{"id":756,"date":"2015-12-14T21:24:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T21:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/?p=756"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:27:04","slug":"news-science-technology-engineering-mathematics-stem-conference-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/news-science-technology-engineering-mathematics-stem-conference-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Science, Technology, Engineering &amp; Mathematics (STEM) Conference, 2015."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image\">\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<div id=\"attachment_761\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2015\/12\/montage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-761\" class=\"wp-image-761 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2015\/12\/montage-1024x340.jpg\" alt=\"STEM conference 2015\" width=\"640\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2015\/12\/montage-1024x340.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2015\/12\/montage-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The STEM conference 2015 which featured interactive exhibitions and demonstrations by the Bioimaging Unit. Left: Six form students get to grips with 3D imaging. Right: Demonstration of the virtual histology slide \u00a0box developed by the Bioimaging Unit.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Bioimaging facility plays a significant role in\u00a0public engagement and student recruitment activities within the School of Biosciences. This summer (June 19th, 2015) the Bioimaging Facility\u00a0hosted large groups of students from<span style=\"color: #383735\">\u00a0St David&#8217;s Catholic sixth form college as part of the Universities Science, Technology, Engineering &amp; Mathematics (STEM) annual conference. The event, organised by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/81317-wyllie-fiona\">Dr Fiona Wyllie<\/a>, was\u00a0well-attended\u00a0(with over 400 students) who\u00a0engaged fully in the interactive exhibitions and demonstrations, which\u00a0included confocal microscopy, macro-imaging and slide scanning microscopy. As part of the slide scanning demonstration, students were able to trial <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/2015\/11\/09\/development-of-a-virtual-histology-database-for-teaching-and-research-purposes\/\">a\u00a0virtual\u00a0histology slide box<\/a> &#8211; an online digital repository of over 400 high resolution histological images &#8211;\u00a0that has been developed in-house by the\u00a0Bioimaging Facility\u00a0for\u00a0School\u00a0teaching purposes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">AJH<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Find out more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/news\/view\/117403-stem-conference-2015\">STEM Conference 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/news\/view\/114110-inspiring-the-next-generation-of-scientists-and-engineers\">Inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"image\"><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bioimaging facility plays a significant role in\u00a0public engagement and student recruitment activities within the School of Biosciences. This summer (June 19th, 2015) the Bioimaging Facility\u00a0hosted large groups of students from\u00a0St David&#8217;s Catholic sixth form college as part of the Universities Science, Technology, Engineering &amp; Mathematics (STEM) annual conference. 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