The “Manchester mound” is growing thanks to Rowan Bancroft & Rowanne Fletcher. Go out to Isle of May 27 Aug with Iris Mair for 6 weeks including an ArtScience project with artist Alice Angus on environment, immune system & researcher. British Society for Immunology Lydia Becker Institute University of Manchester News

Looking for something a bit different? On the Isle of May we are having a special two day event on 7th-8th September where we open all the doors of the lighthouses (three of them!) engine rooms and much more. Check out the islands blog for more info: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com

Delighted to share that we were awarded a British Society for Immunology Comms&Engagement grant to work on a collaborative artscience project with Alice Angus and Isle of May EcoImmunology to explore unseen connections between environment, immune system and researcher. Stay tuned for Isle of May art!

A very wet start to our next field season on the Isle of May but we are on our way! Rowanne Fletcher Iris Mair Lydia Becker Institute

Arriving last night - first view of the island for our volunteers

The Low Light grid is set and we have started work with artist Alice Angus on our project Environment Immunology & Researcher as funded by the British Society for Immunology. Lydia Becker Institute UoM News

Another busy day on the Isle of May - traps in from low light early morning; we have set out our Fluke street grid with Sophia our Manchester 2nd year undergraduate volunteer, and put out our loggers. With Iris Mair Rowanne Fletcher Rowan Bancroft. Lydia Becker Institute

A treat for the team opening traps last night and a view of our day ahead Rowan Bancroft Iris Mair Rowanne Fletcher Lydia Becker Institute

We have spent time today working on our ArtScience project with Alice Angus. We are learning a lot and developing our ideas around environment, immunology and researcher. British Society for Immunology UoM News, Lydia Becker Institute

Come and see our artwork in the Main Light on the Isle of May, take part in our ArtScience project and discuss the science behind the art. David Steel

Happening today on the Isle of May! David Steel UoM News Lydia Becker Institute British Society for Immunology Iris Mair Rowan Bancroft Rowanne Fletcher

Preparations in progress for today’s Art Science event with artist Alice Angus British Society for Immunology UoM News Lydia Becker Institute Iris Mair Rowanne Fletcher Rowan Bancroft

A preview of our ArtScience event today on the Isle of May - we are here again on 7 Sept when we will have completed our art exhibition with Alice Angus David Steel British Society for Immunology Lydia Becker Institute Iris Mair Rowan Bancroft Rowanne Fletcher

A varied day today - Longworth traps back out on Low Light; our second art workshop and a zoom call with Manchester to discuss a paper rebuttal Lydia Becker Institute Iris Mair

We have a cold sea fog, or Haar, today for our first day on our Fluke Strreet grid Lydia Becker Institute Rowan Bancroft Iris Mair Rowanne Fletcher

Traps in at 5am this morning. Iris Mair Rowan Bancroft Rowanne Fletcher Lydia Becker Institute

In the words of Iris Mair “That's some concentrated girl power! Thank you Alice again for your dedication and collaboration and sharing! Entangled stories...” Lydia Becker Institute British Society for Immunology

With Alice Angus

Excited for the next week volunteering on the Isle of May with this wonderful group of people ! 🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿