 LMB Open Day\" data-attachment-id=\"95\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kristin and Denise at the 2017 LMB Open Day\" title=\"Kristin and Denise at the 2017 LMB Open Day\" height=\"700\" width=\"525\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/worms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/cache\/KristinDenise\/2625943779.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22525%22%20height%3D%22700%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20525%20700%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Kristin and Denise at the 2017 LMB Open Day<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worms are cleverer than you think! was started by Dr. Kristin Webster and Dr. Denise Walker , neuroscientists at the Medical Research Council&#8217;s Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC LMB), a research institute in Cambridge, UK. 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