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Holiday workshops: Intro to evolution (ages 7–8)

Mon 04 Aug 2025

Life started approximately 3.5 billion years ago – so why did it take so long to make us and why are we all different?

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Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 7–8)

Thu 29 May 2025

Extract your own DNA and walk away with a small piece of it in a necklace for you to wear.

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Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 9-11)

Thu 29 May 2025

Extract your own DNA and walk away with a small piece of it in a necklace for you to wear.

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YSC Holiday workshops: Bacterial evolution (ages 15–18)

Tue 27 May 2025

Using restriction enzyme digests and gel electrophoresis, explore and analyse real bacterial DNA

YSC Holiday workshops: Bacterial evolution (ages 15–18) Book now
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Talks and shows

The new chemistry of medical imaging

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Franklin Aigbirhio explores how the creation of new chemicals is improving our understanding of the human body.

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Family Fun Day

Family Fun Day: BIG science - SOLD OUT

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Join us for a fun day of activities all about science!

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Talks and shows

Our perfectly imperfect memories

Sat 17 May 2025

Ciara Greene explains how imperfections in the brain's memory recall are fundamental to our lives.

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Decoding life with AI

Mon 07 Jul 2025

Mikhail Burtsev explains how artificial intelligence is helping to decipher genomes and accelerate medical discoveries.

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Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 12-14)

Thu 17 Apr 2025

Extract your own DNA and walk away with a small piece of it in a necklace for you to wear.

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Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 9–11)

Thu 17 Apr 2025

Extract your own DNA and walk away with a small piece of it in a necklace for you to wear.

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