👩🏽‍🔬 Ever wondered what it takes to be a scientist? 🔬 Get hands on with science activities in our Be A Scientist Workshop 🕙 10am, 8th April 🕐 1pm, 9th April 🕙 10am, 10th April 🎫

🔬 Watch how cancer and immune cells interact in a living system. Scientists at BCI have developed mini lab-grown ovarian tumours that recreate the complex neighbourhood of cells in patients. Published today in @natcomms.nature.com. Read more: bit.ly/4bMCrVg 🧪 #medsky #oncosky @qmul.bsky.social

😋 Ever wondered what happens to your food once you've eaten it? 💩 Find out in our Gut Feeling workshop all about the digestive system 🕐 1pm, 1st April 🕙 10am, 2nd April 🕐 1pm, 7th April 🎫

🧬 Explore the world of DNA 🐣 As our puppet Melissa tries to find her Mummy 🕙 10am, 31st March Best for participants aged 4 to 7 🎫

🤒 Learn about our how our immune system fights diseases 🦠 In our Invasion! Infection and Immunity family show 🕙 10am, 30th March 👩‍🦱 Best for participants 14+ 🎫

😋 If you want to know why we can taste different flavours 🧪 Then check out out new Science Question 🧑🏽‍🔬 From student Explainer Devan

🎉 Are you looking forward to the holidays? 🧪 Want to have some family science fun? 👩🏽‍👧🏼‍👦🏾 Check out our holiday science workshops here:

We're super excited for our family events happening in the holidays Join us for hands on science fun Findout more and book here: buff.ly/iNTnyUR

🚼 Find out more about what placentas are, what they do, and how they keep foetus' alive ⚕️ In our latest science story 👩‍🔬 From student Explainer Anoushka

📚 Next week is our next home education session 🔬 We'll be exploring the world of cells and cell research in our CELLebration workshop 📅 16th March 🕐 1pm 🎫 Find out more and book here:

👩🏽‍👧🏼‍👦🏾 Looking for family activities for the holiays? 🎉 We've got lots of hands on science fun 🔬 Find out more here: buff.ly/iNTnyUR

Our next Big Question is next week We're learning about the research and innovations happening in physical trauma care from Dr. Paul Vulliamy 24th March, 6pm Find out more and book tickets here: buff.ly/bOnrNat

Ever wondered about the research going on to help people respond to physical trauma? Our next Big Question: 24th March, 6pm Dr. Paul Vulliamy He'll be telling us about his research into injury response and unlocking new trauma treatments

👩‍🔬 Some of our students Explainers were out and about this week 📖 At the London Careers Festival, in partnership with the Livery Schools Link ⚕️ They were talking young people about science and healthcare careers

❓Ever wanted to know more about nitrous oxide or Nos? ⚕️Find out how nitrous oxide can damage nerve cells 👩‍🔬In our new science story from Student Explainer Devan

Applications for our annual #free #SummerSchool are now open! This year we will be running two schools to support even more #Year12 students into the next stage of their career journeys. More information and applications can be found on our website:

❓Ever wondered what a stoma is? ⚕️Find out about what they are and what they do 👩‍🔬In our new science story from Student Explainer Anoushka

Looking for something to do this #HalfTerm? We've got plenty of events going on, including a puppet show for even our smallest visitors! Meet Melissa and learn about cells and DNA:

Interested in space? Come along to our #free event looking at life beyond this planet:

Our next Big Question is available to book - taking place on 24th March Dr. Paul Vulliamy will be answering the question: Crash! Bang!... Then what? How do our bodies respond to trauma?

Have an interest in public engagement? Come work with us on our small but dedicated team! buff.ly/2uhwRPd

❓ Want to know if there's a link between your gut and your mental health? 😨🦋 Or why certain situations make you feel nauseous or give you butterflies? 👩‍🔬 Find out the answer to this science question from student Explainer Roberta

❓ Ever wondered what an epipen is? 🏥⚕️💉 Or how they're used to treat anaphylaxis? 👩‍🔬 Find out in our blog from student Explainer Anoushka

It's tomorrow! 🚑🚑☁️🚨🚨 ❓London’s Air Ambulance: Can we bring the hospital to an injured patient? 🎙️Dr Anne Weaver & Dean Bateman 🗓️Thursday 15 January 🕑6pm - 7:30pm 🎫Tickets buff.ly/v1VNJKH

#OTD in 1858, Oskar Minkowski was born🐣 He was the physiologist who discovered the pancreatic origin of diabetes - where it results from absence of a pancreatic substance (later identified as insulin)🍬 This opened the door to insulin treatments used by millions today💉

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW😡😡😡 ❓London’s Air Ambulance: Can we bring the hospital to an injured patient? 🎙️Dr Anne Weaver & Dean Bateman 📍Blizard Institute, E1 2AT 🗓️Thursday 15 January 🕑6pm - 7:30pm TICKETS here🎫 buff.ly/v1VNJKH

🐔 Ever wondered what the difference between chicken pox and shingles is? ❓ They both give you an itchy rash, but are they connected? 👩‍🔬 Find out in out new science story from student Explainer Roberta

💡 To find out more about asthma 📖 Read our new story from student Explainer, Anoushka 🫁 She's been telling us all about the condition and the treatments available

1 week to go until the first Big Question of 2026! ❓London’s Air Ambulance: Can we bring the hospital to an injured patient? 🎙️Dr Anne Weaver & Dean Bateman 📍Blizard Institute, E1 2AT 🗓️Thursday 15 January 🕑6pm - 7:30pm Get tickets here🎫 buff.ly/v1VNJKH

#OTD in 1941, John Ernest Walker, the chemist who pioneered how enzyme ATP synthase catalyses the formation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) was born! 🎂 ATP functions as a carrier of energy in all living organisms, supplying energy for essential cellular processes 🔋⚡

New year, new Big Question🥳 Join us for our first Big Question of 2026! ❓ London’s Air Ambulance: Can we bring the hospital to an injured patient? 🎤 Dr Anne Weaver & Dean Bateman 📅 Thursday 15th January 🕐 6pm - 7:30pm Get tickets here buff.ly/v1VNJKH 🎫

#OTD in 1939, Harold E. Varmus was born 🎂 With Michael Bishop, he discovered that integration of viral genes into host genome can activate existing cellular oncogenes, thereby leading to cancer 🦠🧬 This led to greater understanding, diagnosis and treatments of cancers!

Our Big Question Lecture "Plants, Pathogens, and Pirouettes?" is now available to watch here: buff.ly/iVdmLZd 🌱 🦠 🩰

#OTD in 1836, German surgeon Ernst von Bergmann, was born👨‍⚕️ Building on Lister's work, he pioneered aseptic surgery and introduced heat sterilisation for surgical instruments 🩺💉 This was a breakthrough that made modern surgery safe and patients’ survival possible ✨

#OTD in 1928, Bruce Nathan Ames, the biochemist who invented the Ames test to assess whether a chemical is mutagenic, was born🐣 This serves as the initial screening step to identify chemicals (e.g. from food, cosmetics, drugs etc.) that may be carcinogenic (cancer-causing)👿

#OTD in 1860, Niels Ryberg Finsen, the physician who pioneered modern phototherapy was born🔆 He treated lupus vulgaris (skin tuberculosis) with concentrated UV light with some success. Phototherapy has since been further developed and is now widely used in dermatology ✨💆

✨It's beginning to look a lot like...🎶 Our next BIG Question👹🥁 ❓"Can we bring the hospital to an injured patient?" - all about London's Air Ambulance charity, one of the busiest air ambulance services in the world🚑☁️ Get your tickets now 🫵🫵🫵 👉 buff.ly/fuZirML

#OTD in 1874, James Lewis Kraft, the inventor of processed cheese was born! His method kills the germs in cheese and allows it to be shipped long distances. 🧀 🧀 🧀 Hands up if you love cheese! 🙋🧀🫶

#OTD in 1925, Paul Greengard, a neuroscientist who discovered how different neurotransmitters carry out their functions inside neurons was born 👨‍🔬 His research has paved the way for new treatments for neurological and mental diseases like Parkinson's and Schizophrenia 🧠 💊

#OTD in 1843, Robert Koch, the physician who discovered Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (bacterium that causes TB) was born👨‍⚕️🦠 TB spreads through the air and is one the world's top 10 causes of death. But thankfully, it is treatable with the right combination of antibiotics💊

#OTD in 1934, Howard Martin Temin, one of the co-discoverers of reverse transcriptase was born. Reverse transcriptase is an enzyme used by some viruses to copy their viral genes into DNA of the infected cell 🧬😵‍💫 Today, reverse transcriptase is widely used in gene technologies across labs! 🧪

#OTD in 1908, Alfred Day Hershey, an American biologist was born. Together with Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria, he helped confirm that DNA, instead of protein, is the genetic material. This discovery opened the door to modern medicine and biotechnology! 🔬🧬 #biology #funfact

🔬 It's almost time for the next Big Question! 🍄 Come and find out about fungi from Dr Eleonora Moratto 📍 26th November 6pm 🎫 Get you tickets here: buff.ly/GW8omDU

🗓️ Our next Big Question is next week! 📍 26th November 6pm 🍄 Find out all about fungi from Dr Eleonora Moratto Get tickets here: buff.ly/GW8omDU

❔🧪 Our latest science question is ready to read! ⚕️ Student Explainer Anoushka has been teling us what she's learnt about Basic life support (BLS) You can find it here:

🔬 Have you got tickets to our next Big Question yet? 🍄 We'll be learning all about fungi from Dr Eleonora Moratto 📍 26th November 6pm 🎫 More info here:

🔬 Join us for our next Big Question. 🍄 This time it's all about the incredible world of fungi! 📍 26th November 6pm 🎫 Tickets here:

Find out about immunosupressent medicines in our newest Science Question Story from student Explainer Roberta

Read our latest blog - what is an endoscopy? buff.ly/IjtULjX

Our director and founder has been named one of the top 100 female scientists for the fourth year in a row - way to go Fran!