Bring along your toothbrush to gently collect your own cheek cells and assess baseline levels of DNA damage! You will prepare slides of your own cheek cells, count your cells under the microscope and observe their nuclei. If a big piece of chromosome has broken off in your cell, occasional micronuclei can be found. Some micronuclei are entirely normal, but too many might mean you should check a doctor!

For this workshop, we have partnered with Rachel Aronoff, an experienced molecular biologist and geneticist visiting us from Hackuarium, another DIY Bio lab located in Switzerland!