The Great Centre Bake Off
The CRUK Imperial Centre has been hosting a series of bake sales, with teams competing to raise the most money for their chosen charity.
Five teams of researchers and College staff have baked so far, raising an incredible £700 for charities including Cancer Research UK and The Cancer Treatment and Research Trust
We’ve seen some fantastic bakes that would make Mary Berry proud; including chromosome cupcakes and an entire lab cake! These science cakes will be entered into the national CRUK Centre Great Science Cake Off.
The winner of the Centre bake off and science cake off will be announced later this month.
Butterfly project at Clinic 8
Cancer Research UK has commissioned an art installation in an out-patient clinic at Charring Cross Hospital as part of renovation work.
The art installation will include ceramic butterflies and flowers demonstrating the symbiotic relationship between research and care, whereby patients receive care while simultaneously giving back to scientific research, allowing us to find newer and kinder treatments.
These pieces designed by artist David Marques will create a beautiful meadow, transforming the space for patients.
The butterflies, which each represent a patient coming to the clinic, fly over a healing meadow of flowers of different colours and patterns. These flowers represent the various treatment modalities and people patients meet on their care journey.
A selection of the ceramic pieces was displayed at the Imperial Design Fringe, and the public got the chance to do their own designs that may go on to be adapted by the artist for his work. The pieces will also be on display at the NCRI conference in November.
The installation will be in place by November 2015.
Tamsin Ashton
Research Engagement Manager- Imperial & ICR
Cancer Research UK