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Home > LMB News > Hands-on activities by LMB scientists at the Cambridge Science Festival

Hands-on activities by LMB scientists at the Cambridge Science Festival

Published on 27 March, 2015

sci_fest_2015The opening weekend of the 2015 Cambridge Science Festival was a huge success, with thousands of visitors attending events on the 14th and 15th March. LMB scientists designed and ran two of the activities, ‘See your Cells’ at the Corn Exchange and ‘Crystal Clear’ at the Chemistry Department,

‘See your Cells’ was created by Simon Bullock and Monica Rodrigo Brenni from the LMB’s Cell Biology Division. At this exhibit, visitors could harvest some of their own cheek cells and use a microscope to see their cells and other interesting samples. Children queued up excitedly during the Saturday and Sunday daytime sessions to use the microscopes, and the exhibit was also very popular in the new adults-only session on the Saturday evening, where over 300 attendees came to try out the hands-on activities. Lucinda Spokes, Science Festival Co-ordinator, described the evening as: “Wonderful… a true testament to the public’s thirst for science!”

sci_fest_2015-2Over at the Chemistry Department’s Open Day on the Saturday, Samantha Wynne and Harry Powell organised the ‘Crystal Clear’ stand about X-ray crystallography and how it is used to find the structures of proteins and DNA. Crystals from the Eastern Region Crystal Growing Competition for schools were displayed and visiting children were excited to engage with the scientists and to take their own small crystal growing kits home.

More than 30 LMB staff shared their enthusiasm and knowledge in these two Science Festival activities. Following two weeks of science talks, demonstrations, activities, comedy and theatre, the 21st Cambridge Science Festival finished on Sunday 22nd March, after more than 45,000 visits by the public.

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Crystal Growing Competition
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