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Founders Day.  "Is that Nobody's? No! It's Nanobodies!"

On Founders Day Professor Ray Owens from the Rosalind Franklin institute, came to give a talk on Nanobodies, how they are made, how their structure is verified and their uses.  A few years ago Professor Owens featured on the Royal…

 Another wonderful poster day!

The Elite Scientists, worked with Valeria Perboni, on the two information posters that they have to do for the IRIS (Institute for Research In Schools)conference 2025. They have already produced 1 research poster.

The students learned about referencing material…

More Posters!

On Tuesday, March 18, Dr. Linda Van Keimpema, from Imperial College, came to speak to the Elite Scientists about Sickle cell anemia in anticipation of the students creating a poster for the Great Exhibition Road Festival 2025. It was a very informative talk about the disease.…

We have the results, now Posters Away!

On Tuesday 4 March, Kristina Losonci from Nine Lyrae, came in to help the students write their posters.  Krisztina helped students with content and formatting of their poster.  It was really useful having a real scientist to help the students with their…

Analysis Complete 

On Tuesday 11th of February, Krisztina Losonci came in to William Perkin, to help the students analyse their data from previous weeks' data collection.  It was a real success. The students worked really hard to analyse the data and convert it into mini graphs, so that they…

More Synaesthetic Experiments!

28 January saw students do these experiments: Visual Mindfulness and Origami, then dance and percussion.  Next week the students will analyse their data using MydPlayer Pro software.

Thank-you to Mr Towers for lending us the percussion instruments.

Ms…

Sweet music to my hands?!

So the Synaesthesia  project continued on Tuesday 14 January 2025, with Valeria Perboni, our guest.   One input this time was music, and the students were attempting to write poetry as their output!  The other experiments were: the taste of plain glucose as the input,…

Wow, it smells nice in here!

It really did smell nice in the lab. Krisztina Losonci, came to help the students collect data for their Synaesthesia project.

The students recorded their basal brainwaves and then recorded their brain waves in the midst of Vanderbilt perfume while sculpting…

The Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) is a national charity that supports students to complete their own STEM research projects. This year, we are working with IRIS to undertake our own research and contribute knowledge to the wider scientific community. 

IRIS works with researchers to…

Not with you in person, but in spirit (via teams!). 

On Tuesday 5th November 2024, Valeria Perboni, Synaesthesia researcher, gave an online introductory talk to the New Elite Scientists 10.0, as she was not well. It was a recap of what Synaesthesia was, what the research shows, and where the…

A Level students enjoyed a unique study day at the Leake Street Archives to mark 35 years since the fall of the Wall.

Students learnt more about the events leading up to the fall of the wall through an immersive film installation, several workshops and activities surrounding the peaceful…

Wow! There are 28 senses!Really?!

This is what we found out on Tuesday 15 October, which saw the launch of the Elite  Scientist Project for 2024-25.  The project will be run by Krisztina Losonci and Valeria Perboni, who have both worked with Brunel University, as well as other academic…