Pub Guide to: Genetics

Welcome to a brave new world, where the promise of our genetic future looms large and bright. Pet cloning kits, genetically modified human/pig hearts and relics from Dolly the sheep are all where it's at in our Pub Guide to Genetics.

Find out why DNA can be delightful with genetic blonde Portia Smith, who will be introducing genetics with chromosome cakes and some proteinaceous gene recipes.

You'll then be able to try your own hand at DNA cloning techniques in our innovative jelly-based lab. Scientists in the know will be on hand to give technical tips and explain how genes can mutate to generate legs where heads should be. Alternatively, why not get structural and build a dazzling DNA keyring to take home?

Discuss the darker side of genetics with experts from UCL. What happens in cancerous cells? Are Frankenfoods' really still scary? What counts as genetic modification anyway, and if you were a clone, how would you feel?

speakers

Craig Buckley, University College London
Rosy Hosking, University College London
Portia Smith, genetic blonde