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Did you know we have science comics based on some of our research?Working with scientific illustrator Claudia Flandoli a...
15/04/2026

Did you know we have science comics based on some of our research?

Working with scientific illustrator Claudia Flandoli and our researchers we have co-produced comics about a range of our research topics. This was the first one we created back in 2024 entitled ‘What’s wrong with this DNA?’.

This story follows Pol the polymerase as they find some unexpected damage on the DNA they are replicating and the consequences of this damage. It is based on the research of the Aitken lab and introduces the topics of DNA duplication, DNA damage, lesion segregation and multiallelism. We also have it in Italian if you would prefer :)

Take a look and let us know what you think. You can also find our other comics on our website: https://buff.ly/Koh8h84

We had a fantastic time taking part in the Cambridge Festival over the last few daysWe had over 120 school students join...
31/03/2026

We had a fantastic time taking part in the Cambridge Festival over the last few days

We had over 120 school students join us for our immunology workshop exploring more about antibodies and new immune therapies

AND we saw over 800 of you at Families Weekend at our temporary tattoo parlour and exploring more about our cells, organelles and how medicines and our environment can impact them

A huge thank you to everyone who came along and also to our volunteers too. We hope you had a wonderful time and we can’t wait for next year.

What would you like to see from us next year?

Science festival, science education, STEM, Cambridge

Our next science comic book is here!Meet Ray, Argus & Ellis who are on their way home from a mission when the air purifi...
21/10/2024

Our next science comic book is here!

Meet Ray, Argus & Ellis who are on their way home from a mission when the air purifier on their spacecraft stops working. They need to find a way to fix it and quickly.

Follow along and learn how they do this using a pretty cool technique thats very similar to something we use in the labs too!

Download digital and print at home versions NOW via the link in our bio.

Huge thank you to Claudia Flandoli, Odara Medagadara, the rest of the Mennella lab and Dr Sophie Milbourne for their work on this project.

Stay tuned for our next comic story coming soon too!

We had a fab day at the 11th annual at Hills Road Sixth Form College on the weekend.We transformed some of our scienti...
16/10/2024

We had a fab day at the 11th annual at Hills Road Sixth Form College on the weekend.

We transformed some of our scientists into 'open books' for the day and had so many fascinating chats with our visitors about our research topics, what its like to be a scientist and more!

We also took our science comics on their first outing and had our first readers

🔖science festival, science, comics, cambridge, research, toxicology, scientist, scientists

We had another fantastic day at our second ‘Toxicology in Print’ workshopA fascinating day that began with one of our gu...
18/06/2024

We had another fantastic day at our second ‘Toxicology in Print’ workshop

A fascinating day that began with one of our gut microbiome researchers Simran sharing more about her work and the work of the lab at the Unit

The rest of the day focused on printmaking. This time we were doing some lino cut and we had some true artists in the room.

Thank you to our tutors Charlotte and Patsy, Simran and all our attendees and we are looking forward to workshop number 3 next week

We had an absolutely fabulous time yesterday at our first ‘Toxicology in Print’ workshop.A busy day which started with o...
20/03/2024

We had an absolutely fabulous time yesterday at our first ‘Toxicology in Print’ workshop.

A busy day which started with one of our researchers David introducing his work on tyre wear and air pollution with lots of fantastic questions asked by our workshop attendees.

The rest of the day focused on printmaking, in particular drypoint etching with some lovely prints produced.

Thank you to all our attendees, to David for sharing his work and to our expert tutors Charlotte and Patsy for all their guidance throughout the day!

Don’t worry if you feel you may have missed out. There are two more workshops available to book onto now - each with a different researcher and the opportunity to learn a new printmaking technique.
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