The Mort Lab is committed to sharing our research with the wider public, from school visits and public talks to media engagement and community events.
Media coverage
Public engagement
| 2025 | Talk to sixth-form students, Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale (CREST) |
| 2024 | Light up Lancaster: In Microns — contributed fluorescence images to public interactive installation at The Storey Institute, Lancaster |
| 2020 | Visit to Norbreck Genetics and the farm of Philip Halhead to discuss cattle pigmentation |
| 2019 | Farm visit with Dr. Luigi Sedda to discuss pigmentation research with farmer James Parker |
| 2018 | Lay talk: The cell cycle — sixth-form students from Ripley St. Thomas CE Academy |
| 2017 | Lay talk: Where does melanoma come from? — NWCR lay members |
| 2017 | Fundraising speaker, NWCR Lunesdale Branch AGM |
North West Melanoma
Richard co-leads the North West Melanoma interest group with Dr. Kerrie Marie (University of Manchester), bringing together clinicians and researchers from across the region to advance melanoma research and stimulate collaboration The group holds regular symposia and has recently launched a small grants scheme to support early-career researcher collaborative visits (£500–£1,000).
For information about the group or to express interest in joining, contact r.mort@lancaster.ac.uk.
Awards and recognition
- 2021 — Lee A. Segel Prize, Society for Mathematical Biology, for best paper in mathematical biology (Yates, Ford & Mort, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 2017)