Max Fisher RSci

Tag: outreach

  • Celebrating 25+ Volunteer Hours

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    Recently, I received my silver shield from Nottingham Trent University to celebrate 25 volunteer hours! My 25 hours has looked like career talks, poster judging, teaching in seminars, Bioscience Employer board meetings, lectures on networking as an early career scientist, mentoring, sharing my journey as a disabled scientist, and so much more! I have enjoyed…

  • RAREFest 2024

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    I am a bit late to the party on this one, but back in November 2024, I gave a talk at RAREFest, asking the question “Can science be kinder to disabled people?”. But before I can give you my answer, let’s talk about RAREFest. RAREFest is a bi-annual festival in Cambridge, run by Cambridge Rare…

  • 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…