With hands on activities, chatty scientists and lots of interesting presentations about genetics, this event attracts over 100 participants every year.
Come join us for a Free afternoon of informal chatting about science, and find out about state of the art research at Newcastle University. Oh, and cake!
Booking is essential, please book your place here: http://tinyurl.com/h3bfqno
The Theme of this year’s International Rare Disease Day is Research (see here for details)
The Insitute of genetic Medicine would like to invite members of the public and patient organisations to participate in a week long programme of hands on research, meet the scientist sessions and informal workshops that will take place at the Discovery Museum 20-16th of February 2017. Come meet us and find out about rare disease research and genomic medicine in the North East!
Cartilage growth plate in an adolescent lion at the Animals Inside Out exhibition at Centre for Life in Newcastle
Institute of Genetic Medicine in Newcastle are hosting their popular Ooen Day for A-level students on the 13th of July 2016.
To book a place, please contact: IGMEngagement@ncl.ac.uk
We are pleased to announce we’ll be hosting our popular Genetics Matters event again on the 27th of February 2016 as part of the International Rare Disease Day. Come meet the scientists, touch real specimens, chat about rare diseases and hear about the exciting state of the art research at Newcastle University.
“Genetics Matters” annual event serves to showcase genetic research and to give the patient and charity organisations a voice and a platform to interact with the members of general public. The theme of the Rare Disease Day in 2016 is “Patient Voice”, recognising the crucial role that patients play in research by voicing their needs and instigating change.
We would like patients or members of patient families to be present on the day and actively participate, sharing the presenting with our scientists. We believe that the patients’ voice is important in directing the course of scientific research and that it is important to remember that behind the tubes and microscope slides there is also a human story, and that we are all working towards a common goal.
This event is FREE to attend, but we have limited places available, so if you would like to attend, please book your place here:
On the 15th of July the IGM are hosting our regular IGM Open Day for the lower 6th form students from local schools.
Final programme for the day:
The event will include hands on experiments and a “bench to bedside” journey in mitochondrial genetics as well as a short presentation about studying at the University. Thank you very much to all participants and a big thank you to all the staff and students from IGM for taking time off to present their research and to the staff at the Centre for Life for their help with the practical sessions.
If you would like to participate in a similar event next year, please email IGMengagement@ncl.ac.uk
This year for Rare Disease Day 2015 we helped organise and will be participating in the Genetics Matters event at the Great North Museum in Newcastle:
We will be presenting our best research in genetics and rare diseases, answering questions, engaging in debates and presenting hands on research tables. There are over 7,000 known rare diseases, most of which are genetic.
1 in 17 people will be affected by a rare disease at some point in their lives. This amounts to a staggering 3.5 million people in the UK alone! Genetic research and research into Rare Diseases may not attract much media attention but it is of high importance for the modern developed societies.
Come see us at the Great North Museum on the 27th February 2015 (Rare Disease Day) to learn more
The full programme can be viewed here Genetics Matters 2015 final programme
We have generated this video as part of the Arthritis Research UK public engagement event, “Arthritis Matters”, on the 26th June 2014. It explain what it is that we do in the SYBIL consortium which unites 18 centres of research across Europe in a collaborative project aiming to understand the mechanisms of common and rare skeletal conditions.
You can see the video here. We hope you enjoy it!