Virtual Open Saturday: Coding

Sat 19 September 2020

Online - zoom

Previously, on the third Saturday of each month, the Wellcome Genome Campus would open to the public, allowing people to tour the scenic campus, discover the science that takes place there, and explore an exhibition. With the campus having closed to visitors in March, Open Saturdays were put on pause. Since then we have been busy finding new ways to engage with the public and we are happy to announce September sees a return of these monthly events, with a twist!

Between September and November, the Open Saturday experience is going online. Each month we will bring you a variety of activities, topical conversations, virtual tours of the campus and much more, all brought to you from the comfort of your home.

This September’s Open Saturday theme is set around the current pandemic, and how our campus technicians have been using computer coding to find solutions to questions like: Who was patient zero? How can we trace the virus around the country? How can you get scientists to stop leaving the fridge doors open? We need your help, to solve the mystery.

There will also be the opportunity for face-to-face virtual chat with the researchers and technicians in our fun filled Talkaoke session! This will be hosted by The People Speak.

Feel free to attend everything, or just drop in for one or two of the activities

Programme :

2-2:30pm - Introduction and tour of Wellcome Genome Campus

2:30-3:15pm - Activity 1: How Micro:bit’s provide Tech in the Lab

2:30-3:15pm - Activity 2: Find out how a PCR machine works

3:15-3:30pm - Activity 3: The story of a Covid sample - ‘from physical to digital’

3:30-3:45pm - Activity 4: Trace the spread of the virus

3:45-5pm - Talkaoke
Talkaoke is a live, television-style talk show popping out at festivals, clubs, galleries, conferences, on the street and online too! The format is simple: the host sits in the middle of a round table, and you sit around the outside and talk about whatever comes up.

Cost: free