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Museum of Zoology Photo Shoot
Here are some photo’s from the Museum of Zoology in Cambridge. The revamp (a couple of years ago now) means it has changed a bit since I first used to walk past the whale hanging outside (it was donated to the museum after it washed up on the South coast but there wasn’t room to…
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The 2013 Martian Chronicles
February 2021 sees THREE different missions bearing down on Mars – read this for insights into launch windows and a song on the history of Martian exploration!
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Genomics! The Musical! at The Broad Institute
One of the most important centres for Genomics field in the is the Broad Institute, and I was lucky enough to do a show there in October 2019! I was attending a GA4GH conference and was able to manage this performance. This was a slightly different space (an open area performance staircase!) and audience (trained…
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Join The Singing Science Planetarium!
So labelled as I didn’t quite have the guts to call it a Fanetarium! Just sign-up with your email address!
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Lamprey For Your Life
After I heard about the Eurofishion competition set up to mark World Fish Migration day in October this year, I decided to have a go at entering it. Eventually inspiration came from my time working on the Ensembl Genome Browser – the version at the time annotated each species with some text to denote the…
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Video Developments for the Summer of 2019
It has been awhile since any updates have taken place since beyond the last show. That first performance was a real success! The show was incomplete visually though, Sadly work and parenthood has gotten in the way of making further progress, but this update is to let you know I am polishing off the two…
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Just What is Genomics! The Musical!?!!
Genomics! The Musical! is a one person show where the fundamentals of genes and our DNA are explained using a series of ‘musical mini-lectures’. Ideas are introduced with words and pictures, and developed on with catchy songs and groovy videos – providing impactful insights into the science of what makes us us. All done with…
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The first performance!
The first performance took place at Storeys Field Centre in Cambridge on Saturday 3rd November 2018. We had about 100 people show up. Here’s a little video showing some of what they experienced! Some interesting feedback from the first survey included the favourite video being joint first place between Mendel and Variations On A Gene.…
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Giant Leaps
The first album of science music – under the guise of Professor Karmadillo – is available to purchase at Bandcamp and other e-music retailers! Giant Leaps by Professor Karmadillo A diverse track listing covers the beginning of the universe, genetics and the movement of molecules in air. Released February 29, 2012 Songs written by Professor…
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The Musical Journey To The Continent of Science Is Underway
Many moons ago, I picked up a South American folk instrument called a charango. Based on the sounds of this I started up a little troupe called Karmadillo. That is still the space where I do my normal music. One day, whilst working in the laboratory at the Department of Plant Sciences at the University…
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