Genetics Zone Report November 2023

The Genetics Zone ran in November 2023 and was funded by the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Wellcome Connecting Science, the Genetics Society and the STEM Ambassadors scheme.

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Scientists

The activity featured 36 scientists working as bioinformaticians, research assistants, safety officers and more.

Students

549 students from across the UK took part. 477 students (87%) actively participated by writing Chat lines and asking follow up questions. 64% of active students were from priority schools.

Live Chats

43 Chats were booked, 39 took place.

On average, 5 scientists took part in each Chat.

Posted on December 19, 2023 by modsophie in 2023, STEM Ambassadors, Wellcome Genome Campus, Zone Reports. Comments Off on Genetics Zone Report November 2023

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What is I’m a Scientist?

I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here is an online activity where school students get to meet and interact with scientists.

It’s a competition between scientists, where the students are the judges.

Students challenge the scientists over intense, fast-paced, online live Chats. Then they Ask the scientists all the questions they want to, and Vote for their favourite scientist to win a prize of £500 to communicate their work with the public.