Past Events

A guessing game and an exclusive peek inside laboratories and research facilities at the University of Cambridge.  

Despite our best efforts, most of us are likely to experience failure at some point. While nobody likes to fail, how we deal with failure can make an enormous difference to our eventual results.

How do carnivorous plants ensnare their targets? How did they develop the structures to do so? To find out, join Dr Chris Whitewoods from the Sainsbury Laboratory in this online event.

Despite our best efforts, most of us are likely to experience failure at some point. While nobody likes to fail, how we deal with failure can make an enormous difference to our eventual results.

Hedge hoardings is a walk around Kings Hedges, following the ward’s ancient hedgerows, discovering plants and foraging. Led by artist Hermione Spriggs and local forager/historian Cab Davidson, this event explores hedges as edible places that offer a bounty of wild food to humans and other animals.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi play a major role in 'feeding' plants the nutrients they need to grow. This event provides a microscopic view of what is feeding all the plants around us; making these seemingly invisible networks visible.

“What Clay Can Say” Zoom Talk at 1.15pm BST next Wednesday 8 September 2021 is a public engagement activity of the Breaking Point: Fragility in Clay and Nature exhibition curated by CCI’s Arts Sc

Explore the ecological processes and management of different habitats and the role of monitoring in conservation.

Wild honey bees are living in the environment all around us without any input from beekeepers.

The SynBio IRC are pleased to announce a new series on online workshops focussing on practical technologies for use in biological research.