On Saturday July 2nd, a collaborative team of IMSR researchers took part in public engagement activities at CoCoMad Festival. This is a free annual community festival held in Cotteridge Park about 2.5 miles away from the University. The festival attracts over 6000 people each year for its fun range of outdoor activities. IMSR’s involvement in … Continue reading “IMSR engages at CoCoMad Festival 2022!”
Category: Community Action Team
We Are IMSR Festival: Cell Culture Collage schools workshop
Written by Cristina Escribano Gonzalez A month ago, Himani Rana and I delivered a ‘Cell Culture’ activity as part of a series of interactive workshops set up by the IMSR Community Action Team (CAT). This particular workshop also involved another CAT member, Daniela Nasteska, who participated and ran her ‘Build an Islet’ activity. We were … Continue reading “We Are IMSR Festival: Cell Culture Collage schools workshop”
Join our We Are IMSR Festival this July 19th!
IMSR is hosting a series of free online events on Saturday, 19th June 2021 as part of our first online ‘We Are IMSR Festival’. This is a mini-festival of events bringing together researchers from across all four major themes in the IMSR. Expect endocrinologists, maternal health experts, quantitative scientists and metabolism researchers, and more! They … Continue reading “Join our We Are IMSR Festival this July 19th!”
Introducing IMSR’s Community Action Team!
We are pleased to introduce you to IMSR’s new Community Action Team (CAT)! CAT includes PhD students and PostDocs who are passionate about engaging patients, diverse young people and the public with IMSR research. Working with IMSR’s Community & Public Engagement Manager, the CAT team will co-develop new engagement projects, working with the wider IMSR … Continue reading “Introducing IMSR’s Community Action Team!”