‘Plant Power’ is an annual event held at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden. Each year it coincides with Fascination of Plants Day organised by the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO). This year, staff at the Garden worked with the University’s School of Life Sciences (Division of Plant Sciences and Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research),…Continue Reading Plant Power 2024
This year’s winner of the Stephen Fry Public Engagement Project of the Year award was the MRC PPU in the School of Life Sciences for their work on improving the experiences of those living with Parkinson’s. The project team introduce the project below. Interactions between people with Parkinson’s, carers and researchers are often limited to…Continue Reading Exchanges: Inspiring Parkinson’s Conversations
What happens when an artist and a scientist meet through the time of Covid? Two radical spirits bond to explore the common orbital of art and science from a unique perspective. This exhibition runs until April 8 2023 in LifeSpace. Discover more and book your free slot to see the show at the WCAIR website. …Continue Reading Bonding: electrons are FREE
Oliwia Mruk, a Biological Sciences student at the University tells us about his exhibition in Dundee Science Centre focusing on conservation and biodiversity. Biodiversity is extremely important – it supports all life on earth. Quoting one of my all-time favourites – “It’s the circle of life and it moves us all”. Biodiversity supports all life…Continue Reading Preserving Balance – a mini-exhibition at Dundee Science Centre
The latest exhibition from Museum Services in the Tower Foyer Gallery has been designed to tie into both Dundee Science Festival in February and Dundee Women’s Festival in March. Entitled Uncertain Territories, it features work by women scientists and artists from Dundee and beyond who have explored the natural world in different (though sometimes connected)…Continue Reading Uncertain Territories – Women & Nature
The late great Nichelle Nichols once said “Science is not a boy’s game, it’s not a girl’s game. It’s everyone’s game. It’s about where we are and where we’re going.” Here at the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, we love games and science. We believe it gives people a chance to chat, to share their…Continue Reading Gamifying Research with the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research
At the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research (WCAIR), we’re big proponents of science art. If you’re lucky enough to live in Stobswell and you like a mural, you might have seen something exciting over the end of June and start of July 2022. We’ve worked with the Stobswell Forum and OpenClose Dundee to bring joy,…Continue Reading Micro to Macro – Science-art in Stobswell
Every March, Dundee Women’s Festival takes place with events occurring across the city. This year’s theme “Today’s Women Shape Tomorrow’s World” has sparked enthusiasm with University staff and students who have organised a myriad of events. You can pick to: learn about the new creative corner of campus participate in a panel discussion on a…Continue Reading Dundee Women’s Festival Events
Amy Crawford – MGS funded Museum Engagement Officer Art and science often go hand in hand. The ability to visualise scientific data is an artform, likewise art is often inspired by nature and the scientific world. Some of the most unique art and science objects in our collections are glass sculptures. These glass sculptures below…Continue Reading Where Art meets Science – Glass Sculptures
#ROCKPOOLaroid is a daily art challenge running every day in October all about the amazing life you can find in the ocean run by marine biologist Elizabeth Mills, aka YouTuber MarineMumbles. Each day includes a creature prompt where Elizabeth posts her own artwork and shares fascinating facts about the species on her social media (twitter and…Continue Reading Daily art challenge! Why not join in?
Our final post during Welcome Week introduces a perfect combination of culture and science which can be found at the Welcome Centre for Anti-infectives Research, part of Life Sciences at the University. Some of the amazing things they have done includes: Telling stories about science: Creating an amazing escape game: Challenging you to achieve your…Continue Reading Engaging with science: #WelcomeWeek
It’s fair to say that community festivals across Dundee have struggled over the past year. Both the Stobswell Forum and the University’s own Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research (WCAIR) were determined to make Stobfest, Stobswell’s annual festival, happen in 2021. Ali Floyd, from WCAIR tells us more about the festival, held earlier this year, and some of the great…Continue Reading Both Sides, Now – Science Art at Stobfest