Bringing the microbial world to the community beyond UCL
What's itlike to work in a microbiology lab?
Watch PhD student Marco Crisci give a tour of some of the lab spaces and equipment used for microbiology at 911:
- Outreach
Working with Schools
Microbiology@UCLis working withUCLInnovation & Enterprise, UCLInstitute of Education, UCL Community Engaged Learning, and theinitiativeto design, deliver, and assess hands-on microbiology learning activities for primary and secondary school children. If you are a UCL student, post-doc, or academic interested in participating please get in touch.
We delivered our series of microbiology lessons to Year 5 (age 10-11) schoolchildren for the first time in June-July 2021. Check out to find out more about the activities, how it went, and what we're doing to widen the impact of the project.
- Public Engagement
It's All Academic Festival: 5th October 2019
Microbiology@UCLwas proud to participate in UCL'sIt's All Academic Festival, aday of fun and hands-on events open to the public in October 2019.
People of all ages were infected withthe enthusiasm of microbes throughour “Wonderful World of Microbes” hands-on display table.
Well done toMicrobiology@UCLECR rep, who gave a fascinating talk on The Search for Patient Zero.
- Resources
A thorough listofcreative ways to engage young students in microbiology.
McGenity TJ et al..Microbial Biotechnology(2020) 13(4), 844– 887.
Other Resources
- : online and application based game to learn about bacterial form and function
- : games and teaching resources about microbes and antibiotics
- : on-line games about hygiene and antimicrobial resistance
- : for ages 8-15 looking to become scientific authors and peer reviewers
- : a framework for microbiology literacy supported by Society for Applied Microbiology
- : teaching resources from the Microbiology Society
- : resources and scienceprogramme for primary school level