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Genetics Matters a success!

The 5th edition of our flagship Genetics Matters event took place in our Institute on the 23rd of February. The event was very well attended, the presentations sparked lively and interesting discussions and we had a special reel showing in our Black Box.

Thank you all for coming on a sunny Saturday afternoon (and a match day!) to celebrate genetic research in Newcastle and to raise awareness of rare disease and the need for rare disease research.

Thank you very much for the wonderful afternoon, it helped me a lot with deciding academic science and researches’ role in the practice of Medicine – participant

The format was very good and the cakes very moreish!! The Pop Up cinema was an excellent idea. – participant

The 2 talks I heard [..] were both absolutely outstanding and interesting for me to hear as a researcher and clinician. – presenter

Pop-up cinema is coming to the IGM foyer this February

We’ve been involved in an exciting collaboration with Northumbria University the past few months, and we’re building a small cinema in the IGM foyer. We’re really exicted, come see for yourselves!

Black Box is a joint project by The Cultural Negotiation of Science (CNoS) at Northumbria University and the Institute of Genetic Medicine (IGM) at Newcastle University. Opening the door on the inner workings of genetic research, Black Box is a FREE pop-up cinema located in the IGM West Wing foyer showing a programme of creative film works inspired by and expanding upon genetic themes.

What do advances in genetics mean for the future of humanity and other species? How is genetics changing medicine? What do we mean by biotechnology? What possible genetic futures can we imagine?

The Black Box  pop-up cinema will feature 4 themed weeks, each screening a short (60-90min) reel of 5-10min movies. The themes have been inspired by the issues and topics in genetic research and are:

  • 4th-8th February – FUTURE
  • 11th-15th February – IDENTITY
  • 18th-22nd February – LIFE
  • 25th-28th February – KINSHIP

4th October 2018 – Dame Allan’s Schools biennial Higher Education & Careers Convention

Dame Allan’s Schools holds a biennial Higher Education & Careers Convention and invire presenters, employers, and universities to inspire and inform their students as they make plans for their future. We’ll be there on the 4th of October, chatting about genetic research and academic life and inspiring the young minds. We’ll show some cool science too!

Our research at the Great Exhibition of the North

On Saturday the 28th of July we were presenting our bench to bedside research at the Great North Museum Hancock as part of the Great Exhibition of the North, an event celebrating innovation and excellence of science and technology in the North East. We chatted to approximately 100 people of all ages, presented out work and specimens and answered many interesting questions. Thank you all for visiting and making it a really enjoyable day!

If you missed us and would like to come see us another time, we’ll be present at Dame Allan’s Schools careers fair in October or keep an eye out for advertisements of our flagship Genetics Matters event, coming up end of February as part of the International Rare Disease Day!