Today we were looking back at the 7 years of Genetics Matters and recording a little soundbite to say thank you to the Tilly Hale Awards for continuing to support Genetics Matters over the years. It is a great event that brings together scientists, health care professionals, rare disease patients and members of the public, and raises awareness of rare disease research in Newcastle.
Here’s a collage of our event’s posters to date:
We had 100 people with us yesterday, despite Newcastle United playing at Wembley, raising awareness of rare diseases and rare disease research, chatting about science, performing experiments, and discussing aspects of medical research at Newcastle.
The room was buzzing with interesting conversation, and we have already had a lot of good feedback. Thank you to all the presenters and scientists, patient organisations and patients for participating, and thank you to everyone for coming and spending a Sunday afternoon with us. We really enjoyed the event and we hope that you did too.
See you next year!
Photos by Rachel Richman
Registration is now open for our FREE Genetics Matters event! Go to http://tinyurl.com/4rs83jbr to book, or scan the QR code on the poster. Hands-on research tables, friendly scientists and yummy cake, organised as part of the International Rare Disease Day. Please share!
https://simplebooklet.com/behindosteoarthritis#page=1
A lovely booklet developed by Dr David Wilkinson, Dr Catalina Castanheira and Prof Mandy Peffers at University of Liverpool and sponsored by CIMA.
Black Box https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox/ is a pop up cinema project that explores life, kinship, identity and futures through the medium of film. Developed in 2019 by an artist (Louise Mackenzie) and a scientist (Kasia Piróg), it is a great pleasure to be able to show it at the Edinburgh Science Festival next month
https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/black-box-artist-talk
We’re excited to let you know that the schedule for the INSIGHTS Virtual Lectures organised by Newcastle University has been released.
Details of the lectures and printable booklet below:
Our Black Box cinema project will be visiting the Summerhall Exhibition as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival in April this year!
Opening the door on the inner workings of scientific research, BLACK BOX is a curatorial pop-up cinema project, founded by artist, Louise Mackenzie and scientist, Kasia Pirog. Curating film inspired by and expanding upon scientific themes, BLACK BOX showcases works by artists and researchers involved in a creative and critical engagement with science. For Edinburgh Science Festival 2022, BLACK BOX presents KINSHIP – a programme of short films that reflect upon the many evolving relationships that begin with the body. Who or what connects us, who is host and who is guest?
BLACK BOX is supported by the Cultural Negotiation of Science, Northumbria University and the Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University.
We are very excited, please watch this space for more details. Meanwhile, if you’d like to know more about the Black Box project, please click here: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox/
If you head to the Experiment Zone (https://www.life.org.uk/events/experiment-zone) at Life, you will be able to spot some of our scientists explaining how they use DNA extraction in their work. Next time you visit, look for the panels with these friendly faces!
Please contact us if you’d like to know more, we love talking about science!
Soapbox Science is coming to Newcastle again!
From the organisers: “Soapbox Science is a novel public outreach platform for promoting women and non-binary scientists and the science they do. Our events transform public areas into an arena for public learning and scientific debate; they follow the format of London Hyde Park’s Speaker’s Corner, which is historically an arena for public debate. With Soapbox Science, we want to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy, learn from, heckle, question, probe, interact with and be inspired by some of our leading scientists. No middle man, no PowerPoint slide, no amphitheatre – just remarkable women and non-binary scientists who are there to amaze you with their latest discoveries, and to answer the science questions you have been burning to ask. Look out for bat simulators, interactive experiments or giant pictures of volcanoes. Or simply hear them talk about what fascinates them, and why they think they have the most fantastic job in the world!”
If you would like to participate in the event this year, either as a presenter or a volunteer helping out behind the scenes, please click here to register your interest.