A post about my work has been published in the blog of the Zoology Museum of Cambridge. This is part of the celebrations for International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month,(see also my talk and the label in the museum).
You can read it here, and at this link, you can find all the other posts about the research of amazing female scientists in the Department.
I have just released Climate Change – the board game: a free educational board game about evolution and climate change. The aim is to “put yourself in the paws” of animal species, and to experience both their evolution and their struggles in the current climate emergency.
Each player is a medium/large mammal species, living in a word where climate changes unexpectedly. Every species has its DNA and collects mutations through time, allowing it to adapt to new habitats. Sometimes evolving is not an option, and the species must migrate or it will go extinct. And that’s just the start… when humans start to modify the climate with their activities it’s a whole new level!
It is print-and-play: all the materials needed for the game can be downloaded from here, or there is the option to play it online (and it won’t cost a penny, it’s all free!).
It has been designed as an educational resource for schools (groups of 4-5 people, with an approximate duration of 30 minutes to leave space for discussion and questions): we have used it successfully to do outreach at the Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Still, it can also be played with friends and family.
To celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, the Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, decided to share in its halls the stories of 27 female scholars who work in the Department. I had the honour of being chosen to be part of this project. For each of us, a label will be displayed next to the animal we study, telling about our research.
And if you want to know more about our work, you can join this event tomorrow:
International Women’s Day 2020: Celebrating Women in Science and Conservation
7th March, 2pm, Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.
For International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, the Museum of Zoology of the University of Cambridge will organise an event
International Women’s Day 2020: Celebrating Women in Science and Conservation
7th March, 2pm, Museum of Zoology
Downing Street, Cambridge. CB2 3EJ
I will be presenting my work there, together with amazing scientists working in the Department. My talk, “Back to the future: species distribution through time“, will start at 14.15. Here is the full program.
[Update]: Here is a recording of the event (my talk starts at 15.44) and a few pictures
Next week, on the 2nd of February, I will be a speaker for “Spritz of Science”, the monthly aperitivo+outreach talk series organised by AIRIcerca Cambridge Chapter.
The title of the event is “Biology of the past”. Claudia Bonfio (Marie Curie Fellow at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology) will discuss the origins of life on Earth, while I will show you the wonders of Ancient DNA.
The talks will be followed by Italian aperitivo at Signorelli La Piazza, in the Grafton Centre. Grab a ticket at this link and join us for an afternoon of spritz and science!
[Update] Here are a few pictures of the event.
