Gene Home

Step into our Departure Lounge and get ready for the trip of a lifetime! First stop, the West Indies!

Human migration has shaped genetic diversity and disease risk for over 50,000 years, but how does migration affect your health?

Touch down in the West Indies and purify DNA from fruit. Make a DNA bracelet and discover how a twisted telephone wire can help us understand gene control. Explore how gene-editing is curing ‘incurable’ diseases and how your genes impact your home. In our Caribbean kitchen find out how drugs had their (literal) roots in herbal medicine and use AI to design your healthy life capsules.

As you head to the arrivals gate, stop in the Yard to get a Vitamin D shot and write your name in sunscreen in our Ultraviolet Bar. Don’t forget to get your Gene Home passport stamped on the way out!

Visitor information

This is a drop-in event for visitors of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 

The event has step-free access via a lift.

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