Rather a long hiatus in posting here. What have I been doing? I've been involved in Bioinformatics Training for over the last 3 years. First at the Institute of Food Research (Now known as the Quadram Institute) and now at Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Institute.
Bioinformatics is a really excellent example of a STEM-based career. Firstly as we are dealing with living organisms, it involves biological understanding. The sequencing technologies involve a lot of state of the art engineering micro-fluidics, flow-cells and discoveries like the Oxford Nanopore.
The sheer amount of data requires considerable IT resources (Programming, Storage, Clusters) to analyse along with a wealth of techniques from Mathematics and Statistics.
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Friday, 2 March 2018
Saturday, 26 April 2014
Enter MINDSTORMS® Challenge and win a trip to Hawaii!
This may be of interest to school science clubs (Possible arts project too in making video):
The 2014 MoonBots Challenge is an international on-line competition run by Google Lunar XPRIZE that challenges youth from 9 to 17 years old to form a team and design, create and program robots to simulate a lunar mission.
The competition is divided into two phases: in Phase One, teams create and upload a video in which they answer the question, “Why should we go Back to the Moon for Good?” At the end of Phase One, 25 teams will be selected. They will receive a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robotics toolkit, LEGO bricks and other materials to create their own robot and lunar landscape.
In Phase Two, the 25 teams will be asked to design their own game-play using the resources provided. Teams will also be asked to create and upload a video showing how they have used their MoonBots game to engage children and adults in their community.
The Grand Prize is a trip for the winning team to visit Hawaii and test out their robot at the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) Facility on the slopes of the Mauna Kea volcano.
Registration closes on 15 May and Phase One videos must be submitted by midnight (Pacific Time) on 1 June 2015.
For full details, see: http://moonbots.org
The 2014 MoonBots Challenge is an international on-line competition run by Google Lunar XPRIZE that challenges youth from 9 to 17 years old to form a team and design, create and program robots to simulate a lunar mission.
The competition is divided into two phases: in Phase One, teams create and upload a video in which they answer the question, “Why should we go Back to the Moon for Good?” At the end of Phase One, 25 teams will be selected. They will receive a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robotics toolkit, LEGO bricks and other materials to create their own robot and lunar landscape.
In Phase Two, the 25 teams will be asked to design their own game-play using the resources provided. Teams will also be asked to create and upload a video showing how they have used their MoonBots game to engage children and adults in their community.
The Grand Prize is a trip for the winning team to visit Hawaii and test out their robot at the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) Facility on the slopes of the Mauna Kea volcano.
Registration closes on 15 May and Phase One videos must be submitted by midnight (Pacific Time) on 1 June 2015.
For full details, see: http://moonbots.org
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Young Rewired State - event for young coders in Hackney area
This may be of interest to teenage computing enthusiasts in Hackney area:
Young Rewired State if holding drop-in sessions for young coders. Please promote this to anyone you think might be interested.
When? - every Tuesday 3.30-5.30pm starting on 10th September
Where? - Shoredtich Works' event space at 33 Hoxton Square, N1
Who? - any developer or designer under 18
What? - come along to meet other coders, learn new skills, work on personal projects or help Hackney build digital solutions to local issues, all with the support of mentors.
Bring your laptop, tablet, raspberry pi, arduino or anything else you want to work on.
For more information and to sign up look here https://youngrewiredstate.org/
Or email kathryn@youngrewiredstate.org
Young Rewired State if holding drop-in sessions for young coders. Please promote this to anyone you think might be interested.
When? - every Tuesday 3.30-5.30pm starting on 10th September
Where? - Shoredtich Works' event space at 33 Hoxton Square, N1
Who? - any developer or designer under 18
What? - come along to meet other coders, learn new skills, work on personal projects or help Hackney build digital solutions to local issues, all with the support of mentors.
Bring your laptop, tablet, raspberry pi, arduino or anything else you want to work on.
For more information and to sign up look here https://youngrewiredstate.org/
Or email kathryn@youngrewiredstate.org
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