18 February 2011
'Light up the lab' offers funds & tokens
Hundreds of pounds worth of funds for scientific equipment for secondary schools and book tokens
are up for grabs from Friday February 18th.
The 'Light Up The Lab' project at the University of Dundee's School of Medicine, is making the
prizes available in an online competition. The funds for science equipment are for secondary schools,
while the book token prizes are open to all.
To enter the competition people just have to complete five short multiple choice questions on the
'Light Up The Lab' website by visiting http://lightupthelab.co.uk/competition/.
The competition closes at 4pm on Friday 25th February and the secondary school with the most correct
entries will win £250 towards equipment and classroom activities for their Science Department.
The second placed school will win £100.
Each correct entry will also be entered in to the draw for a personal prize of £50 of book
tokens with 2nd prizes of £20 of book tokens.
The Light Up The Lab project, funded by the Scottish Government, has already linked school pupils
with researchers working in the University's School of Medicine, which is internationally renowned
for its medical research.
This week pupils from St John's and Craigie High Schools were in the laboratories developing their
practical skills and gaining lab experience. They were given an insight into the genetics of
serious skin conditions, including skin cancer, whose prevalence is increasing dramatically in
Scotland and the groundbreaking treatments that the research teams are developing.
Dr. Albena Dinkova-Kostova, one of the research team leaders hosting students from St. John's,
said, 'It has been great having the pupils in the lab. They were attentive, enthusiastic, always
asking lots of questions about biology and life in general.
'We'd like to be able to host more school pupils but for those not involved in the project this
competition is their chance to win funding towards exciting new activities in their own schools.'
Caitlin Shields, Keir Thompson and Josh Smith, S4 pupils at Craigie High School all agreed that
the project had made them want to study more science in schools and work in labs when they got older.
For further information please contact Jon Urch, 01382 386669 or email j.urch@dundee.ac.uk.
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