Public Engagement
I frequently engage in science communication events, including science festivals, public talks, radio interviews and podcasts. You can find some examples here.
Genetics Unzipped
Episode S6.14: Tracking COVID and tackling obesity: Meet this year’s Genetics Society award winners. See here.
Episode S3.16 Sickness and susceptibility: The ancient war between genes and disease. See here.
Episode S3.10 Out of Africa: uncovering history and diversity in the human genome. See here.
The Evidence - BBC World Service
Covid 19: Ending lockdowns (16th May 2020).
See here: Coronavirus: The Evidence
Mendel's Finches
Series 2 Episode 24.
Babble Talks
Babble Talks is a London based initative aimed at new parents who are looking for something to stimulate their minds through TedEx style talks complete with babies. You can find out more here: Babble Talks
Babble1
I've given a couple of talks now. Here's the audio from the first on the "Hidden Stories in our DNA".
Nosocomial the play
I contributed to the development of Nosocomial, a play designed to highlight the role of health-care scientists in the NHS, in an iniative led by Dr Elaine Cloutman-Green and play-wright Nicola Baldwin funded by The Society for Applied Microbiology.
You can find out more here
Genetic Shambles
I joined Robin Ince to chat about DNA sequencing on episode 5 of the Genetic Shambles series. The series aims to use research surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic as a starting point to focus on the study of genetics more broadly.
Produced by Trent Burton of Trunkman Productions and The Cosmic Shambles NetworkOther Events
Other events I've talked at include London Nerd Nite, UCL Culture lunch time lectures and the UCL It's All Academic Festival.
Nerd Nite
Science Festivals
I've also been involved in setting up an interactive science festival stand with UCL's Microbiology Domain.
UCL It's All Academic Festival 2019 'The Wonderful World of Microbes' stand
ABC Australia Science Friction
Science Friction with Natasha Mitchell.
Hunting the Ghosts of Pandemics past
Meet the DNA detectives rapidly rewriting the deep history of infectious diseases, and helping us understand future pandemic possibilities.
Listen here.
BBC Inside Science
Christmas and New Year Special with Adam Rutherford.
The Hidden History in our DNA Part 1: Sex and Disease (26/1/2019)
In the first of a two-part special, Adam Rutherford and UCL geneticist Lucy van Dorp explore the last 50-100 thousand years of human evolutionary history, visible in our DNA.
Listen here.
The Hidden History in our DNA Part 2: Travel and Culture (2/1/2020)
In the second of a two-part special, Adam Rutherford and UCL geneticist Lucy van Dorp explore the last 50-100 thousand years of human evolutionary history, visible in our DNA.
Listen here.
Clean Air Strategy, Fast Radio Bursts and Kuba Kingdom
Interview on BBC Inside Science on the genetic history of the Kuba people (10/1/2019).
Listen here
The Evidence - BBC World Service
Covid 19: Ending lockdowns (16th May 2020).
See here: Coronavirus: The Evidence