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THE BIOENGINEERING OF RATTLESNAKE MUSCLES TO HELP WITH PULMONARY CONDITIONS IN HUMANS IS JUST ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES EXPLORED AS PART OF THE CURRENT ‘GROW YOUR OWN’ EXHIBITION AT THE SCIENCE GALLERY AT TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (TCD), WHICH IS CAPTURING THE IMAGINATION OF UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE WORLD AS A PIONEERING MODEL TO PURSUE. Launched by TCD in 2008, the Science
Gallery started life as an experimental project linking the general public with university research and bridging science and the arts. As well as exhibitions, it now runs various educational workshops, training programmes and public events. Founding director of the Science
Gallery Dr Michael John Gorman says that in the beginning it expected to get around 50,000 visitors a year, but last year attracted 302,000. “It became clear the appetite and
interest was there for people to experience science in an engaging way,” he says. “Most science centres around the world
are designed to appeal to the very young. One of our distinguishing features is that we are particularly focused on inspiring 15–25 year olds around the potential of science to change lives and getting them involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics [Stem] – adding arts to the mix so it becomes Steam.” Following international recognition of
its ground-breaking nature, registered charity Science Gallery International was established in 2012 with the aim of creating a global network in partnership with leading universities and research centres in key urban locations. Supported by a €1m gift from Google,
it aims to incorporate eight university- linked Science Gallery nodes worldwide by 2020, engaging an audience of 2.4 million annually.
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