Outreach – LevelUp Human
In September last year, Sue joined in with Scotland’s Explorathon event by being a panel member on LevelUp Human, where a panel of judges decides what would be the best way to enhance the human race. The resulting…
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Outreach – Cafe Scientifique
Lauren embarked on a journey to the Cumbrian town of Cockermouth to give a talk for Cafe Scientifique. If you haven’t heard of Cafe Sci before it is essentially a very casual coming together of people, often in a pub…
Outreach – Autumn Festival
Over the weekend the St Andrews Botanic Gardens held their Autumn Festival, where Sophie got involved with the Bird Ringing Demonstration. This demonstration was put on by members of the Tay Ringing Group, with the…
Outreach – Explorathon 2016
The Healy lab came out in full force for Explorathon 2016, an event based on discovery which aims to engage and entertain the public. This year Explorathon celebrated European Researchers’ Night by holding events all…
Outreach – Scottish Ornithologists’ Club
The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club gave a warm welcome to Sophie at an evening event in St Andrews inviting PhD students to talk about their research. Sophie spoke about nest building and about whether temperature…
Outreach – Edinburgh International Science Festival
At this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival visitors has their eyes opened to the world of nest building! Lauren, Sophie, and Alexis set up an exhibit on ‘Why Do Birds Build Nests?’, inviting both children…
Outreach – even more Research Illustration!
Yet another Healy lab member has engaged with the Research Illustrations project! Alexis has written a brief explanation of her PhD project (nest building in zebra finches) and it is now accompanied by some beautiful…
Outreach – more Research Illustration
Looks like David‘s not the only Healy lab member whose work has made it into the Research Illustration project: Lauren and Sue‘s paper with Andrea Griffin on ‘Cognition and personality: an analysis of an emerging…
Outreach – Cafe Scientifique
Lauren recently branched out to the Glasgow Cafe Scientifique to talk about ‘What makes an animal smart?’. The event was sponsored by The Royal Society, and more information about Lauren’s talk can be found here. If…
Outreach – Research Illustration
David‘s work on hummingbirds has been included in the Research Illustration project, which aims to communicate science through the use of art. After contacting David, the team of artists and researchers put together a…