Illustration showing a scientist applying a DNA tattoo on to a member of the public

Tattoo my Science at the Cambridge Festival

The Gurdon Institute is collaborating with our friends at MRC Toxicology & the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute to re-launch our popular Tattoo my Science event at the Cambridge Festival Family Weekend.

Event details

University of Cambridge Admissions Office, New Museums Site, Bene’t Street, CB2 3PT

25/03/2023
10:00 – 16:00
Book tickets
Two children's forearms with tattoos of lungs with smiley faces

Join us

We will be at the Cambridge Festival Family Weekend with our brand new set of biology-themed tattoos!

Pop in and chat with our researchers and choose your favourite design.

If you come by, don’t forget to share your new tattoo on Instagram and tag us @gurdoninstitute.

We’ll see you there!

Tattoo my Science

The Tattoo my Science project invites researchers to design a temporary tattoo that they feel represents their work. Teams of researchers then take the tattoos out to events and chat more about what they do with the public and hear their thoughts on the research, how it’s done and what they feel scientists should look at in the future.

An illustration showing three friends chatting about a DNA tattoo the the person in the middle has