Royal Holloway Biology Masterclass

The Biology Master class is a series of eleven live lectures that will be streamed online. Each week your students will receive a University style lecture on current topics that are relevant to solving challenges in the 21st century and is related to the A level syllabus. Each lecture will be delivered from one Royal Holloway's experts in the areas of Biomedical Science, Ecology and Plant Science.

Lectures will be accompanied by Q&A forums. The event will culminate in the Biology Master Class Symposium at Royal Holloway University of London that will also be made available online for schools that cannot travel.

Links to the A-Level Syllabus

Speaker	Link to A level
Prof. Laci Bogre	DNA Replication and Mutation, Stem Cells
Prof. Chris Rider	Genetics
Dr. Enrique Lopez	Plants, Genetic Variation, Evolution
Prof. Rafael Yanez	Genetic Diseases, Gene Therapy, Ethics
Dr. Philip Chen	The Grey Matter (Nervous System)
Dr. Walter Lucchesi	Virology, Physiology and Disease
Prof. Elli Leadbeater	Ecology and Biodiversity
Dr. Alessandra Devoto	Heath, Medicine, Biofuels
Dr, James McEvoy	Bacteria, infection, antibiotic resistance
Dr. Shobana Dissanayeke	Infection and immunity
Prof. Julia Koricheva	Ecology, Biodiversity, Natural Resources

Registration

Science teachers from interested schools should send an email to Prof Laszlo Bogre: BiologyMasterclass@rhul.ac.uk to register their interest in participating in the Biology Master Class. Please provide us with the estimated number of pupils wishing to join.

A MS Team link to the presentation will be provided to teachers who should distribute it to their students by email. Students can participate independently, via their personal devices.

Hosting Schools

This year the Royal Holloway Biology Masterclass will be hosted by five local schools; Herschel Grammar School Slough, Upton Court Grammar Slough, Tiffin School Kingston, Guru Nanak Sikh Academy Hayes, Salesian School Chertsey. Additionally, we will stream the events online via Teams for all other schools.

If you would like to host a talk next year please contact Prof. Laci Bogre BiologyMasterclass@rhul.ac.uk.