果冻影院

At an event in 果冻影院鈥檚 Haldane Room, 28 staff, postdocs and students gathered to meet, form new connections, hear about the diverse research in the Initiative 鈥� and build Lego!

Flash talks were delivered by 16 Initiative researchers. Then the Initiative divided into five teams, with each building a Lego telescope or experiment. The winning construction was selected by former Steering Group member Prof Richard Ellis.

The winning Lego, the 鈥溛�-dle鈥�, represents a far-future sending a jet of neutrinos from Mars to be detected by at the South Pole. The name 鈥溛�-dle鈥� reads 鈥渘oodle鈥�. 谓 is the Greek letter used to symbolise neutrinos.

The event was also designed to focus minds around future topics for interdisciplinary collaborations. New Cosmoparticle PhD student Beatrice Crudele said, 鈥淎side from the fascinating research happening, I thought Lego was a great way into team building鈥�.听

Cosmoparticle Initiative co-director Andrew Pontzen said 鈥渋t was brilliant to see new and familiar faces, when so much of the last two years has been conducted online鈥�. Hiranya Peiris, co-director, added 鈥渁 breathtaking range of research was presented, and the event was energising and fun.鈥�.