Max Fisher RSci

Category: Science In The Community

  • Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum: Roundtable

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    From 31st March to 2nd April, I attended Europe’s Inaugural Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum, where I volunteered in its running, delivered a workshop on disability in STEM, and was one of the judges for the poster presentations. Never a dull moment, right? There were so many incredible sessions, and it was truly an honour…

  • STEM, LGBTQ, and You: Keynote Speech

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    In February, I was honoured to deliver the keynote speech for oSTEM‘s STEM, LGBTQ, and You conference! The conference was based in Birmingham in the Sense Touchbase Pears, and bought together queer scientists from a wide range of disciplines. There was such a wonderful selection of talks to attend, too, featuring speakers like TEDx speaker:…

  • Rochdale Science Initiative

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    Across October and November I have been working with the Rochdale Science Initiative to bring science to Rochdale’s Deaf Community. October’s session had me teaching the group about how DNA works, with the group learning about DNA, Transcription, Translation, and amino acids. With the help of two lovely British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters, I started…