Who’s taking part in June?

We have now chosen the scientists and schools for Iā€™m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! in June.

Zones

This June is our biggest ever event, with 23 ā€˜zonesā€™.

12 are general and named after elements, containing a broad range of scientists and research areas.

11 are themed zones, with themes from Microbiology to Energy Generation, Ecology and Marine and Underwater Science. Due to popular demand we are repeating some themed zones from previous years – Sports Science, Genes, Brain, Forensic Science and Evolution. We’re particularly excited about the Healthy Ageing zone sponsored by RCUK’s Lifelong Health and Wellbeing programme, and the Quantum zone which is sponsored by theĀ Institute of Physics.

Schools

There’s a big variety in the schools taking part, with students involvedĀ from Singapore and Hungary to the Isle of Skye. We hope that, as in previous years, classes at these schools areĀ goingĀ to have a greatĀ experience taking part. One teacher says: ‘Iā€™m a Scientist has bought modern science directly into the classroom.ā€™

I’m a Scientist is being supported in June by Nelson Thornes, home ofĀ Kerboodle,Ā the personalised online learning service for teachers and students.Ā Nelson Thornes share the same passion for Science as Iā€™m a Scientist and the Wellcome Trust, and firmly believe that Science is about so much more than exam success.Ā  In partnership with Iā€™m a Scientist, Kerboodle is focused on inspiring students of all abilities ā€“ exciting and engaging the scientist of tomorrow, and also the non-scientists of tomorrow, with a fun and fresh look at How Science Works.

Everyone at Nelson Thornes and Kerboodle hope you all have a wonderful event and your students enjoy this fantastic experience. May the best scientist win!

Scientists

Competition for scientists was tough, and choosing the final scientists to take part was hard. We had to turn down lot of scientists working on fascinating research.

Scientists were chosen by combining ratings from students and teachers, from us and from a representative from our main funders, theĀ Wellcome Trust.

Students and teachers rated scientists solely on the one sentence description of their work they wrote when they applied. This description was really important. Scientists were rated much higher if they used language that 13 to 14 year olds, from across the ability range, would understand.

Scientists who have taken part before have thoroughly enjoyed the event, sayingĀ ā€œThe competition has totally re-energised the way I approach my researchā€Ā andĀ ā€œI didnā€™t realise just how much fun the live chats would be and what a great rapport we would build up over a computer!ā€

The event

Excitement is really building up. Twitter is a great way to follow how the event is going, and with over 40 of our scientists on twitter, onlineĀ camaraderieĀ has developed already. So get on board and follow us at @imascientist and keep an eye on tweets marked #IAS2011. Or we’ve made a list of tweeps taking part in this event.

Be sure to check out the website on Monday 6th June, when it goes live and you can find out more about the scientists taking part.Ā We hope the students, teachers and scientists are looking forward to the event as much as we are.

And finally, a big thank you to theĀ Wellcome Trust for Society Award funding, without which the event would not be possible.

Brain Zone

Scientists

Tim Fosker Queen’s University Belfast I measure the electricity produced by children’s brains to discover how children understand speech and learn to read.
Suzi Gage University of Bristol I’m investigating potential links between cannabis use and psychosis and depression, using data from a group of teenagers based in Bristol.
Simon Bennett University College London We are trying to understand more about how the cells in your brain communicate while you are growing up.
Rachael Ward Medical Reseach Council I want to know how brain cells talk to each other so I use tiny worms to help me study this.
Damien Hall University of Kent I’m interested in what you know about someone just from listening to them talk, without you reading any books about it at all: it’s much more than you think!

Schools

City of London Boys School, London
Loreto Grammar School, Altrincham
Honywood Community Science School, Coggeshall
Lathallan School, Montrose
The Weald School, Billingshurst
Chafford Hundred Campus, Chafford Hundred
The Phoenix Centre, Wigan
St John’s, Marlborough

Calcium Zone

Scientists

Sarah Walker NASA Astrobiology Institute I apply ideas from physics to problems in astrobiology, particularly the origin of life.
Kimberley Bryon UCL I look at how neurons talk to each other in the brain.
Julia Griffen Univeristy of Bath I use bugs, specifically bacteria, to makeĀ  compounds which I can transform into drugs which can be used to treat diseases and illnesses like diabetes.
Drew Rae University of York I try to answer the question “How do we best make sure that dangerous things such as aeroplanes, trains and power stations don’t kill people”.
Amy MacQueen Babraham Institute Trying to understand what goes on inside white blood cells to help protect us from infections and diseases.

Schools

Convent of St Jesus & Mary’s Language School, London
Tanglin Trust School, Singapore
Cantell Maths & Computing School, Southampton
Ralph Thoresby School, Leeds
Westhoughton High School, Westhoughton
Wardle High School, Rochdale
St Mary Redcliffe & Temple School, Bristol
Sacred Heart College, Omagh

Chromium Zone

Scientists

Tom Crick UWIC I’m a (computer) scientist and I make microprocessors run more efficiently by using mathematics to prove when computer code is optimal; this can have a big effect on our use of these devices, as we are all restricted by a dead battery on a mobile phone!
Tim Millar University of Southampton From crayfish and kilimanjaro to cancer: how living without oxygen can show us targets for disease.
Sarah Thomas University of Edinburgh Hi, I’m doing a project for Cancer Research UK and I am developing a blood test for all types of cancer that will help doctors diagnose cancer in patients early, as diagnosis is often tricky as the symptoms of cancer are so varied.
Derek McKay-Bukowski Science and Technology Facilities Council I am building a radio-telescope in the Arctic that other scientists can then use to explore the universe.
Dayla Soond Babraham Institute I study how the immune system fights off infection, battles cancer and occasionally messes up and causes disease on its own.

Schools

Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove
Dixons City Academy, Bradford
Overton Grange School, London
The Rochester Grammar, Rochester
Birchfield Independent Girls School, Birmingham
Sherrardswood School, Wewlyn
Loughborough Grammar School, Loughborough
Sanday Community School, Orkney

Cobalt Zone

Scientists

Mona Gharaie University of Manchester Reduce CO2 emission by energy conservation technology.
Michael Taggart Newcastle University I study how, in pregnant women, the muscle cells of the uterus work to push out the baby during labour and, also, why this sometimes happens too soon or too late risking the lives of tiny babies.
Joseph Finlayson Leeds Limitless: Examining how drugs and diet can boost brainpower.
Jen Gupta University of Manchester I study some of the most extreme objects in the universe – galaxies known as Active Galactic Nuclei, which are spewing out far more energy from their centres than can be explained by the stars.
Emma Bennett University of Reading I’m studying plant pods to try and make crops which have more seeds that contain lots of really important nutrients, which could help feed the world one day.

Schools

Convent of St Jesus & Mary’s Language School, London
Garibaldi College, Mansfield
Oulder Hill Community School, Rochdale
Wanstead High, London
Great Marlow School, Marlow
Ysgol Dinas Bran, Llangollen
Furze Platt Senior School, Maidenhead

Copper Zone

Scientists

Philippa Demonte University of Leeds I am a geophysics student, and my main interest is in active volcano monitoring. I am part of the Volcano Research Group at the University of Leeds, and will be at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory during the June dates.
Kate Clancy University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign I study how our environment and behavior affect our reproduction and hormone levels, and what that means for things like contraception and IVF.
Jamie Gallagher University of Glasgow Growing tiny nanoscale crystals which absorb heat and turn it straight into useful, free electricity.
Emily Robinson University of Manchester Understanding the secret double agent inside your body which is attacking your brain… Your immune system!
Cesar Lopez-Monsalvo University of Southampton and Queen Mary College Gravity, disorder and why time seems to flow towards the future.

Schools

Melksham Oak Community School, Melksham
Oasis Shirley Park, Croydon
Trinity Academy, Doncaster
Wyedean, Chepstow
Swindon Academy, Swindon
Alderbrook School, Solihull
Haringey 6th Form Centre, London
King Henry VIII School, Coventry
Carrick Academy, Maybole
Dover Grammar School for Boys, Dover

Ecology Zone

Scientists

Nicolas Biber University of Plymouth How our plastic waste affects the environment.
Jessica Chu University of Nottingham To study the Malaysian rainforest plants for possible anticancer activities.
Edward Codling University of Essex I am a ‘Theoretical Ecologist’: I use maths and computer simulations to study the behaviour of animals (including humans) and their interactions with the environment they live in.
Christine Switzer University of Strathclyde My research focuses on sustainable methods for cleaning contaminated land and water.
Zara Gladman University of Glasgow After habitat loss, the introduction of non-native species is the biggest cause of extinctions worldwide: my research focuses on the non-native North American signal crayfish, and the impact that this aggressive invader has on plants and animals in Britain.

Schools

Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove
Mill Hill County High School, Worcester
Aylward Academy, London
Kingsmead Commuity School, Wiveliscombe
Abingdon School, Abingdon
Matthew Moss High School, Rochdale
Sirius Academy, Hull
Trentham High School, Stoke-on-Trent

Energy Generation Zone

Scientists

William Eborall University of York I’m working with a small sea creature called a “gribble” to learn how it is able to eat and digest wood so that we can use this to make petrol for our cars out of farming waste.
Suze Kundu UCL Materials Chemistry; solar energy conversion by splitting water using sunlight to make hydrogen for fuel, solving the world’s energy crisis!
James Marrow University of Oxford I study why metals and ceramics fail, particularly those in nuclear reactors, so we can make them stronger and safer.Ā  I study how cracks happen, using 3D X-ray images.
Michael Dodd University of Oxford Understanding how the heart changes it’s fuel during heart disease.
David Ingram University of Edinburgh My work is with wave and tidal energy conversion machines which are trying to generate electricity by converting mechanical motion into electrical energy.

Schools

Blackfen School for Girls, Blackfen
Hillside School, Aberdour
Deyes High School, Liverpool
Buxton School, London
West Thames College, Isleworth
Heanor Gate Science College, Heanor
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College, Skelmersdale
Tiverton High School, Tiverton
Stone Hill, Doncaster
Huddersfield Home Educators, Huddersfield
St Marys, Worcester

Evolution Zone

Scientists

Vera Weisbecker Institut for Spezielle Zoologie, Jena University I look at how animals (particularly mammals) evolved to look the way they do, and what role their development plays in today’s mammalian diversity; the technical termĀ  of this research is “Evolutionary Developmental Biology”.
Steven Daly University of Nottingham I study the structure of molecules to see if they have interesting or useful properties, and to see if we can explain some of the unanswered questions about where life came from.
Sam Tazzyman University College London I use mathematics to look at animal mating and evolution – what animals find sexy and why, amongst other things.
Katie Marriott University of Leeds I am discovering how and why we are all aliens using chemistry.
Ed Morrison University of Portsmouth Evolutionary psychology, especially facial attractiveness.

Schools

Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove
Philomena’s School, Carshalton
Tiffin School, Kingston Upon Thamas
Addey & Stanhope, London
The Grange School, Aylesbury
Bury College, Bury
Birchwood High School, Bishops Stortford

Forensic Science Zone

Scientists

Sue Carney Ethos Forensics I examine and interpret body fluid and DNA evidence from items connected to a crime, considering whether the evidence supports the alleged crime or some other version of events, and if asked, go to court to explain my interpretation as an expert witness.
Shane Cooper University Of Lancashire A forensic scientist who helps students to fall back in love with science, I am researching these little antennas on your chromosomes to naturally treat cancer cells. I have varied experience from autopsies to identifying a person from old chewing gum.
Richard Case National Policing Improvement Agency I work in policing as a Fingerprint Expert (I look at fingerprints found at crime scenes and see whether I can work out who left them), but also give advice to police forces in other areas of Forensics; such as CSI work, DNA and footwear.
Craig McKenzie Robert Gordon University I solve puzzles for a living and I was a forensic scientist in Edinburgh and now teach forensic and analytical science in Aberdeen specialising in forensic and environmental toxicology.
Anna Williams Cranfield University I’m a Forensic Anthropologist, which means I examine skeletons, bones or fleshed bodies from crime scenes or mass disasters to work out as much as I can about the person – who they were, how they lived and especially how they died.

Schools

Convent of St Jesus & Mary’s Language School, London
Oasis Shirley Park, Croydon
Smithycroft Secondary School, Glasgow
North Chadderton School, Oldham
Gladesmore Community School, London
Saltash Community School, Saltash
Woodkirk High Specialist Science School, Wakefield
Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School, Oldham

Genes Zone

Scientists

Richard Badge University of Leicester Most of your genes stay still, but we work on the ones that move around and they’re doing it right now!
Prateek Buch UCL Institute of Ophthalmology I research ‘gene therapy’ for inherited diseases that cause blindness.
Liz O’Day Harvard / Lizzard Fashion A picture is worth a thousand words- using structure to probe function (noncoding RNAs in breast cancer- what do they look like and how do they work?).Ā  I also own a clothing company where we promote science through fashion- we make geek chic.
Jim Caryl University of Leeds I run a fitness gym for bacteria, the ‘Gene Gym’, to see whether being resistant to antibiotics actually makes bacteria unhealthy.
Amelia Markey University of Manchester Developing a miniaturised device for breaking open cells, copying the DNA and storing the DNA.

Schools

Tile Hill Wood School and Language College, Coventry
Unity College,Ā  Blackpool
Ralph Thoresby School, Leeds
British International School, Budapest
John Hanson Community School, Andover
Admiral Lord Nelson School, Portsmouth
Sacred Heart, London

Healthy Ageing Zone

Scientists

Ollie Russell Newcastle University Stopping mitochondria from replicating damaged DNA, a process that can cure mitochondrial disease.
Georgia Campbell Newcastle University My work focuses on DNA deletions in mitochondria, the only organelle in the human body to contain it’s own genome, and how these spread to cause mitochondrial disease or contribute to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimers or Parkinson Disease.
Andy MacLeod University of Edinburgh I look for genes that cause differences in our ability to think, to help fight the decline in thinking ability as we get older.
Amy Reeve Newcastle University – Centre for Brain Ageing and Vitality I am investigating what causes brain cells to die in Parkinson’s disease.
Alex Munro Newcastle University I’m looking at the way people eat protein across the day and the type of protein they eat, and whether this can explain or predict their level of physical capability in older age.

Schools

Fitzharrys School, Abingdon
City of London Boys School, London
Abbeyfield School, Chippenham
Croydon High School, Croydon
St Marys Catholic Comprehensive School, Ilkley
Chigwell School, Chigwell
Nonsuch High School, Surry
Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School, Pontypridd
Mount House School, Tavistock
St Brigids, Denbigh

Iron Zone

Scientists

Ryan Ladd University of Bath Submarines which swim like penguins or fish and evolve!
Kath O’Reilly Imperial College, London I look at why vaccination works!
James Hargreaves University of Wales Institute, Cardiff I try to understand why bread rises during baking, how to create chocolate and why cupcakes are always yummy and soft on the inside!Ā  šŸ™‚
Evan Keane Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany. I search for dead and dying stars – neutron stars and black holes, the most extreme laboratories in the Universe!
Ailsa Powell University of Oxford I try to discover more about how the parasite that causes malaria works and use this information to design new drugs to cure Malaria.

Schools

Arnold Hill School, Nottingham
Chantry High School, Worcester
The Ridgeway School, Swindon
Sir John Hunt Community Sports College, Plymouth
The Sutton Academy, St Helens
Toftwood Junior School, Dereham
Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone
Bay House School and Sixth Form, Portsmouth
Loughborough Grammar School, Loughborough
Glyncoed Comprehensive School, Ebbw Vale

Manganese Zone

Scientists

Wei Xun Imperial College London I try and find if the things we are exposed to on a daily basis (nurtients in diet, the air we breathe etc) can affect people’s health in the long term, in terms of diseases such asĀ  cancer.
Verity Nye National Oceanography Centre, Southampton I work on reproduction and biogeography of animals living in deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments.
Simon Trent Cardiff University Why are some kids hyperactive, inattentive and impulsive? Its all in the brain.
Rebecca Handley Institute of Food Research I work on a bacteria called Campylobacter. It is the most common cause of food poisoning and I’m trying to figure out how it survives on food.
David Armstrong University of Oxford My work is centred around understanding the physical properties of high performance materials for building nuclear fusion power reactors, which is basically learning how to keep a star inside a box.

Schools

Abraham Guest High School, Manchester
Court Moor School, Camberley
Mangotsfield School, Bristol
Longdendale Community Language College, Hyde
The Warwick School, Redhill
Furze Platt Senior School, Maidenhead

Marine and Underwater Zone

Scientists

Sean Clement Blue Ventures Marine Biologists working to preserve critically endangered tropical marine habitats worldwide, one coral reef at a time…
Ozge Ozkaya Leicester University Understanding how the daily biological clock works in krill, the most abundant life form in the antarctic ocean.
Gloeta Massie The University of Queensland I’m studying the very venomous blue-ringed octopus and the super deadly toxin they have!
Dave Sproson University of Leeds Meteorology/oceanography/climate: currently looking at how sea-spray may provide the energy required to power hurricanes andĀ  typhoons.
Clare Woulds University of Leeds I study the wierd and wonderful animals at the bottom of the sea, and try to figure out what they eat. To do this I have to sail the oceans, and sometimes even go in a submarine.

Schools

Trinity Academy, Doncaster
Saltash Community School, Saltash
The Gilberd School, Colchester
Uplands Community College, Wadhurst
Shaftesbury School, Shaftesbury
Broadoak Maths and Computing College, Weston-Super-Mare
The Matthew Arnold School, Staines
Great Sankey High School, Warrington
Brockenhurst College, Brockenhurst

Microbiology Zone

Scientists

Pamela Lithgow Institute for Animal Health I work with a tiny virus which goes inside the cells of a pig and makes them really ill, I am trying to work out what cells it goes in so we can stop it.
Johnson Soronnadi Microbiology Department Ulster Hospital, Belfast I search and identify extremely small living things (microrganisms) in samples of patients sent to the laboratory using range of equipments e.g microscope and identify drugs(antibiotics) that will cures the patient if bugs are present.
Holly Shelton Imperial College London I study the ability and consquences of different flu strains to infect humans, like the recent swine flu pandemic strain and the bird flu strains.
Darren Braddick University of Warwick Trying to defeat antibiotic resistance of S. pneumoniae through better understanding.
Cat O’Connor University of Glasgow I’m a final year PhD student looking at how cattle and badgers create the unusual geographical pattern of the bug that causes bovine tuberculosis, an expensive disease that can infect many mammals, including humans, in Great Britain.

Schools

Smithycroft Secondary School, Riddrie
East Bergholt High School, East Bergholt
Churston Ferrers Grammar School, Brixham
Spen Valley Sports College, Liversedge
Thomas Alleynes High School, Uttoxeter
Kendrick School, Reading
Marshalls Park School, Romford
Wick High School, Caithness
Carlton Bolling College, Bradford

Nickel Zone

Scientists

Sarah Cook Institute of Environmental Sciences / RPS Energy Using bacteria to clean up contaminated soil and groundwater.
Rhys Phillips EADS Innovation Works Researching methods to protect aircraft against lightning strikes + present a science radio show.
Ian van der Linde Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge) I conduct experiments that help us understand how humans see and interact with the visual world.
Helen Fletcher University of Oxford Protecting children and adults in Africa from tuberculosis disease by developing better vaccines.
David Corne Heriot-Watt University Making computers smarter – especially about analysing, designing, and predicting things.

Schools

Garibaldi College, Mansfield
Walton High, Milton Keynes
Jewish Community Secondary School, New Barnet
Robert Blake Science College, Bridgwater
Amberfield, Ipswich
The Nobel School, Stevenage
Park-High School Colne, Burnley
The Marlborough School, Woodstock

Phosphorus Zone

Scientists

Jo Hulsmans Warwick university Nitrogen fixation: why are some plants very good at it but most plants very bad.
James Jennings University of Nottingham Using environmentally-friendly fluids – between gas and liquid form – to make tiny bouncy balls with many uses.
Barbara Guinn University of Bedfordshire Development of cancer vaccines which would remove residual cancer cells in first remission and prevent or delay relapse.
Andy Norton University of Oxford Listening in: I crush teenie-weenie little ceramic samples, listen to the noise that they make, and use a big microscope to work out what happened and what made all those clicks.
Alice Jones Goldsmiths, University of London Neuropsychological, brain imaging and behavioural genetic investigations of behavioural difficulties in children.

Schools

Melksham Oak Community School, Melksham
East Bergholt High School, East Bergholt
St Angela’s Ursuline School, London
Yardleys School and Science College, Birmingham
Trinity CE High School, Hulme
The Manor School, Nottingham
Stanwell School, Penarth
Malcolm Arnold Academy, Northampton

Quantum Zone

Scientists

Philip Dolan University of Oxford Making better computers, “quantum computers” out of a ultra pure diamonds.
Monica Jung De Andrade The University of Texas at Dallas The nanotechnology is changing and will continue to change the manner we see the world.
James Monk University College London I’m analysing the proton collision data from the Large Hadron Collider (at CERN); protons are made up of a soup of other particles, so their collisions can be quite messy!
Ceri Brenner University of Strathclyde/Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Accelerating particles by firing high power laser pulses onto small targets ofĀ  material with a view to build a miniture and flexible particle accelerator that can be used for various applications, from medical to fusion energy research.
Arttu Rajantie Imperial College London I use our knowledge of particle physics to try to understand what happened in the very early universe, immediately after the Big Bang.

Schools

Kingsbury High School, Kingsbury
Simon Langton Girls Grammar School, Canterbury
Toynbee School, Chandlers Ford
Lampton School, Hounslow
St Anne’s Catholic School, Southampton
Davenant Foundation School, Essex
Queen Elizabeths Grammar School, Faversham
Allerton Grange School, Leeds

Scandium Zone

Scientists

Simone Bijvoet University of Stirling I am studying if playing house or pretending to be batman helps you to become more creative when you’re older.
Katherine Jones GlaxoSmithKline Working in the lab, designing and making potential new medicines.
Jeremy Green King’s College London How cells make the body starting from fertilisation up to making the brain.
Christopher Phillips ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai’i I’m a British Sci-communicator teaching astronomy in Hawai’i – from 14,000ft at the summit of Maunakea all the way down to the sun and surf on the beaches of Kona.
Carys Cook Imperial College London I am trying to answer the question: Will Antarctica’s ice sheets melt?

Schools

Fitzharrys School, Abingdon
Lordswood Girls School, Birmingham
Henry Beaufort School, Winchester
Mount Tamar School, Plymouth
Hetton School, Houghton Le Spring
Deptford Green, London
Loughborough Grammar School, Loughborough
The Marlborough School, Woodstock
The Willows SSS, Guildford

Sports Science Zone

Scientists

Stuart Mourton Bangor University My work involves investigating the various ways we learn and perform skills; from simple tasks such as reaching for objects, to performing large complex movements like playing a tennis stroke or kicking a football.
Martin Lindley Loughborough University Exercise and dietary impact on sports performace, health and disease.
Mark Burnley Aberystwyth University I study how the muscles use energy during exercise, and also how the muscles and brain get tired (fatigue).
Jenni Tilley University of Oxford Investigating how tendon’s properties are affected by disease and injury so that, when people like David Beckham tear their Achilles tendon, Doctors have a better idea of how to fix it.
Helen O’Connor Self Employed Sport and Exercise Psychologist What makes champions? And what mental skills can we learn from them? Psychology is a legal performance-enhancer and can give athletes that extra “edge”.

Schools

Melksham Oak Community School, Melksham
Walton High, Milton Keynes
Holy Rood High School, Edinburgh
Inverness High School, Inverness
St. Joseph’s College, Dumfries
Thistley Hough High School, Stoke-on-Trent
Marshalls Park School, Romford
Budmouth College, Dorset
Queen Elizabeths Grammar School, Kent
The London Nautical School, London
Beechfield Secure Unit, Copthorne

Sulfur Zone

Scientists

Judith McCann University of Manchester Developing new materials which have properties which change depending on their environment, this is useful as the materials are used in the body so can respond to different temperatures, enzymes or pH changes.
Gemma Sharp University of Edinburgh I’m building a computer model of how different proteins and genes are involved in human pregnancy and labour, in an attempt to find out why some babies are born prematurely and what we can do to prevent this.
Diana Samuel University of Glasgow Super sellotape: how the sticky toe pads of tree and torrent frogs could be used to make cool bioadhesives.
Akshat Rathi University of Oxford Taking inspiration from nature, I build complex but very useful molecules. Constructing these molecules precisely the way nature does is very hard to do in the lab.
Aime Fournier National Center for Atmospheric Research Use maths to help computers focus on important weather and climate phenomena.

Schools

Tile Hill Wood School and Language College, Coventry
East Bergholt High School, East Bergholt
Dixons City Academy, Bradford
Somervale School, Midsomer Norton
The Duston School, Northampton
Claremont High School, London
Mountfitchet Maths and Computing College, Stansted Mountfitchet
Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green
St Martin’s Catholic School, Hinkley

Titanium Zone

Scientists

Phil Denniff GlaxoSmithKline Many pharmaceutical drugs have not been studied or approved for use by babies and children, I am working on dried blood spots, this will allow the drug dose to be tailored to a child’s requirement.
Paddy Brock Institute of Zoology I study the weird and wonderful Galapagos sea lion, working to understand how the introduction of domestic dogs to the Galapagos islands affects sea lion ecology and health.
Michael Wharmby University of St Andrews I design colourful new materials, called metal organic frameworks, which will capture carbon dioxide from power stations, helping to fight climate change.
Eva Bachmair University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health Hi, I am working with platelets the special cells in our blood which are able to stop bleeding from wounds and I try to find out if and ho we can alter their ability to do that with our diet.
Chris Jordan Jodrell Bank Observatory I’m a support engineer working to on the Radio telescopes at Jodrell bank Observatory, and my mission is to keep the astronomers happy by keeping the data flowing.

Schools

Oulder Hill Community School, Rochdale
Ernest Bevin College, London
William Brookes School, Much Wenlock
Chichester High School For Girls, Chichester
Hambleton and Richmondshire PRS, Northallerton
Hurstpierpoint College, Brighton
Hardenhuish, Chippenham
Carrick Academy, Maybole
Portree High School, Ilse of Skye

Vanadium Zone

Scientists

Chandrika Nair Imperial College London I am a microbiologist trying to understand how bacteria make the poison cyanide in the lungs of Cystic Fibrosis patients and how to stop them.
Matthew Dickinson Uclan Piston Power !!!!.Ā  Creating better greener engines through the power of nano-technology.
Lyndsey Fox University of Leeds I research climate variability 17 to 15 million years ago by studying microfossils. The world was much warmer during this time, so learning more about it will help scientists understand climate change in the future.
Julie Greensmith University of Nottingham I develop artificial immune systems to fight computer viruses and also use biosensors to measure people’s thrill levels during extreme experiences like rollercoasters and motorbikes.
Alex Davenport Barts and the London School of Medicine and dentistry I work on blood cancers and the testing of a particular drug which we believe will be able to repair the ability of the immune system to fight the cancer.

Schools

Arnold Hill School, Arnold
Kingsbury High School, London
Yardleys, Birmingham
Lucton School, Leominster
Oaklodge Special School, London
All Saints RC High, Rossendale
Chepstow Comprehensive School, Chepstow
The Chantry High School, Worcester

Posted on June 3, 2011 by andyhowells in News. Comments Off on Who’s taking part in June?