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!

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!

IGM and ICM scientists involved in the MRC funded CIMA (Centre for Integrated research into Musculoskeletal Ageing) project have organised an informative public engagement afternoon on Wednesday the 20th of June 2018 to chat to the members of the public about joints in health and disease, joint diseases and the impact of diet and exercise on joints’ health. The attendance is FREE, full programme attached below:

Beth Gibson, our PhD student, will be talking about her research at the Pint of Science festival in Newcastle! Come have a drink with us after work and chat about what interests you about the genetic research in the North East.