The Francium Zone is funded by Wellcome.

The Scientists

Lewis Wright | PhD Student, Loughborough University

Making it super easy and super cheap to turn light into electricity.

Humayra Abdul-Razakq | Gastrointestinal Scientist, Poole Hospital NHS Trust

I use super fancy equipment, and carry out exciting experiments to find out what’s wrong with patient’s bum and tums!

James Martin | Geophysicist, Shell

I use computers, maths and physics to see inside people and the earth.

Sandra Greive | Postdoctoral, University of York

How do the tiny biomachines inside cells and viruses work?

Dakshat Trivedi | PhD Student, University of Manchester

Did you ever wonder why your dad has no hair on the head or how his skin gets wrinkly? – I wonder why too!

The Schools

• Audenshaw School Academy Trust, Greater Manchester
• Caroline Chisholm School, Northamptonshire
• Ethos College, West Yorkshire
• Mount Tamar School, Devon
• Perth Academy, Perth
• Poole Grammar School, Dorset
• Queen’s Park High School, Cheshire
• Reading School, Berkshire
• Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Tyne and Wear
• Sir Jonathan North Community College, Leicestershire
• Swindon Academy, Wiltshire
• The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Middlesex
• The Cornelius Vermuyden School, Essex
• The Leigh UTC, Kent
• The Reach Free School, Watford
• Walker Technology College, Tyne and Wear