View our public engagement news from 2019 Midlothian Science Festival Schools Programme October 2019: CIR researchers run ‘Your Amazing Immune System’ and ‘Supercytes’ workshops at local schools in partnership with the Midlothian Science Festival. Action Medical Research Aberdeen Engagement Evening September 2019: Professor Donald J Davidson participated in the Action Medical Research Aberdeen Engagement Evening Science Insights 2019 August 2019: The Centre participated, once again, in Science Insights - an exciting work experience programme designed to give 5th year high school pupils a real insight into the work and life of research scientists. I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here: MRC Festival Zone 2019 June 2019: Centre for Inflammation Research staff take part in Wellcome and MRC online student engagement program with schools across the UK Centre awards for Public Engagement and 3-minute talks June 2019: Awards for "Excellence in Public Engagement" and the first Centre 3-minute talk competition were presented to Maria Panagopoulou and Caroline Chauche AIRItalks June 2019: AIRItalks disseminate scientific knowledge to a wider audience MRC Festival of Medical Research event: Supercytes Teacher Training: 19 June 2019 June 2019: The Centre ran a free, "sold out" interactive workshop to train teachers in using our "Supercytes" game-based schools' resource, focused on immunology and inflammation Jonathan Fallowfield on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the Daily Mail May 2019: Jonathan Fallowfield was interviewed for an 'expert opinion' by the Daily Mail for a prominent health feature Forensics on the Moon May 2019: Emergency oxygen tanks on the moon are missing - who's the thief? 'Amazing Immunology' at the Edinburgh International Science Festival 2019 April 2018: The CIR Public Engagement Team have another successful year at the Edinburgh International Science Festival with their 'Amazing Immunology' workshop 'Amazing Immunology' Workshop at local Primary School April 2019: CIR researchers take part in the Craigmillar Community Science Festival Event The Association for Science Education Scotland Conference March 2019: CIR researchers ran an interactive workshop at the Association for Science Education Scotland Conference, to train Biology teachers and Science Educators how to use our "Supercytes" game-based schools' resource, focused on immunology and inflammation Discussing the use of animals in research February 2019: School visit aims to get pupils talking about the use of animals in research. MRC Science Showcase in Scotland February 2019: Researchers from the Centre for Inflammation Research attended the Scottish Parliament to highlight to MSPs novel approaches to address the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance Holy Rood RC High School Careers Fair February 2019: Holy Rood RC High School Positive Destinations Careers Fair New kidneys for old: a challenge for surgery and tissue engineering January 2019: Public lecture series "Let's Talk About Health and Disease" This article was published on 2024-09-10
