Holiday workshops: Bacterial evolution (Year 10 - 13)

Students use restriction enzyme digests and gel electrophoresis to analyse and learn about DNA, restriction enzymes and evolution. At the end of the workshop students look at the DNA evidence and decide what medical advice they would give to the patients of the outbreak.

This workshop takes place in the Urenco Young Scientist Centre’s teaching laboratory, offering students a unique opportunity to experience working in a real lab environment. For safety reasons, all participants must wear closed-toe shoes, and anyone with long hair is required to tie it back.

This workshop will include a 30 minute unsupervised lunch break. Students should bring lunch and a drink.

For young people who have just completed Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 this term - please book based on their current/most recent school year, not their new year group from September. This typically corresponds to children aged around 15-18 years old. We reserve the right to refund or deny entry to those who are not in the correct year group.

Refunds can only be issued for tickets cancelled at least two weeks (14 calendar days) in advance of the event date. Please note that this supersedes our normal event terms and conditions.

Warning: this workshop contains discussion of a fictional disease outbreak and some graphical medical images.