Elite Scientists

On  Tuesday 27 January, Krisztina from Nine Lyrae, came into see the students watch videos, such as the Radio 4 Shipping forecast (Neutral video). 

The students are now going to analyse their data to see the effect of various film types (happy, sad and neutral), on their blood pressure.  The…

During December and January, the Elite Scientists have been measuring their blood pressure before, during and after sad, happy and neutral videos. The students are already seeing effects on their blood pressure. If you want to find out more, watch this space! Well done to all the students working…

On Tuesday 9 December, the Elite Scientists had a little competition to design a class table for all their data on Excel, in anticipation of collecting their blood pressure data for subsequent weeks. The winning table will be used to contain all the data.  

They are seeing the effect of emotive…

This is what we found out on Tuesday 7 October, which saw the launch of the Elite  Scientist Project for 2025-26.

The project will be run by Krisztina Losonci, who has worked with Brunel University, as well as other academic institutions on Synaesthesia.  Currently Krisztina works for  Nine…

"Let me explain how Synaesthesia works!"

This is a statement that the Elite Scientists said often, at the IRIS  (Institute for Research in Schools), 2025 Conference. 

On Wednesday 25th of June, 2025 , the Elite Scientists, went to the Friends Meeting House, in Euston, to give their research…

Ah!!! Is that what Sickle cell is?!

This was a statement we heard quite alot at The Great Exhibition Road Festival 2025, which took place on Saturday 7and Sunday 8 of June.  It was a brilliant event.  On both days, the students shared their poster research findings with members of the public on…

Is that real blood on our Paramedic jackets?! 

A question the student were asking themselves when they went into the paramedic simulation room!!

On Friday 16 May, the Elite Scientists presented their research findings on their project "Investigating Synaesthetic elements in Non Synaesthetic…

Founders Day.  "Is that Nobody's? No! It's Nanobodies!"

On Founders Day Professor Ray Owens from the Rosalind Franklin institute, came to give a talk on Nanobodies, how they are made, how their structure is verified and their uses.  A few years ago Professor Owens featured on the Royal…

 Another wonderful poster day!

The Elite Scientists, worked with Valeria Perboni, on the two information posters that they have to do for the IRIS (Institute for Research In Schools)conference 2025. They have already produced 1 research poster.

The students learned about referencing material…

More Posters!

On Tuesday, March 18, Dr. Linda Van Keimpema, from Imperial College, came to speak to the Elite Scientists about Sickle cell anemia in anticipation of the students creating a poster for the Great Exhibition Road Festival 2025. It was a very informative talk about the disease.…

We have the results, now Posters Away!

On Tuesday 4 March, Kristina Losonci from Nine Lyrae, came in to help the students write their posters.  Krisztina helped students with content and formatting of their poster.  It was really useful having a real scientist to help the students with their…

Analysis Complete 

On Tuesday 11th of February, Krisztina Losonci came in to William Perkin, to help the students analyse their data from previous weeks' data collection.  It was a real success. The students worked really hard to analyse the data and convert it into mini graphs, so that they…