{"id":470,"date":"2015-03-18T13:30:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T13:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk\/biooutreach\/?p=470"},"modified":"2015-03-18T13:30:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T13:30:46","slug":"dundee-science-centre-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/2015\/03\/18\/dundee-science-centre-pi\/","title":{"rendered":"Dundee Science Centre Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-473\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/03\/4273pi_dundee_sci_cent_2015-03-14_rosie_and_daniel.jpg\" alt=\"4273pi_dundee_sci_cent_2015-03-14_rosie_and_daniel\" width=\"960\" height=\"543\" data-id=\"473\" \/>As part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dundee.ac.uk\/revealingresearch\/newsandevents\/womeninscience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 Women in Science Festival<\/a>, St Andrews graduate <a href=\"http:\/\/chemistry.st-andrews.ac.uk\/staff\/jbom\/group\/james.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr James McDonagh<\/a>, PhD student <a href=\"http:\/\/chemistry.st-andrews.ac.uk\/staff\/jbom\/group\/rosanna.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosanna Alderson<\/a> of the University\u2019s School of Chemistry, <a href=\"http:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/staff\/db60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Daniel Barker<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/staff\/hp22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Heleen Plaisier<\/a> of the School of Biology took five <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raspberry Pi<\/a> computers to Dundee on Saturday 14th March \u2013 also known as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pi_Day\">Pi Day<\/a>. These miniature low-cost computers were loaded with <a href=\"http:\/\/eggg.st-andrews.ac.uk\/4273pi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4273<em>\u03c0<\/em><\/a>, a customised version of the Raspbian Linux operating system <a href=\"http:\/\/biome.biomedcentral.com\/bioinformatics-for-biologists-daniel-barker-and-ian-korf-discuss-a-novel-platform-for-bioinformatics-education-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developed at St Andrews for teaching and learning bioinformatics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dundeesciencecentre.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dundee Science Centre<\/a>, aged from around 5 to 45, were guided through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.python.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Python<\/a>-based games, programming and bioinformatics analyses. Several children wrote their first script using <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bash_%28Unix_shell%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bash shell<\/a> scripting. Staff were delighted the clear ability of a wide rang of ages to readily pick up programming and other computational skills.<\/p>\n<p>According to visitors, the workshop was \u201ceasy to follow\u201d, \u201cthe activities could not be any better\u201d and \u201cit was very easy to understand\u201d. Two adult visitors commented: \u201cDemonstrators were very informative\u201d and \u201cHope to read some of the Raspberry Pi books\/articles with better understanding now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This event demonstrates that although small, the Raspberry Pi has the power to successfully engage the general public with computer programming and university level computational research. The event\u2019s ability to attract a wide range of ages is proof of the Pi\u2019s versatility &#8211; Pi to the people!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the 2015 Women in Science Festival, St Andrews graduate Dr James McDonagh, PhD student Rosanna Alderson of the University\u2019s School of Chemistry, Dr Daniel Barker and Dr Heleen Plaisier of the School of Biology took five Raspberry Pi computers to Dundee on Saturday 14th March \u2013 also known as Pi Day. 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