{"id":111,"date":"2018-04-10T09:38:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T08:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/?p=111"},"modified":"2019-10-01T10:29:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T09:29:56","slug":"microbe-steve-and-his-pint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/2018\/04\/10\/microbe-steve-and-his-pint\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbe Steve and his pint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yana Wade is a Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Biology and Biochemistry. She recently presented her research at the Science Slam in London and was awarded second prize for her presentation: a chance to present her research at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018.\u00a0Below, Yana shares her experience.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yana: <\/strong>\u201cThe Science Slam is a type of science communication activity. Its name comes from the Poetry Slam<\/a> and the format is a humorous TED-style talk competition. It was developed in Germany over 10 years ago and has quickly become extremely popular, taking place in many countries around the world. This Slam took place in an old English pub with a warm and relaxing atmosphere. It was ideal for introducing my topic: construction of synthetic structures inside bacterial cells to enhance alcohol production by microorganisms. My story was supported by a glass of beer and a toy that represented my beloved friend \u2013\u00a0microbe Steve<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yana and microbe Steve, working hard to make our future \"greener\".<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alistair Jennings, Creative Director of the Collab Lab was a judge at the event.\u00a0Collab Lab is an award-winning production company which supports scientists in making creative public engagement videos about science.<\/em><\/p>\n

Alistair: <\/strong>\u201cIt was a pleasure to watch Yana speak. I would say that she is a highly charismatic presenter, with all the tools to bring science riotously to a general audience. I've worked with a variety of onscreen academics and I think that medium might be a great fit for Yana too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yana:<\/strong> \u201cI was delighted to hear\u00a0this positive feedback from a person with such vast experience\u00a0in science communication. I\u2019ve been working on improving my presentation skills for a long time because English is my second language. As a member of the University staff, I had the opportunity to take fantastic courses on presenting and public speaking. Fortunately, Alistair has also pointed out my Achilles heel and, whilst I prefer to keep this a secret, I\u2019m going to work hard in order to improve my skills and compete for the first prize next year.\u00a0I\u2019d say to young researchers \u2013 start to participate in a Science Slam and I\u2019m pretty sure you won\u2019t regret it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Vicky de Groof is a Marie Curie PhD fellow in the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies and attendee of the Science Slam.<\/em><\/p>\n

Vicky<\/strong>: \u201cI\u2019m happy I\u2019ve now finally seen a Science Slam and I was lucky to witness great presenters such as Yana in action! It is inspiring how she managed to turn something as complex as \u2018the metabolic engineering of Geobacillus<\/em> spp\u2019 \u2013\u00a0say what?!<\/em>\u00a0- Into an entertaining story about Steve and a pint. Having seen such a good example, I\u2019m definitely keen on taking part in a Science Slam next time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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