Worms are cleverer than you think!
Senior Scientist Denise Walker and former postdoc Kristin Webster developed this award-winning activity, showing how worms can be used to study the brain. We have taken it to several science festivals, LMB open days, even a Peterborough shopping centre, as well as to local primary schools. We also developed an online version for the Cambridge Festival 2021, so you can play at home. If you want to organise your own activities, you can find the materials and guidance here.
Octopus research on BBC Radio
Amy Courtney appeared on the popular BBC Radio program/podcast The Infinite Monkey Cage, featuring Brian Cox. In this episode (“Octopuses!”) she describes her research on octopus brains, along with many more interesting facts about octopus behaviour.
Neuropeptide networks in the news
Our papers on neuropeptide networks in C. elegans (Ripoll-Sanchez et al., 2023; Beets et al., 2023) were featured in a number of newspaper and magazine articles, including in Nature News and Views, The Transmitter, Science Times, Chemical and Engineering News, Eos (in het Nederlands!), el Periodico, and ABC de Sevilla (¡en español!).
Interview for alumni
Bill was interviewed for the LMB alumni magazine in December 2024.
When science meets dance
Find out about Denise’s annual collaboration with Linton Village College Dance department, in which GCSE students conceive and perform choreography based on her research, in this Artsmark article.